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     HA's'ZARl.i's GK§E'I‘TE, i)i3:cEMBE1i 15, 
     
    
   
   
    
      by Lltltofl efthe Olty Geneti- 
     
     Law relating to the Fire De- 
     
     artment ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     be 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     [Passed Deceialier Id. 1865. 
     
    
   
   
    
     S ENACTED, by the City‘ Council 
     
     of the City of Charlottetown : 
     
    

    
     See. 1. That the Fire De rtinent shall con- 
     
     sist of a Chief Engineer an fifteen other Eu '- 
     
     necrs,—three to be chosen from each Ward 
     
     the City Council annually, in the month of 
     
     January, who shall hold their ollices one year, 
     
     and until others are chosen in their laces- 
     
     with as many En inemen and [look an Ladder 
     
     men—to be divi ed into Companies—as the 
     
     number of En inns and the quantity of other 
     
     fire apparatus elonging to the City shall, from 
     
     time to time require. 
     
    

    
     Sec.2. The City Council may, b a concurrent 
     
     vote, at any time remove from o ce_ the Chief 
     
     Engineer and any of the other Engineers, and 
     
     may, also. at any time discharge any or all pf 
     
     the olfieers or members of either of the said 
     
     Com nies. _ _ 
     
    

    
     Sec. 3. Each Engineer shall, upon his a_ - 
     
     pointment, receive a written or rint_ed Certi - 
     
     onto or Warrant, in the words fo lowing. viz :— 
     
    

    
     “This certifies, that 41.1}. is alppointed an 
     
     Engineer or Chief Engineer of the ire Depart- 
     
     ment of the City of Char-lottetcwn_. and is ep- 
     
     titlcd to all the immunities belonging to said 
     
    

    
     :e." Given under uiy hand this 
     
     day of 135 
     
     , Mayor 
     
    

    
     City Clerk. 
     
    

    
     And the respective rank of the Engineer shall 
     
     be determined by the Mayor and Council. 
     
    

    
     The Engineers so chosen, shall meet 
     
     and organize themselves into a board, a majori- 
     
     ty of whom shall form a Quorum, and of which 
     
     in the absence of the Chief Magistrate, the se- 
     
     nior Engineer present shall be presiding ofiicer ; 
     
     they may appoint such Secretary and other 
     
     ol'lice'rs, and make such rules and regulations 
     
     for their government as_ they may see fit, and 
     
     such Secretary shall receive such compensation 
     
     as the City Council may deem ex _ dient ; they 
     
     shall be responsible for the discip me, good or- 
     
     der, and proper conduct of the whole depart- 
     
     ment, both otlieers and men, and for the 0M0 Of 
     
     all Houses, Engines, Hose, t arriageli and 0_‘h°1' 
     
     fupniture and apparatus thereto belonging; 
     
     they shall have the superin tendence and control 
     
     of all the Engine another houses, used for the 
     
     purposes ofthe Fire De rtmeut, and of all fur- 
     
     niture anggratus t ereto belonging. and of 
     
    
   
   
    
     a 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hie Engin all other fire ap aratus belong- 
     
     ing to the ity, and over the 0 core and mem- 
     
     bers of the several Companies attached to the 
     
     Fire Department, and over all persons present 
     
     at fires; and they may make such rules and 
     
     regulations for the better government,discipline 
     
     and good order of the Department, and for the 
     
     extiuguishment of fires, as they may from time 
     
     to time think expedient, the same not being 
     
     repugnantto the Laws of this_ Island, or to any 
     
     Bye-Law of this City. and being subject to the 
     
     approbation of the Mayor and Council. The 
     
     aai Board of Engineers shall report annually 
     
     to the City Council on all matters generally 
     
     relating to their Department. _ _ 
     
    

    
     Sec. 5. it shall be the duty of said Engineers 
     
     whenever a fire shall break out in the City, im- 
     
     mediately to repair to the place ofsuch fire and to 
     
     carry with them a suitable statfor badge of their 
     
     ofiice to take proper measures, that the several 
     
     Engines and other apparatus be arranged in the 
     
     most advantageous situations, and duly worked 
     
     for the eliectual extinguishment of the fire ; 
     
     to require and compel assistance from all per- 
     
     gons, as well members of the Fire Department 
     
     as otliors, in extinguishing the fire_, moving fur- 
     
     nimro‘ goods, or other incrchandize, from any 
     
     building on fire or in danger thereof, and to 
     
     3 ' oint guards to secure the same; and also, 
     
     ' pp ulling down or demolishing any house or 
     
     liiiiiilino if occasion require, and further, to 
     
     gn\ipl‘(‘SnS, all tuiiiults and disorders. It shall, 
     
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     ;. working 
     
    
   
