That in case of any conflagration of conflagration or other public exigency happening in any incorporated city or town, the or other eiigency. Mayor, or other chief officer thereof, shall have power to demand from the officer commanding the militia of said place a detachment of men to make patrols and maintain good order as long as the conflagration continues or the exigency exists, and the commanding officer shall furnish such detachment. The commander of the detachment shall have the right to demand of, and shall receive from the civil officer requiring his services written instructions as to the duty expected of him.

This would give Mayors authority.