The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-04-05
Revised Ordinance
Establishing and Regulating the Fire

Be it Ordained By the President and Trustees
of The Village of Mauitowoc, as follows: G
Section l. Thst The Fire Department Of the
Village of Nanitowoc, shall consist of a Chief
Engineer, and two Assistant Engineers, to be
appoiates by the Board OF Trustees, after they
shall have frstbeen designated .orthat purpose in
the manner hereinafter provided; enc or more
Fire War4ens in each division or ward Of the
Village. in addition TO the trustees of the VII,
lage who shall be e1-officio Fare Wardensl. and
such companies of Epgiue-uen, Hose-men, Hook
aud Ladder-Ben, Bucket n en-, and Specia, Fire
Hardeqs, as are now organized, or may from
time TO tine be organized BY and with the con-
sent and appreciation of the Board IF Trustees
and the persons composing said companies. are
hereby and shall be denomnsied 6remen
SECTION 9. The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall consist of as many
members as the Board of Trustees shall from
time TO time direct; and may respectively adopt
such organization, and from time to time such
Constitution, By laws and regulations Tor their
government, subordinate to the ordinances of
the Village, and subject to the approval of The
Board OF Trustees, az they may deem best cal
cuated to accomplish the objects hereby con-
templated and shall 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, and such other officers they may require
in accordance with theirrespective constitutions
and in the manner provided therein; and it shall
be the duty of the said companies to attend to
the engines, and other fire apparatus committed
to their charge, and the buildings wherein the
same are kept. E
SECTION 8. The members of the Fire De-
psrtment, qualified as hereinafter provided to
vote for the Chief and Assistant Engineers of
said Department. shall effectively hold an am
.nual election on the second Tuesday of January
in each year, at some suitable aud convenient
place to be appointed by the Chief Engineer, or
III his absence By the Assistant Engineer tnen
entitled to the command Of the Fire Department,
by giving notice thereof in two of the newspa>
pers published in the village, at least one week
previous TO such election, at which election
they shall designate by ballot three persons,
one for Chief Engineer one for FIRST Assistant
Engineer, and one for Second Assist ant Engi
neer; and the person who shall receive the
highest number of votes for any OF said Offices of
cbief or assistant engineers, shall be appointed
by the Board OF Trustees to the office for which
he shi have been so designated, at their first
meetI' subsequent to said election, unless in
the oniuion OF majority of the Board of Trus-
tees, sHch person is materially deficient in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
and efficient discharge of the duties Of the Office
for which he shall have been designated And
in case OF a vacancy i'll the Office OF Chief Engi~
reer, or Citler of the assistant engineers by
death, resignation, removal from Office, removal
from the Village, or OtheTwi-e, such vacancy
shall br filed by special eiccti0n to be called
by the Board OF Trustees, BY giving notice there
Of in the same manner, and for the same lercrh
of time as is provided Tor giving notice Of annual
elections. Special elect ous called a. herein pro
yided, shall re he'd and conducted in the ga lie
the pcrsc -0r persons who Shall be de4ir. ated
therest, AID who shall thereupon be app,i ted
by the Board Of Trustees to fill The vacant Office
or Offices, shall hold such Office or Offices in the
same manner, rs il he or they had been aoDout
ed thereto alter having been Ge,ign ted tor fhnt
purpose, at an annual electou. And IN order
to prevent Illegal voting at such election, the
Foreman and Clerk OF the several comnanies
shall, al ], asst week before any such election
shall be held, deposit with the Chief Engineer.
or iii MS absence with the Assistant E lgireer
entitled TO commaud, list OF the names Of all
Of the members Of their respective compsnips
qualified to vote at such election, and no person
whose name shall rot appear on said lists shah
vote at such election. A d it shall be the duty
Of the Chief or Assistant Engineer with whom
said lists hall be Gepos ted as aforesaid to in.
qutre into their correctness, and he shall have
access to all the records and papers of TIE sew
eral companies necessary to be examined for that
purpose. The Chief Engineer, aud in mis- ab
sence the Assistant Engineer in command. and
the Foremen and Clerks Of the several Camna>
MES shall act as Inspectors Of SAID election, and
shall 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 The village conduct ard IN Ike their returns at
the annual charter election; and the polls of
said election shal open at seven o'clock in the
afternoon, AID be kept open until nine o'clock
in the afternoon Of the day On which the same
shall be held.
ShcrIoN 4. No person shall be appointed to
the Office Of Chief assistant engineer unless he
shall have been a member Of some fire c0mpanv
OF the Village, in good standing, for two hole
years prior to the election at which he shall be
designated for that purpose nor unless he shah
be a resident of the Village And no person
shall he entitled to VOTE or stall vote for chief
or assistant engineer, unless he shali be eighteen
years OF age, nor unless he shall haya been
member OF some fire company of the village. for
six 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 honorablg excused
from such attendance, BIZ reason of sickness. or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of absence
SECflOS D. IInilSdidtelY AFTER the annual
elections OF the several 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 elec>
| ted as officers of their respective companies :;
which statement, if satisfactory to the Board of
Trustees shall be approved at their next 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 6. Whenever any number of persons
shall desire to form company in the Fire
Department, they shall first make an applicaio ion
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees desic.
rating the name and specifying The objects OF
the company, and If upon such application the
Board Of Trustees shall deem such new company
2ecesssFy, they shall grant permission 10 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 adQptoa of
| constitution, bylaws, end regulations, and the
election OF otiicers, as provided in the second
section of this ordinance, a copy OF which con-
stitution, by laws, and regulations, aud also a
statement OF the officers elected by said COMPANY
similar To the statement required by the next
preceding section, shall be filed With the Vii
iage Clerk, and upon the approval BY the Board