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CONSTITUTION
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ASHLAND NOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I.
This company shall be known and designated as Ashland Hose Company No.
(1), and shall consist of such members as is prescribed by law, all of whom shall
be permanent residents of the city of Ashland.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION 1. The regular meetings of this company stall be held on the first
Wednesdav of each month, and shall be galled to order during the months of No-
vember, December, January, February, March, April, September and October, at
7:30 o'clock, May. June, July and August, at 8 o'clock.
SECTION 2, . An annual meeting of this company shall be held on the first
' Wednesdav in May, for the purpose of electing officers, hearing reports, and attend-
inv to other appropriate business.
SECTION 3. Five members shall constitute a quorum to transact the business
of the company.
SECTION 4. Notices of all meetings, drills and parades of the company shall be
published by posting official notices of such meetings on the front of the hose house
and by flyin_ the company meeting flag during the day of meeting and alarm of
hell in the evening.
A SECTION 5. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the President or at a
written request of not less than five (5) members, which request shall distinctly
state the object of the meeting.
SECTION 6. No business shall be transacted at special meetings other than that
for whicf, suer meeting may have been called.
ARTICLE III.
OFFICERS.
SECTION 1 The officers of this companv shall consist of a Foreman, Assistant
Foreman, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Seargent at Arms,
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who shall be elected at the annual meeting of the company and hold their orifices and shall deliver his report of the meeting to the Secretary previous to the next
until their successors are elected and qualified. meeting.
SEC. 2. Should a vacancy occur from any cause in any of the offices of the SPEC. 5. He shall keep a record of the names of the members of the companv,
company, such vacancy shall he filled llv election at the next monthly meeting after showing the date of signing the Constitution, age, occupation, residence, date of ex-
such vacancy shall become known to the company, or at a special meeting called empt certificate, expulsion. resignation, suspension or death. Upon the signing of
for the purpose, the Constitution and payment of fees required he Shall procure for any person
SEC. 3. Upon the absence of an officer from his duties, without leave, for elected a certificate of membership in the department,
thirty (30) consecutive days. the office may be declared vacant. SPEC. 6. H. Shall keep a roll to be called the Honorary R ill, containing the
SEC. 4. At elections of officers only one officer shall be balloted for at a time, names of all members who have obtained their exempt certificates, and tile names
and the number receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be declared elected. of such other persons as may I o placed thereon by order of the cornpany. He shall
SEC, 5. At all elections the chairman shall appoint two members to act as tell- perform such other duties as may devolve upon him by the laws of this company.
ers, whose duty it shall be to receive the ballots and ascertain that the number of SPEC. 7. It shall be his duty to inform the company, at each regular meeting',
ballots given is correct and to ascertain tine number of votes given to each candi- of the "-lines or all members who shall ',e indebted to the r•ompanp in file slim of
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date; the tellers shall read the names voted for, and the secretary and a tniember or r"ore, and to prefer charges agains, such members and notify them that their
appointed by the chairman shall keep tidy and report the result to the chairman, trial shall take place at the next regular meeting.
and tie shall announce whom, if ai,vbor- , is elected. SPEC. 8. In consideration of the above services, well and faithfully nerforined,
Sec. 6. No member shall be eligible to election to any office or entitled to vote the Secretary shall be exempt from all fines and dues except for non-attendance at
at any election for officers. while indebted to the company. meetings.
ARTICLE 1V. TREASURER.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep and safely hold, until
DUTIES OF OFFICERS. called for, all funds paint to him on account of this ewnpany; to receive and receipt
for all funds so paid to him; to nay out of such fnnd all orders drawn by the Presi-
dentand attested by the Secretary and none others; to keep an accurate and de-
PREStDExr. tailed account of the movement of all funds or property coming into his possession
SECTION 1. The duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings, con- on account of file crmpany, and take and Dreserve vouchers for all arr:onpis paid
vene special meetings when deemed necessary, or upon request of five (5) members roil; to he rf tr at all times to submit his accounts to the inspection of the Finance
in good standing in the compan; to enforce strictly and emphatically the roles Committee or any other conunittee who may he authorized to inApr,ci the game, and
and regulations of the companv to appoint all committees when not otherwise at each regular meeting to he preparers to make a statement of the cf,nditirln of the
provided for; to give the casting vote in case of a tie; to sign all orders on the Treasury if called upon to do so, and at the annual nlHr~tiug in Mav of eac,. year
to
Treasurer when not ordered drawn in violation of any part of the Constitution and make a full ar.d complete written report of all matters pertaining to his office. He
By-Laws, and to sign all papas or documents of the rompan}' ; officially to present shall give bonds in such sum as the company may direct.
