The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-09

| Be IL ordained by the city council of
the city of Anaconda.
! Section 1.-The fire department of the
| city of Anaconda shall consist of a
chief of the fire department and such
| assistants and employees as may be au-
| thorized by the council. who shall be-
/ fore entering upon their duties take
and subscribe an oath of office to be
| filed with the city clerk.
Section 2-The chief of the fire de-
partment shall have sole command and
control over all persons connected with
| the fire department of the city and
| shall possess full power and authority
over its organization, government and
| discipline and to that end may pre-
| scribe and establish from time to time
such disciplinary rules and regulations
as he may deem advisable. He shall
have charge of and be responsible for
the engines and other apparatus, the
property of the city and shall be re-
sponsible for the good condition of all
horses. hydrants, water supply for fires,
fire alarm telegraph. and all other mat
ters and things and all apparatus fur
nished by the city for the prevention
and extinguishment of fires He may
suspend any officer or member for
cause and shall at the first meeting of
the council thereafter make report
thereon to the city council for it's ac-
ton.
Section 3-The engines and other fire
apparatus, the property of the city of
Anaconda, shall be kept in such places
as the city council shall prescribe and
designate, and such engines and fire
apparatus shall not be applied to pri-
vate uses without the written consent
of the mayor.
Section All members of the fire de-
nartment shall he able bodied men over
the nf afphfHaYn CHI
before entering upon duty take and
subscribe the oath hereinhefoTe pre-
scrlbed and shall be assigned to duty
by the chief of the fire department.
Any person wearing any uniform or
badge prescribed by the chief of the
fire department or the city council or
in any other manner personating or
holding himself out to be member of
the fire department of the city of Ana
conda who has not been duly appointed
and qualified as aforesaid, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and on con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten dollars and not
more than one hundred dollars.
Section 1.-The chief of the fire de-
partment shall be the superintendent
OF the fire alarm telegraph and have
charge of all wires, apparatus, signal
stations and keys thereto, and he shall
keep the same in complete repair. The
work of repairing the same shall be
done as far as practicable by the fire
men. He shall distribute the keys to
the signal stations, and shall keep a
record Of such distributions and shall
take receipts for the keys when given
out, filing such receipts with the city
clerk.
Section 6-The chief of the fire de-
partment may prescribe limits in the
vicinity of a fire, within which no per-
son except those residing therein, mem
bers of the fire department, members
of the police force, or those permitted
by him or his subordinates, shall be
permitted TO come and he or the officer
having charge in his place at any fire.
when in his Judgment the same is
necessary, may call upon any person
or persons present to assist the hremen
in their duty and whatsoever shall ne
glect or refuse to render such aid when
called upon shall be hned in a sum not
more than ten dollars. And such per-
son aiding shall be paid the same COM
pensation as q fireman for the time
employed.
Section 7-The chief of the fire de-
partment or in his absence any person
acting in his capacity may during the
progress Of any fire, whenever in his
judgment it becomes necessary in order
to check or control the same, order any
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down or removed. He shall with the
consent of the mayor. or with the con-
sent of the chairman OF the fire COM
mlttee or any two members of the city
council. have power to cause any build
ing or structure to be blown up for the
purpose Of checking or extinguishing
the fire. lie shall have power to order
the removal of any portion of any
building that may be standing after a
fire whenever he shall deem such por-
ton of any building so remaining
standing to be dangerous to persons or
property.
Section s-The chief of the fire de-
partment shall have power to enter
and examine any building within the
city limits in which fire Is or is to be
used, for the purpose of inspecting the
same, and finding any such to be UNI
safe he shall order such fires to be ex-
tinguished Until the use thereof is made
safe, may prohibit from the use of fire
therein and order 1t rebuilt or repaired,
and any person who shall make a fire
In any building after it has been con-
demned or before its rebuilding or re-
pair as ordered by the chief of the fire
department shall be guilty of a VIOLA
ton Of this section and upon conyic-
ton thereof shall be fined in sum not
greater than one hundred dollars
Section BIT shall be the duty of the
chief of the fire department to inspect
all streets and alleys ana all other
places within the city, where shavings,
straw, waste or other combustible ma
terials may or do accumulate. and to
order the instant removal OF such ma
terial Gf any be found). by the person
or persons responsible or by the person
or persons upon whose property the
same may be found, and upon the re-
fusal of such persons so notified to re-
move such combustible material so be-
ing in such place IL shall be the duty
of such officer to notify the city attor-
ney, whose duty 1t shall be TO enter
complaint in the police court against
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