§ 10-1010 Election of company officers and delegates. Each of the
several companies whose members constitute the fire department of the
village shall hold an annual meeting on the first Tuesday in April in
each year, except those fire companies constituting the fire department
of the village of Fishkill, Dutchess county, which shall hold such
annual meetings on the first Tuesday in December of each year. At such
meeting the members of each company shall elect by ballot from their own
number a captain and a lieutenant, and such further officers if any as
may be provided for in the by-laws of the company, who must be approved
by the board of fire commissioners, one warden and one delegate to the
general convention of the fire department. The terms of office of the
captain and lieutenant and such further officers if any, as are elected
as herein provided, shall be one year, the wardens two years, and the
delegates three years, respectively, and any vacancies occurring in any
such offices shall be filled by election in like manner. At the first
annual meeting after this act takes effect two wardens and three
delegates shall be elected, the wardens to serve for one and two years,
respectively, and the delegates for one, two and three years,
respectively. Any person who has been convicted of arson in any degree
shall not be eligible for election to the office of captain, lieutenant,
warden, delegate and any other offices provided for in the by-laws of
the company. Any captain, lieutenant, warden, delegate or other officer
of the company who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term
of office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.