The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-12
Ordinances.

to-wit, on the 9Th day of August
A. D. 1907, duly made applicable
to the town of Phoebe the proyis
ions of AN Act Providing 70,
the Government of Towns am
Cities in this State" approved
February 26, 1881, and
WHEREAS, The fourteenth
subsection of said Act confer,
upon the Board of County Com
missioners of the several coun,
ties Of this state power to pas,
or adopt all ordnance rules
Iandi regulations, and to do and
perform all other aeta and things
necessary for the execution Of
the powers and jurisdiction by
said Act conferred !
NOW, THEREFORE, The
Board of County Commissioners
of Lincoln County, Nevada, in
execution Of the powers of gov.
eminent of the town Of Phoebe
invested in them, do hereby en-
act and adopt the following Or
dinances for the government of
the said town of Phoebe:
Chapter IAN ordinance provid-
ing for the establishment of a
Fire Department, and the cJ~
alton OF a Board of Fire Com.
missioners, and other yoatters
properly relating the. eto' '''
Section l, A FIR, Department
in and for the torxn Of P;oche IL
hereby create1, which shall h 20
known as rioche Fire Depart
menu, Whose duty it shall be to
respond to all alarms of fire oc-
curing in said town, and to use
us utmost endeavors toward the
extlnguishment of all fires there
occurring, with as little loss of
NE and property as is possible.
Section 2. Any male citizen
or resident of the town of Phoebe
over the age of twenty-one years
shall be eligible to membership
N SAID Phoebe Fire Department.
Section {; 8. Said department
;nall be governed, and it's affaJ
ilrected by a board to be kno; 4
IS the Board of Fire COM WI
'ioners of the town of W ms
vhlch board shall c.onsissz : lo oSe
1 n1nofIE w WHO snall be Appo ir,tet
'Sn c9obaCy l., on Che first Mo ppi'e Of
,c1ooer D.. the Boar Of Coynt ~
= a .ssioners of Lincoln Coun.
= md who shall serve without
~ other than compensation HcS1'f for
services actually performed.
Such Board of fire Commission
ers shall org Inize Immediately
after appoint .ment of the mem
bers thereof by electing one of
said members Chairman of said
board, another Clerk of same,
and the third Chief Engineer of
said Fire. Department.
Section A. 1t shall be the duty
OF said Board of Fire Commits
sieners to receive and pass upon
applications for membership in
the Phoebe Fire Department.
Section 5. Such Board of Fire
Commissioners are hereby vested
with the authority and power to
direct and manage the affairs of
said Phoebe Fire Department, to
divide said department into pro-
per divisions, and to determine
the extent of territory in which
each of such divisions shall act
in the extinguishment of fires,
and to make all needful rules
and regulations for the govern
ment of said Phoebe Fire Depart
ment and each division thereof.
Section 6. 1t shall be the duty
said Board of Fire Commission
ers to inspect, at least once in
each month, all the engines, hose
and other fire apparatus, and the
waterworks, pipe lines, connec-
tons, mains, hydrants, and all
other fire fixtures within the
limits of said town, and report
each month to the Board of
County Commissioners the con-
dltion of same, and to recommend
to said board from time to time,
when necessary, the purchase of
any and all needful fire apparatus
and fixtures, or the repair of any
fire apparatus and fixtures in
need of same. 1t shall be the
further duty of said Board of
Fire Commissioners to keep said
Board of County Commissioners
fully informed relative to all
matters tending to the efficiency
of said Phoebe Fire Department.
Chapter Ian ordinance to pro.
hibit gross intoxication in pub.
lie places, providing a penalty
therefor, and other matters
properly connected Herewith.
Section 1. Gross intoxicatior
upon the public streets, or in
hotels, saloons, stores or othSg
public places of the town of ri.
oche, is hereby prohibited, and
any person found upon any pub.
lie street of said town, or in any
public place in state of GROSS