The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Ordinance No. s 6,
FIRE DEPARTMENT..

wardens, who shall be appointed as fol
!, lows: the chief engineer and first assist
!. ! ! ant engineer shall be elected
by the vote Of the
fire department annually, at their first
Irregular meeting in November, said cleo
ton to be subject to the approval or re-
lection Of the village council; the fire
wardens to be appointed by the village
council and designated as senior and
junior wardeEs, annually, at their first
regular meeting in November.
SEC. 2. At every fire each warden ap-
pointed shall report himself to the chief
engineer and be subject to his directions.
And it shall be the further duty Of said
fire wardens to prevent the hose from be-
ing trodden on and to keep all idle and
suspicious persons from it and its vicin-
ity, and also to useall proper eyert;on I
the preservation of goods and other pro-
perty endangered at fires; it shall also be
the duty Of the fire wardens to prevent
1 the dangerous construction Of chimneys,
fire places, hearths, stoves, stove pipes,
ovens, boilers, boiler stacks and apparatus
in or about any building and to cause the
same to be placed in a safe condition at
the expense Of the owner or owners; and
it shall also be their duty to carefully ex-
anime any premises deemed unsafe upon
receipt Of written notice eryed on them
or either of them, said notice to be duly
signed by the parties making the com
plant, and if found in an unsafe or dang
erous condition, written notice shall he
served on the occupant, owner or own
ers Of said premises, to have the same
Immediately put in q safe condition, and
if said occupant owner or owners fail to
promptly have said premises put ina safe
condition they shall be subjected to fine
, of not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars upon conviction thereof before
any village justice Of said village.
SEC. g. The foreman Of Princeton En-
CINE Co. No l, shall he cN-otiicio chief
engineer Of the fire department, and the
first assist ant foreman Of said company
shall be ex-ofiicio chief engineer, until
such time as there Shall be three regular.
ly organized fire companies in the fire de.
partment, when said chief engineer shall
a be elected as prescribed i'll section one OF
this ordinance.
Sec. f. The chief engineer shall hav.
: full power, control and command over al
persons whatever at any fire, eScep
members OF the village council, and II
: his absence the first assistant enginee
y shall perform his duties, and in the at
sence OF the chief engineer and first as
t sistunt, the pcesidentsof tho village coul
!, Gil shall act as chief engineer and be rec
ognized as such.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the chic
: engineer to direct at all fires all sue
- measures as he may deem most aGvisabi
for the effective extingu1shlnent Of til
IS same; also once in SIX months to careful
: " examine all the fire apparatus and en-
|. CINE house belonging TO the corporation
! and report the same to thevillage counci
accompanied by the names Of and nulnbe
Of all members Of the fire department
: and whenever any Of the fire apparatu
Z shall require to be repaired the chief en-
: gineer shall cause the same to be well an
II efficiently done.
n SEC. g. Whenever twenty Or more pei
9 sons possessing the necessary qualiiica
!, tons, shall properly form themselves il
]. to a fire company and shall make. appl
n cation to the village council, the villag
" conncil shall take the same under consis
Grafton, and if said company is needed j
" the fire department they shall accept sal
VS. company, giving them all the rights an
is privileges belonging to the same, an
ar each company so formed shall have tt
right to select its own members in sue
ic manner rs their bylaws may provid
" and all such organized fire compani
or shall be held responsible to the villas
Is council for their proper conduct, and +
IN any cause deemed sufficient by majori
Of the village council, shall be liable
in suspension from active duty or to be di
n banded; all charges against said fire con
ay pany to be made in writing, duly signe
" and served on the foreman thereof by Il
e. parties making said complaint, al lea
=, thirty days before hearing shall be hi
of on said charges
Sec. z. It shall be lawful for the for
r. man Of any fire company or for any mel
lis Der Of the village council, chief enggines
ch or any fire warden to require the AID
,e- any citizen or inhabitant in drawing a:
engine or apparatus to the fire, or i
"a, aid of any by-bystander at the fire
ar- work any engine or apparatus at t
II. same, and on neglect or refusal to comp
he with such requisition the offender sh;
ty, pay a penalty Of not less than three ($3)
"a more than ten (s1o) dollars upon convi
y. ton thereof before any village justice
the village Of Princeton.
SEC. s. At any alarm of fire the own
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