The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-05-03
Revised Ordinance
Establishing and Regulating tie Fire 1

Be it Ordained by the President and Trustee
OF the Village Of hanitoHoc, as follows:
SEcTTos |. That the Fire Department of the
| Village of Manitowoc, shall consist Of Chief
| Engineer, and two Assistant Engineers to be
| appointed by The Board of Trustees, after they
shah havefrstbeen designated forthat purpose in
the manner hereinafter provided one or more
Fire Wardens III each division or ward of the
Village lin addition to the trustees of the Vii,
lsge who shall be ex-officio Fire W ardensl, and
ssch companies OF Enlightenment Hose men, Hook
and Ladder-men, Bucketm en-, and Special Fire
| Wsrdeas, as are now organized, or NAV from
| time to tin be organized, by and with The con-
sent and appreciation Of the Board Of Trustees ;
and the persons composing said companies, are
hereby and shall be denominated fremen.
SECTION =. The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall consist of as many
| members the Board of Trustees shall from
time to time direct; and may respectively adopt
| such organization, and from time 10 time such
/ constitution, by laws and regulations for their
government, subordinate to the ordinances of
/ the Village, aud subject to the approval Of the
Board Of Trus ees, az they may deem best cal
| cuIated to accomplish the objects hereby con-
! tempaE.d and snail hold an annual election on
| the second Monday Of January in each year. at
which they shall choose from among their own
! members foreman assistant foreman and
clerk, aud such her officers they may require
/ in accordance with thei.respective constitutions
and in the mann. provided therein; and it shall
| be the duty of the said companies to attend to
the engines. aud oths ire apparatus, committed
90 thsir charge, aud the buildings wherein the
same IRE kept
Stc1IoN 3. The members cf the Fi.e De.
p"rtment, qualified as herenafter provided to
Vrtr for TIE Chief and Assistant Engineers Of
snid Department shall cole cfivey hold an an
hu'i election on the second Tuesday Of January
! III each year, at some suitable and C, nveu.I,
place TO be appointed by tie Chief Engineer. or
~ his absence by the Assistant Eng neer tn, n
entitled to the command Of The Fire Department
toy giving notice Their, of in TWO of the newsDa>
pers published in the village, at least Que week
previous 10 such elcc ion at which election
they shall designate by ballot three persons.
ore tor Chief Engineer, one for F rst Assistant
Engineer, and ore for Second Assistant En- i
neg" and the person who shall receive the
highest number of votes for any of said Offices, of
chief cr assistant engineers, shall be appointed
ny the Board OF Trustees to the Office for which
he shall have been so designated, at their first
mee,I' 2 subsequent TO said election, unless in
the opinion OF n majority OF The BOARD of Trus-
t. cs, snch person Is mater tally deficient in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
aud Efficient discharge of the duties of the Office
for which nc shall have been designated And
n case OF a Vacancy in he Office OF Chief Engi,
Ger, or eitt er OF the assistaI engineers, by
death, resignation, removal from office. removal
from The Village, or otherwise such vacancy
shall be nlied by q special election to be called
by the Board OF Trustee, by giving notice there
Il III the same maine r. ard for the SINE length
at time as is provided for giving notice of annual
elections s. ccla elect called as herein pro
vidcd, shall be he'd and conducted in the same
manner IN all respects. annual elections; and
The person or persons who shall be de.irr ated
fhereat, and who shall thereupon be appel; ted
by the Board Of Trustees to fill the vacant Office
or offices, shall hold such Office Offices in the
-ame manner, as if he or they had been appoint
ed thereto, ait, having been de:ign ted fc that
purpose at an annual election. And in order
to prevent illegal voting at such election. the
Foreman and Clerk of the several companies
shall, at last one week before any such election
shall be held, deposit with the Chief Engineer.
or in mis- abseEce with the Assistant Engineer
entitled to command, list of the names IF all
Of the members of their respectiv: companies
quallhl d to vote at such election, and no person
whose ranle Shall not appear on said lists shall
vote at such election. AID it Shall be the duty
OF the Chief or Assistant Engineer with whom
said lists hall be deposited as Aforesaid, to in.
quIre into their correctness, and he shall have
eral companies necessary to be examined for that
purpose. The Chief Engineer, and in mis- alb.
sence the Assistant Engineer in command, ard
the Foremen and Glen ks Of the several Commas
MES shall act as Inspectors of said election and
shat conduct the same, and make return thereof
TO the Board of Trustees, in the same manner as
the Inspectors Of elections In the several wards
of he village conduct ard N Ike their returns 81
the annual charter election and the polls Of
said election shall open at seven o'clock in the
sitter noon, al d be kept open until nine o'clock
IN the afternoon of the day on which the same
shall be held
SECTION 4. No person shall be appointed to
the office of chief or assistant engineer unless he
>hall have been a member Of some fire comnanv
OF tie Village, in good standing, for two whole
years prior to the election at which he shall be
designated for that purpose, nor unless he shall
be resident of the Village And no person
shall Q entitled to vote, or shall vote for a chief
or assistant engineer, unless he shall be eighteen
years OF age nor unless he shall hava been =
member OF some fire company Of the village, for
ak months, next previous to the time OF the
election, at which such officers shall be designa-
ted, nor unless he shall have regularly attended
the meetings of his company during said six
months, or shall have been honorabIy excused
from such attendance, by reason of Sickness. or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of absence.
SECTION. 5. Immediately after the annual
elections OF the seTcral companies Of tie Fire
DEPARTMENT the foreman and clerk of the res
pective companies shall deposit with the VILLAGE
Clerk, certified statement, subscribed BY them
officially, showing the names of the persons cleo,
ted as officers of their respective companies
which statement if satisfactory to the Board tf
Trus ees hall be approved at their ext meeting
after said elections, and upon such approval the
election Of the officers of tie several companies
shown by their respective statements, shall
thereby be confirmed
SECTION :. Whenever any number of persons
shall desire to form new company in the Fire !
Department, they shall first make an application !
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees desig.
T ating the name and specifying tn. objects OF
the company, and if upon such application the |
Board of Trustees shall deem such new comnanv |
necessary. they shall grant permission to form |
the same, and at the same time fix the number |
OF members OF which the same shall consist. and |
thereupon such persons may proceed TO form |
themselves into company. by the adoption Of a |
constitution, bylaws, and regulations, and the |
election OF officers, as provided in the second |
section OF this ordinance, a copy of which con-
by laws, and regulations, and also a
statement OF the officers elected by said COMPANY
similar to the statement required BIZ the next
preceding section, shall be filed with the Vii
age Clerk, and upon the approval by the Board
II Trustees Of the said constitution, bylaws and