New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-19

/ 0Ob leo0 IMAM t00Y-0vo men,, ono nOOk IN
ladder company OF not less than twenty
nve men. two eteam engine csnpa..s, 4
! % composed OF one engineer, ono driver
] one foreman, and not loes than twenty men
each. -
SEC. 3. That the engine company shall
be provided with ono hand engine and ffvv
hundred feet Of hose Of the first quality
and one horse, with the requisite harness
complete; the esme to BE- kept ct Az times
in good order and ready for service.
SEC. 4. That the hook and ladder com
pany shal be provided with one hook and
ladder carriage, . full set If hooks and
ladders, and ono horse with the requisite
harness complete, the Same to be kept 81
oil times in good order end ready for SER
vice.
SEC. 5. That each steam fire engine com.
pany shall be provided with one service
abIe steam fro engine, one hose carriage
and Of least 500 feet Of hose of the first
quality, and . efficient number Of horses,
with the requisite harness complete. tho
same TO b kept Ut ell times in good order
ana ready FOX service.
SEC. 6. That each engineer, foreman and
assistant foreman shall upon his appoint.
ment receive warrant or certificate in the
following words, viz: "This certifies that
- i appointed chief engineer, assas +
ant engineeF, foreman or assistant foreman
lee the case may bel Of tho hre department
Of AlEiers, Filth District Of the city of New
OfleaAa, and 10 entatled to all the powers
ana immunitles belonging TO sead ONCE. to
. signed By the Mayor Of the city Of New
SEc. .: That the foremen shall hsve com.
naod Of tho mem and aPparstus bsloDging
GO theif several companiee, and ~Ahall take
charge OF their apparatus ct fires, and shall
Caue0 to be oxOcutod al oetern Of thu chief
o. assistant en9tneeEe. 90, 1.-N.s.
SEC. .. That It shall be the duty Of The
chief and aseiseAnt engineeE., toremsn and
aeelt tA0ee, whenever nro shall break ont
II tho nun District, tmmedtetely to repair
TO tho place OF such hre, and TO carry with
them suitable badge Of Office, and to take
proper neasures that the several engines
ana neeer eppesetns Dc arranged IN the
most advantageous eituati0nA ood only
worked fee The elective extiDguishment Of
hros, and also to assist IN pulling down or
demolishing any ho0ee o building. if neoes-
eity re4uaree. 1t shall ale0 be their duty 20
cause order to be preserved IN going to, work
ing at, OF returning from fires, and at Other
times when companies attached to the de-
partoeot alo ON duty. Any pereon or por-
sons Infringing ON tho power delegated to
mon and assistant foremeD, by this Ordi-
nance, shaal DO subject to tine of NOT les
than i've dollars or moro than tventy-fve
d0llaEs, q imprisonment for not moro than
thirty dAys. - the recorder OF the district
may determine.
SIC. 9. That the chief engineer shall have
the solo eonwand 1t hres over al members
of the iIre department. and shall take an
DroDer measuree for the Observation-Disclosures Of
firoe. preservation of order. and obeerv.
apce Of the laws, ordinances and reeuls.
ticns resDectinR free: and it shall be tho
duty of Inc aaid chief eneineer to examine
into the oondition Of the eneines ANA of aIl
othar annaratus. and of the engine AND
other houaea belonaine 70 the citv snd need
for the mn nosee of the fire densrtment. a
often q circumstences may render it
expedient, or whenever directed to do
20 %.rce e an. .ne to s1apt
the same to said Administrators, also
to cause full description of the same. to-
Rether with the names of the officers and
members of the Ore department, to be pub.
lished annually in such manner 50 the eaid
Administrator shall direct; and it shall,
moreover, be the duty Of the chief engineer
to receive and transmit to said Administra-
tor of Commerce all returns made of off,
Gers, members and fire apparatus belonging
prescribed, and all other communications
relating to the affairs of the fire depart
ment, and to keep fair and exact rolls of
the respective companies, which he shall
report to said Administrator; and he shall
report to said Administrator al accidents by
ire which may happen within the Fifth Dis
trict, with the causes thereof, and the mum
Der and description Of the buildings de-
strOyed, together with the names of tho
owners and occupants, and an estimate OF
the losses by tho same.
SEC. 10. No person under eighteen years
OF age shall DO employed es member OF
the tire department OF the Fifth District OF
the city OF New Orleans, or permitted to
idle or lolter IN or about the engine houses.
SEC. ii. That the foreman and assistants
OF each company snail DO selected from
among the men composing tho company,
and shall always be resdy for duty. At
IN alarm of fre said foreman and assist
ants shall have the horses attached to start
the engine belonging to the same for the
scene Of the fire; they shall also cause the
engine, hose, etc to be kept In good work
ing order, the house in clearly condition,
and have full and proper care taken of the
horses attached to the same.
Sec. II. 1t ehall also be their duty to pre-
serve order and discipline, at all times, in
their respective companies, and enforce
strict compliance with the city ordinances,
the rules and regul atoms OF the depart
ment and the orders of their superiors.
They shall also keep fair and exact rolls of
their respective companies, and accounts OF
all property belonging to the department
and intrusted to the care OF the several
members of their respective companies, and
of all absences and hardness among the
same, in book provided for that purpose,
which rolls or record books are always to
be subject to the inspection of the Admin
istratOr of Commerce. They shall also
make to the chief engineer true returns of
all the members of the several companies,
and the apparatus intrusted to their care
when called upon by said engineer to do 30.
SEC. ID. That the foreman and assistants
of each hand engine company and each