   
    
     served in . _ . , 
     
     from fires ll other tiuics nhcn (.ouip.i- 
     
     nies attach the Dcpairtniciit are on duty; 
     
    
   
   
    
     “H Um cmzign of Charlottetown not connected 
     
     with the Fire llepzimmsiit are here-lay required 
     
     to (,},.,,.,-,-o duo obi-dicncc to tho l~hi_:;iiici-rs on 
     
     smli S)l‘\‘lt'C, and all IlL‘l'SUnS guilty of (li.~‘<ilic- 
     
     dicm_,_M.,,,.g],.,,;(,1the _s‘;1|i!(),-Hlzilll l't'S[i€“_Cll\-i)l5.' 
     
     u )0" i,,f,,,.,.,,,;}.,n and (',t)lI\'l(‘ll(in tlicrcol licforc 
     
     pl" ,\1.,~,_-,-or's or l’olicc Court, within one u'i_.-c 
     
     t:‘“_'|_U,,,,L.,.' 11,;-_.",~it and pay a snixi not (xcccdiug 
     
     ,p“,c,,W tsliillings, or ‘IDLE iiiiprisoxipil ‘ not 
     
     cxc”Jd'm,_; S,.,.,.,, d,._\-ii ; or in ("We the said l‘.l1;1l- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     '0“ m, ,|,,.. ,,.,,, .,1' tlmin, may think lit, it shall 
     
     Ind 11;”. |,,. ']_,\-,~."ul fir llllll or thorn to order 
     
      INN‘. , M. ,,;',,.,- (-,1;|xf_;l.l0 to t.il:c sin-li ]i"l'- 
     
     s.iii so l‘t‘i|l.‘~‘lil .' :.~i :ilorc.~‘.iiil, into vl1->""‘lJ- "ml 
     
    
   
   
    
     »ixil, llZllt‘.\.\' l-c liud bail, for :1 
     
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     c uiuiit llllll I _ 
     
     0 ' iui‘t_v-ci;;ut lioiirs. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     gm,“ l.l.llllt4(l.\‘l l .5 
     
    

    
     ‘:?.”,;,,.,,|,‘ii-i-4 of the l’ii-i- ll«-p.ii-z:m-nt. and all 
     
     ;,,h,._,. l.{'l‘4. I118 wlu ii;i_'u‘ |-c pzw-‘*II_t H-‘. ‘l5|‘t‘‘*. 4'} d 
     
     3.. Il‘1...,.r .,|l priipir i:|<‘-:l.\'llY(‘.* tor tn.» c.‘:t.I.- 
     
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     u'.‘,y,i i‘, of ill‘ N. .i.1<l it :4 mil l-v! l‘-10 ‘l”l.V "l 
     
     i; l '1.‘ l t‘ ii!’ l"n~i iv -1' to t .\'.HI l. " Hill) ll"? 9”‘ ' 
     
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     iim..n..i' lit‘ I-1-vJ."“"' ‘”"‘ =*‘},<~l~ 1' 1 rv-‘rum 
     
    
   
   
    
     tus, and of tho l£.i;;iiio and oi‘. ox lmiif-‘<!:~‘ l‘~'l‘“‘;3' 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ing to the Oi , and used for the ef 
     
     the Fire Depsirgient. as shun as dauztsnces 
     
     Wexpedient, or whenever direetsd 
     
     be it: Council, and annually, or 
     
     ofteuer, i thereuuto requested 
     
     ity Council ; also, 
     
     description of the nine, ther with the 
     
     names of the oficers and mem rs of the Fire 
     
     Department, to be published annually, in such 
     
     manner as the City Council shall direct; and 
     
     whenever the Eu ‘see or other firea ratus, 
     
     ngine or other cases, used by the ire De- 
     
     rtment. r ' or 
     
    
   
   
    
     , to t th 
     
     to ceifsliora full 
     
    
   
   
    
     uire alterations, additions, 
     
     repairs. the Chief En ineer, under the direction 
     
     of the City Council, s all cause the same to be 
     
     made; and it shall, moreover, be the duty of 
     
     the Chief Engineer to receive and transmit to 
     
     the City Council, all returns of otlicers, mem- 
     
     bers, and fire a paratus,made by the respective 
     
     Companies as ereinafter prescribed, and a 
     
     other communications relaitng to the afairs of 
     
     the Fire Department. 
     
    

    
     c. 7. in case of the absence of the Chief 
     
     Engineer, the Engineer next in rank who may 
     
     be resent, shall execute the duties of his ofiice, 
     
     wit full powers. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 8. As many Engine and Hook and Lad- 
     
     der Companies shall, from time to time, be 
     
     formed by the City Council, as it shall deem 
     
     expedient, and each ot' said Companies shall 
     
     consist ofas many men as the said Council may 
     
     determine. 
     
    

    
     Soc. 9. Every Company shall have a Captain, 
     
     First and Second Lieutcnants. and ii. Clerk; said 
     
     Captain to be appointed by the City Council, 
     
     who shall, immediately after being notified 0 
     
     his appointment, nominate and ap oint two fit 
     
     and ropor persons, resident in tie City, one 
     
     to be irst, and the other Second Lieutenants of 
     
     such Company ; and the said Captain and Lieu- 
     
     tenants shall proceed to choose such number of 
     
     fit and proper 
     
     not exceeding orty in number, as shall be or- 
     
     dered by the City Council, which persons, to- 
     
     gether with the said‘ ollicers, shal form and 
     
     constitute a Coin ny under such name and 
     
     number as the City Council may direct. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 10. All vacancies in the ofiice ofCaptsin, 
     
     which may occur in an of the Companies, in 
     
     this Act mentioned, shal be filled up by the 
     
     choice of the major part ofthe Company where- 
     
     in the same shall occur, as often as any such 
     
     vacancy shall occur, by death, resignation, con- 
     
     tinued absence from the Colony, inability to 
     
     serve, or otherwise. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 11. Whenever an person shall have re- 
     
     ceived bis Certificate o Appointment to any 
     
     otlice under this Act, he sha thereby be imme- 
     
     diately investcd with all the authority conferred 
     
     and subject to all the duties imposed by the 
     
     Laws of the City, and the rules and regulations 
     
     of the Fire Department, until discharged there- 
     
     from by death, resi nation or otherwise. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 12. it shall e the duty of the Captain, 
     
     or other commanding ofiicer, of each Company, 
     
     to see that the several En ines and apparatus 
     
     committed to their care, and the several build- 
     
     ings in which the same are deposited, and al 
     
     things in or belongin to the same. are kept 
     
     neat, clean, and in or er, for immediate use; 
     
     it shall also be their duty to preserve order and 
     
     discipline at all times in their respective Compa- 
     
     nies, and require and enforce a strict compli- 
     
     ance with tho (‘ity Bye-Laws, Rules and Regu- 
     
     lotions of the Department, and the orders of 
     
     the Engineers; they shall also keep or cause to 
     
     be kept by the Clerks of their respective Com- 
     
     panics, fair and exact rolls, specifying the time 
     
     ofadmission,discliurge,iind age ofcach member, 
     
     accounts of all City property entrusted to their 
     
     care, and ofull absences of the members in a 
     
     book provided for that purpose by the City, 
     
     which rolls or record books are alway to be 
     
     subject to the order of the Board of Engineers 
     
     and the Cit Council. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 13. it shall he the duty of the officers 
     
     and members of the several Engine and [look 
     
     and Ladder Couipnnics, whenever a fire shall 
     
     break out in the City. to repair forthwith to 
     
     their respective l‘illgllll'H, llose, Hook and Lad- 
     
     dcr (.‘;iri'i:igcs, and other npparatiis, and to 
     
     (‘4)ll\'t‘.y the same in as orderly iiiaimi-r as ina 
     
     be, to or near the place where the tire may be, 
     
     and in coiiforinity with the direction oftlio Chief 
     
     or other lingiiii-crs, to exert lllL'lll.‘~‘t!l\'L‘fi in tho 
     
     inost orderly manner possible, in working and 
     
     nian:i;_v,ing the said Engines, llosc, Hooks and 
     
     L:iddci's, and other apparatus, and in perform- 
     
    
   
   
    
     iug any duty that they may be callcd upon to ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     do by any l'In;_;iiwcr, and upon direction or per- 
     
     inisxion of the Chief or other ldnginccr, shall, in 
     
     an ordorly and quiet inaiincr. l‘t'llll‘ll said fin- 
     
    
   
   
    
     'r;llll‘.~'. llosc, lluults and Laddi-rs, ('airi‘i:i_-,-;--s,l 
     
    
   
   
    
     and other apparzitiis, to their respective ]|l:l('t‘H 
     
     iifdi-posit; Proiiir/ml, that in tho iI.'lSL‘llt'l‘. of all 
     
     the lhigiin-ors, such direction and pr-rini.-"slow 
     
     niny bu givcii by their respective L‘.ipt.iin or 
     
     otl or coxiiiiiainling (llll('l‘I'. 
     
    

    
     S.-i-.14. ’l‘uo l~Iii;_-,iiicvi-s and incnilwrs of the sc- 
     
     vcr:il (‘.iiii}-:i_iiii~.~: regularly lil'[It|llllt'(l.F~l‘!lll \vc:ii' 
     
    
   
   
    
     sin-'i i-:ip.~‘, li:ii|;_:us, or iii.~:i-,;iii:i:is tlic ('ity (‘oun- 
     
     I il .~:!::;‘.l. from time to time, up; row, to lo fur- 
     
     ni~E.i 'l at the i-xpoiise of the City, and no Uill('l' 
     
     p -,-..n:i or Iwrsiills sliall lic ]lv.‘|'lllllll'il ‘to wczir 
     
     -f; x } mm, oxci-pt llllll“l‘ such i‘ '>’i1‘l\“lUl'-S and 
     
     1. "_'lil.'.ilt)ll4 as the t‘ity L‘ouni~il inay uii'~‘t't. 
     
    
   
   
    
      |.'i, No iiiiiforiii, iiulus.-z 8lll"1l'l[‘.‘~',l‘illl' 
     
     , 3.‘ and in.-i,:ni-L as arc‘, froui tiznu to lllllt‘, zip- 
     
    
   
   
    
     puiliull by the City tfuuncil, shall DJ tillowcd 
     
    
   
   
    
     5: 
     
     longing to the depart- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tobs 
     
    
   
   
    
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     -“E 
     
    

    
     .l6. Every member and e m I 
     
     the Fire Department shall si "iii llolliieii/iii, 
     
     llllgllent, tobedeposited wit the Board oi‘ 
     
     Eqlllootfl ;—- 
     
    
   
   
    
     "I, M8. having been a iuted a member 
     
     0! Ibo Charlottetown Fire Diiopartment, hereby 
     
     -Isa-fy In agreement to abide by all the ordi- 
     
     nances o the City Council. and the Board of 
     
     Engineers relating thereto.” 
     
     And every ofiiccr or member who shall neglect 
     
     or refuse to sign the same, shall not be entitled 
     
     toany com nsation whatsoever. 
     
    

    
     _bcc. 17. t shall be the duty of the Chief En- 
     
     gineer and other Engineers, to report to the 
     
     Mayor, the name ofevery person (not a member 
     
     of either ofsaid Companies,) who shall, con- 
     
     trary to law,refuse or neglect to obey any orders 
     
     of any_Enginoei's given at any fire. It shall also 
     
     be their duty to enquire for and examine into all 
     
     shops and other places where shavings or other 
     
     com_‘)ustible materials may be collected and de. 
     
     posited, and at all times to be vigilant in taking 
     
     care of tliereinoval of the same,whcnv2ver,in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘era upon anyeaccasion, as firemen, 
     
     0 con or men 
     
    
   
   
    
     persons, resident in the said City, ,3 
     
    
   
   
    
     opinion of any two of them, the same may be 
     
     dangerous to the security of the City from fires. 
     
     and to direct the tenant or occupant of said 
     
     shops or other places, to remove the same ; 
     
     and in case of their refusal so to do, to cause 
     
     the same to be removed at the ox; c-use of such 
     
     tenant or occupant, who shall, in additirin, be 
     
     liable to :1. pt-nalty not exceeding Forty sliillin,-gs, 
     
     for such neglect or refusal, and any person who 
     
     shall obstruct the Bngineci-s, or any of them, 
     
     in carrying out the provisions ol'tliis Section, 
     
     shall also be liable to a penalty not exceeding 
     
     Forty Shillings 
     
    

    
     Sec. 18. The Police and other Constables re- 
     
     siding in the City, shall, upon all occasions of 
     
     re, attend with their stoves, and enforce the 
     
     commands oftlie Engineers,to prevent theft, and 
     
     and other necesary purposes, and every Police 
     
     or other Constable who shall neglect to attend 
     
     at the time of such fire or alarm oftire, and 
     
     report himself to any one ofthe Engineers, such 
     
     Police or other Constable, on conviction of such 
     
     neglect, at the lllayor’e or Police Court, shall 
     
     forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding 'l.‘cn Shil- 
     
     lings; and any such Police or other (‘onstable, 
     
     who, being present, shall refuse or neglect to 
     
     obey the orders of any Engineer, such Police or 
     
     other Constable upon conviction thereof, shall 
     
     forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Ten Shil- 
     
     lings. and every such Police or other Constable 
     
     in the City, ifcalled on by any Engineer, after 
     
     any fire or alarm of fire, shall be required to 
     
    
   
   
    
     rove by Certificate from one or more ofsaid 
     
     rngineers, that be duly attended and did his 
     
     duty at such fire, or shall otherwise show some 
     
     good and suflicicnt cause to the satisfaction of 
     
     the said Engineers, that prevented him from 
     
     attending at such fire or alarm, and any one of 
     
     the said Constables who shall, when called 
     
     upon, neglect or refuse to produce such Certi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ificate or other good excuse, shall be liable for 
     
    
   
   
    
     each and every such neglect or refusal, and be 
     
     fined as last aforesaid. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 19. At any fire, whenever it shall be ad- 
     
     ljudgcd by any three or more of the Engineers, 
     
     ,' (of whom the Chief Engineer, if present, shall 
     
     {be one), to be decidedly necessary to prevent 
     
     } the further spreading of the tire, that any build- 
     
     jing should be pulled down, or otherwise demo- 
     
     llishcd, the same may be done by their joint 
     
     g order, and the owner thereof shall receive rea- 
     
     gsonablc saitistaction, and be paid for-_ the same, 
     
     1 which satisfaction or C0lllpL‘llS.lllt)ll, shall be 
     
     rassessed and recovered in manner hereinafter 
     
     ldirected, naniely : Any party clainiing conipcn- 
     
     lsation for any building thus pulled down, shall 
     
     I give notice of his or her intention to claim such 
     
     J-‘compensation to the Board of Engineers, wl:o—-c 
     
     {duty it shall be to examine such claim, and, 
     
     § being satisfied that the house or promises of the 
     
    

    
     clainiaut has been pulled down by competent 
     
     iautliority, shall appoint two iiiipartial persons 
     
     ,to make :i. v:iluaiion oftlic pruiiiiscs so piillcil 
     
     , down. mid the City Coiiiiieil having received 
     
     . their rt-port, shall declare the zunouut of (‘Um- 
     
     lpensation to wliicli tho cl:iiiii.int iziayln: entitled; 
     
     , Proiiirlcd that wlialcvcr snnis ofiiiuncy may be 
     
     ‘ recovcrcd under any policy ofinsurance olli-cted 
     
     upon any such building, siiall bc dcdiictcd from 
     
     t'ic uni-iunt which may bo :l\\‘ill‘~lC(l, or iftlre 
     
     whole value of the said prriiiisus lic in.~ni'cd 
     
     ’:iiid rccovcred, then the claiiiiaint shall not he on- 
     
     titlcd to any coiupcnsation ivliatcvcr, under this 
     
     '.ct, Pr-ii-ii/ul also, that the owner or owiiors of 
     
     any lvu':ldi.~g «r prciiiiscs in which tl.r- tire ori- 
     
     ;;iii.it-rd, shall ll‘.l.\'c no t't):ll]Vt‘!lS;lll4ill lllHlI‘l‘ this 
     
     Act licyond the aniount in which said building 
     
     or prciiiiscs may be insured. 
     
    

    
     Soc. 20. No ('ler<,:_viiinii nor liicciii-‘ml School 
     
     ui:istci' shall lie ol»li_-_:l-il to s-rvc as l‘}.-i;:iiii-iir. 
     
     and any person l‘i‘l.ll.\lIlf_: to act-I-pt llw olliro of 
     
     Hiigiiincr tilt:-,1‘ li:i\'in;,; lu---ii iioininati-il tlwi'ct i, 
     
     as aforcsziiil, sh ill t'oi'l'i~it tl:o snni of Fivc 
     
     l’~uuil.~I, to be i'C‘t'tl\“ rod with costs before the 
     
     .\l;i_vor's or l‘olii-o (‘«iui't. 
     
    

    
     S c. 21. The City t -Ill7ll‘ll shall lit-cnscom-or 
     
     in .;--.3 [ropcr [lCl'HtIll:l l'.i‘ lino sin-<-piiig of (fillin- 
     
     uo_\.<, and any iii-glut t or violilioii of tlwir duty 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘occupants shall incur a. pen 
     
    
   
   
    
     er. unless 
     
    
   
   
    
     he or they shall have been ap 
     
     and lice ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     H 
     
     used b the City Council, ul:di:ra 
     
    
   
   
    
     penalty of not more than Twent Shillings ; and 
     
     iig said license 
     
    
   
   
    
     the char f 
     
     ..,p..s.r;::::? °*="' 
     
     . 22. Every Chimne which shell or ma 
     
    

    
     be used in the City she be swe tonce ev , 
     
     two months, and if any licensed weeper sli 
     
     ret‘us_e or neglect to sweep an chimney when 
     
     required so to do, or shal neg igently or impro- 
     
     perly do the same, he shall be iable to a as]- 
     
     ty not exceeding Ten Shillings for cee and 
     
     evcry ofigncfii Cb 
     
    

    
     Sec.2 . e imney Sweeper or Sweepers 
     
     so licensed, shall be entitled to receive for the 
     
     sweeping of each and ever line, such sum as 
     
     thi:_City tgoupeigshfilllpigem Just apd regsoiilppslzi 
     
     no ice 0 w iic s a einserte int e 
     
     Gazette newspaper,at least four successive weeks 
     
     next after they shall have determined the 
     
    
   
   
    
     me. 
     
     See. 24. lfthe Chimney ofany house in the 
     
     City shall take fire, and ifthe oocupantor occu 
     
     pants of such house cannot produce suficient 
     
     evidence, that said chimney ha previously been 
     
     swept by the licensed Sweeper, one being in 
     
     ollice, within the period prescribed by this Act, 
     
     the same house uving been occupied by such 
     
     occupant for such period, or that a licensed 
     
     Sweeper had_been requested but had neglected 
     
     to sweep said chimney, the said occupant or 
     
     ulty ofTcn Shillings. 
     
     nt or occupant of every 
     
     of the yearly value of 'l'en 
     
     ounds, and upwards, shall provide himself or 
     
     herself with, and keep, one leatlicrn bucket, to 
     
     contain not less than two gallons, and the to- 
     
     nant. or occupant of any house in said City, of 
     
     the ‘early value of Thirty Pounds and upward, 
     
     shal provide himself or herself with two ofthe 
     
     before mentioned buckets, on which the owner's 
     
     name shall be painted, and said bucket or buo- 
     
     kets sluill be hung up in the hall, or other pub- 
     
     lic part of the house, ready for use in case of 
     
     tire, under the penalty of Five Shillings for each 
     
     and every time the said bucket or buckets shall 
     
     not be found so hung in the proper place by the 
     
     Engineers, when they shall visit the aid house. 
     
     Sec. 26. Itshall be the duty of the Proprietor 
     
     or Landlord of any house or houses. to provide 
     
     ladders necessary to carr water to any part of 
     
     the same; and if any roprietor or Landlord 
     
     shall neglect or refuse to provide such ladders, 
     
     the occupier or tenant of any such house shall 
     
     procure the same, and shall he allowed to de- 
     
     duct the value thereof from the rent; and tbOv' 
     
     occupier of any house omitting to have the bugs 
     
     kets and ladders required as aforesaid, or nod‘, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Sec. 25. The tena 
     
     house in the City, 
     
    
   
