Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-07-31
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"A N ordlnauce to aushorizc establish and
goyctn The Abort hook aud Ladder Company No. 4"
he y enacted 9y thc couacn o. the Incorporated VII
hst the persons who bave been enrolled as members
~ Alert Hook and Ladder ComPany No. 1, and such
peFs9ns as sha hereafter Join such company, not es.
cctung IN number (4 fourteen and shall sign the FOL
lowing Articles, be, and the same hereby eonstltu-
er, ee a az a9 aaneSsG % 70 the Ers Depart
Alert Hook and Ladder Company No l." OF the IncOr-
poraod Village OF Ashtabula and said company shall
have the and control OF The Carriages Ladders and
sppRhrt9nsnses now belonging g said Village and such
however such regulations asmay be prescribed BY the
village Council.
AnT. l. The. ofioers Of the company shall be ono
one Treasurer who shall be eleeted annually by the
day of April, of each year majority of all the mem
bers present being ndccssary fora ciooc and the pen
elected shall hold their oice.for year, snd
until their successors elected and quaed, provi
ded however that the officers now elected shalt hold
her respective offices until the next ANNUAL election
ART II, II shall be the duty OF the Foreman to ace
that the Carriages and Ladders and everything apper
that each under him does duty, and IL any
6er shall neglect or refuse to obey all orders from the
rank, IN command Of the eompany he shah be Bncd NJ
Arr IN The Foreman, and In case OF his absence
the fret Assistant Foreman shall have the power TO call
extra meetings Of the company, and shall be his duty
so TO do on the written request of four ~ members OF
AnT. Nv. The Secretary shall record the doings Of
the company at their several meetings. call the roll
ting all absent members and shall collect all fines as
sessed and pay the same to the treasurer,
ART. V. The Treasurer shail ete from the secre'
tay all moneys collected by him. and hold the sub
ieet to order and at each annual meeting shall exhibit
statement Of the funds examined and approved by the
board of officers. l... .-.rH
ART. vi. The officers Of the company shall consti-
tutea board of directors whose duty 1t shall be to give
their opinion on all questions submitted to them by
the Commanding Oncer which opinion shall be bind
ing on the company to audit all accounts against the
company and to hear and to decide all excuses offered
by the delinquent members and shall semi anfuaIy
make out and report in writing to the chief engineer Of
the fire department of said Village, list Of al officers
of tho condition Of the Carriages, Ladders and
all other property belonging TO the Village In care OF the
company.
Art WI No person shaTI be admitted a mcmber Of
the company except by three furs vote, aud any Of
the members may be expelled by twoAhirds vote Of
the members present. at any regular meeting Of the
AEr.I WIN. The Company shall meet for exercise,
once at least in each of the months of April May June
July August September and October, Of each ycsTt =,
such times ss the Company may BY tbssL by laws pre-
scribe. -s.,A.lr ...i.'q - IL, .'.t.it, ...---
fire. or at any annual any regular, OF extra meeting
of the company, without satisfactory to the
Board OF OmccFs he shall for each and every time he IL
so absent I've fined In any sum not less than twenty
cents or more than dollar the company shall by
ftheir bylaws provide ~ " y So. y'..-.L
SARr.X All fines assessed by the Board Of Officers
shall be certified by the Foreman, in his ebsence the
Olcer n1xi in rank who is present and sha he attest
led by the Secretary and recorded by him in book pro
k ART XII An fines under the preceding aftis3s sBaI
be recovered By an action 81 debt In the name Of tho
Incorporated Village of Ashtabula. for the of the
Companv and brought before the Mayor, and the cert
cae Of the Foreman to any fines siail be held and ia
ken prma faca evidence Of the correctness Of sucf
| fines.
sART. XII The members ofthe Company shall have
power to enact by DAVIS for the regulation and govern
nent of said company not Inconsistent with the provi
sion of this ordinance Passed July f2fh 1879.
Attest THEo HALL, CLERK swlosl