The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-06-23

| Dy PERMISSION or the mayor OF the lily
and on such permission they shall return
their engines and fire apparatus we'll
| washed and cleansed to their respective
| places of deposit. If any company shall
without permission from an Engineer or
the Mayor as above, leave any fire with
| their engine or fire apparatus, the officer
| in command of such company shall for
felt and pay not less than three, nor more
| than twenty-five dollars Tor each and
every such offence.
Sec IS. The said engines and other
| fire apparatus shall be kept in such
| places respectively as the Board Of Alder
men shall provide, and the several COM
panies having charge of them shall keep
! the same in the best order for immediate
use For the more effectualiy perfecting
the fremen in their dnties and preserv
ing the organization of the Hire Depart
ment, and keeping the engines and other
fire apparatus in good order, the said
! companies shall severally hold regular
month, and shall also once in every
month Of May, June, July, August,
September. October, and November, in
engines and other fire apparatus, and
exercise Herewith. There shall also be
a general review of the Fire Department
engines and other fire apparatus, by the
| Mayor and Aldermen semi annually in
the Spring and Fall of each year. 1t shall
be the duty of the Chief Engineer to APP
point day and place of such review, and
| give notice thereof to the Mayor and
Aldermen, and also public notice in one OR
more newspape of the City. On the
day appointed by the Chief Engineer, it
shall be the duty OF all persons belong
| ing to any division cf the Fire Depart
ment to appear at the designated place,
! fully equipped for such reviewing; and
the different companies shall bring their
respective engines and other fire appara-
| tus. Any member of the Fire Depart
| nent failing 10 appear at review APP
| pointed as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay
for the benefit of the company to which
he belongs, such sum of money as a
penalty fer such failure as shall be
prescribed by the bylaws of his company.
Sec. "A. Whenever any member of
any company Of the Fire Department
shall be justly indebted to said company,
in pursuance Of the constitution and by
laws or regulations of the same, the said
constitution. bylaws, or regulate ns hav.
ing first been submitted to and approved
by the Board Of Aldermen, it snail be
lawful for said company to sue for and
receive from such member, on his neg
lect to pay such Indebtedness, whateve.
sum may be so due, by action Of debt in
the name Of the City, fer the use Of said
company, before any court having juris
diction
| Sec. Is. Every fireman Except fore
man and assistant foreman) attached to
any fire company shall, if possible, when
on daty, wear cap Of the form or style
and material which shall from time to
time be adopted by his company, paint
ed and lettered according to the require
ments of the constitution and bylaws
Of the company to which he belongs.
| Sec. l6. If any person having charge
of an engine or other fire apparatus shall
suffer or permit the same to be applied to
private uses, without the consent of the
acting Chief Engineer, he shall forfeit a
penalty Of not less than FIVE nor more than
twenty five dollars, for each and every
such offence, besides being personally liza,
bic for all damages.
| Sec. II. The acting Chief Engineer,
by and with the consent of the Mayor Of
the City. and in the absence of the May
OF, then with the consent of one Alder
men from the several wards of the City,
shall have power in their discretion tc
grant permission to any fire company tc
go with their respective engines and
other fire apparatus beyond the limits oil
the City, to be absent such length OF
time as they may direct Any officer
in command Of any company who shall
suffer or permit the engine OF other ap
paratus in charge of said company to be
taken beyond the limits of the City with
out such permission, shall forfeit and
pay for every such offence penalty Of
not less than five nor more than twenty
five dollors, besides beng liable for all
damages.
Sec. IS. IF any fireman shall refuse
or neglect to attend at any meeting OF
the company to which he is attached, he
shall forfeit and pay for every default,
benefit Of the company as shall be fixed
by the by laws thereof, unless they shall
exonerate him therefrom.
| Sec. 10, If any fireman shall neglect
to attend at any fire without such excuse
as shall be sufficient and satisfactory tc
the company to which he belongs; or
shall neglect or refuse to do his duty as
a fireman, or shall disobey, or refuse tC
obey the orilers of his proper company
officers or shall leave his engine or other
fire apparatus while at a fire without
permission Of the acting foreman, he
shall forfeit and pay for the use and ben
eft OF such company, such sum of money
as penalty for every such default, as
shall be prescribed by the by laws Ct
such company, and shall be subject to
expulsion from the Fire Department.
See. 20. If any foreman or assistant
foreman of any fire company shall at a
fire, dIsobey or refuse to obey the order
Of the Chief Engineer or the Assistant
Engineer, he shall forfeit and pay fol
every such dafault a penalty of not less
than five nor exceed twenty dollars, and
If any fireman at a fire shall disobey OF
refuse to obey any such order given in
pursuance of the provisions of section
nine OF this ordinance, he shall forfeit
and pay for every such default a penalty
OF not less than one nor to exceed five
dollars.
Sec. 81. The Engineer in command,
or in the absence of all the Engineers, the
Mayor or two Aldermen Of the City, may
direct the hook and ladder men to cut
down and remove any building, erection
or fence for the purpose Of checking the
progress of the fire, and the engineer in
command, and in the absence Of such en-
gincer. the Mayor of the City, with the
ADVICE and concurrence Of two members
OF the Board of Aldermen, shall have
power to blow up or cause to be blown
up with powder or otherwise any build
ing or erection, during the progress of a
fire, for the purpose Of extinguishing or
checking the same. .