gcls_citycode_1894_056

46 Ordinances of the City of Greenville.

An Ordinance Creating a Board of Fire Masters.

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
of the City of Greenville, in Council assembled, and by
the authority of the same, That a Board of Fire Masters
for the City of Greenville, to consist of the Chief and
Assistant Chiefs of the Fire Department, the Captains
or Foremen of the Fire Companies, the Chairman of the
Street Committee, the Chairman of the Committe on
Fire Department, and an agent or representative of a
Fire Insurance Company doing business in this City, to
be selected by Council, be, and the same is hereby,
created and established The agent or representative of
the Insurance Company shall be a member of said Board
for the term of one year from the date of his election,
unless sooner removed by Council for cause.

Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Fire
Masters, and it is expressly authorized and empowered,
on complaint being made by any citizen, or on its coming
to the knowledge of the Board in any other manner,
that any building, erection or structure on the corporate
limits of the City of Greenville is dangerous tio life or
property, or likely to become so, or, if a building has
insufficient or improperly constructed means of escape,
or is liable to cause a fire, to inspect the same, and direct,
by a notice in writing, the occupant or owner of such
building or erection, to remove, alter, repair, or otherwise
remedy the same, within the time specified in the
notice, as to said Board shall seem meet and proper.

Sec. 3. said Board, or any member therof, or any one
by them employed in the discharge of the duties
prescribed in this ordinance, shall have full authority ot
enter any building or lot for the purpose of making
examination, and any person hindering or interfering shall,
on conviction in the Mayor's Court, be fined not less
than five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding twenty
days.

Sec. 4. Should the occupant or owner of any such building,
erection, or structure neglect or refuse to comply
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