The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-02-02
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING Fires
and Fire Department.
ARTICIE T

III u ElIC department..
ARTICLE 1.
Of Fire Officers and duties of citizens
during fires.
The Board of Trustees of the city
of Cheyenne do ordain:
SECTION /. That there may be
elected by the Board of Trustees of
the city of Cheyenne, one or more
Fire Wardens, who shall hold their
offices for m year next ensuing
such appointment, and receive such
compensation as may be allowed by
the Board of Trustees.
1t shall be the duty of the Fire
Wardens TO sec that all the ordi-
nanceS of the city concerning the fire
department are enforced.
Sec. 2. Every person who shall be
present during a fire shall be subject
and obedient to the orders of the
Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment, the Fire Wardens, the City
trustees, City Marshal and police
officers, in extinguishingsthe fire and
removing and protecting property /;
and, in case such person refuse or
neglect to obey such orders, he shall
lorfeit and pay, for every such ~offtnse,
the sum of fifteen dollars, and all
0ficers shall have power to arrest all
such persons so neglecting or refusing
70 obey such orders as aforesaid, and
hold him in custody until after the
IRE shall have been extingulshed,
Vhen he shall be taken before Il
Police Magistrate, to be dealt with
according TO law: Provided, That no
person shall be bound to obey such
officer unless the official character of
lhe officer be known, or be made
known to such person.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of every
police officer, upon an alarm of fire.
10 repair Immediately to the place of
The fire, and there remain, subject to
The orders of the City Trustees or the
Fire Wardens, for the discharge of
. police duty, and to assist in preserv-
Ing, guarding and protecting prop
erty, and to keep all idle and suspi-
ciouS persons from The immediate
vicinity of the fire, and under the
directions Of the Fire Wardens, to
aid and assist in procuring supplies
0f water for extinguishment of the
Gre.
ARTICLE III.
Precautionary Regulations.
SECTION L. The City Trustees, City
Marshal and police officers of this
I'LL = Ilic W.T.
dens ex-ofiicio, and are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to do and
PERFORM all the duties of Fire Wardens
by this ordinance.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Fire Wardens to examine all build
kngs, occupied or u~noccupied, and all
bindings in process of construction,
all Repositories Of ashes, and manu-
Figuring establishments, and to re-
port TO Il Police Magistrate all viola-
IONS of law and the ordinances of
the city in relation thereto, and
report To the Board of City Trustees
on the subject OF the prevention and
ESTABLISHMENT of fires.
Sc. !. Tie Fire Wardens shall
also, from time TO time, inspect. all
etoyes, f~ire-places, heartns, CRATES,
furnaces, boilers, and all other places
In said city where fire may he kept,
aud all stovepipes, chimneys, ovens
and-other apparatus or fixtures con-
pected herewith, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the same be In
9 safe and proper condition, an1such
Inspection shall be made on the
request of any citizen, at any proper
tiine, for the purpose of ascertaining
tne condition and safety thereof. And
whenever, in the opinion of any Fire
Warden, any stove, Fireplace, hearth,
crate, furnace or other place for
Keeping fire, or any appurtenance
for conducting heat or smoke from
any such place, may he in such con-
diti0n 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 ma be,
or with which the same may be
connected, to discontinue the milking
OF Hire therein, and to make all neces-
sary alterations and repairs to render
the keeping of fire therein safe, and
TO make the same conform to the
provisions and requirements of this
ina And II such person shall
make Il lire therein, and neglect to
make such necessary alterations aud
repairs, after being directed so to do,
~ aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay
70 SAID city a sum not less than
twenty-hve dollars for each and
every day he shall continue to use
the same without making the neces-
snry alterations and repairs TO render
n same SAFE, and To make the same
conform to the provisions and re-
Quireinents of this ordinance. And
each day that the use of the same
shall be continued, shall be deemed
to be a violation of this section, and
the nm for the am shall be rpcov-
cred In u separate action: Provided,
Tnat any person feeling himself ag-
grieved by the decision or direction
q q Fire Warden, may appeal tn
Inc Board OF City TRUSTEES, ut the
f1rst meeting thereof. after the order
OF the Fire Warden ,is afnr,.
eaid; hut Ia all cases, the order of the
shlu FIRE Warden to discontinue the
making OF any fire, shall he com
Piled with until the final decision of
the Board Of City Trustees on such
appeal. Any person who shall resist
o. "bstruct any Fire Warden in the
Secutipn of the duties here en-
ned upon him, shall forfeit aud