The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-14

divide the City OF Honolulu INTO hre dis
tricts and report their boundaries to the
Board of Commissioners, and shall keep
record OF the names of occupants of the
houses or other buildings where he shall
observe any violation of the provisions
OF this law.
SECTION 3. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Chief Engineer once every three months,
and as much oftener as he may deem
proper, to examine the dwelling houses,
stores, places Of business and other
buildings in the respective districts, for
the purpose of ascertaining any violation
OF this law and also to examine the fire
places, hearths, chimneys, stoves and
stove-pipes in the respective districts,
anu upon finding any of them defective
or dangerous, he shall direct the owner
or occupants of said premises by written
or printed notice, to alter, remove or
amend the same, and in case Of neglect
ing to do so the party offending shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
on conviction as hereinafter provided.
The Chief Engineer shall once in every
three months, and as much oftener as
may be necessary, make full report of all
matters relating to his duties to the
Board OF Commissioners, and also shall
report to. the Minister of the Interior
each week any violations OF the laws
relating to tire-proof buildings.
SECTION 6. 1t shall be the duty OF all
fremen, whenever any fire shall break
out in the city, to repair Immediately to
said fire with their respective engines,
hose, carriages, hooks, ladders, and
other apparatus, and there to work and
manage such fire engines and other fire
implements with all their skill and
power as the Chief Engineer may direct,
and they shall not remove therefrom
without the permission OF the Chief
Engineer.
SECTION I. Ii any fireman should neg
lect to attend any fire, or leave his
engine or other apparatus while at any
fire without permission, or shall neglect
to do his duty on such occasion without
reasonable excuse, he shall, for every
such default, pay such penalty as the
majority OF the Board OF Commissioners
shall fix; and may, by vote of the ma
jority of said Commissioners, be dis
missed as fireman.
SECTION s. No person or persons shall
break through, or attempt to break
through, any blockade established by
the Department, or run over with any
vehicle the line OF hose in use at fire;
and any person SO doing shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and be subject to fine
of not more than two hundred and fifty
dollars.
SECTION 8. No person shall, unless
by permission OF the Chief Engineer,
kindle any fire, nor in any way auth
orize any fire to be made in any street,
road, lane, market-place or other high
way, or on any pier or wharf in the city,
except for the purpose of boiling tar,
which fire shall not be more than ten
feet from the end OF the pier or wharf;
and no person shall kindle or light, or
cause to be lighted, any rubbish or any
bonfire in any place whatsoever within
radius of one mile of the present site Of
the Bell Tower OF Honolulu without the
permit i'll writing OF the Chief Engineer.
SECTION 10. The Chief Engineer, by
and with the approval of a majority of
the Board of Commissioners, may di-
rect any house or building to be pulled
down, blown up or otherwise demolished,
when they deem the same to be neces-
sary in order to prevent the spreading OF
a fire.
SECTION IL. The Chief Engineer may,
during the continuance of fire, require
assistance from the persons present for
extinguishing the same, and for remov-
ing furniture, goods, merchandise and
from building on fire or in
danger thereof, and may appoint guards
to secure the same. He may also re-
luire assistance for pulling down or de-
molishing a house or building when he
Judges it necessary, and may suppress all
tumults and disorders at such FIRE. All
persons at fire shall obey the orders Of
The Chief Engineer.
SECTION u. During the prevalence of
1 fire it shall be lawful for the Chief En- |
yineer, the foremen OF companies, the |
Marshal or his deputies, to remove or
,ause to be removed and kept away from |
he vicinity of such fire, by force if adj
1isable, all idle and suspicious persons,
md all persons in their judgment not fit |
o be employed, or not actually and use
ully employed in aiding the extinguish-
ng of such fire, or in the preservation Of
in the vicinity thereof.
SECTION Is. Any person cutting or in