The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-23
CITY ORDINANCES.
LORDINAEcE No. 35.]
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Be 1t ORDAINED Dy the ClIy Council
of the City of Ardmore:
SECTION /. That the fire depart
ment of the city of Ardmore shall
consist of one chief, one assistant
chief, q secretary and treasurer, ali
OF whom shall be elected annually in
the manner hereinafter provided,
and shall hold their offices for one
year and until their successo. Q are
elected and qualified, together with
all volunteer fire companies, that
now or hereafter may be enrolled or
recognized by the city council a.
such, and all such persons as are
now or may hereafter be, by the city
council, employed or assigned to
duty in the said department. No
member of the fire department shall
under this ordinance receive any
compensation for his services.
SEC. 2. The companies compris-
ing this department shall meet in tho
city hall on the first Tuesday night
in January (or as soon thereafter as
pOssible) in each year, and elect by
ballot the above named officers, and
their election shall be certified to
the city council at their next regular
meeting. The city council shall rat
ify or reject the election at its next
regular meeting, and in caAs the
council shall reject any or all of said
officers, said companies shall re-
assemble one week from the time of
such rejection and elect other per-
sons for said offices, and so on until
such elections shall be ratified by the
city council. The officers herein
named shall be members of the fire
department. The first nominati ms
Of he
upon by the council at the first reg
ular meeting after the passage OF
this ordinance.
SEC. 8. The assistant engineers
shall oe designated as first and Sec
ond engineers. 1t shall be their duty
to as 3ist the chief engineer and to
obey all orders emanating from him,
and i'm his absence to take command
in his stead, according to their rank,
and perform all duties, and have and
exercise all authority that is vested
in chief engineer.
s. c. 4. The chief engineer, and in
his absence the acting chief engineer,
shall at all times have control, su-
pervision and charge over all ca
gines, hose, hose carts, ana all other
property of the city belonging to the
dre department, and shall see that
such property is kept from damage,
loss or waste, and is at all times in
good condition for use; and all mem
bers shall obey his orders in respect
to the care, repair (such as they can
make) and control of said property.
SEC 5. The chief engineer, and in
his absence the assistant engineers
in the order of their rank, shall in
all cases of fire, have the sole and
absolute control oyer all members of
the fire department. The different
fire companies under the direction
of their proper officers, shall, upon
an alarm of fire, repair to the place
of the fire with the fire apparatus
under their care, and there work
and manage under the direction of
the chief engineer and his assistants,
and i'll case of their absence, place
and work the said apparatus in the
most effectual manner until the fire
shall be extinguished, and shall not
remove therefrom until by permis-
sion of an engineer, if any be pres
ent, and on such permission, they |
shall return their fire apparatus,
well washed and cleaned, to their re- |
spective places of deposit. If any
fireman at a fire shall refuse to obey |
or disobey the orders of the chief or |
assistant engineers, he shall forfeit |
and pay for every such default a |
penalty of not less than one dollar |
nor more than five dollars.
SEC. 6. The chief engineer shall |
report quarterly TO the city council, |
at its first meeting in December,
March, June and September, in each |
year, the condition of the fire appa-
ratus belonging to the city, and the |
building in which such apparatus is
kept.
SEC. Z. Each of said fire compa
nies may adopt such constitution
and bylaws and regulations for their
government, subordinate to the or
dinances of the city as they may
deem best calculated to accomplish
the objects herein contemplated, and
may impose reasonable fines and
penalties for the enforcement of
such bylaws and regulations.
SEC. 8. The chief engineer, or in
mis- absence the ranking assistant
engineer, with the advice and con-
,urrence of the mayor or the fire
may direct any hook and
adder or other company present, to
'ut down and remove, or to blow up
With powder or otherwise, any build.
ng or erection, during the progress
'f t1re, for the purpose OF checking
'r extiDguishing the same.
SEC. Q. The mayor or chair
If the committee on fire department
nay at any time suspend q depart /
nent officer for neglect of duty until 1
he next regular meeting of the citv {
council. Upon conviction of such
charge he shall be fined, suspended.
'r expelled, as q majority of the 8
council shall decide. Such fine shaIl !
never exceed twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 10. The word chief engineer !
n said ordinance shall be Under !
tood to mean chief of the FIRE de- I
'artment, and the words assistant
engineer to mean assistant chief. :
SEC. IL. Whenever any hose of T
ne tire department is laid upon any !
treet or alley for the purpose of be-
no nGnd hU ~