the report of officers of the meetings for action by the company; to have and keep
at the place of holding meetings, the hallot box, with a sufficient quantity of black FOREMAN.
and white balls for ballots; to do all in his power for the honor, harmony and pri's-
perity of the company and to be guided further in his official capacity as he may be SEC, 5. It shall be the dnty of the Foreman to take command of the companv
instructed by the Constitution and By-Laws of the company. at all fires, alarms, drills, parndes, and all other such meetings. To See that. ttre
Hose Cart and all the apparatus belon_ing ther:•to is kept in good order and repair;
VICE-PRESIDENT. to observe that each member performs his duty; to rxcuse members frr,m further
attendance at fires. alarms or ririnA, and in ease'
ase the Secretary is not present oil idle
SEC. 2. In case the President is absent, it shall he the duty of the Vice-Press- return of the c art to the cart-house after an alarm of fire or drill, to designate sortie
dent to take the chair and perform such duties as govern the President, See Ar member to act nA Secretarv for the purpose of roll call. He shall excuse memhers
title IV, Section 1, at his option from duty when the company is in service, arid shall purchase all
SECRETARY, actually necessary fuel and supplies for the companv which would not he charge-
SEc. 3-SPECIFICATION 1. The duties of the Secretary shalt be to keep an accurate able to the vity government. He shall also report to the e1ty council any repairs
record of the proceedings of all meetings and drills, to note the dates of all fires and needed to the apparatus or cart-house. It will he his duty to know where all
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alarnis, their locality, and the probable loss occasioned therehv as near as possible; drants and all gates in the main pipes are, an) to know how to connect the
two
or such other events'er matters of interest to the companv as he may deem proper. systems together-the upper and lower system. He shall have full control of cart,
hose apparatus and all property belonging to the Hose Company, and no member
The record for the previous month shall be read at each regular meeting of the
companfor approval. or persons are allowed to take any of the same mentioned from the cart-house with-
SPEC'. 2. He shall keep a true and detailed account of the receipts of all moneys out permission of the Foreman.
and warrants ordered drawn, and shall be prepared at any tine to Submit his ac- ASSISTANT FOREMAN.
counts and books to the inspection of the Finance o-, anv committee authorized to
examine the same. He shall keep a, correct roll of the company, and tail the same SEC. 6. It shall be, the duty of the Assistant Foreman to assist the Foreman in
as provided in Article III, Section V , and each regular meetiriv report the amount the discharge of his duties, and in the ahsenee of the I'orenran to officiate in
that
due from each member. He Shall attest all orders on the Treasurer when drawn in capacity. It shall also he Isis duty to know where all hydrants and flood gates in
strict accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the company. the main pipes are and know how to connect the two systerns together so as to re-
SPEC. 3. He shall notify all persons elected members immediately after their ceive the full force of water.
eleetio", and pay over to the Treasurer, within twenty-four hours, all mopeys col-
lected by him, taking his receipt therefor;. take full charge of all papers, documents SERGEANT-AT-ARMS,
and books, belonging to the company, and present to the President, at the annual SEC. 7. The Serg
meeting in May of each year, a full and complete written report of all matters per- east-at•Arms shall keep the Bart clean, attend to the meeting
taining to his office. room, ring the call for meetings. and such other business as the Foreman or Presi-
SPEC. 4, In case of absence of a Secretar dent may direct, for whielr he Shall present a bill of $1.50 per month to the Fore-
point a member to act as Secretary for the evening or until the Secretary arrivrs, man, R do shall 0. K. the same, and present it to the city couucil for payment.
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ARTICLE V. pelled and his name shall be handed to the Street Commissioner of the city by the
Secretary.
MEMBERSHIP. ARTICLE VII.
