Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-16
ORDINANCES OF THETOwN OF GOLD HILL.
Ordinance No. 20.
Passed Sept. II. 1855

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A ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FIRE
IA Department forthe Town ofGold hhl, and
to regulate the same.
The Board OF Trustees OF the Town OF Gold
Hill, do ordain:
SECTION /. A Fire Department for the Town
of Gold Hills hereby created. which shall con-
sist of one Chief Engin ser, one Assistant Eugin.
Ger, a President, u secretary, a Treasurer, n
BOARD of Delegates, aud such Fire Companies rs
shall, complying with the provisions OF this or.
dinanee. be admitted thereto.
SEC. 2. An election shall be held for Chief En-.
gineer. and one Assistant Engineer, by the mem
bers Of the Department, upon the first Monday
Of October of each year, and they shall hold
their Offices for one year, or untiltheir successors
are elecied and qualified. In case any vacancy
shall occur in said Offices, the President shall call
q special election TO ill such vacancy Tor the I'M
expired term.
President. by notice published at least ten days
In some newspaper Of said county. and shall be
conducted as follows: The Board Of Delegates
shall appoint 10 conduc' said election three
Judges, who may appoint two clerks. Said elec.
tlons shall be held at such place as the Board Of
Delegates may designate, between the hours Of
two o'clock p. ". and seven o'clock p. ". The
returns of said election, duly certified by the ma.
Iority of Judges, shall be forwarded 10 the Secre-
tary Of the Department, within five days there
after, and shall by him be transmitted to the
Board of Delegates, who shall convene within
Ave DAYS thereafter. and declare the result. The
persons having the highest number Of votes shall
be declared elected. In case OF u tie vote, the
majority of the Board shall determine. Contest.
ed elections for the offices of Chief and First As
sls'ant shall be decided by the Board of Dele
gates.
SIC. 4, The first election shall be called BY the
President OF the Board OF Trustees OF the Town
OF Gold Hill, and the judges shall be appointed
by said Board, and the returns sh I'll BE- made TO
the Trustees OF said Town, and they shalfdeclare
the result.
SEC. & The Board Of Delegates shall be com.
posed Of three member elected from each com
pany by the members thereof. on the second Mon
day of October Of each year, and they shall hold
their Offices for one year, or until their successors
are elected and qualified. They shall assemble
within ten days after their election and organize
by the election Of President, secretary and Urea
surer, who shall respectively be the President,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Fire Department.
The Board of Delegates shall make VS. Tor the
government Of the Fire Department, not incon-
sistent with the provisions Of this Ordinance, or
the Ordinances of said Town now In force or TO
be hereafter enacted. Aud all such laws by them
80 made shall be binding on every company,
oficsr or member OF the Department, and any
company. officer or member Of the Department
who shall violate any OF the said laws, or who
shall refuse TO obey the lawful orders Of the Chief
or Assistant Engineer, shall, upon complaint, be
tried by the Board Of Delegates, and II found
guilty. may be cenSured, suspended, removed
from Office, or expelled from the Fire Depart.
ment. rs the majority Of the Board in its judgment
may direct.
SEc.6 An Engine Company or n Hook and
Ladder Company shall be composed of not more
than eighty nor less than thirty men, and a Hose
Company Of not more than forty nor less than
fifteen men, all of whom must be duly registered
members Of the Department. The officers of each
company shall be one Foreman, az least one As
sis,ant Foreman. q Secretary and a Treasurer.
A company desiring admission into the Depart.
ment must make application 10 the Board of
Trustees of said Town, accompanying such ap-
~plication with a copy OF their constitution and
bylaws, signed by the members of their compa-
nv, giving the names Of their officers and the loca.
ton they desire. II such application should re-
ceiye the approval of the Board Of Trustees, the
company shall be admitted into the Department
upon q full surrender 10 said Board OF Trustees
for the incorporate Town Of Gold Hill, Of all
claim and title Of said company to all and every
part and portion OF the Dire apparatus by such
company possessed: and after such company
shall have been regularly admitted into the De-
partnent. the Trustees aforesaid may deliver to
such company the apparatus so surrendered, TO
be by said company received. held and used in
trust, TO be re.dellvered 20 said Trustees when
such company shall have disbanded. or upon
demand made by said Trustees therefor. Upon
such admission into the Department, such com.
pany shall be entitled TO three delegates, and may
call n special election for the same. and the Dele
gates so elected shall hold their offices until their
successors, AZ the next general election, shall have
been elected. and have qualified.
SEc. Z. Il shall be unlawful for any company
or association not belonging 10 the Department
10 perform any duties of tremen, when said De.
partrneni, or any portion thereof, Is IN service.
SEC. Z. Whenever the roll of any company,
from any cause, shalt be reduced 10 lessthan fifteen
members, the Chief Engineer shall suspend such
company, but such company may be rrinstated
BY the Board of Delegates at any meeting, or
NAV be by said Board diSbanded.
SEC. g. The Board Of Trustees shall have sole
power 10 locate said fire companies. and shall rot
be held liable for any contract made by any Off
GERS OF said Department, or Of sdid companies,
nor for any expense by them incurred.
SEC. 10. The Chief Engineer shall report 10 the
Board Of Trustees in the months Of january,
April. July and October, the condition Of cisternS.
reserv irs, pipes. hydrauts. and fire apparatus,
and all property in the town in the keeping OF
said Department, and such other information and
Recommendations a. he may deem proper. He
shall also inquire into the causes Of all tres, and
See tina; all persons criminally connected there
with are diligently prosecuted BY the proper
auth rifles.
SEC. IL. This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage.
GEO. W. AYLSwORTH, President.
SAM'LH HYATT. Clerk. sel2