The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-20

any, cart. dray, buggy. carriage; hack;
hackney coach, or any other kind OF
Section VIII.
All steam engines. hose carts. hook and
ladder wagons, and other movable ap-
paratus of the fire department shall have
the paramount right of way over and
through all streets. avenues and alleys,
when going to a tire,
No person, driving or having charge of
any vehicle or animal, shall wilfully or
carelessly permit the same to obstruct,
impede or otherwise interfere with the
progress of working any such steam en-
CINE, hose cart, hook and ladder wagon,
or other apparatus of. such department.
while the same is going to or remaining
Section X
No person shall wilfully cut mark or
otherwise injure or deface any engine
house, hose. engine. or other apparatus
of the fire department, or any other prop
erty Of the city
When any fire engine. hose cart, truck
or other fire apparatus while going to
fire. or answering an alarm of fire. shall
come up with or close TO car, upon
horse or street railroad track in the city
of Salt Lake. it shall be the duty of the
driver of every such car or person in
charge thereof. to cause such car TO come
to fun stop. and so remain until such
fire engine. hose cart. truck. or other
fire apparatus has fully passed by such.
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structs. hinGers or interferes with any
fireman while in the discharge OF his duty
or drives over any hose or otherwise in
tentionaIIy Injuries any of the apparatus
fires. shall. when convicted. be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred dol
lars.
The chief of the fire department shall
have the power TO assign to duty one or
more tiremen upon the stage of any
theatre, public hall. lecture room, or
other places where large audiences are
assembled; such firemen on duty shall be
clothed with the power TO prohibit smok-
ing. careless handling Of torches, red fire.
combustble material which would be
hazardous TO life and property: it shall
further be the duty of such firemen TO
prohibit the storage of scenery. stage
furniture. baggage or other properties in
such manner rs will interfere with the
apparatus used for the eXtinguishment of
fires: it shall be the duty of the owner
occupant or lessee of all theatres to ad-
nit members of the fire department
through the stage entrance of such
theatres. when assigned to duty by the
chief of the fire department.: it shall be
the duty of the chief of the fire depart
ment to draft such rules and regulations,
subject TO the approval of the city coun-
Gil for the successful handling of fire
apparatus in theatres and other places of
amusement. as in his Judgment would be
most practicable; he may also subject to
the owners managers. or lessees of such
theatres to provide a number of axes or
hatchets TO be placed at convenient points
in that part of the theatre directly over
the stage for the purpose of cutting ropes
so as to quickly drop to the stage floor
any piece of scenery or other cOmbusti-
BILE material, to avoid the spread of fire to
other parts OF the house. Such rules and
regulations shall be printed and posted
in at least two conspicuous places upon
the stage. and it shall be the duty of the
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they are not defaced or removed. Any
violation of the above requirements by
such owner. manager or lessee. shall be
deemed a misdemeanor. and upon convic-
ton shall; be punished by Il fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars.
Section XIII.
Electric Fire Alarm Boxes
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
break destroy, or in any manner to in
terfere with any electric fire alarm box
fire alarm register box or any wire. pole
send any false alarm from. through or
over any such box or apparatus. Every
person violating any of the provisions of
this section shall. upon conviction. be
liable for each offense to a fine in any sum
less than one hundred dollars.
Section XIV.
Record To Be Kept.
The chief. or in his absence. his assist
ant in charge of any fire. shall, after it is
extinguished make a prompt and
thorough investigation of the cause OF
the fire, the amount of loss and insur-
ance, time of breaking out. description of
building, and all other necessary par
ticulars, and record the same in the re-
cord book kept for that purpose in the
office of the department
Section XIV.
Quarterly Report-Annual Report.
The chief shall make to the city council
a quarterly report OF the location and of
the number of fires and fire alarms that
have occurred in the preceding quarter;
the causes of such fires, the value of prop
erty destroyed thereby. and the amount
of insurance thereon; and he shall, in
January of each year, submit a brief
summary of matters of interest concern
ing his department to the mayor.
Section XVI.
The mayor, by and with the advice and
consent of the council shall appoint the
officers and members of the department
and they shall hold their respective Of
fees or positions until the municipal cleo
ton next following their appointment and
until their successors are duly appointed
and nuaiified. unless sooner removed by