The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-12
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER.

Sec. 30. Tho Mayor of said City shall Is. sue an order under his hand for the cleo. ton of City or ward officers on the third Tuesday Of April in each year. and for any special election or vote to be taken in said City or any ward thereof, under authority of law, which order shall specify the pur. poses of such meeting, election or vote, and tAe several places of meeting or voting, aI- ter the same shall have been designated by the Boapd of Police Commissioners, and said order being recorded in the City Rec ords and a certified copy published in two or more daily newspapers in said City, at least five days before the time prescribed for such meeting, election or vote, shall be sufficient warning thereof
 Sec 100. Such elections and votes shall be conducted, in all respects, as provided in the Statutes of this State.
 Immediately after an election Of City or Ward officers has been held 1t shall be the duty of the City Clerk to procure copy Of the certified returns from the Town Clerk and record the same in the City Records.
 Sec, 10l. No minor, or other person not an elector shall loiter about any voting place during the taking of any vote, or | about the place where the vote is being counted.
 sioners shall meet statedly on the Tuesday preceding the first Thursday of every month.
 Said Board shall each month audit all bills, created in or for said Department, and | cause those approved by them to be duly certified and passed over to the City Clerk, for the approval of the Board of Finance. | Sec 101 If at any time it shall be neces- sary for said Board to exceed the amount of expenses required by the next preceding annual estimate for said Department, or to exceed the amount of any particular appro- priation, to accomplish the particular object of such appropriations, they shall report the facts in writing to the Board Of Finance, with the reasons for the defcieney, and an l estimate of the amount needed in the case. | See. 110. Said Board shall cause to- be designated under their rules, what officer skals h&ye the powers and discharge, the duties or said Superintendent in case of his absence or disability. -
 | Sec. ill. The Superintendent shall keep a record of fires, fire alarms, the value and kinds of property destroyed, and the amount of insurance thereon.
 month, upon the condition and efficiency of said Department, and shall make an annual report of the condition and affairs Of said | Department to said Board
 | Sec. liz. During the continuance of any fire, the Superintendent shall have absolute | control of the streets adjacent thereto; he may blockade. any such street, and forbid passage therein;, he may order those, pres ent to stand back to any required and reas- enable distance; he may command the as- sistance of any police officer, special con- stable, or person present at the fire, in ex- tinguishing the same or preventing Its spread, or in saving or securing property.
 He shall have power, with necessary as- sistance, to enter any building or premises, 1 for the purpose of extinguishing or checking the progress of fire, or securing or protect ling property, and he may, with the advice of the Mayor, direct the destruction of any
 building, to stay the further progress of the fire.
 Sec. 113. Every person present at or near Il fire who shall conduct himself in disor- l derly manner, or neglect or refuse to obey promptly any proper order of the Superin- | tendent, or who shall resist, obstruct, hin der CT abuse any officer of the Fire Depart.
 ment or any fireman In the discharge of his duty, shall forfeit and pay penalty of not less than ten, nor more than one hun.
 dred dollars for each offense, and any of the aforesaid officers may forthwith arrest without warrant, and take to police sta tion, any person so offending. l Sec 115. No person shall drive any anl- l maj or vehicle over any hose laid by the Fire Department, without permission there for first obtained from the Superintendent or officer in charge.
 | See 131 No person shall cut any fire
 alarm telegraph wire or shall destroy, de. | face, or ill any manner in1ure. the Fire
 Alarm Telegraph or any part thereof. il, :! the same, or. shall interfere with, or do I anything to the same, so as to prevent or delay the proper or timely use thereof, or
 shall without probable cause send in an
 any provision of this section shall forfeit l and pay penalty of not less than twenty,
 nor more than one hundred dollars for ev- | cry such offense. | not be construed to prevent any person from building on his own premises, In said Dis
 trict, for the storage of wood or coal. a
 wooden building, provided the same is in other respects in conformity with law, and l is not placed within ten feet of any other l wooden building on land of another owner and is not more than twelve feet above the
 ground in the highest part; nor to prevent
 the erection of wooden sheds, not exceeding one story in height, for the storage of iron, coal, lumber or freight, in such District, be,
 and the highway or highways respectively contiguous thereto, nor to prevent the com
 pletion, according to the original plan, of
 any building or addition, begun before the passage of this Ordinance, provided sucn
 work would not have been contrary 10 the Ordinances Of said City heretofore in force
 Sec 1SS: Whenever any wooden building in said Fire District shall have been dam. Iaged by fire, to less than one-half It's value, the Fire Marshal may issue permit to re store the. same to its former dimensions upon such conditions in conformity with the Ordinances as he may prescribe.
 Sec. 164 No bonfire shall be kindled in any street or public park within said City nor in any part of said City within one Hundred feet of any building, except in gar
 dens or " vacant lots nor ia any garden oi
 building, nor in any. garden or vacant lol
 except between sunrise and two o'clock IL the afternoon.
 ill kindling a bonfire, contrary to the fore going provisions, or aid in supplying any fuel or combustibles to such bonfire, shai forefit and pay 3 penalty of five dollars foi levery such offense.
 Sec. 166. The Fire Marshal shall forth
 with register and number such application and the Fire Marshal being satisfied that such work will be in accordance with the Ordinances of the City, shall sign and issue a license. or permit therefor as provided il said Ordinance concerning Licenses and Permits. but if any person, whose proposed work will be in accordance with these Or chances, shall feel aggrieved by the negecl of refusal of the Fire Marshal to issue sucl license or permit or by any condition i'm posed by him, he may appeal to the Board of Fire Commissioners, whose order in ths lpremises shall be obeyed
 Sec. 167. Any chimney, wall building O, part of a building, erected or removed ir violation Of the provisions of the 136th 137th, 138th, 139th 10th and 15Oth sections of this Ordinance, and any pile of lumber in violation of the 149th section of this Or ldinance, and every stove, furnace, pipe gas l generator or accumulation of corlbustiblt material, in violation of thls Ordinance shall be held and deemed a common nul sance, and the Mayor of the City, or tho Superintendent of the Fire Department, ol the Fire Marshal, with the advice of ths Mayor, having given reasonable notice. un der the hand of either of them in the mai, ner prescribed for the Fire Marshal, in tn, 127th section of this Ordinance shall abatt such nuisance, taking such assistance n, may be necessary, and the reasonable eS lpense of such abatement shall be recovered c..1- al.