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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 4 5 e aoi RULES OF THE CROWnr FIRB COMPANir. ADOPTED AT A MEETING HELD IN OCTOBER, 1839. L U N E N r U R G, N. S. S. A. Moody, prinUr, ESI \lc^S / RULES OF I'ttE CHOWJ^ FIRE COMPANt. RULE L This Society shall be called the Lunenburg Crown ^iRE Company. The meetings of the Society to be lield Quarterly. The Society shall consist of a President, Vjce iPresident and Secretary ; — to be chosen by ballot on the first Monday in April in each year. Any va- cancy shall be supplied at the succeeding meeting. Itl. All members shall be liable to serve the oflSce of Secretary, ex^iept the President and Vice President for the time being, who shall also be exempt the year following the expiration of their office. The Secretary who has served the year previous, shall be exempted for three years. IV. The Secretary shall be chosen as follows :--Al! the names of the company present shall be written on paper and put in a hat, and numbered from one upwards. The President shall draw the names. — Number one shall be liable to serve as Secretary for the ensuing year, if he declines, he shalli^ay a fine; mmmm and number Iwo drawn, shall be liable to serve or pay a fine, — and so on until one can be found willing to serve, V. All members shall be chosen by ballot. Three fourths of the members present assenting, shall ad- mit a member. VI. The President shall regulate and direct the mem- bers at any Fire. He shall preserve order at the meetings. He shall take no part in the debates, and give no vote but a casting vote. In the absence of the President, the Vice President shall supply his placp ^^^ VII, cretu anc _ilJu!' V, a? H duty shall be to keep the books ^e answerable for the same. He mbers of each meeting, and keep a minute of the proceedings ; — shall collect all fines and dues, and .lake such payments as the Society shall direct ; and shall generally execute all the du- ties imposed upon him by the Society. VIII. Any person who is now a member, or who shall hereafter become a member of the Society, shall furnish himself forthwith with two leather Buckets, with a Crown and his Name painted thereon ; and also the Tin Badge, and a copy of these Rules. All members shall be obliged to keep their Buclcets ia good order and condition, and to have them suspend- ed in the front entrance of their dwelling Houses. «eady for immediate use. IX. Upon an alarm of Fire, each member of the Com-* pany shall repair thereto with his Buckets and Badffe and reader all the assistance in his power. ' X. A Committee shall be appointed quarterly by the Society, to inspect the Buckets and examine their state and condition, and whether th«y are properly phaced; andreportto thenext meetinff of the Society in writingf. XL The funds of the Society shall be applied to such purposes as the Society shall from time to time direct, XII. Every member who shall not answer at the Roll- call of the Company, shall be liable to a fine, unless- he can shew a sufficient excuse for his absence. XIII. The Secretary shall warn the members of each- meeting at least the day before. XIV. All motions shall be decided hy a majority of votes, except the- admission of new members. No menber to leave the room without leave of the Pre- sident while the meeting is convened. XV. Every member shall pay seven pence halfpennT*^ ©at;h regular meeting, to the general fund. 6 f^i. P«/*^"«w»"P f^Jneg shall be be imposed and coK lected for breach of the foregoing Rules :— For notiervingthe office of Secretary—Five Shil* Jings. For not having Buckets in order or in their proper place— Two shillings and six pence. Fop any member refusing to serve on any Ct.m- mittee — Two shillings and six pence. For any member neglecting his duty as a member of any Committee— Two shillings and sixpence. For not being supplied with Buckets— Five shil- lings. For not answering at Roll-call— Three pence. For Secretary not warning members— Two shil- lings and six pence. For not attending at any Fire without sufficient excuse— Five shillings. For proposing any person as i member without iiis assent — Two shillings and six pence. For not providing a copy of these Rules— One shilling and three pence. For not providing Badge— Seven pence halfpenny. For leaving the room during meeting without leave — Seven pence halfpenny. These Rules may be altered or amended, at any general meeting, with the assent of two thirds of the members present. These Rules shall be printed, and each membci -shall furnish hi^ftself with a copy at the next meeting after the same shall be adopted. 1 K y > ^f^ "k ^ ^ K' /?^9 IIST OF M&M£j£RS OF THE CKOWN FIRE COMPiNT. "^r> *^^eorge T. Solomon XC. J. Rudolf > Wm. Rudolf A John Heckman Godfrey Jacobs Michael Rudolf Charles B. Owen Henry Bolman Halioway Hayes John Creighton James Kearney JohnN.'5wicker Wm. Heckman ^'Charles Godfrey Daniel Owen X Kdmund Zwick«r .V J. Jos. Rudolf John B . Comingo Robert Scott Henry Ernst John Hunt X John H. Kaulbach ^ John C. Rudolf A Judah Wells ^ Joseph S^evermann / H. S. Jost ^ - Lewis Oxner X Joshua Kaulbach X William Rosa V Casper Metzler ^ Edward Bolman ^. C.E. W. Schmidt /T Hi -y ra I