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office of the foreman, assistant foreman and wardens shall be one year, respectively, and any vacancies occurring in any of such offices shall be filled by election in like manner.

205. Chief engineer and assistant engineers.-The chief engineer and the first and second assistant engineers of the fire department shall each be a member thereof and an elector of the village. The delegates elected to the general convention of the fire department shall meet at the council room thereof on the Thursday following the first Tuesday in April and nominate a person for each of such offices; but the fire commissioners of any village may adopt a rule requiring all such nominations to be made on that day by vote of the duly qualified members of the department, in which case the meeting of the delegates in general convention, as provided for in this section, shall be dispensed with. The person acting as secretary of such convention shall forthwith file in the office of the village clerk a certificate of such nominations. The board of fire commissioners at its next meeting shall consider the nominations and appoint such persons as it may approve to the offices to which they are respectively nominated. If a nomination is not approved the board shall appoint a qualified person to such office. (As amended by chap. 145 of 1898, 1.)

206. Council of fire department.-In a village in which separate fire commissioners are not appointed, the chief engineer, the assistant engineers and the wardens of the several companies constitute the council of the fire department. The council shall meet on the third Tuesday in April in each year and choose from its own number a secretary, a treasurer and a collector of the fire department, who shall hold their respective offices for one year unless sooner removed by the council. A vacancy in the office of secretary, treasurer or collector shall be filled by the council at its next meeting for the balance of the unexpired term. Twothirds of the members of such council constitute a quorum, and may make and prescribe by-laws for the proper management of the affairs, and the disposition of the funds of the fire department, may call meetings of the members, and designate one or more days in each year for public exercise, inspection and review.

8 207. Meetings of fire department. The members of the several companies constituting the fire department shall hold a general meeting at the council room, or at such other place as

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the council may direct, on the first Friday following the first Tuesday of April of each year, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, to hear the annual report of the secretary and treasurer, and to transact any other proper business of the fire department. If a meeting or election of the fire department shall not be held on the day fixed by this article therefor the corporation shall not on that account be dissolved, but the meeting or election may be held on a subsequent day in accordance with its by-laws.

§ 208. Duties of chief engineer and assistants.-The chief engineer shall be president of the council and of the meetings of the fire department. He shall, under the direction of a separate board of fire commissioners, if any, have exclusive control of the members at all fires, inspections and reviews, the supervision of the engines, hose and other apparatus owned by the village for the prevention or extinguishment of fires, of all property owned by the fire department, and of all officers and employes thereof elected or employed by the council or by a separate board of fire commissioners, if any. He shall, whenever required by the board of fire commissioners, report to the board the condition of the property of the department and such other information respecting the department as may be required. He shall hold the members, officers and employes of the department strictly to account for neglect of duty, and may, in a village in which separate fire commissioners are not appointed, suspend or discharge them at any time, subject to the approval of two-thirds of the members of the council at the next meeting. He shall, upon application, and if authorized by the council, or a separate board of fire commissioners, if any, issue through the secretary of the fire department a certificate of the time of service of a member of the fire department, and shall give to each officer of the department immediately after his election a certificate thereof countersigned by the secretary. In case of the inability or absence of the chief engineer, the first assistant engineer, and in case of the absence or inability of both the chief engineer and first assistant, the second assistant engineer, shall perform the duties and have all the powers of the chief engineer.

§ 209. General exemptions of firemen.-A full term of service in a fire department is five successive years. A person who has served in a fire department of a village, after becoming eighteen years of age, shall be entitled to a certificate of such service, signed by the president, and under the corporate seal, or by the chief

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engineer and the secretary of the fire department, under the seal of the department, or by a majority of the members of the board of fire commissioners in a village in which separate fire commissioners are appointed. Such certificate shall be presumptive evidence of the facts stated therein.

A member of a fire department who removes from the village shall be allowed, as part of a full term, the time he has served continuously as fireman therein, if, within three months thereafter, he becomes a member of the fire department of another village or city; and, upon completing a full term, shall be entitled to all the privileges and exemptions thereby secured to firemen.

§ 210. Annual report of the fire commissioners.-Between the first and fourth day of March in each year, the board of fire commissioners shall file with the village clerk a report containing a statement of the following facts :

1. The amount of money on hand at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year, and the receipts from all sources during such year.

2. An itemized statement of the amount paid out during such year, and the balance on hand.

3. The outstanding indebtedness of the department, either bonded or otherwise, separately stated.

4 A statement of the principal or interest which will become due during the current fiscal year on bonds or certificates of indebtedness.

5. The improvements made during such preceding year, and the general condition of the property of the fire department.

6. Such other facts as the board deems important for the interest of the village, together with such recommendations concerning the department as may be deemed proper.

ARTICLE VIII.

WATER.

SECTION 220. Contracts for water supply.
221. Election for water works.

222. Acquisition of existing system.
223. Establishment of water works.

224. Supervision and extension of system.
225. Acquisition of additional water rights.

226. Water pipes in highways outside of village.

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232. Supplying water outside of corporate limits.

233. Outside extension of mains.

234. Contracts with other municipalities.

235. Annual report of water commissioners.

220. Contracts for water supply.-The board of water commissioners may contract, in the name of the village, with an individual or corporation for supplying water to the village for extinguishing fires or for other public purposes; but such contract shall not be made for a longer period than five years, nor at an expense for each fiscal year exceeding two and a half mills on every dollar of the taxable property of the village as appears on the last preceding village assessment-roll, unless authorized at a village election. The amount of such contract shall be paid in annual instalments, commencing with the date of the contract.

8 221. Election for water works. A proposition may be submitted at a village election for the establishment of a system of water works for supplying the village and its inhabitants with water, or for the acquisition of an existing private system, at an expense in either case not exceeding the sum stated in the proposition.

§ 222. Acquisition of existing system.-If a proposition be adopted for the acquisition of an existing system of water works, the board of water commissioners may purchase the same at a price not exceeding the sum specified therein. If the board can not agree with the owners of the system for its purchase, proceedings may be taken to acquire the same by condemnation. If the value thereof fixed by the commissioners appointed in the condemnation proceedings be greater than the sum specified in the proposition, such proceedings must be discontinued, unless the payment of the additional amount be authorized at a village election. If the proceedings be so discontinued the costs and disbursements of the defendants therein are a charge against the village.

§ 223. Establishment of water works.-If a proposition to establish a system of water works be adopted, the board of water commissioners shall proceed to construct such system accordingly. It shall prepare a map and plans showing the sources

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of water supply and a description of the lands, streams, water or water rights to be acquired therefor, and the mode of constructing the proposed water works and the location thereof, including reservoirs, mains, distributing pipes and hydrants. The water commissioners, their agents, servants and employes, may enter upon any lands for the purpose of preparing such map and plans. The map and plans shall be filed with the village clerk, and a certified copy of such map shall also be filed in the county clerk's office of each county in which any of the lands are situated. The board of water commissioners may acquire, in the name of the village, by purchase, if it can agree with the owners, or otherwise by condemnation, any land, streams, water or water rights necessary for such system. The board may amend the map and plans at any time and such amended map shall be filed in the office of the village clerk, and of the county clerk, in like manner as the original, The board may construct such water system by contract or otherwise, and may appoint and at pleasure remove a superintendent to take charge of the system, and may fix his compensation.

§ 224. Supervision and extension of system.--A system of water works acquired or established under this article shall be under the control and supervision of the board of water commissioners. The board shall keep it in repair and may, from time to time, extend the mains or distributing pipes within the village, if the expense thereof in any year in a village of the fourth class, shall not exceed five hundred dollars, in a village of the third class, one thousand dollars, in a village of the second class, fifteen hundred dollars, and in a village of the first class, two thousand dollars. If the estimated expense will exceed the above amount, such extension can only be made when authorized by a proposition adopted at an election.

8 225. Acquisition of additional water rights.-A proposition may be submitted at a village election to authorize the board of water commissioners to acquire additional water or water rights, or to construct additional reservoirs, at an expense not exceeding the sum therein stated. If adopted, such improvements shall be made accordingly. For that purpose, the board has the same. power and is subject to the same duties and liabilities as in the construction of the original system of water works.

8 226. Water pipes in highways outside of village. The board of water commissioners of a village may cause water pipes

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