SEC. 1. Candidates for membership in this company may be proposed by any COMMITTEES.
member thereof, at any meeting. Tire proposition shall state the name, age, occu-
pation and residence of the person proposed, which proposition shall be in writing,
signed by the applicant and member proposing; and such proposition shall then he
banded to the investigating committee for inquiry. All propositions shall be ac- SECTION I. Upon assuming office the President shall appoint the following
companied by the initiation fee of one dollar ($1.) committees to serve during the ensuing year and until their successors are ap-
SEC. 2. Candidates for admission to membership, the respective applications pointers and assume their duties:
of whom have been reported on by the investigating committee, shall be balloted An investigating committee of three.
on with white and black balls at any regular meeting subsequent to the presentation A finance committee of three.
of the proposition; and the candidates receiving less than three black balls shall be A uniform committee of three.
declared duly elected to membership. , . 2. All special committees shall be appointed by the President, with the
SEC. 3, Any person w ho shall take up his exempt certificate in this company, consent of the company.
shall, upon resigning from active roll, be entitled to election as bonorarv member SEC. 3. It shall he the duty of the investigating committee to inquire rigidly
thereof, two-thirds of all members present concurring, and no other person shall he into the character and competency of all candidates for membership that may be
elected as honorary member without the unanimous vote of the members present. referred to them and report ;n writing as soon thereafter as practicable, using the
(The vote in all cases shall be by ballot.) term "favorable" or "unfavorable," as the case may be, and their motives shall not
SEC. 4. They shall be entitled to wear the uniform of the company, and when be questioned, but the ballot shall in all cases be had, and the candidate elected or
on duty at fires shall be under direction of the acting officer. They shall have the rejected in accordance with Article V.
privilege of attending and speaking at all meetings of the company. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the finance committee to examine into the au-
SEC. 5. kny person from whom no money or other property is due the com- thority by which all hills presented to them for their approval are incurred, and also
pane, and against whoa no charges of 'any kind are pending, may resign his mem- the reasonableness of the charges for the items enumerated in such bills; and it
bership at anv titne; but no resignation of a member shall he received unless all his shall be their duty to report adversely to the payment of any and all bills incurred
indebtedness is discharged, except by two-thirds vote of the merr.bere present, and by other than the authority conferred by the Constitution and By Laws. For any
his badge returned to the company. neV
_lact of their duty in this regard, any or all members of such committees may be fined a sum equal to the amount of the bill erroneously approved. The finan
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ARTICLE VI. 1',ommittee shall examine t'~e reports and books of the Secretary and Treasurer, and
report on the same in writing at the meetings in Mav and October.
DUTIES OF MEMBERS.
ARTICLE VIII.
SECTION 1. Me IMPEACHMENTS, TRIALS AND
shall sign the constitution.
Members after their election
SEC. 2. It shall he the duty of a member to be on the alert, and on hearing an PENALTIES.
alarm of fire to repair immediately to the hose carriage and as.4ist in conveying it to
the fire; to do all in his power to get the apparatus to work and in working the
same, and to remain at his post of duty ; to strictly obey the officer in command tir,r5rtorr 1 Any member of this company, for conduct unbecoming an honorable
j and the laws, rules and regulations of the company ; to be present at each meeting man and a good firemzn, or for actions detrimental to the reputation of this com-
of the company, and shrink from no duty that is imposed upon him that is reason- pany, or of the rights of his fellow members as such, and any officer or officers of
able, or in his power to perform; to furnish himself within sixty days alter the date this company for incompetency, misconduct, neglect of duty, misfeasance in office.
of his membership with the uniform shirt and belt of the company; to return with niav be impeached upon the written request of three members, and he or they shall
the apparatus to the house. to answer to his name at roll call, and perform such be. tried before a inajority of the active members of the company, and if found guilty
other duties as may devolve upon him. shall be liable to such penalty as the company may deem proper.
SEC. 3. It shall be his duty before leaving the city for a longer period than SEC. 2. Whenever the company s!oall begin the trial of a member or officer,
one month, to notify the Foreman and obtain written leave of absence. Any mem- the Chairman may appoint one member of the company to conduct the prosecution,
her who may be absent for a longer period than his leave of absence allows, with- and the accused may appoint one to conduct the defense. All witnesses shall be
out permision of the company, may he considered as having resr~.rned, said resigna- examined in the following order: First, prosecution; second, defense. Rebutting
tion to take effect at the expiration of his leave of absence, evidence rnav he otfererl On either side, and when the testimony shall have been
SEC. 4. It shall be. the duty of members to promptly pav all fines, dues and closed, the company shall, without odebate, except that each party may have fifteen
assessments imposed upon them. minutes to sum the testimony, proceed to find upon the guilt or innocence of the
SEC. 5. Anv member appearing at a meeting, fire or drill, intoxicate?, may be accused. expelled SEc. 3. No officer or member of this company shall be expelled,
unless by a
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SEC. 6. No leave of absence shall be granted by the Foreman for a longer two-thirds vote of the members present; and in no case shall a member be expelled
period than four months. A further extension of two months tnaY he granted by a without having ten days' notice of the charge brought against him, with a fair and
two-thirds' vote of the members present at any meeting before which a written re- impartial trial before the company; the vote in all cases to be by written ballot.
