First:
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To prevent and prohibit the dangerous construction of chimneys,
flues, fireplaces, stovepipes, ovens and any other apparatus used
in or about any building or manufactory, and cause the same to be
removed or placed in a secure and safe condition when considered dangerous.
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Second:
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To prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places, and to appoint
one or more officers to enter into buildings and enclosures to examine
whether the same are in a dangerous state, and to cause such as may
be dangerous to be put in a safe condition.
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Third:
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To regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufactories and
shops, and works, dangerous in promoting or causing fires.
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Fourth:
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To regulate, prevent and prohibit the use of fireworks and firearms.
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Fifth:
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To direct and prohibit the management of houses for the storage
of gunpowder and other dangerous and combustible materials within
the city; to regulate the keeping and conveying of the same, and the
use of candles and other lights in stables and other like houses.
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Sixth:
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To regulate and prescribe the manner and order the building
of parapets and partition walls and partition fences.
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Seventh:
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To compel the owners or occupants of houses or other buildings
to have scuttles on the roofs, and stairs or ladders leading to the
same.
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Eighth:
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To authorize the mayor or other officers of said city to keep
away from the vicinity of any fire all idle and suspicious persons,
and to compel all officers of the city and all other persons to aid
in the extinguishment of fire and in the preservation of property
exposed thereat, and in preventing goods from being stolen.
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Ninth:
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And generally to establish such regulations for the prevention
and extinguishment of fires, as the city council may deem expedient.
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First:
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To organize hook, hose, ax and ladder companies.
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Second:
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To appoint and pay during their pleasure a competent number
of able and reputable inhabitants of the city as firemen, to take
the care and management of the engines and other apparatus and implements
used and provided for the extinguishment of fires.
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Third:
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To prescribe the duties of firemen, to make rules and regulations
for their government, and to impose reasonable penalties upon them
for violation of the same, and for incapacity, neglect of duty or
misconduct, to remove them.
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Fourth:
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The city council shall have power to appoint a chief and assistant
engineer of the fire department, and they, with the other firemen,
shall take the care and management of the engines and other apparatus
and implements provided and used for extinguishment of fires, and
their powers and duties shall be prescribed by the city council.
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