Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-18
TOWN ORDINANCES,
ANORDINANCB

Town Of Geld Hill q 70 nokS-
late md Maintain the Same.
Tho Board of Trustees Of the Ioton 81 U0"
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SEc11oN /. A Fire Department Tor the
Town Of Gold Hill is hereby created, ~n.'l
shall consist Of one Chief Engineer, q As-
sistant Engineer a President, q Secretary, =
Treasurer, and a Board Of Delegates, enu
such Fire Companies as shall, complynY
with the provisions OF this Ordinance % Az
mitted thereto. -,
SIC. 2. An election shall be held for Chiei
Engineer, and one Assistant Engineer y
the members Of the Department, upon a Gay
appointed by the Board Of Trustees, INT upon
day Of the week, the same week
Of the month each year thereafter; and tney
shall hold their offices for one year, or ansl
their successors are elected and quaithed.
In case any vacancy shall occur in said Of
fees, the President shall call q special cleo,
ton to fill such vacancy for the une1pfeo
term. .r-H -r.fv rs a.e.frn
SEC. 3. The election shall be called BY the
President, by notice published at least Ten
days in some newspaper OF said county, ana
shall be conducted as follows: The Board OF
Delegates shall appoint, to conduct said cleo
ton, three Judges, who may appoint two
said election shall be held at such
place as the Board Of Delegates may desig-
nate, between the hours Of two o'clock T. u.
and seven o'clock P. n. The returns OF said
election, duly certified by the majority Of the
Judges, shall be forwarded to the Secretary
Of the Department within five days thereafter,
and shall by him be transmitted to the Board
Of Delegates, who shall convene within five
days thereafter, and declare the result. The
persons having the highest number Of votes
shall be declared elected. In case OF o tie
vote, the Board Of Delegates shall determine.
Contested elections for Chief and Assistant
Engineers shall be decided by the Board Of
Delegates.
$40. 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
shall be made to the Board Of Trustees OF
said Town, and they shall declare the result.
SEC. 5. The Board Of Delegates shall DO
composed Of three members elected from
each company by the members thereof, on
the second Monday after the election Of Chief
Engineer OF each year, and they shall hold
their Offices for one year or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified. They shall
assemble within ten days after their election
and organize by the election Of q President,
a Secretary and q Treasurer, who shall re-
spectively be President, Secretary and Treas
urer Of the Fire Department. The Board Of
Delegates shall make laws for the govern
ment Of the Fire Department not ineonsis-
tent with the provisions Of this Ordinance,
or the Ordinances Of said Town now in force
or to be hereafter enacted; and all such laws
by them so made, shall be binding on every
Company, officer and member Of the Depart
ment; and any Company, officer or member
of the Department who shall violate any Of
the said laws, or shall refuse to obey the law
full orders OF the Chief or Assistant Engin-
GERS, shall, upon complaint, be tried by the
Board Of Delegates, and IL found guilty, may
be censured, suspended, removed from Office,
or expelled from the Fire Department az the
majority Of the Board, in its Judgment, may
direct.
SEC. 6. A Hook and Ladder Company, or
Hose COMPANY, shall be composed Of not
moro 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 at least, one
Assistant Foreman. n Secretary and Treas
urer. A comnanv desiring admission 20 the
Fire DEPARTMENT must make application TO
the Board Of Delegates, accompanying such
application with a COPY Of their Constitution
and BYLAWS, the names Of their officers, the
residence Of the members, and the location
they desire; and should the Board Of Dele
gates, by q vote Of q majority Of all its men,
6ers, decide to recommend the admission Of
such Company, the Secretary OF the Depart
ment shall forward to the Board Of Trustees
n certificate Of such recommendation, to-
gether with a petition OF the Company, with
q copy Of their Constitution and Bylaws OF
the same, the names Of the officers and mem
bers, their residence, and the location they
desire. II such Recommendation shall re-
ceive the approval OF the Board OF Trustees
the Company shall be admitted into the De.
partment, upon q full surrender 20 SAID Board
Of Trustees for the incorporate Town OF Gold
hii OF all claim and uIe OF saia company,
apparatus BY such Company possessed and
after such Company shall have been regular
" admitted INTO the department, the lrus
tees Aforesaid shal denver 10 sucn company
the apparatus SO SurIendereu, 70 DC oy saia
company received, nei9 anu USED IN tneet, 70
DC re-oeliVerea 10 sm9 trustees %hen sucn
company snail nave d~isoanded. ouch com,
pany shall oe eneasa three delegates INC
may eau specla eiecton i9i tne same. n
the Delegates so elected snail hold their OIL
hoes until their successors at the next gen.
eral election shall have been elected and have
qualified; and no petition for any. company
shall be entertained by tho Board Of Trus-
tees, until 1t shall have received the recon-.
mendation Of the Board OF Delegates.
SIC. Z. It shall be unlawful for any COM
pany or association not belonging to the De-
partment to perform the duties Of Fireman,
when said Department or any portion thereof
Is in service, unless so permitted blythe Chief
or Assistant Engineer.
SEC. .. Whenever the roll OF any Com
pany for any cause shall be reduced to less
than fifteen members, the Chlef Engineer
shall suspend such Company, after ten days
notice shall have been given but such Com
pany may be re-iustated by the Board Of Del:
egates at any meeting, or may DO BY said
Board disbanded.
SEC. 9. The Board Of Trustees shall not be