quest from said member may be read. If at the expiration of that time said mein- SEc. 4. An m mber indebted to this company in the sum of three dollars
ber does not return to the city to reside the Secretary shall strike his narne from shall, after twenty days' notice by the Secretary, mailed to his last known residence,
the roll and he shall be considered as having resigned, and the Secretary shall so be suspended.
notify him. SEC. 5. Any officer or member neglecting to deliver up any money or property
SEC. 7, Any active member of this company who shall be absent for three in his possession belonging to the company, upon proper demand being made there-
consecutive meetings without leave of absence or sending written excuse, shall be for, shall be expelled from membership.
suspended, and the Secretary shall notify him of the same. If at the next regular SEC. 6. Anv member who shall be suspended for any reason may be reinstated
meeting he does not appear with excuse for such nor,-attendance, he shall he ex-
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at any regular meeting within six months from the date of suspension, by a two- SEC. 2. The President, while presiding, will state every question coming before
thirds' vote of the members present, upon paying all amounts due the company by the meeting, and immediately before putting it to vote shall ask, `-Is the meeting
ready for the question?" Should no member rise to speak, and a majority indicate
him' their readiness, he shall rise to take the question ; and after he has risen no mem-
ARTICLE 1X her shall be permitted to speak npon it. He shall pronounce the votes and decision
of the, meeting upon all subjects. His decision upon questions of order shall be
DISBURSEMENTS. without debate, unless, entertaining doubts on the point, he invite it. And tie shall
have the privilege of speaking only on such questions from the chair. When his
decision has been appealed from, the question shall he put thus: "Will the, meet-
SECTION 1. No officer or member of this rompanv shall ip.cur any indebtedness ing sustain the chair in its derision T' The President may grant members aermis-
j on behalf of the rompanv for any purpose whatever, unl-as authority to incur suc,i lion to absent themselves from the meeting room at his own discretion while there
indebtedness shall have been previously eranted sperislly t" 811"' member ~r officer are fifteen members present, but when a lees number are present only atwo-Ihirds'
by a written resolution adopted by atwo-thirds' vote of the company; provided. that vote of the members small confer such permission on any member. And the Presi-
the Foreman may at any tine purchase fuel and such other supplies as are actually dent shall have no power to grant an excuse until after roll-call, and the excuse
neceasarv to the running and good condition of the (rose carriage and hose, and their must be offered in person.
accoutrements and attachments; but this authority shall riot be construed to warrant SEC. 3. Every rnemt rr when he speaks or cffPrs a motion, shall rise and re -
the purchase of any new or unusual attachment to or piece of machinery, speettulh• address the chair. While speaking, he shall confine himself to the ques-
>EC. 2 It shall be the duty of the finance committee to report adversely to the tion under debate, avoiding all personality and indecorous language, as wP
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payment of any and all bills incurred in contravention of Section 1 of this Ar- reflection upon the company or its members. Should two or more members rise to
title; and the. President and Secretary shall not sivm any warrant nrdered drawn, speak at the same time, the chair shall decide which shall be entitled to the floor.
if it shall or may have come to the knowledee of either oft etri that such warrant. No nernber shall disturb another in his speech, unless he call him to order for
was drawn in payment of any obligation incurred in violation of said Section I of words spoken or explanation. If a member while speaking shall be called to or-
der by the chair, he shall Cease e
s al~ini and take his
j this Article. P s seat until the question or
ARTICLE X. order is determined, when, if permitted, he may proceed.
No member shall speak more than once on the same question, until all the mem-
AMENDMENTS.
bers w•ishink to speak have had an opportunity to do so; nor more than twice with-
ont nrmission from the chair, but no member shall have the privilege of speaking
more than once on a question of order, after appeal from the decision of the chair.
o part of this Constitution or By-Law's hPrew~ith adopted, or amendments SEC. 4. When ar,y communication, petition or memorial is presented, before it
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j thereto, except the rules t order in Articles If and G of the By-Laws, shall he re is read, or any vote taken on it, a brief statement of its contents shall be made
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pealed, altered, annulled or suspended, unless a proposition in writing he made at the introducer to the chair. Arid after it has been read a brief notice of its purport
least one regular meeting previous to t}',P time Of its hPlne Acted upon; when if shall he entered on the journal.
