Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-12
AN ORDINANCE
ITO Establish Lake Erie Fire Com

" StaDllSn Lake Erie FIRE Com pany,
IL No q in the Incorporated Village of ofAshtabula.
BE it ordained by the Mayor Recorder aud Trustees of
the Incorporated Village of Ashtabula That the
who have been enrolled members of Lake Erie Fire
Company No 2 and such other persons as shall hereaf
ter join said company not exceeding in the whole
eighty and shall sign the following articles, be and
they hereby constituted and established Fire
company, by the of Lake Erie Fire Company, No
p" in the Incorporated Village of Ashtabula, and shall
have the and Conr6 of the fire eninc engine house
and apparatus belonging to the Village in of
the said company subject the regulations Of the Vii
article 1.-The officers o. the company shalI be- one
Foreman, and twaAssistant FOrcmen, k, first
andS cond Assistant FOrcmen Secretary one Treas
who shall be elected by the members OF said
pany annually by ballot on the fret Thursday in April
choice and the persons elected shall hold their office
for and until their successors are elected pro
sided the officers elected shall hold thei- Offices
til the next annual election.
Art Alt shall be the duty the Foreman to see that
the and every part apperainng thereto be kept
in good order and repair and that each mar under him
does his duty and H any member shall neglect refuse
to obey all orders rn the foreman in his absence
the orders from the highest in rank in command of the
company, he shall be fined fifty cents,
Art. 3-The Foreman, or in of his absence, the
first Assistant Foreman shall have power to call extra
meetings of the company, and it shall be lis duty
do the written request of fifteen members ofthe COM
Art 4.-The Secretary shall record the dongs of the
company at their several meetings. call the roll, noting
all members absent and shall collect all fines assessed
and pay the same to the Treasurer.
Art 5-The Treasurer shall receive from the Secretary
all moneys collected by him. and hold the came subject
TO order and the annual meeting shall exhibit state
Ofhe funds examined and approved by the board
of officers.
Art 6-The officers Of the company shall constitute
board of direction whose duty it snail he to give their
opinion all questions submitted to them by the Com
manding officer which opinion shall be binding the
company audit all accounts against the company and
to hear and decide all excuses offered by the deln
quent members and shall emsannually the third
Monday in April and October of each make outand
report in writing to the chief engineer Of the fire de-
bers of the company and accurate statement of the
condition of the fire engine, hose carriage and hose
and all other property belonging to the Village in care
of the company.
Art mo person shall be admitted member of the
company. except by three fourths VOTE and any MEM
Der may be expelled by twothrds of the members
present at any regular Meeting of the company.
An S-The company shall meet for exercise, once at
least in each of the months of April May, June, july
August September October Of each year, at such
times the company may by their bylaws prescribe
Art 9-If any member shall be absent from any fire,
or the annual any regular, extra meeting of
the company without satisfactory to the board
of officers he shall for each and every time he is alb
sent be fined in tny not less than twenty-five cents
than dollar, as the company shall by their
bylaws provide.
Art 10-Al fines assessed by the board of officers shall
be certified by the foreman in his absence the officer
next in rank who present. and shall be atescd by the
Secretary and recorded by him in book provided for
that purpose. .
of Ashtabua for the of the company and brought
before the Mayor and the certificate of the foreman
any fines shall be held and taken prima acie evidence
fthe correctness of such fines.
Art 12.-The members of the company shall have pow
CT to pass bylaws for the reguatio of said company
inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance
Passed Dec. 10Th 1866. u L. MORRISON, Mayor.
Attest: EDWARD H. FITCH, Recorder