Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-07

/, SIGcTlon Their" hereby established an executive department of
as the Volunteer Ere Department. and shall consist of one chief fire mar
Shall one first assistant chief fire marshal; one second assistant chief fire
ak men and ladder men and such bucket men and other lei Is shall be
necessary to constitute a hook and ladder company as shall volunteer to
become members of such fire department.
Sec. ?. That the clerk of said village of Webster shall keep as a part
of the records of said village a volunteer enrolment list of all persons who
may desire to become members of such fire department and that no person
shall be or become a member of snch fire department or company until he
shall have been elected by a majority of the members of the fire depart
constitution and bylaws of such fire company.
Sec. 3. There is hereby created the Office of chief fire marshal, who
shall be the head of the fire department, and who shall hold his office for
the term of one year and until his successor has been elected and qualified
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. L. The chief fire marshal shall be elected by the members of
trustees, at the first regular meeting of the village board after the passage
of this ordinance. And the chief fire marshal shall after the first election,
be elected on the first Monday in October, 1895, and annually thereafter
on t. at day; but every such election must be approved and ratified by the
board of trustees before the chief fire marshal 81 elected can qualify and
enter upon his duties Is such.
Sec. 5. The chief fire marshal, before entering upon the duties of his
office, shall execute a hond to the village of Webster in the sum of five
dtOned for the faithful erformance of the duties of said office.
Sec. 6. The chief fire marshal shal. in all cases of fire have the sole
and absolute control over all members of the fire department. He shall
also at all times have tie general direction and management of al. fire
hose, hooks, ladders, buckets and other fire apparatus of the fire depart
such other tines as he or the Village n' council snT deem I necessary eces S~ report ea
to the village board the condition of the fire department, and apparatus
mp S%Sl 4s and %T additions THERE thereto, ' as by gh him ne or them, m 1T" be G daemed
expedient and necessary.
Sec T. The chief fire marshal, o any acting chief fire marshal in
person, excepting fremen, policemen, or persons admitted by the COM
handing othcero OF IN hre department may be permitted to come.
Sec. s. The chief fire marshal shall have power to arrest all parties
by him suspected OF incendiary intent, and to take him or them before any
magistrate for criminal prosecution.
Sec. o. The said officers of the fire department shall inquire into and
investigate the cause of all fires which may occur in the village Is soon as
may be and file a report thereof with the clerk of the village board.
Sec. 10. In case of the absence of the chief fire marshal, it shall be
the DUTY ut of of the aed first h assistant sd fire marshal am TIC to take n%es aha u d oi a the qr rs1Hhai
and in case of the absence of the chief marshal and first assistant the
the Office of chief marshal the first assistant marshal shall discharge the
duties of chief until the vacancy shall be filled.
Sec. IL. The said fire company may adopt such constitution, bylaws
and rules for its regulation and government, subordinate to the laws of the
state and the ordinances of said village, a it may deem expedient and
necessary, but before the same shall have any effect the same shall be
approved by the village board.
Sec. ~. Upon any alarm of fire the members of said fire department
shall Immediately repair to the place of fire with the fire apparatus under
fire marshal, or other officers Of such fire company, until such fire be ex.
Itinguished, and that no member of such fire company II department shall
leave such fire without the leave of the chief IT other person in command
Sec 10. If any member of said fire department, or company, shall
n m We any ih m order W command Of the chief fire marshal O other person
in command, he shall upon conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of not less
than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each and every ofense.
Sec. IA. Every fireman, when on duty, shall wear such badge or uni
form, to be provided by said village, IS may be required by the rules OF
said fire company.
Sec. Is. No person shall in any manner obstruct the U.s. of any fire
hydrant, cstern or well, or have, Or place any material in front of or about
the same So IS to obstruct the use thereof, or within ~ feet of either side
thereof, under a penalty of ten dollars for each ofense and the chief fire
marshal shall cause to be removed any such obstruction at the cost and
expense of the owner theref
Sec. IS. Any person not a member of the fire department, who shall
impersonate a fireman or officer of the fire department at a fire, or going
other way, shall be subiect. to a penalty of ten dollars for each and every
ofense.
Sec. II. Every person, who shall be present at a fire, shall be sub
iect and obedient to the orders of the chief fire marshal. or such other
officer or person as may be in command, eztinguishing fire and removing
and protecting property, and in case any person shall refuse to obey such
orders he shall forfeit and pay a a fine for every ofense the sum of not
less than me dollar nor more than ten dollars. Provided: That no person
not a member of the fire department shall be bound to obey any of said
officers unless such officer shall wear their respective badges of Office, or
their official character shall be known or made known to him and all such
loGces shall have power to arrest any person or persons % refusing to
obey such lawful orders as aforesaid and hold them in custody until the
fire is extingushed, when he Or they shall be taken before a justice of said
Village and dealt with according to law.
Sec. 1S It shall be lawful for the chief fire marshal and the differ
mt officers of said fire department to require the aid OF any drayman with
his horses and dray, or any citizen, or nhabtant, or bystander, in drawing
1.-The FIRE apparatus of said fire department to the fire, and in working and
using the same while at fire, and on refusal of any such person to comply