No motion shall ti subject. to action unless seconded, and stated by the chair;
three-fourths of all the members present vote in favor of such proposition, it shall and at the desire..f any niPmher shall he reduced to writing,
be adopted. When a blank is to he filled, the question shall be. taken first upon the highest
sum or number, and the longest or latest time proposed.
jl (a Anv member may call for a division of the question when the sense will admit
of it.
SEC. 5. When a question is before the meeting, no motion shall be entertained
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1 ~T nitely; to postpone to it certain time; to refer or to amend, and shall have prece-
dence in the order herein arranved, the three first of which shall be decided without
ARTICLE I. dehate. After any question, except one of indefinite postponement, has been de-
cided any member who voted in ~ ir
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MEETING ROOM. e tnalority may at the same or next succeeding
meeting, move for a reconsideration thereof; but a motion to reconsider the same
matter shall riot he entertained more than once. The previous question can be
called for by two nr-mbers, if seconded by amajority, and shall be put in this form:
SECTION 1. The meeting room shall not be used for any pnr•PnsP except for the "Shall the main question now be put?" If the motion be carried, the vote shall
transaction of the business Of the company, unless by the consent of the President first be upon all amendments, after which upon the main question.
and Foreman. Every ,,,ember present shall vote on anv question betore the meeting, unless
SEC. 2. Any member who shall be guilty of intentionally defacing the walla of he is personally interested in the result, or has been excused by the meetin.
i or removin r any of the g
the hose house by writing upon them or otherw se, i property Rules of order are conventional only, and any particular'rule, or all of them,
company from the house, shall be liable to expulsion. niay he disp,nse l with pro tewnpore, or for the evening, by consent of two-thirds of
ARTICLE H. the mrnibers present.
'i ARTICLE IIi.
RULES OF ORDER.
FINES.
SECTION 1. During the continuance of the meeting the most decorous conduct
must be observed, the officers and mein hers retaining their respective spats, and no SECTION 1. Every member, except otherwise provided shall befined as follows:
one leaving the room without the permission of the President. No member shall, For non-attendance at are alarm or drill....... •
N'ornon-attendance at a meeting at first roll call . . 25
by conversation or otherwise, interrupt the business of the meeting, or refuse to For disorderly conduct during a meeting . 50
obey the chair. For introducing religious or political subjects _'6
Nil
For leaving the room during a meeting without permission......... 5 00
For divulging the debates or transactions of the company to any person not R nrem-
ber of the company . 2 50
For not obeying orders given by the Foreman and Assistant Foreman at drills,
fires, parades, etc 1 00
H SEC. 2. The Secretary shall be fined one dollar for non-attendance at regular
and special meetings.
SEC. 3. Sickness in a member's family, absence from town, or other unavoid-
able circumstance, shall be considered a sufficient excuse for non-attendance at
drill, fire or meeting, and it shall be the duty of the member so absent to present
his excuse in writing at the next regular meetinv which he may he able to attend.
SEC. 4. 411 applications to be excused from fines for non-attendance at fires,
drills, meetings, etc., shall be presented in writing. Stich applications stall be
read just before collection of dues or fines, and may he accepted by a vote of the
members present.
ARTICLE IV.
ALARMS.
The town to be divided into three (3) districts, to be known as districts 1, 2
and 3. District No. 1 to be the part of town in the vicinity of South School House,
and the taps for this district will be one tap of bell at intervals vfter veneral alarm.
District No. 2 wilt be the part of the city in the vicinity i)f North School House,
and the taps for this district will he two taps of bell after general alarm, with in-
tervals.
District No. 3 will he the part of city running from Main street tip (granite
street, and the taps for this district will be three taps at intervals after ,:eneral
alarm,
Alarm for drills and ,neetinvs wiH be the sane as nrnrch time, as one tap, in-
terval : one trip, interval, and one, two, three. (Repeat.)
ORDER OF BUSINESS,
1. Roll Call.
2. Reading Minutes of Last Meetings.
3. Reports of Officers.
4. Reports of Committees.
5. Resignations.
fi. Proposals for Membership.
d Election of Officers.
S.'11 Election of Members.
" Unfinished Business.
10.T, Reading Excuses.
11. Collection of )Fines and Dues.
12. Roll of Delinquent Members.
13. New Business,
14. Anvthinu for the Good of the Companv.
15. Adjournment.
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