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SEC. 4. The street commissioner shall receive in full for his services the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly payments.
SEC. 5. The city engineer shall receive in full for his services the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal quarterly payments.
SEC. 6. The city marshal shall receive in full for his services the sum of nine hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly payments.
SEC. 7. The assistant marshal shall receive in full for his services the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly payments.
SEC. 8. The salary of each regular police officer in full for his service shall be seven hundred and thirty dollars per an- num, payable in equal monthly payments.
SEC. 9. The pay of special police officers shall be two dollars per day each, while actually employed on duty.
SEC. 10. The city physician shall receive in full for his services the sum of fifty dollars per annum, payable semi- annually.
SEC. 11. Each of the the two members of the board of overseers of the poor shall receive in full for his services the sum of seventy-five dollars per annum, payable in semi-annual payments.
SEC. 12. The moderator of each ward shall receive in full for his services, and for all the duties appertaining to his office, the sum of three dollars, to be paid at the expiration of his official term.
SEC. 13. Each of the selectmen of each ward shall receive in full for his services, and for all the duties appertaining to his office, the sum of five dollars, and the ward clerk of'each ward the sum of seven dollars, to be paid at the expiration of his official term.
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SEC. 14. Each member of the board of supervisors shall receive the sum of two dollars per day for each day's services performed by him in accordance with the provisions of the . act of incorporation of the city, their compensation for their said services to be paid after each election at which their services are rendered.
SEC. 15. Each election inspector at biennial elections shall receive the same compensation per day as special police officers.
SEC. 16. The salary of the justice of the police court shall be five hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the clerk of said court shall be two hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid in equal quarterly payments, and the salaries so received shall be in full for services of every kind rendered by them in the discharge of all the duties pertaining to their of- fice.
June 5, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to the Fire Department.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief engineer, five assistant engineers, and as many enginemen, hosemen, and hook and ladder men, to be divided into com- panies, as the number of engines and the number and quan- tity of other fire apparatus belonging to the city shall from time to time require. And said engineers shall constitute the board of engineers, and shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of fire wards. The chief engineer or either of his assistants shall in no case be eligible to any other office or membership in the fire department.
SEC. 2. The steam engine company shall consist of not more than fifteen members ; each hose company of not more than fifteen members ; each hook and ladder company of not more than twenty members. They shall be appointed by the
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mayor and council in the month of March. The board of en- gineers may present to the mayor and council the names of persons to constitute said companies. No member of the reg- ular police force shall be a member of the fire department.
SEC. 3. Each of said companies shall have a foreman, as- sistant foreman, clerk, and steward, and such other officers as may be necessary, to be appointed by the board of engineers. It shall be the duty of the foreman, and in his absence of the assistant foreman, to direct the time and place of drill, to see that the engines and other apparatus, together with the build- ings intrusted to their care, are kept clean and in order for immediate use, to preserve order and discipline at all times, and to require and enforce a strict compliance with the rules, regulations and orders of the board of engineers. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the respective companies to keep an exact roll, specifying the time of admission and discharge of each member of their companies, also to record the name of each member who is absent from or does not perform duty at all fires, and to report the same to the chief engineer, once in three months. It shall be the duty of the steward to keep clean the houses, hose, machines and all other apparatus be- longing to the company, to clean the snow from the sidewalks during the winter, and at all times to see that the engine and other apparatus are fit to use; and they shall cause their re- spective engines and other apparatus, when returned from any fire, to be well cleansed, washed, oiled, and securely housed.
SEC. 4. In all cases the chief engineer shall have the sole and absolute control and command over all the engineers, and other members of the department.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer, at least once a month, and also within three days after every fire. to examine into the condition of all the fire apparatus belonging to the city, and to report on the same, annually, in the month of February, to the city council. His report shall also include a statement of the condition of the department and an ap- praisal of all property belonging to the same. He shall, also, under the direction of the board of engineers, cause all the repairs to be made upon the fire apparatus of the city when necessary.
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SEC. 6. In the absence of the chief engineer, the next as- sistant engineer in rank who may be present shall have the powers and perform the duties that belong to the chief engi- neer; and seniority in rank of the engineers shall be deter- mined by the board of engineers immediately upon entering upon the duties of their office.
SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the members of the fire de- partment, whenever any fire shall break out in the city, forth- with to repair to their respective engines and other apparatus, to convey the same to or near the place where the fire may be, to place themselves under the control of the chief and other engineers, and upon permission from the chief or presiding engineer, in an orderly manner to return such engines and ap- paratus to their respective places of deposit ; provided, that in the absence of all the engineers such permission and all orders shall proceed from their respective foreman.
SEC. . 8 All the members of the department shall wear some suitable badge, when on duty, to be determined by the engi- neers; and the various companies shall, on command of the chief engineer, take out their respective engines and appara- tus for exercise; and, on such command, shall appear for an annual parade and inspection, the expense of which shall not exceed one hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. 9. If any person shall wantonly or knowingly injure any of the fire apparatus owned by the city or provided for the extinguishment of fire, or shall ride or drive any animal or carriage over or across any hose or other apparatus in use at a fire, or upon any alarm of fire, he shall be subject to a pen- alty not exceeding ten dollars.
SEC. 10. If any chimney, stove-pipe or funnel shall be set on fire, the owner or occupant of the building or tenement to which such chimney, stove-pipe or flue appertains, shall for- feit and pay a penalty of two dollars for each offence; pro- vided, however, that any person may lawfully burn out or set fire to his chimney, stove-pipe or flue, at any time between sunrise and noon, when the roofs of his own and the neigh- boring houses are thoroughly wet with rain or covered with snow.
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SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the board of engineers to inquire for, and examine into, all places where shavings and other combustible materials may be collected and deposited, and to cause the same to be removed by the tenants or occu- pants of any such places, or at their expense, whenever in the opinion of the board, or of any committee of the board, such removal may be necessary for the security of the city against fire.
SEC. 12. The engineers shall have control of all persons appointed to serve in any company of the fire department, and power to direct and control the labor of all persons pres- ent at any fire. Any engineer may and shall cause any fire deemed by him to be dangerous in any place to be extin- guished or removed.
SEC. 13. The engineers shall establish such regulations respecting the kindling, guarding and safe-keeping of fires, and for the removal of shavings and other combustibles from any building or place, as they shall think expedient. Such regulations shall be signed by a majority of the engineers, shall be approved by the city council, recorded by the city clerk, and copies attested by him posted up in two or more public places in the city thirty days, when they shall take ef- fect. Penalties not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence may be prescribed by the engineers for the breach of such regulations and such regulations shall remain in force until altered or amended.
S c. 14. The board of engineers may, from time to time, make and enforce such regulations for the government of the department as they may deem proper.
SEC. 15. If any member of either of the several companies shall wilfully neglect or refuse to discharge his duty, or shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or disobedience to any officer or to any engineer, he shall for any such offence be forthwith dismissed from the department. No person shall be a member of, or serve in, the fire department who is under the age of twenty-one years, or who does not sustain a good moral char- acter.
SEC. 16. No person shall draw or take water from any of
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the public reservoirs of the city, or remove the covers upon the same, or in any way interfere with the same, except un- der the direction of the board of engineers.
SEC. 17. Any person offending against the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars.
June 12, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to the Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowos :
SECTION 1. The fire-alarm telegraph in this city shall be considered as an apparatus connected with the fire depart- ment, and shall be under as full control of the board of engineers as the apparatus commonly used by the fire depart- ment for the extinguishing of fires in the city.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer to see that the fire-alarm telegraph, in all its parts and at all times, is in good working order, and report its condition when mak- ing his report to the city council. He shall also have authority, if necessary, to appoint some suitable person whose special duty it shall be, under the direction and control of the chief engineer, to keep the telegraph in good condition, ready for use at any time, whose compensation shall be deter- mined by the city council.
SEC. 3. Whoever wilfully defaces, injures, or destroys the fire-alarm telegraph or any portion thereof, or wilfully inter- feres with or does any thing to prevent or delay the proper and timely use thereof, shall, for every such offense, be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars and costs of prosecution.
SEC. 4. Whoever opens any alarm box connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, except by the authority of, or with the key furnished by the board of engineers, shall for every such
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offence be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars and the costs of prosecution.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the fire department to prosecute without delay, any and all viola- tions of this ordinance.
SEC. 6. Any person or persons giving information which shall lead to the detection and conviction of any person or persons violating this ordinance shall be entitled to one-half of the penalty imposed.
June 12, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to the Public Library.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. There shall be elected by ballot by the city council at the commencement of each municipal term a board of trustees, to consist of one competent citizen from each of wards one, two, three, four and five, and two from ward six, to be denominated the trustees of the public library.
SEC. 2. The duties of said board shall be :
First : To receive and take charge of all money raised, or which may hereafter be raised, for the use and increase of the public library and pay out and expend the same in such man- ner as they deem best for the library, or as they may from time to time be directed by the city council.
Second : They shall have the charge, general oversight and management of the public library; shall make, ordain, establish and execute all such rules and regulations, for its government, preservation and the management of its affairs as they may from time to time deem necessary or expedient.
Third : They shall appoint a librarian and other agents when necessary and fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the city council. They shall use their best efforts, by every laudable means, to promote and perpetuate its growth, prosperity and usefulness.
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Fourth : They shall annually, in the month of February, make a report of their doings to the city council, of the amount of money received and disbursed, how and for what purpose expended, the condition and prospects of the library, from whom and how much has been received in donations, bequests, and otherwise, and whether the same be received in money, books, or other materials.
SEC. 3. Said trustees shall receive no compensation for their services.
June 19, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
AN ORDINANCE providing for the election of certain officers. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. The city council shall annually at the com- mencement of each municipal term elect fence viewers, sealers of weights and measures, measurers of wood and bark, sur- veyors of lumber, (cullers of brick), measurers of stone, weigh- ers of hay, straw, coal and other articles, (pound keeper), measurers of brick and plastering, measurers of painting, measurers of coal, (and hog reeves.)
SEC. 2. All officers above named shall hold their respective offices for one year, unless sooner removed, and until others are chosen and duly qualified; and if any vacancy shall occur in any of said offices the same may be filled by the city council.
June 19, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
JUNK DEALERS.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to Junk Dealers.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. The provisions of Chapter 124 of the Public Statutes of the State of New Hampshire are hereby adopted to be in force in the City of Laconia.
June 19, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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CATTLE.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to cattle running at large. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowos :
SECTION 1. No horses, cows, oxen, goats, swine, sheep, mules, jacks, or other cattle, shall be permitted to go at large on any highway, street, lane, alley, common, or other public place within the city under a penalty of not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each and every such in- stance in which such animals shall thus be found,
SEC. 2. Any person finding any such creatures so going at large may impound and detain the same until said penalty and costs of impounding shall be paid; or may make com- plaint against the person owning or permitting them to go at large.
June 19, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
ON SEWERS.
AN ORDINANCE in amendment of an ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in Relation to Sewers and Sewer Superintend- ent."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowes :
That the ordinance entitled " An ordinance in relation to sewers and sewer superintendent," passed May 17th, 1893, be and hereby is amended as follows : By striking out the word "quarterly " in the eighteenth line and inserting in place thereof the word "monthly," so that the last sentence of said ordinance shall read as follows : " He shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars, payable in equal monthly payments from the city treasury, which shall be in full for all his services and labor as such superintendent."
June 26, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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LICENSES.
AN ORDINANCE to fix and determine the fees for licenses in certain cases.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this ord- inance there shall be charged the following fees for licenses, viz .: For every circus, menagerie, or circus and menagerie combined, the sum of $35.00 for each day the same shall exhibit in the city; for the right to set up and operate a " merry-go-round " the sum of $40.00 per week, and a propor- tional amount of said sum for such time less than a week as the same shall be operated in the city; for every theatrical or dramatic represenation exhibiting in any hall or opera house in the city, except where such dramatic or theatrical representations or exhibitions are performed by residents of the city, there shall be charged a license fee of $1.00 for each representation or exhibition ; every showman, tumbler, rope dancer, ventriloquist and juggler, shall pay the sum of $3.00 per day for each day he shall exhibit in the city; every " hawker" and peddler, patent medicine or other vender, shall pay the license fee of $1.00 per day for each day he shall do business in the city.
SEC. 2. The licenses shall be signed by the mayor and at- tested by the city clerk.
July 3, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AN ORDINANCE in addition to and amendment of an ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in relation to the Fire Depart- ment."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as follows :
To Section 4 of said ordinance add the following :
No piece of apparatus belonging to the department shall be allowed out of the city, except for repairs, without the author-
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ity of the chief engineer, in case of a serious fire in any city or town.
When assistance is called for the chief engineer may, in his discretion, send such apparatus as he may deem expedient.
