Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-05-27
Ordinances
Chapter Fifteen.

ton OF the members thereof
and the penalty for dis.
obedience thereof. 80
The Village Council of the Village of Pierz
do ordain as follows:
SECTION l. The fire department of the
village of Pierz shall consist of one Chief
Fire Warden and of such engine, hose or
after be organized by resolution of the
council; but as long as there is only one
fire company in said village of Pierz, then
act as chief fire warden.
| SIC. Each company of the fire de-
as Of and
one second assistant foreman, Who
| shan rank IN command of their COM
| when assembled for any purpose, and
shall consist Of not less than ten nor more
than twenty-five members additional to
business meeting at least once in each
bylaws Regulating the fime Of a sai9 m nee
| ing: the appointment of other officers sub
| ordinate to said named officers, their
! sistent with the ordinances of the village,
as the company shall require, and may
through SAID bylaws provide for the in:
| members or infractions Of discipline, which
tines, except as specified in another sec
ton of this chapter, shall be paid into the
company treasury subject to the control
SEC. I. Each company shall be organ
the officers and members of the company
! and designating the name and number of
the company and thereafter the adn1is-
sion of new members and their discharge
! from the company shall be controlled by
the company through it's bylaws, subject
to the limitations in this chapter pro-
SEC: $. The term of service of the officers
OF said company and of the chief fire
chief fire warden, the foreman and the
! first and second assistant foreman shall
be nominated by the members of the fire
meeting thereof held in the mon III of June
in each year, the whole department max
ing, the nomination for said chief and
| and first and second assistant foreman.
At the first regular session Of the village
IN the 3nth Of in Each a
nominees to said offices if found qualified.
If not. the fire department or Company
officers are appointed as above set forth,
and all vacancies shall be filled in the
nished with suitable appa ratus for the
| extinguishment of fires, by the village
council, and all apparatus thus furnished
| shall! be held under the control of the three
the order II the Chief IRE WARDEN: The
of ana ee
warden shall be held responsible for
the ordinary care OF said property until
the village Council or to their succ essors
SIC. !. The chief fire warden shall take
1uA command OF the department and of
theSeof and shali on al the of epot ab by
verbal order, make such disposition of the
department and said property as shall to
him seem necessary.
SEC. s. No company shall remove anu
fire apparatus from said village except BY
consent Of the village council.
SEC: g.; If the.oficer IN cotnn1and at any
rnent force is not sufficient to protect
property or extinguish fire, the said officer
auth e' of to GomRsl the assStanGe Of
not physically disqualified for said pt1r-
pose, and to retain said assistance as long
as in his judgment is required for said
SEC. 10. All fire department officers are
hereby constituted special policemen
to arrest any person Who Who i Shall I" diaobeyy
any lawful order of the chief in command
at said fire: The marshal or policeman of
all lawful orders of said chief in command
SEC: Ii. All orders at fires shall be de-
livered orally and any person who shall
at any fire disobey any rule or order au:
thorized by this chapter. shall be arrested
by tine s of not leSs than
by Commitment in default thereof of not
less than two days nor more than thirty
days in the common jail of Morrison
county.
SEC. r. The chief fire warden shall
anaaay report a 1 to the council detailsd
made on the first Saturday in the month
SEC, Is. Supplies for the department.
only by the council of the village, except
| in cases of necessity, when the same may
pc ordered by the chief fire warden and
| Gil. .@
SEC. II. Each and every officer and
any fire within the limits Of the village,
shall receive the sum of twenty-five cents
per hour of actual service, which time
man, and when found correct the total
amount shall be paid out of the village
treasury to the senior foreman, who shall
pay the same to the members of the COM
pany. ..... -
SEC. Is. It is hereby made the duty of
the to practice not less than
shall receive a COMPENSATION of ten cents
paid out Of the village treasury. co. = -
ing the first alarm shall receive CONF
sation shall be paid for a. false alarm.
SEC. II. All officers and members of the
fire department shall not be compelled to
SEC. 49, Any member or officer of the
fire department., who shall be absent from
Fe he
twenty five cents, to be paid into the com
pany treasury. The foreman Of com