The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-10-04
FIRE ORDINANCE.


An Ordinance for the government of the Fire
Department of the city oil Marietta, passed III
Council, October lat, 1888
SECTION |. The Fire Department OF the city
shall canslst of Chief Enh ineer, and one Assis
tant Engineer, Secretary and Treasurer, ana all
the members of the regular organized and
chartered Fire and Hook and Ladder COmpa-
MES that now exist in the city or may hereafter
be created, provided, that they ere represented
in the board of fire department officers.
Sec. The members OF the fire department
shall select from their own body, Chief En-
gineer, and one Assistant Engineer, Secretary
and Treasurer, and shall Immediately after
said election, report to the council the names of
the individuals 30 elected, who shall at once
enter upon and discharge the duties OF their
respective Offices; provided, said election, be
approved by the Mayor and Council or ma
lOrity thereof. ,
Sec 3 All companies shall have control and
the entire care aud management Of their re-
spective ne ines. trucks ladders. hose and 9th
tr apparatus for extinguishng fires. that be-
long or may hereafter belong to the different
companies, and any company failing or retus
ing to keep any or all of ts apparatus c! can and
ia good working order, shall up0u proof from
prOpar officers forfeit all claims for exemption
IRON street tax and the clerk shall proceed to
collect the same as provided for in section -
city ordinance
Sec. 4. The fire department shall be under
the control OF a board OF delegates. which shall
consist of two delegates from each company,
the Chief or Assistant acting as chairman OF
the board,
Sec , The chief. or in his absence the assis
tant engineer, shall have the supreme and -ab-
soute command of the fire department at all
fires. and in the absence of the chiet and his as
sistant, the same authority shall be vested in
and devolve upon the Foreman in command OF
each company beginning with Marietta Steam
| Fire Engine Co No. |, ii. Il Ladder next &c.
| The council reserves the right to investigate
the conduct of the chief and assistant, and to
declare the off ,e vacant upon sufficient proof OF
neglect of duty or incompetency.
Sec &. The chief engineer shall examine or
| cause TO be examined all cisterns and hydrants
az often ne may be necessary, and If the same
are not in good condition he shall report the
| same to the committee on fire department OF
the city council Cor fire wardens).
( Sec 7, No person OF persons, except fire
men, the mayor and council. the police force,
and owners, their agents, and insurance agents
| shall be allowed within the Immediate vicinity
OF any fire after hdring been ordered away by
| the proper officer, and 10 case he or they shall
refuse to obey such orders, he or thee shall be
| turned over to the police force and shall be
punished by fine on conviction, not to exceed
| fifty dollars, or not TO exceed thirty days i'm
prisonment or both, at the discretion Of the
Mayor.
Sec 8 Any person or persons who shall
willfully or knowingly injure or damage in any
way or means whatever, any engine, hose
/ hook, ladder, house or any other implement,
material or apparatus Of any kind connected
with, or usen by any fire company in this city
(or any one Visiting the same) as part of their
| machinery or material for eXtnguishiug ti!es,
| shall be arrested and ON conviction be punished
by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or not to
| exceed thirty days imprisonment, or both, IN
the discretion OF the court.
Sec 9 ANY person or persons who shall
willtully and Knowingly put any trash or
Other obstruction of any kind in front Of any
Engine, Hook and Ladder or hose house, shall
on conviction be subject to fine not to exceed
fifty dollars, or not to exceed thirty days i'm
prisonment or both, at the discretion of the
court
Sec 10 All firemen shall remain with their
engine and apparatus in time Of fire. FiIemen
will not be allowed in building, or buildings
where the fire originated, except pipemen, ak
men, or such others as the Chief OF his asss
taut, or the officer in command Of their respec
tive companies may order there.
Sec IL. The chief engineer or his assistant,
or other officer in command at the fire, shall,
while on duty at the fire. cause to be arrested
by the police of the city any person or persons
who shall be caught stealing goods or any arti-
Gle Of value from or around any store or house.
al fire. and prosecute the same.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of the officers
and members OF the Police force of this city. to
render ali assistance required of them by the
officer in command of the ! ire Department so
far as clearing the grounds of idlers, and pro
tecting the goods ana other property from theft
or damage, (hy guarding the same), in and
around the fire.
Sec - The Mayor and council shall on the
first meeting in February of each year appoint
two members from its own body 10 be known
as fire wardens whose duty il shall be 10 attend
each fire that may occur IN said city. and who
shall unite and co-ope rate with the officers OF
the Fire Department, in deciding upon the pro
prieiy Of or necessity of blowing up, or des
troylng any house or building for the purpose
OF arresting the fire or for the protection from
destruction or abuse by removal of property
when considered necessary On arrival they
shall report themselves TO the officer III com
mand Of the Fire Department.
Sec A. The fire wardens shall act in con
junction with the officers OF the Fire Depart
ment, aud assist in keeping all persons not
connected with the Department, except the city
authorities, the owners, their agents and insur
anee agents without the line Of operation, and
any one refusing TO obey the orders OF said fire
wardens shall be subj Get 10 fac not 10 ex-
coed nifty dollars, OF imprisonment not
10 exceed thirty days, or both, at tbs discretion
of the court.
See Is There shall be al investigating com
miilee to consist of the Chief aud Ass I Engi
ner and two fire Wardens, whose duty it Will
Ne TO investigate The origin Of oil fires tbSI may