SECTION 1. The common council for the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire shall have power to prescribe the limits within which wooden buildings or buildings of other materials, that shall not be considered fire proof, shall not be erected, repaired or moved, and to direct that all buildings within the limits prescribed shall be made of and constructed of fire proof materials, and to prohibit the removal of any buildings into such fire limits, or the removal of any building or buildings situated or located within such fire limits to any other lot or lots within such fire limits.
SECTION 2. The common council shall have power to regulate the building, construction and condition of chimneys, ovens, boilers and apparatus used in and about any building and to cause the same to be removed or placed in a safe and secure condition when considered dangerous; to prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places; to authorize the mayor, aldermen, fire wardens and other officers of the city to keep away from the vicinity of the fire all idle and suspected persons, and to compel by-standers to aid in the extinguishment of fires and in the preservation of property exposed to danger thereat, and generally to establish such regulations for the prevention of and extinguishment of fires as the common council may deem expedient, and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the ordinances under it by suitable penalties.
SECTION 3. The common council shall have power to authorize the formation of fire engines, hook and ladder and hose companies, provide for the due and proper regulations of the same, and to disband any such companies, which companies shall be officered and governed by their own by-laws; provided, such by-laws be not inconsistent with the laws of this state or with the ordinances and regulations of the city, and shall be formed only by voluntary enlistment. Every active member of any such company in said city shall be exempt from serving on juries, and from poll tax.