1915 private laws – Ch.380 Sec.62

Said board of aldermen may provide for the establishment, organization, equipment, management, regulation, and control of all fire companies of any kind in said town, and may purchase and maintain all necessary buildings, outfits, animals, wagons, tools, implements, machinery, and other articles of whatsoever character necessary for the efficient operation, maintenance, or control of the same. In all cases of a fire or conflagration in said town a majority of the members of the board of aldermen who may be present shall, if they deem it necessary in order to arrest the progress of such fire or conflagration, cause any house or structure to be blown up, pulled down, or destroyed or removed in whole or in part, under their supervision, and neither they nor the town shall be liable or responsible to any one therefor, when any such act is done in good faith.