All hydrants erected in the village for the purpose of extinguishing fires are declared to be public hydrants, and no person or persons other than members of the Fire Department in the active discharge of their duties as such, or the village shall open the hydrants or attempt to draw water from the same or at any time uncover or remove any protection from any of the hydrants or in any manner interfere with the same; no person authorized to open hydrants shall delegate his authority to another, or let out, or suffer the same to be taken from any house in the village except for the purpose strictly connected with the Fire Department or as they may accompany the fire apparatus on occasion of fire.
(1979 Code, Ch. 8, § 17)