The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-02-05
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"a ORDINA nee CONCERNING Fires
and Fire department.
ARTICLE 1.
Of Fire Officers and duties of citizens
during fires.
The Board of Trustees of the city.
4 Cheyenne do ordain:
SECTION l.. That there may be
GIected by the Board of Trustees of
he city of Cheyenne, n or more
IRE Wardens, who shall hold Iheir
1(fices for one Syear next ensuing
~hch appointment, and receive such
nDmpensation asfnay be allowed by
he Beard af Trustees.
IL shall be The duty of the Fire
Rardens to see that all the ordi-
uances of the city concerning the fire
department. are enforced.
-ySec. 2. Every prrsln- who shall be
present during Il fire shall be subject
md, oeed .cnt TO the orders uf the
Chief Engineer of The Fire Depart
. ment, the Fire Wardens, the City
trustees, City Marshal and police
0<icers, in extlnguishiig tue fire and
removing and protecting property /;
and, in Ease such, person reiuse or
neglect to obey such orders, he shall
6urfeiI and pay, Tor every such ~offrnse,
the sum of hfteen dollars, and all
o1cers shall have power Ia arrest, all
u1sch persons 50 neglectingo ar refusing
% obey sucll orders as aforesaid, ami
A. IDld him IN custody until alter the.
IRE shall have been extinguIShed,
ufhen he shall be taken before "a
Police Magistrate, to- he. uedIt with
xEcOrding 10 ,iaw: Provided, That M
DersDn shall be bound to obey such
Nicer unless the official character Of
HE officer lie known, or be MADE,
known to such person.
See. 3. II shaffb the duty of every
police officer, 40 an alarm Of fire.
10 repair inlmestiateiy tolhe pace OF
The fire, aud there remain, subject to
the riders of line City Trustees ur the
Fire WardenS, for The discharge OF
police duly, and 10 assist IN pr-serv-
ing, guardiug and prniectilig prop
erty, and 10 keep all idle II su-pi-
cious persons from the immediate
vicinity of The fire. and under The
directI0ns Of the Fire Wardens, to
aid and assist IN procuring supplies
of water for extinguisnment vi the
IRA ...164 UfFts
ARTICLE III.
i. Precautionary Regulations.
SECTION L. The City trustees. City
Marshal and police officers of this
<<ctty ure thereby declared Fire War
'dens ~tx-0fffcto, aud are hereby au-
hurried ana empowered To do and
perform ali tile ddties Of Fire Warden,
By this ordinance.
Sec 2. IL .siiaiI be the duty of the
Fire Wardrns ID exahnine all buiid-
1nss, ncedp.eI Or uiJcru ped, aud ali
9Uitdiugs In PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.
" IA repositories of ashes, and manu-
lacturiug establishments. and To re-
port TO a Police Magistrate all Viola
1-Ons of law aud the ordinances OF
.<ehe cuy. in reiation theretp, and
report III the Ii mrd Of City Trustees
On tsses susjret III The rreveption and
exthnguisiiiieiII of firt~.t
See. B.. Inc Fire Wardens shall
also, from tine to tini., inspect ali
\ Stoves, fire, places, heartiis, CRATES,
furnaces, toiiers, aud all other piu. e,
in said city where fire may te kept,
u ali sioxepipes, cbimneys, nvrns
: n Other apparatus or fixtures con-
nected herewith, ior The purpose of
aset-rtHining whether The same be in
4 u safessad proper condition, and such
= Inspection shat lie made on the
reques; OF amy citizen, ut amy proper
= time Tor HE purppSs of ascertanIing
. the condition II safety thereof. And
whenever, in the opinion of any Fire
Warden, amy stove, fireplace, hearth.
CRATE, furnace or other place for
J keeping tire, or any appurtenance
Tor conducting heat or smoke from
any u place, may he in such CON
d~itiuuhasiO render The keeping os fire
unsafe therein, it shall be his duty To
order AMI direct the occupant of the
building III which the same may he,
s>or- with which the same imay be
~connected, 10 discontinue The making
~ lire therein, and 10 make all neces-
6ary alterations and repairs to render
The Keeping Of fire therein safe, and
q to make, the same conform to The
provisions aud requirements of this
3 ordinance. AND u such person shall
make II lire therein, and neglect 10
make such necessary alterations and
repairs, litter beng directed 50 to tiu,
as aforesaid, lie shall forfeit and pay
= 10 said city a. III not, less than
Twenty-Five dollars for each and
every day he shall continue to USE
the same without making the neces-
sary alterations AMI repairs 10 render
the same safs', aid To inake'thc same
conform to the provisions and re-
quirements of this ordinance. Aud
each day, that the use of the same
shall be Continued, shall be deemed
9 " be 4 Violation Df this section, and
the Inc for. the sa,ne shall he recov-
cred IN ~ separate action: Provided,
StlA any person feeling himself n.y.
: tRrieved. by the decision or direction
pf any Fire Warden, may appeal III
the Board Of City Trustees, ut the
hrst meeting thereof. after the order
or the FIRE Warden as afore
Z sald; nut IN ail casesStbe order of The
seaiq flFe WsirdenSto discontinue the
making of any fire, shall lac com
+ Piled with until the final decision oi
the BOARD pf City Trustees on such