3316
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107

pay to the Board for such attendance and service at the
undermentioned rates:—
£ s. d.
Superintendent or officer in charge of
brigade—
First hour .. .. .. 1 1 0
Each succeeding hour .. .. 0 10 6
Each fireman—
First hour .. .. .. 0 5 0
Each succeeding hour .. .. 0 2 6
Each fire appliance .. .. 2 10 0
the said charges to be reckoned as from the time the brigade
leaves the station until it returns to the station.

PART II.

In respect of Fires on Board any Ship or Vessel.

4. If any brigade or any portion of any brigade established
   and maintained by the Board attends and performs any
   services at a fire taking place on board any ship or vessel,
   then the owner of such ship or vessel shall pay to the Board
   for such attendance and service at the undermentioned
   rates:—
   £ s. d.
   Superintendent or officer in charge of
   brigade—
   First hour .. .. .. 1 1 0
   Each succeeding hour .. .. 0 10 6
   Each fireman—
   First hour .. .. .. 0 5 0
   Each succeeding hour .. .. 0 2 6
   Each fire appliance .. .. 2 10 0
   the said charges to be reckoned as from the time the brigade
   leaves the station until it returns to the station.

PART III.

In respect of the Maintenance of Discipline and the insuring
of Good Conduct on the Part of the Officers and Members
of the Brigade.

5. No person shall interfere with or obstruct any officer or
   member of a brigade in the execution of his duty.
6. No person shall aid, abet, or encourage any member of
   a brigade in any act of disobedience of orders, or insubordina-
   tion, or in the use of abusive or obscene language while such
   member is on duty.
7. No person shall supply any intoxicating liquors to any
   officer or member of a brigade while such officer or member
   shall be on duty unless he shall first have received from the
   officer in charge of the brigade at the time permission to
   do so.
8. No person other than the members of the Fire Board
   and its secretary or members of a brigade shall enter any
   station unless they shall first have received permission to do
   so from the officer in charge.
9. No person other than an officer or member, or the wife
   or child of any officer or member, of a brigade shall sleep
   in or on any station, or in or on any of the Board’s premises,
   without the written permission of the Superintendent.
   For the purposes of the preceding paragraphs of this part,
   numbered 5, 6, and 7, the words “officer or member of a
   brigade” shall be deemed to include officer or member of
   a Volunteer fire brigade or Volunteer fire police.

PART IV.

In respect of the Enrolment of Persons as a Volunteer Fire
Brigade or Volunteer Fire Police, and the Control and
Duties of such Persons.

10. The Board may enrol such persons desirous of being
    so enrolled as it thinks fit as a Volunteer fire brigade or
    Volunteer fire police, and may from time to time enrol or
    deprive of membership such officers and members of such
    Volunteer fire brigade or Volunteer fire police as it deems
    necessary for the administration of the Act.
11. Volunteer fire brigades and Volunteer fire police shall
    be under the control of the Superintendent, and shall per-
    form such duties as he may appoint.

PART V.

Conditions of Service.

12. Members of a brigade shall be either permanent mem-
    bers or auxiliary members.
13. Every member of a brigade when entering the service
    of the Board shall subscribe to the following conditions of
    service:—
    (1.) Every permanent member is to devote the whole of
    his time to the service of the Board.
    (2.) Every member shall serve and reside wherever it
    may suit the requirements of the Superintendent.
    (3.) Every member shall obey all orders of the persons
    in authority over him.
    (4.) Every member shall obey and conform to such
    regulations as may be made from time to time by
    the Board.

(5.) No member shall resign or withdraw himself from
his duties unless he shall first have received
written permission from the Superintendent, or
unless he shall have given to such officer fourteen
days’ previous notice in writing.
(6.) Any member guilty of a breach of this condition shall
forfeit pay due to him not exceeding £5, and shall
be formally dismissed by the Board.
(7.) Every member shall be liable to immediate dis-
missal for negligence or misconduct, and to for-
feiture of any pay due to him, not exceeding £5.
(8.) Every member shall be liable to suspension by the
Superintendent, or, in his absence, by any other
responsible officer of a brigade, for negligence or
misconduct. Every case of suspension shall be
brought before the Board at its first meeting after
the suspension, and the Board may either re-
inst ate the member or continue the suspension for
a further period, or dismiss the member from the
service. During suspension a member shall re-
ceive no pay unless otherwise ordered by the
Board, and in the event of being dismissed shall
forfeit any pay due to him, not exceeding £5.
(9.) Any member dismissed from the service, or who
may resign from the service, shall immediately
thereafter deliver up all clothes and accoutre-
ments that have been supplied to him by the
Board; and if, in the opinion of the Superintend-
ent, any article or articles so supplied shall have
been improperly used or damaged a deduction
from the pay or moneys due to the member shall
be made sufficient to cover the loss sustained.
(10.) Every member in the employ of the Board will, as
often as the Board shall consider necessary, be
supplied with a suitable uniform and accoutre-
ments, for the safety, cleanliness, and good order
of which the member will be held responsible.
Such uniform and accoutrements remain and are
the property of the Board. Any member wilfully
damaging or disposing of all or any portion
thereof will be prosecuted.
(11.) Every member in the service of the Board will be
furnished with a number to be worn on the collar
of his tunic, in addition to such other distinguish-
ing mark as the Board may approve.
(12.) On the first alarm of fire, night or day, members are
to turn out in uniform, with reel and every appli-
ance in good order, and proceed to the locality
with all possible speed for the purpose of extin-
guishing the fire.
(13.) Every member on joining a brigade is required to
make himself acquainted with the regulations in
force, and also with such other regulations as may
be made from time to time by the Board.
(14.) Every member is required to obey all orders given
by persons placed in authority over him, and also
strictly to comply with all orders and regulations
made by the Board and entered in the Superin-
tendent’s order-book.
(15.) In the absence of the Superintendent at any fire
the Deputy Superintendent shall assume the
command of all officers and men attending such
fire, including Volunteer and private brigades,
and all officers and men are required to work
under his order.
(16.) In the absence of both the Superintendent and
Deputy Superintendent the senior foreman in
charge shall have all the powers and duties
hereinbefore conferred and imposed on the Super-
intendent.
(17.) Any auxiliary member absenting himself without
leave of the Superintendent from any fire or
alarm shall be fined 2s. 6d. for first absence, 5s.
for second, and on the third consecutive absence
be dismissed and forfeit all pay that may be
accruing to him, not exceeding £5. Officers
double fines.
(18.) Any permanent member absenting himself without
leave of the Superintendent from any fire or
alarm shall, at the sole discretion of the Super-
intendent, either be fined any sum not exceeding
£1 or be dismissed, and in case of dismissal he
shall forfeit all pay that may be accruing to him,
not exceeding £5.
(19.) No member under any pretence whatever shall leave
the locality of a fire without the instruction or
permission of the officer in charge of the fire.
(20.) No member shall be allowed to take any intoxicat-
ing liquors while on duty without permission
from the officer in charge at a fire, or practice, or
other duties.
(21.) No member shall be entitled to any pay during
the period he may remain under suspension from