   
    
     as l‘.t‘l4‘llli|llL'|' to be :4‘,~‘i'ili -ll, H":ill subject til" 
     
     pix 4i" :1 to :i. pt-nalty not (Lu cc-ling 'l'woiity sl~il- 
     
     |lll‘:I;:ll'llI‘1"l(!l.s\’i.‘ll- iii'l'~.lll.Vl s. all l)(‘. ]It'I'lllll“‘ 
     
     Ltd ti follow the 0CCll1I.l,ili)ll of Cliiiiincy Sweep- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     having the same in suficient repair and fit V 
     
     immediate use. shall incur a penalty of Ten 
     
     l Shillings for every such omission, Provided, that 
     
     no person shall he fined a second time by virtue 
     
     of this Clause, if he shall provide or repair such 
     
     buckets and ladders within ten days next after 
     
     any fine shall have been imposed thereunder, 
     
     and paid by him. 
     
    

    
     See. 27. Each of the said Engineers shall, 
     
     once in every four months, visit each house in 
     
     his Ward in said City, and inspect the buckets, 
     
     ladders, chimneys, fines and stoves, and it shall 
     
     be lawful for either of said Engineers who shall 
     
     think fit, to visit once a month, between the 
     
     hours ofeleven and four in the day, any house 
     
     or houses in said City, to and for said purpose, 
     
     and upon information in writing being given to 
     
     any of said Engineers, that any stove, chimney, 
     
     or flue ofany house in his ward is in a dangerous 
     
     situation, it shall be lawful for, and betbe duty 
     
     of said Engineer, to visit any such house on 
     
     any other day, between the hours aforesaid, to 
     
     inspect such stove, chiiuney, or fine; and any 
     
     housekeeper refusing to produce said buckets 
     
     or ladders, or to admit sncli Engineer, shall for 
     
     every such refusal, incur a penalty of'1‘cn Shil- 
     
    

    
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     Sec. 28. Any Engineer who shall neglect to 
     
     visit and inspect every house and workshop for 
     
     the purpose aforesaid,once in every four months 
     
     or who shall neglect or refuse, upon informa- 
     
     tion so given in writing as aforesaid, to visit 
     
     any house or ivorlaslmp in his ward, shall for 
     
     every house or workshop so neglected or refused 
     
     to be visited and inspected. be liable to and pay 
     
     a sum not exceeding Five Shillings. 
     
    

    
     Sec. 2‘). .\ny liousckocper or other person 
     
     who shall collect, or kccp, or permit to be kept, 
     
     any hay, straw, or flux, in any part of a dwell- 
     
     ing lmiiso, or shall collect or keep ashes on a 
     
     \\'()0(li'r| lloor or in a wooden vessel in said 
     
     house, or in any nutlmuso or yard appertaining 
     
     thereto, shall forfi-it Ten Shillings tor cvory of- 
     
     fence, and likewise the hay, str:iw.or ll.ix found 
     
     in such dwelling house, c.\'ccptin_-_-' alw:i_vs, such 
     
     buy or straw as may be eiiclose-1 in a sack, and 
     
     us d as budding. 
     
    

    
     Soc. 30. .\n ' pcrsron carrying a lighted can. 
     
     din, lire or lll"l‘ill':l'lIl, froui house to lioiisi-, or 
     
     pl.icc to p':i«-is v;ItI.in the City, without .-.-tic}, 
     
     caiiillo, lire I r 9 l'l‘.lIi'{\ll(l being prop!-rly cnvl used 
     
     or (itlit‘1‘\\‘iSv :' .".l‘c(l, so as to pr«-vent iict-id:-iii‘, 
     
     glmll l'.-r!'.-it :-: l. j:i_v :i p('n:ilt_v ofl"ivc b'Ivillin_._:3 
     
     fun one‘: and ". ry «»ll"IIi‘c, and in the (‘\".‘lll3 of 
     
     any iniuor or v|,‘]'l't,'lllll.'|.‘ so oil‘--iidin;_:_ the 1,3,. 
     
     r\'lll, iuzi.-'."‘=‘. mi «truss or ;:'.i.'irili.in ol'sut‘li of. 
     
     rL'll(l( r 5:.’ all i :li:il»lc tor said penalty. 
     
    

    
     ,\‘.g.-,, ‘:1. Jo person shall kindle or iiicroasg 
     
     any lir--.1 .- cause the s:ii;ir-. to be one in or 
     
     upon my us." the streets, sipiaris or public “,0,