SEC. 12. All actions for violations of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be prosecuted in the name of the city of St. Clair, and all moneys arising from fines or penalties under this ordinance, shall be paid into the city treasury as soon as collected, to be by the city treasurer credited to the general fund of said city.

SEC. 13. The common council of the city may extend the time for the removal of lumber, timber, staves, cordwood and other obstructions now in the streets of the city, upon satisfactory cause being shown by the owners thereof that such extension will be just and proper.

AN ORDINANCE TO ORGANIZE THE FIRE DEPAR RTMENT

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SEC. 1. The fire department of the city of St. Clair shall consist of one chief engineer, and two assistant engineers; two fire wardens, and as many firemen, hose men, hook and ladder men and axe men, as may from time to time be appointed by the common council; and who shall be respectively distinguished by the appellation aforesaid.

SEC. 2. The chief engineer and assistant engineers shall be elected annually by the fire department of the city, shall be assigned and attached by the mayor to each company of firemen having charge of a fire engine, as he shall think proper, and at every fire, every warden shall report himself to the chief engineer and be subject to his directions, and to the directions of the other engineers in his absence; and it shall be the duty of the fire wardens to prevent the hose from being run

over, trodden upon or otherwise injured; and to keep all idle and suspicious persons from the fire and its vicinity; and also to use all proper exertions for the preservation of goods and other property endangered by fire, and all citizens are required to comply with the directions of the fire wardens, provided, such do not conflict with the orders of the engineer having control at the time.

SEC. 3. The assistant engineers on an alarm of fire shall immediately repair to the place where the same is and report themselves to the chief engineer, or the person having command at the time, being under a penalty of five dollars for every wilful neglect.

SEC. 4. The chief engineer shall have full power, control and command over all persons whomsoever, at any fire, except members of the common council, and in his absence the engineer first arriving at the place shall have the same power and control that the chief engineer would have if present.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer to direct at all fires, all such measures as he may deem most advisable for the effectual extinguishment of said fires, and also, at least once in every six months, to examine the condition of the fire engines and other apparatus, together with the engine house belonging to the corporation, and report to the common council accompanied by the names of all the members of the fire department, and the respective companies to which they belong; and whereever any fire engine or other fire apparatus shall require to be repaired, the chief engineer shall cause the same to be well and sufficiently done, and he shall report in writing all fires that shall happen in this city, with the causes thereof, as well as he can ascertain, and the description of the building destroyed or injured, together with the names of the

owners or occupants, to the city clerk who shall keep a correct registry of such report.

SEC. 6. The firemen shall be divided into companies to consist of as many members as the common council shall direct; one of which companies shall be assigned to each fire engine belonging to, or that may hereafter belong to the city, and each of said companies shall choose from the company a foreman, three assistants, steward, secretary and treasurer, at such times as they may think proper; and it shall be the duty of said firemen as often as a fire shall break out in the city, to repair immediately, upon the alarm thereof, to their respective fire engines, and take said engine to or near the place where such fire shall happen, and there and then in conformity with the directions given them by the chief engineer or the officer having charge of the fire department at the time, shall work and manage the said fire engine, hose and other implements and instruments thereto belonging with all their skill and power; and when the fire is extinguished shall not remove therefrom, but by the direction of the engineer in command at the time, which direction being given they shall return with their respective fire engines, hose and other implements to their several places of deposite, and as soon as may be, wash and clean the same; and for the non-effectual keeping and preserving the fire engine from decay, the said men shall, by order of the chief engineer, draw out their said engine in order to cleanse, wash and exercise them; and if any fireman shall neglect said duty, he shall forfeit and pay for every default five dollars,, and if he shall neglect to attend at any such fire as aforesaid, or leave the fire engine while at any fire without permission, or neglect or refuse to perform his duty on such occasion, without reasonable excuse, he shall for every default forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding

five dollars, and also be removed and expelled from the said company.

SEC. 7. The hose, hook and axe company shall be divided into companies to consist of as many members as the common council shall direct, and each company shall choose out of their own number, a foreman, assistant and secretary, in such manner and at such times as they may think proper; and it shall be the duty of such hose, hook and ladder, and axe men to cause their hose, hooks, ladders and other implements to be conveyed to the place where any fire may happen, and apply and use the same agreeable to the directions of the chief engineer or other engineers; and after such fire shall be extinguished, to return the same, when dismissed by the engineer in charge, to the place where they are usually deposited, and as soon as may be thereafter, wash and clean the same; and if any hose, hook and ladder or axe men shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties aforesaid, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars for every such neglect, and may be expelled from the company.

SEC. 8. Whenever any fireman, hook, hose, ladder or axe man is elected a member of any fire company, or to supply the vacancy therein, it shall be his duty to call on the secretary of the company and procure a certificate within one month from the date of his election, countersigned by the city clerk, specifying the name and the company to which such fireman, hose, hook, ladder or axe man shall be elected; and if any fire, engine, hose, hook, ladder or axe man, whose office for any cause has become vacant shall be re-elected, he shall take a new tificate as aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the chief engineer to add his certificate on said certificate as to whether a vacancy exists in the company to which any fire engine man, hose, hook, ladder or axe man shall be elected as aforesaid; and if such

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certificate shall not be procured within the time above prescribed, such appointment shall be null

and void.

SEC. 9. The chief engineer shall wear a leather hat with the words "chief engineer" painted on the front thereof, and shall carry a speaking trumpet and wear a leather belt with the words "chief engineer" painted thereon.

SEC. 10. The engineers shall wear painted leather hats with the word "engineer" painted on the front thereof; they shall also carry a speaking trumpet and wear a leather belt, with the word "engineer" painted thereon.

SEC. 11. The fire wardens shall severally wear a badge with the words "fire warden" painted thereon. SEC. 12. The foreman and assistants of the engine, hose, hook, ladder or axe companies, and the members of said companies shall wear leather caps of the form in general use in fire companies; the сар of the foreman shall have the word "foreman" painted on the front, together with the number of the company to which he belongs, and each member of an engine company, hose, or hook and ladder company, shall have the number of the company to which he belongs painted on the front of his cap.

SEC. 13. All persons who at a fire shall refuse to obey any order or direction given by a person duly authorized to order or direct, or who shall resist or impede any officer or any other person in the discharge of his duty, unless a reasonable excuse can be made therefor, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five dollars.

SEC. 14. It shall be lawful for the foreman or assistant foreman of any fire company, or for any member of the common council, chief engineer or assistant, to require the aid of any citizen or inhabitant of the city in drawing any engine or other ap