§ 16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens
The Chief Engineer, first and second assistant engineers shall constitute a Board of Fire Wardens. The Board of Fire Wardens or any of them who may be present at a fire, shall have power at such fire to suppress all tumults and riots by force if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present during the continuance of such fire and remove goods and effects endangered by such fire and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down, remove, or destroy any house, store, or other building when they, or any of them present at such fire shall deem it necessary for the better preservation of any property. Said Board of Fire Wardens may inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, or combustibles, and the construction and repairs of fireplaces, stoves, flues, and chimneys in said corporation. And said Board of Fire Wardens may by vote of a majority thereof direct all persons manufacturing or keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, or combustibles, kerosene oil, petroleum, naphtha, oils, or burning fluid, in what manner and quantities to manufacture and keep the same, and owners or occupiers of buildings with such fireplaces, stoves, flues, or chimneys, how to repair the same, and every person refusing or neglecting to obey such order, shall forfeit and pay to use of said corporation a fine not exceeding $25.00 for each period of 20 days after notice of such order, that such persons shall neglect or refuse to obey the same. The Board of Fire Wardens shall have full power to regulate their own proceedings and to form new hose or hook and ladder companies, and to organize and govern the Fire Department, and subject to the approval of the trustees to purchase necessary fire apparatus and to have the general care and custody of the property pertaining to the Fire Department. (Added 1892, No. 114, § 16.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 261 - Village of Orleans
App § 1. Boundaries; corporate names; powers
App § 2. Alteration of bounds; requisites
App § 4. Annual Village meeting; when held
App § 5. Special meetings on failure to warn annual meetings
App § 6. Checklist of voters; power of trustees in respect thereto
App § 7. Qualification of voters in Village meeting
App § 8. Officers, how elected, terms of office
App § 9. Duties of the Moderator
App § 11. Special meetings; how called
App § 12. General powers and duties of trustees
App § 13. Duties of Treasurer and Collector
App § 16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens
App § 17. Ordinances, regulations, and bylaws
App § 18. Bylaws, rules, and ordinances, when recorded to be the prima facie evidence
App § 19. Power of trustees in laying out streets, sidewalks, etc.; damages therefor, how recovered
App § 20. Power of trustees in laying sewers; proceedings by persons dissatisfied
App § 21. Assessment and collection of taxes
App § 22. Power of trustees in granting licenses
App § 23. Grand list, how composed
App § 24. Residents of Village not incompetent to hold Town offices
App § 25. Corporation empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor
App § 26. Duties of listers of Town of Barton respecting real estate within Village limits
App § 27. Powers of trustees respecting water
App § 28. Further powers of trustees respecting water
App § 30. Proceedings by persons dissatisfied with award of trustees related to water
App § 31. Bylaws and regulations concerning the Water Department
App § 32. Power of Village to dispose of water rights
App § 33. Duties of Village in taking water or land
App § 34. Trustees; general control of water system
App § 35. Further duties of the trustees relating to water
App § 36. Power of trustees in lighting streets
App § 39. Village may establish water rents and regulate the mode of payment
App § 40. Application of water rents
App § 41. Trustees to make list of water rents; list, how composed
App § 42. Disposition of water rents
App § 43. Injuries to water rights; penalties
App § 44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks
App § 45. Duties of trustees respecting moneys received and disbursed
App § 46. Abatement of highway and Village taxes
App § 48. Present Village officers to hold office until their successors are chosen
App § 49. Subject to future legislation; when to take effect
App § 50. Authority of Village to buy and sell electric current
App § 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers