The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-17

assistant, and to do police duty, aud to
aid in protecting property aud in ex-
tioguishing the fire, aud to require all
bys'audors, il necessary, TO manage aud
work all fire engines working at tho
fire, aud TO assist 10 removing, guarding
and protecting property. Any person
who shall refuse or neglect so to aid
and assist when so required shall for
felt and pay, for the use OF the city, q
sum not less than five dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars. ,
SD 81 All police officers, ere war
dens and officers Of any Ere department,
must wear . badge Of, Office at the time
Of fire, u detnsto THAR authority BE-
fore sdit Gan Be brought for violation
Of the previous section. kNt
Sec. %. Any person or persons,
who shall injurc any Of the, Ere engines
belonging to or in the public use q the
city or take, use or destroy any person.
al property belonging to any ERE com.
pany, or any Of the apparatus thereunto
belonging, or shall place any obstruc-
tons in the way, so as to hinder in any
manner the free access to tie apparatus,
or shall remove any Of the hooks, lad.
ders, or other apparatus, from their
proper place of deposit, without the
consent Of the proper officer in COM
mand Of company, shall be fined in any
sum not less than ten dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars, for each aud
every offense. ..... ,....
SEQ. %: 1t shall not be lawful for
any person or persons to open any Of
the public cisterns for any purpose
whatever, except in time Of FIRE, or for
washing, cleaning, or exercising the en-
gines belonging to the FIRE department;
and whoever shall abuse, impair, in
jure or corrupt any Of the public els
terms, shall, on conviction thereof, for
felt and pay a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars. ss.,,sr>
8 Sec. "A. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person to place any building mater
ials or any other distractions, what
ever, within eighteen feet Of the center
cap Of the cisiern, and any person 80
offending shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding twenty dollars. Do .'as
SEC. Is. Whenever the owners Of
property, or other persons interested,
shall petition the city council TO build
a public cisiern at the intersection Of
any Of the stress, or at any other point
within tie city where there is no pub
lie cistern, aud shall pay into the city
treasury the sum of two hundred doll
lars towards the expense Of construct
ing the same, II Shalt be the duty Of the
city council to cause said ciGelnl to be
constructed in such manner, and upon
such terms a. shall BY ordinance be
adopted; Provided, in tho opinion Of
the council, said cistern is properly
located, and it is expedient 10 con.
siruct the same.
SEC. &c. There shall be appointed
two fire wardens in each ward by the
mayor, by and with the consent Of a
majority Of the city council, who are
authorized to enter auy house or bull
dug, LOT, yard or premises in the city,
between sun rising and sun setting, on
any day Of the week, for the purpose
of examining any fireplace, hearth,
chimney, stove, or stove pipe, oven,
boiler, kettle or other apparatus or fix
ture which may be dangerous in caus-
ing or promoting fires, and when any
danger shall appear from any appara-
tus, as aforesaid, Of fires taking place,
they shall or either Of them may direct,
in writing, the owner, agent, or occu-
pant of the premises containing the
dangers aforesaid, to remove, alter or
amend the same, in such manner, and
within such time as they or either of
them may deem reasonable and just ;
and any person who shall
resist the entrance of the ere wardens,
as aforesaid, into any premises aforesaid,
or shall neglect or refuse to attend to
the directions given for srtering, amen
ding or removing any Of the dangers
aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay on con
viction, a sum not exceeding fifty dol.
lars, and an additional sum Of ten dol.
lars for every twenty-four hours such
danger shall remain, after reasonable
time is given as aforesaid. ''e e7Ta4
SEC. q. 1t shall be tho duty Of the
fire wardens, when proper information
is given 70 either of them, of any off.
ense against any of the preceding pro.
visions of this ordinance to lodge com
plant before the proper officer forth.
with for prosecution. ' Oh '''l I
.s FIRE LIMITS. ...
SEC. 2s. All that part Of the city
embraced within the following blocks
! viz: Blocks, one, two, three, four, five
six, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
fifteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-one
twenty-five, twenty-three, twenty -four
| twenty five, twenty-six and twenty-sev
en-; in the city Of Cairo, shall hereafter
compose and DO known a. the fire linn.
its of said city. l..' '.e." .s.tc"
Sec. 20. No wooden building O
structure shall be commenced to b.
erected, and no wooden addition to On,
building or structure now erected, shall
be put up and added to such building
or structure except as hereinafter pro
| yided within the said FIRE limits Pyo,,i