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Title: How we are governed in Tennessee and the nation
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: McBain, Howard Lee, 1880-1936 Mynders, Seymour Allen, 1861- (from old catalog) joint author
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Publisher: New York city, H. L. McBain
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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these buckets are passed from hand to handalong a file of men. In cities there are regularly organized fire departments,with fire engines, hose and hook-and-ladder wagons, readyat a moments call to hasten to any part of the city wherea fire has started and property is threatened with destruc-tion. At various points in the city are placed call boxes, fromwhich an alarm can be sent over an electric wire to thecentral office of the department. Each box has its num-ber, and bells, ringing the number of the box, indicate in PROTECTION OF PROPERTY 41 what part of the city the fire is located. On frequent cor-ners there are plugs to which the hose can be attached,and from which an abundant supply of water is securedthrough mains and pipes laid beneath the streets. Strongand courageous men, regularly employed for this purpose,hurry to the scene of the fire. These firemen are oftencalled upon to risk their own lives in the rescue of peoplefrom a burning building, or in preventing the spread of
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Engines at Work at a Large City Fire the fire. The police also are called upon to assist at firesby keeping back the crowds which gather and by prevent-ing reckless people from endangering their lives. 29. Protection of landed property. Disputes frequentlyarise over the question as to who is the rightful ownerof a piece of land. If the government did not pro-vide some means for protecting landowners these dis-putes would be much more frequent than they are. In 42 HOW WE ARE GOVERNED IN TENNESSEE Tennessee every piece of land owned by an individualmust be registered at an office provided by the gov-ernment. Whenever such a piece of property is trans-ferred from one person to another, either by sale or by gift,the transfer must be recorded. Usually a lawyer is em-ployed in such cases to look up the whole history of thepiece of land and to trace its numerous transfers. Theowner then feels secure in his possession, for no one elsewill ever be able to claim the property by reason of itshav

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