Sept. 11, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
SEWERS.
AN ORDINANCE to fix and determine the zero or datum from which all elevations for street, sewer and other city work shall be calculated.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- low's :
The zero or datum from which all elevations for street, sewer and other city work shall be calculated shall be one hundred (100) feet below the top of the Lake Co. iron water guage at Dixon's point and shall be known as City datum.
Sept. 11, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
SALARIES.
AN ORDINANCE in amendment of Section 16, of an ordinance fixing the salary and compensation of certain officers.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That Section 16 of an ordinance fixing the salary and com- pensation of certain officers be amended to read as follows :
The salary of the justice of the police court shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and the salary of the clerk of said court shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, which shall be paid in equal quarterly payments, and the salaries so received shall be in full for services of every kind rendered by them in the discharge of all the duties per- taining to their office.
Nov. 13, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
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STREETS AND COMMONS.
AN ORDINANCE repealing Section 4 of an ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in Relation to the Use of Streets and Commons."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- low's :
SECTION 1. That Section 4 of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinace in relation to the use of Streets and Commons " be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.
Nov. 27, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
NEW STREETS.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to plans of new streets.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowøs :
SECTION 1. Whenever a new street shall be laid out in the city by the mayor and council, or the supreme court, the mayor and council shall cause a plan or drawing of the same, showing its termini, courses, distances, length, width and location as to other streets leading to and from it, to be made and filed with the city clerk within thirty days thereafter. Whenever the grade of any new street is established, and whenever the grade of any existing street is established or changed, the same shall be recorded in the office of the city clerk.
Dec. 28, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
SALARIES.
AN ORDINANCE in addition to and amendment of an ordi- nance entitled, "An Ordinance fixing the Salary and Compensation of Certain Officers."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowes :
SEC. 17. The members of the Board of Education shall
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each receive the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum for their services, and the said amount shall be paid to the pres- ent members of the board for services rendered during the present year.
Jan. 29, 1894. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
FINANCES.
AN ORDINANCE in amendment of an ordinance entitled, " An Ordinance in relation to Finances and Accountability in Expenditures.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lows :
That Section 15 of the ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in relation to Finances and Accountability in Expenditures," be amended by striking out the word "first " in the second line, Section 15 of the printed ordinance and inserting in place thereof the word " sixteenth," also by striking out the word "first" in the last line of said section and inserting in place thereof the word sixteenth, so that said section as amended shall read : "The city treasurer shall make up his accounts to the sixteenth day of February, and the financial year shall begin on the sixteenth day of February in each year."
Feb. 12, 1894. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
PLUMBING AND HOUSE DRAINAGE.
AN ORDINANCE regulating Plumbing and House Drainage in the City of Laconia, N. H.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lowos :
ARTICLE I .-- GENERAL CONDITIONS.
SECTION 1. It shall be a misdemeanor to do or cause to be done any of the following acts, except as hereinafter pro- vided, and any and all persons guilty thereof shall pay a fine
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not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each and every offence.
SEC. 2. To uncover the public sewer for any purpose or make connection therewith ; or to uncover the public sewer inspection or connection branches thereof ; or to open any man-hole or flush-tank, unless and except with the written consent and under the supervision of the superintendent of sewers, or his duly authorized agent. To do or cause to be done any injury of any kind, in any manner, to the public sewer, the flush-tank, the outlet-pipe, or any other of the ap- pliances or parts of the public sewers.
SEC. 3. To make or cause to be made any connection with the public sewer, except under a written permit for the work, signed by the superintendent of sewers.
SEC. 4. To make or cause to be made such connection by any other person than a drain layer duly licensed to do such work by the superintendent of sewers ; or to make any connec- tion in any other manner than is hereinafter specified.
SEC. 5. Before any house drain shall have been connected with the public sewer, the owner thereof or a person by him authorized, shall make application to the superintendent of sewers upon a blank form provided by the city for such pur- pose, for a permit to connect with said sewer, and shall upon receiving such permit pay to said superintendent the sum of five dollars ($5) for each permit to him granted. All moneys collected by the superintendent of sewers shall be paid to the city treasurer once a month and the treasurer shall charge the same to the credit of the sewer maintenance appropriation. Permits to make connection with the public sewer will be issued only when the plumbing in the house or building to be connected is in accordance with the rules for plumbing here- inafter prescribed.
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