Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-19
Shcrif's Office, Dec. .a:1$66s sGiAa5
AN NRUlNANCE

CREATING and defining the Office
and duties Of Chief Engineer and First Assistant En-
gineer of the Fire Department Of the Incorporated vii
SEC BE it ordained by the Mayor, Recorder and
Trustees of the Incorporated Village of AsttabUla, that
the first Monday of May in each and every year the
Council shall elect by ballot chief and assistant
engineer Of the ire department. who shall hold their of
flee for year until their successors duly elected
& qualified Pro icd that elected sh Ill ex
Use the duties of said Office at the same time be men,
b or any fire company within limits OF this village
SEC. 2.--The chief engineer. in his absence the
at fires over all members of the fire depart
ment and all other persons who may be pres
ent at fires and shall have police powers ata fires a. cx
ofieo MARSHALL. Ii shall be his duty to examine into
the condition of all engine and other houses, of all fire
engines and other apparatus belonging TO the village of
Ashtabula used for the purpose Of the fire department and
the companies attcheas often render 1t
expediet when directed to do so by the Village Cou
Gil or by the committee fire department. And when
everany of the buildings apparatus used by or for the
purpose of the FIRE department need any repairs altera
lions additions he shall report the the Council
to the committee on the fire department, ahd it snail
be his duty receive and transmit to the council all te
turns of officers members and fire apparatus made by
the respective companies and all Recommendations rcla
tive to the affairs ofthc fire department to keep fair
and exactols of the respective companies specifying
the time Of admission and discharge and the aye OF each
member all of which he shall report to tc Council eni
annually the first Monday OF May and November in
Si SasR yenF he hn e Within be fsPH& limits M aey y w f6
the thereoas may be asceTtane together
with the names ofhe owners or occupants and the ap
proXimatc loss in each case. 0 ...- t-'
SEC ANY fire company. any officer officers OF
any fre company that shall knowingly willy disTe
gard disobey refuse yield obedience to the Grec
lions of the chief engineer any fire, neglect ore
fuse 10 take of preserve aud keep in order the fire
engine apparatus under their charge shall upon con-
Ection thereof before the and council be fined i'll
any not less than five nor more than fifty dollars
and be deprived of their organization command at
| the discreIono of the coupei t-t III ti1f
4-The village council shall on the last Saturday
of December 1866 elect chief and one assistant eng
neer of the fire department who shall exercise the duties
of their Office until their duly elected anu
| qualified. 5a %
SECa5-The chief engineer and the assistant engineer
together with the several foreman of the respective fire
companies shall constitute board of fire wardens under
the direction of the chief engineer who shall divide the
village into convenient districts assigning member
to each district, WHO shall in his district a least
once each year. and oener required TO do Ivy the
council make thorough examination of all buildings
tenements wherein fire is used with power TO direct
such repairs alterations of stoves pipes thiblc ues
cimncys any other apparatus used Tor heating where
by there exist liability of fire, such disposition Ct
ashes taken out from where fires are kept i'll their
Judgment shall be necessary TO make the safe
prevent fires. . And if any person or persons
so directed make any or the above named alterations
repairs shall neglect refuse comply with such d
by the board ofre wardens and the expense thereof be-
come charge upon the property until paid by the own
er occupant.
SEC. 6All ordinances parts of ordinances iBcon-
sstet with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
SEC This ordinance to take effect and be IN force
Passed Dec 2lth 1866? H. L. MORRISON Mayor
Attest ED. Ii. FITCH. Recorder. S5S-w3