Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-24
ORDINANCE No. ~.

An Ordinance to Create ard Regulate
Fire Department in Carson City.
The Board of Trustees of Carson City
do ordain:
SECTION !. 4 Fire Department of Car
son City is hereby created, which shall
consist Of one Chief Engineer. one First
Assistan: Engineer, one Second Assist
ant Engineer, six Fire WardeDs, and all
regularly organized fire companies, hose
companies. and book and ladder com.
pany, now or hereafter organized. within
the limits of said city, which shall COM
ply with the provisions and require
msnts of this Ordinance, and other
proper and appropriate ordinances OF
said city of a kindred nature, now OF
hereafter adopted. But not less than
two nor more than four fire companies.
not less than one nor more than two
hose companies. and not more than one
hook and ladder company shall belong
to said Fire Department at one time.
Not less than twenty-five nor more than
sixty msle members shall constitute q
fire company; not less than fifteen nor
more than twenty-five male members
shall constitute hose company; and not
less than fifteen nor more than twenty
male members shall constitute o hook
and ladder company. No company Of
either character above named shall be-
long to said Fire Department, unless
provided with and keeping the machines,
hose, carriages, hooks and ladders, and
other apparatus, fixtures. appliances,
and so forth, usually kept by such COM
after first belonging to said Fire Depart
ment, each FIRE company, each hose COM
pary, and each hook and ladder COM
papy shall make out and deliver to the
Board of City Trustees full and correct
inventory of ell its property, certified to
by its Foreman and Secretary.
SEC. 2. An election shall be held an
nually by the Fire Department of said
city for the election of the Chief, First
and Second Assistant Engineers. Said
election shall be held on the second Sat
urlay in January of each year, at such
convenient place as the Inspectors shall
designate. The Foremen Of the respect
i've fire companies, or such member as
they shall designate of each fire COM
pony, shall act as Inspectors Of said
elections; and said Inspectors shall at
least ten days before any election, meet
and select polling place for such elcc-
ton. and give at least eight days notice
thereof, and of the time of holding such
election, by publication in one or more
newspapers of said city, and by posting
such notice conspicuously in the engine
house of each Are company of said Fire
Department of said city.
SEC ;. All elections held as provided
for in this Ordinance shall open at two
o'clock p. u. and close at seven p. NJ,
and proclamation shall be made of the
time of closing by one of the Inspectors,
fifteen minutes before closing, IN dis
tinct voice, at the polls. The Inspectors
shall select two clerks of said elections.
Sec. 4. As soon as any election shall
close the Inspectors shall proceed to
count the ballots, and the clerks shall
keep tally lists; and when the count
shall have been completed tn result
shall be certified to by all the Board of
Election in duplicate, and one certified
poll list and one tally list shall be re-
tanned by the Inspectors. or deposited as |
they shall direct, for one year after such |
and the other shall be delivered |
to the City Clerk without unnecessary |
delay by one of the Inspectors or Clerks |
of such election. The number of votes |
received By each candidate for such Office |
to be filled at such election shall be ex-
tended ana written out i'll full hy the |
Clerks. The ballots. with the ballot box
sealed, shall be delivered to the City
Clerk with the election returns.
SEC. ). At its first regular or special
after the City Clerk shall have
received the returns and ballots OF any
election held under the provisions Of
this Ordinance, the Board Of Trustees Of
said city shall canvass the said returns
and declare the result, q minute Of which
shall be entered on the Journal of the
of the Board; and the Board
shall issue certificates to those elected,
signed by its chairman, countersigned
BY its clerk, and sealed with its seal,
SEC. 6. All officers elected or appoint
"a under the provisions of this Ordi-
nance shall hold for one year from and
after the date of their election or APP
,Ointment, and until the qualification Of
heir respective legal successors, unless
sooner removed from office for valid
'ause shown, as hereinafter provided.
10 person shall he eligible to any Office
lnder the provisions of this Ordinance
unless he be a qualified elector of said
.ity; and the engineers herein provided
or must be members of the Fire Depart
nent of said city.
SECT. The City Marshal shall appoint
'ix Fire Wardens of said city for its Fire
who shall be discreet per-
IONS, not members of the Fire Depart
nent, and who shall be invested with
he powers and shall, when necessary,
perform all the duties of policemen in
lines Of fire or confagration. The City
shall! give to each Warden a GER
ifcate of his appointment. {
SEC. s. The Chief Engineer shall re- :
,ort to the Board of Trustees quarterly,
n the months of January, April. July
md October, the number, location and :
condition OF cisterns, fire plugs and fire
and the state of fire company
houses, and all property Of the city in {
Keeping of said Department. Also, all !
ccidents by fire which may nave taken
,lace, with the causes thereof, and de- {
cription OF the property destroyed or
blurred, with the names of the owners Of
he same; also. such other information
nd such recommendations as he may
eem proper. He shall furthermore in {
uire into the causes of all fires, and see -,
hat all persons criminally connected {