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ing the carriage, and the carriage shall not be pushing the
horses. The time occupied in travelling 100 ft. at the rate of
ten miles an hour is seven seconds, while the time occupied
in travelling 100 ft. at the rate of four miles an hour is seven-
teen seconds. The total gain possible, therefore, if the speed
is not checked, is ten seconds, and this effected at the risk
of throwing the horses, of coming into collision with other
vehicles, of running over pedestrians, and of breaking wheels
and poles, and worrying the horses by abrupt pulling up to
avoid an accident.

Moreover, it is to be remembered that horses cannot be
driven at full speed for any journey exceeding a few hundred
yards. The pace must be reduced somewhere, and if corners
and crossings are selected for this purpose, it follows that
there will be no actual loss of time in performing the whole
journey.

Without any reference, however, to the question of time,
the driver must be held responsible not to go quickly round
corners or any crowded places.

Bugle and Whistle Calls.

26. The following calls will be given by bugle or whistle
    at a fire, or at a practice, for turning on and off water :—
    No. 1 hydrant.—One long call, first delivery; one long,
    and one short call, second delivery.
    No. 2 hydrant.—Two long calls, first delivery; two long,
    one short call, second delivery.
    No. 3 hydrant.—Three long calls, first delivery; three
    long, one short call, second delivery.
    The first delivery is painted red, the second black.
    Every fireman is required to know the number of the
    hydrant and delivery he is working from at a fire.
    On being relieved he shall give the relief man the number
    of hydrant and delivery, as for instance: No. 3 hydrant,
    second delivery.
    When a bugle or siren of about ten seconds duration is
    given, all men available will immediately assemble for orders
    to run out more hose, erect ladders, or make up, as the case
    may be.
    When this call is given the branchman will send his as-
    sistant to the assembly, if in his opinion he can manage for
    the time being.

Emergency Call.

Two short and one long whistle. On this call being given,
all men will immediately assemble at the place where the
officer in charge gave the signal.

Rates of Pay.

27. Members of the brigade will be paid for attendances
    at fires in accordance with the following schedule :—
    (1.) Fireman to receive pay at the rate of 2s. per hour or
    any part of an hour.
    (2.) For false alarms and chimney and other fires, when
    not required to leave the station, the rate of pay
    will be 1s. per man between the hours of 5 p.m. and
    8 a.m., and 2s. per hour between the hours of 8 a.m.
    and 5 p.m.
    (3.) The sum of £1 per annum (payable half-yearly on the
    30th June and 31st December in each year) will be
    paid as boot allowance to the members who have
    been at least six months in the brigade, and who
    have attended at least two-thirds of the musters
    during each half-yearly period.
    Members of the fire police and salvage corps will not be
    allowed any boot allowance under any of these by-laws.
    By order of the Hastings Fire Board.

G. HARTSHORN,
Secretary.
T. STYLES,
Chairman.

Hastings, 11th September, 1912.

BY-LAWS.

By-laws of the Hastings Fire Board, made in pursuance
of the powers and provisions contained in the Fire Brigades
Act, 1908, and in pursuance of all and every other power in
that behalf contained in any other Act enabling the said
Board in that behalf.

Interpretation.

1. In these by-laws, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “ The Superintendent ” shall mean the Superintendent
   of the fire brigade in the Borough of Hastings.
   “ Board ” shall mean the Hastings Fire Board.
   “ Station ” shall mean any building in which any of the
   plant or property of the Board shall be kept.

Penalties.

2. Every person guilty of a breach of any of the provisions
   of any of these by-laws shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
   ceeding £20.

PART I.

In respect of Fires outside the Borough of Hastings.

3. If the brigade, or any portion of the brigade, established
   and maintained by the Board within the Borough of Hastings,
   attends and performs any services at a fire in any building
   outside the Borough of Hastings at the request of the owner
   or occupier of such building, then such owner or occupier
   shall pay to the Board for such attendances and services at
   such rates as may from time to time be made.

PART II.

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

4. No person shall interfere with or obstruct any officer
   or member of the brigade in the execution of his duties.
5. No person shall aid, abet, or encourage any member
   of the brigade in any act of disobedience of orders, or insub-
   ordination, or in the use of abusive or obscene language when
   such member is on duty.
6. No person shall supply any intoxicating liquors to any
   member or officer of the 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.
7. No person other than the members of the Fire Board
   and its secretary or members of the brigade shall enter any
   station unless they shall first have received permission to do
   so from the officer in charge or a member of the Board.
8. No person other than an officer, or member, or the wife
   or child of an officer or member of the 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 4, 5, and 6, the words “ officer or member of the
   brigade ” shall be deemed to include officer or member of a
   volunteer fire brigade or volunteer fire police.

PART III.

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

9. 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 from
   membership such officers or members of such volunteer fire
   brigade or volunteer fire police as it deems necessary for the
   administration of the Act.
10. The volunteer fire brigade and the volunteer fire police
    shall be under the control of the Superintendent, and shall
    perform such duties as he may appoint.

PART IV.

Conditions of Service.

(1.) Every member shall obey all orders of the persons in
authority.
(2.) Every member shall obey and conform to such regula-
tions as may be made from time to time by the Board.
(3.) No member shall resign or withdraw himself from
his duties unless he shall first have received written permis-
sion from the Superintendent, or unless he shall have given
to such officer twelve hours’ previous notice in writing.
(4.) Every member shall be liable to immediate dismissal
for negligence or misconduct, and to forfeiture of any pay
due to him, not exceeding £5.
(5.) Every member shall be liable to suspension by the
Superintendent, or, in his absence, by any other responsible
officer of the 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
reinstate the member or continue the suspension for a further
period or dismiss the member from the service.
(6.) Any member dismissed from the service, or who may
resign from the service, shall immediately thereafter deliver
up all clothes and accoutrements that have been supplied to
him by the Board; and if, in the opinion of the Superintendent,
any article or articles 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, or such loss may be recovered by process of law.
(7.) Every member in the employ of the Board will, as
often as the Board shall consider necessary, be supplied with
a suitable uniform and accoutrements, for the safety, cleanli-
ness, and good order of which the member will be held re-
sponsible. 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.
(8.) 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 distinguishing mark as the Board
may approve.