Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03

An Ordinance Creating a Fire
Department for the Village
of Little Falls, and Pre-
scribing the Duties and j..
Compensa ton Of the
Members Thereof
and the Penalty
for Disobedi-
ance Thereof.
The Village Council of the Village of
Little Falls, do ordain as follows:
SECTION l. The fire department Of
the Village of Little Falls shall con-
sist of one Chief Fire Warden, and of
such engine, or hook and ladder COM
panies as may hereafter be organized
by resolution of the council.
SEcr1oN2. Each company of;the fire
department shall consist of one fore
man, one first assistant foreman, and
one second assistant foreman who
shall rank in command of their COM
pany in the order thus named, at all
times when assembled for any pur-
pose, and of not less than fifteen nor
more than fifty members additional to
said officers. = - -
SECTION 8. Each company Shall hold
business meeting at least once i'll
each month, and the company may
adopt such by laws regulating the time
of said meeting, the appointment Of
ether officers subordinate to said
named officers, their duties, and such
other matters not inconsistent with
the ordinances Of the village as the
company shall require and may
through said by laws provide for the
infection of fines for non attendance of
members, or infractions of discipline.
which fines except as specified in Sec
ton sixteen Of this chapter shall be
paid into the company treasury sub
ject to the control Of the company.
SECTION 4. Each company shall be
organized by resolution OF the council
naming the officers aud members of
company and designating the name
and number of the company, and
thereafter the admission ofsnew men,
bers and discharge from the company.
shall be controlled by the company
through it's by laws subjedAto the limi-
tations in this chapter provided.
SECTION 5. The term of service Of
the officers of such company and of
the chief fire warden shall be for one
year and the said chief fire warden
the foreman and first and second as
sistant foreman shall be nominated by
the membe rs of the fire department at
the first regular business meeting
thereof held in the month Of April in
each year. the whole department max
ing the nomination for said chief, and
each company respectively the inomi-
nation for foreman and assistant fore
man. At the first regular session of
the village council held in the month
Of May in each year the village coun-
Gil will appoi Mt said nominees to said
Offices if found qualified, if not, the
fire department will continue to nomi-
nate until qualified officers are ap-
pointed as above set forth, and all va
cancies shall be filed in the same
manner.
SECTION 6. The term of service of
members stt,ll not be less than one
year, and may be otherwise regulated
by bylaws Of the company, and ser
vice as officer. shall be counted as SER
vice by members, and any company
failing to coma ply with the provisions
of this chapter shall by resolution Of
the council be, dissolved.
SECTION Z. Each company shall be
furnished with suitable apparatus for
the extinguisllment of fires by the
council, and all apparatus thus fur
nished shall be- held under the person
al control Of the three chief officers of
the company subject to the order OF
the chief fire warden. The officers
shall file with the recorder of the viii
lage receipts for. all property Of the
village committed to their custody, and
said officers shall be held responsible
for the ordinary care Of said property
until relieved by the surrender of the
same to the village council on the fl
ing,of receipt frou, official successor
SECTION s. The chief fire warden
shallgtake full command of the depart
ment and of all property involved at
all fires or alarms thereof, and shall
ON the spot by verbal orders make
such, disposition of the department
and said property rs shall to aim seem
expedient.
SECTION 9. In the abEenees Of the
chief fire warden, tile company officers
shall take full command at fires or
alarms in the order of their rank,
with tho full power Of the chief fire
| warden. 2,....<
SECTION 10. No company shall re-
move any fire apparatus FROM the said
| village except by consent of a'majcrity
Of the members of the village council,
and if when present at any fire the
officer in command shall ascertain that
the IRE department force is inside
quats to protect property or extin-,
guish or restrain fire, the said officer
| is required and authorized to compel.
the assistance Of any or all the inhabi-: