The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-02-01
AN ORDINANCE concerning Fires
and Fire Department.

49,
ARTICLE L.
OF Fire Officers and duties of citizens
during fires.
The Board of Trustees of the city
Of Cheyenne do ordain:
8nCTIoN /. That there may be
e1oc(ed by the Board of Trustees of
The city of Cheyenne, one or more
Exro Wardens, who shall hold their
OlIcc5 for one year next ensuing
mch appointment, and receive such
coupensation as may be allowed by
fho Board of Trustees.
r. shall be the duty of the Fire
Wnrdens 10 see that all the ordi-
mnEe5 OF the city concerning the fire
01r1rtment are enforced.
Z Sec. 2. Every person who shall be
'Drooent during a fire shall be subject
and obedient to the orders of the
ChIof Engineer of the Fire Depart
mant, the Fire Wardens, the City
Trustees, City Marshal and police
omcers, in extinguishingithe fire and
removing and protecting property;
and, In case such person refuse or
neglect to obey such orders, he shall
forfeit and pay, for every such o~ffense,
the eum of fifteen dollars, and all
Officers shall have power to arrest all
such Persons so ~neglecting or refusing
to obey such orders as Aforesaid, and
bold MIN in custody until after the
zro shall have been extingulshed,
Whcp he shall be taken before a
EoIIce Magistrate, to be dealt with
oc1ording TO law: Provided, That no
pc<1Dn shall be bound to obey such
olI1er unless the official character of
c1o officer. be known, or be made
Euown to such person.
<1e. 3. 1t shall besthe duty of every
roIIce officer, upon an alarm of fire.
70 Iepair Immediately to the place of
TIE lire, and there remain, subject to
TIE orders ofthe City Trustees or the
Fire Wardens, for the discharge of
poIIce duty, and to assist in preserv-
Irx, guarding and protecting prop
rE<T, and to keep all idle and suspi-
-1L1us persons from the immediate
vLcInity of the fire, and under the
6lEections of the Fire WardeDs, to
I'D and assist i'll procuring supplies
Of water for extinguishment of the
sAnrrcnE II.
Precautionary Regulations.
8EcrfoN L. The City Trustees, City
Marshall and police officers of this
city are hereby declared Fire War
de13 iek5OficiO, and are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to do and
PERFORM all the duties of Fire Wardens
b2 Ibis ordinance.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Fin Wardens to examine all build
tno4 occupied nrlunoccupied, and all
buildings in process of construction,
oil Repositories of ashes, and manu-
fa9ouring establishments, and to re-
port to a Police Magistrate all viola
tione of law and the ordinances of
the city in relation thereto, and
rePqyt tothe Board of City Trustees
on the subject of the prevention and
extinguishment of fires.
Sec. 3. The Fire Wardens shall
also, from time to time, inspect all
stoves, ire-places, hearths, CRATES,
furnaces, boilers, and all other places
In said city where fire may be kept,
and all stovepipes, chimneys, ovens
and-other apparatus or fixtures con-
nected Herewith, for the purpose of
asceEtaining whether the same be in
a4fFand proper condition, and such
inG elton shall be made on the
req4est of any citizen, at any proper
time, for the purpose of a%scertaining
hcseendition and safety thereof. And
Xuonever, in the opinion of any Fire
warden, any stove, fireplace, hearth,
Gk1te, furnace or other place for
keeping fire, or any a~ppurtenauce
fof,e6nducting heat or smoke from
any such place, may be in such con-
dillon as to render the keeping of fire
unsafe therein, it shall be his duty to
order and direct the occupant of the
building in which the same may be,
or with which the same may be
connected, to discontinue the making
Of3re, therein, and to make all neces-
eary alterations and repairs to render
the keeping of fire therein safe, and
TO make the same conform to the
PROVISIONS and requirements of this
ordinance And if such person shall
m4fe a Are therein, and neglect to
make such necessary alterations and
repairs, after being directed so to do.
rs aforesaid, he shall forfeit and paw
to said city q sum not less than
Twenty-Five dollars for each and
every day he shall continue to use
the same without making the neces-
gary alterations and repairs to render
the same safe, and to make the same
conform to the provisions and re-
Quirements of this ordinance. And
each day that the use of the same
shall be continued, shall be deemed
to be aYiolation of this section, and
the hnd forIthe same shall be recoy-
cred in a separate action: Provided.
That any person feeling himself ag-
gri2Yed by the decision or direction
Of H1y-Fire Warden, may appeal to
the Board of City Trustees, at the
hrst meeting thereof, after the order
-of: the Fire Warden AS afore.
said; but in all cases, the order of the
aid EirelWhrden to discontinue the
making Of any fire, shall be com
Piled with until the final decision of
me Board of City Trustees on such
4ppeal,sA Any person who shaltresist
~ obstruet~ aiy FireGWarden in the
execution Of the duties here en-
{oined upon him, shall forfeit and
ny TO said citya sum not less than
Z1n dollars, nor moro than nna hun