New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-23
CITY 0RDINANcEs--oFFIcIAL.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,
MAYORALrY OF NEW ORLEANS, I
CITY Hall. June 81. 1875.

An ordinance concerning the fire depart
ment of the Sixth District of the city O
New Orleans.
SECTION l. Be it ordained, That the
Mayor of the city of New Orleans be and
he Is hereby authorized and instructed to
contract with the Sixth District Fireman'a
| Charitable Association of New Orleans fol
the term of three years-say from Decem-
Der Is, 1876, to December Is, l879-for the
extinguishment of fires in the Sixth Dis.
| trict of the city of New Orleans, in con.
| formity with the provisions of this 0rdin-
| ance.
| Sec. ?. The fire department shall consist
| Of one chief engineer, at least two assis
| tant engineers, one foreman and two assis
| tant fOremen, for each organized incorp0r-
| ated company; one engine company of not
| less than thirty.fve men, one hook and
| ladder company Of not less than twenty
| be composed of one engineer, one driver,
| one foreman. and not less than twenty men
each, also one Babcock engine.
SEC. That the engine company shall
be provided with one engine and 500 feet of
| hose of the first quality, and one horse,
| with the requisite harness completes; the
| same to be kept at all times in good order
| and ready for service.
SEC. 4. That the hook and ladder com
| ladder carriage, full set of hooks and lad
ders, and two horses, with the requisite
| harness complete; the same to be kept at
| all times in good order and ready for ser
| vice.
Sec 5. That each steam fire engine com.
pany shall be provided with one serviceabie
steam fire engine, one hose carriage, and at
least 500 feet of hose Of the first quality, and
a suffic ient number of horses, With the regui
Icib "a 1ofo ho tn a kon
| at all times in good order and ready for
| service.
Sec. 6. That each engineer, foreman and
assistant foreman shall, upon his appoint
ment, receive a warrant or certificate in the
following words, viz: This certifes that
- is appointed chief engineer, assistant
| engineer, foreman or assistant OF the fire
department Of the Sixth District of the city
of New Orleans, and is entitled to all the
office;" to be signed by the Mayor of the
city of New Orleans.
SEC. 7. That the fOremen shall have cOM-
mand of the men and apparatus belonging
to their several companies, and shall take
charge of their apparatus at free, and shall
cause to be executed all orders Of the chief
or assistant engineers.
SEC. g. That it shall be the duty of the
chief and assistant engineers, foremen and
| in the Sixth District, Immediately to repair
to the place of such fire, and to carry with
| them q suitable badge of Office, and to take
proper measures that the several engines
and other apparatus be arranged in the
most advantageous situations, and only
worked for the effectual extiDguishment of
fires, and also to assist in pulling down or
demolishing any house or building, if neces-
sity require. It shall also be their duty to
cause order to he preserved in going to,
working at or returning from fires, and at
other times, when companies attached to
the department are on duty. Any person
or persons infringing on the power dele
gated to the chief engineer and his assist
ants, foremen and assistant fOremen, by
this ordinance, shall be subject 10 q fine of
not less than S. or more than $25, or i'm
prisonment tor not more than thirty days,
as the recorder of the district may deter
mine.
SEC. 9. That TIE chief engineer shall have
the sole command at fires over all members
of the fire department, and shall take all
proper measures for the extinguishment Of
fires, preservation of order, and observance
of the laws, ordinances and regulations re-
specting fires; and it shall be the duty of
the said chief engineer to examine into the
condition of the engines and of all other
apparatus, and of the engine and other
houses belonging to the city, and used for
the purposes of the fire department, as
often as circumstances may render it expe-
dent or whenever directed to do go by the
Administrator of Commerce. and semi
Annually to report the same to said Admin
istrator also to cause full description of
the same, together with the names Of the
officers and members of the fire de-
partment, to be published annually,
in such manner as the said Ad
ministrator shall direct; and it shall be,
moreover, the duty of the chief engineer to
receive aud transmit to said Administrator
of Commerce all returns made of officers,
members and fire apparatus belonging to
the respective companies, as hereafter pre-
scribed, and all other communications re-
lating to the affairs OF the fire department,
and to keep fair snd exact rolls Of the re-
spective companies, which he shall report
to said Administrator; and he shall report
to said Administrator all accidents by fire,
which may happen within the city, with
the causes thereof, and the number and de-
scription Of the buildings destroyed, to.
gether with the names of the owners and
occupants, and an estimate of losses by
the same.
SEC. 10. No person under eighteen years
of age shall be employed as a member of
the fire department of the Sixth District of
the city OF New Orleans, or permitted TO
idle or lOiter in or about the engine houses.
Sec. IL. That the foreman and assistants
Of each engine company shall.be selected
from among the men composing the COM
pany, and if 50 ordered by the chief en-
gineer shall be stationed at the engine
house of said company, and shall always
be ready for duty. At an alarm Of fire said
foreman and assistants shall have the
horses attached to start the engine belong
ing to the same for the scene of the fire;
they shall also cause the engine. hose, etc.
to be kept in good working order, the house
in clearly condition. and have full and
proper care taken Of the horses attached to
the same.
Sec - 1t shall also be their duty to pre-
serve order and discipline, at all times, in
their respective companies, and enforce a
strict compliance with the city ordinances,
the rules and regulations of the depart
ment, and the orders OF their superiOrs.
They shall also keep tair and exact rolls of
their respective companies, and accounts of
all property belonging to the department.
and intrusted to the care of the everal
members of their respective companies,
and of all absences and hardness among
the same, in book provided for that pur.
pose, which rolls or record books are al
ways to be subject to the inspection of the
Administrator of Commerce. They shall
also make to the chief engineer true returns
of all the members of the several com.
panies, and the apparatus intrusted to their
care, when called upon by said engineer to
do so.
Sec Is. That the foreman and assistants
of each hook and ladder company shall be
selected and appointed from among the
men composing said company, and shall be
stationed at the house OF said company, if
SO ordered by the chief engineer, and shall
always be ready fer duty. At an alarm of
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