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FIRE BRIGADE.

[No. 2.

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HEREAS it is expedient to make further provision for the pro- No. 4 of 1868,

tection of life and property from fire within the Colony:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

with Ordi- nance No. 9 of 1857 8. 8, as am. by No. 5 of 1880 s. 1. incorporated. Short title. Selection and

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Fire Brigade Ordinance, 1868. 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to select from the Police and

Fire Brigade. any others volunteering for the duty a force to whom shall be entrusted equipment of the duty of extinguishing fires and protecting life and property in case of fire within this Colony, and to furnish the said force with such fire- engines, horses, accoutrements, tools, and implements as may be neces- sary for the complete equipment of the said force or conducive to the efficient performance of their duties.

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3. (1.) The force of firemen established under this Ordinance shall be Constitution called "The Hongkong Fire Brigade," and shall be under the command of Fire of an officer to be called "The Superintendent of the Hongkong Fire Brigade."

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(2.) The Superintendent and men composing the said Brigade shall be appointed and removed at the pleasure of the Governor.

4. The Governor-in-Council shall from time to time fix the amount of salaries and working-pay to be payable to members of the Fire Brigade, and may also make regulations fixing the amount of compensation to be made to them in case of accident or to their wives or families in case of their death, and likewise the gratuities to be paid to persons giving notices of fires, and those to be from time to time awarded to any mem- ber of the said Brigade or to any other person for extraordinary ser- vices performed in cases of fire; and the Governor is hereby authorized to make all payments so ordered by the Governor-in-Council out of any moneys belonging to the Colony.

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5. The Governor-in-Council may make regulations for the training, Making of discipline, and good conduct of the members of the Fire Brigade, for regulations their speedy attendance with engines and all necessary implements on Brigade. the occasion of any alarm of fire, and generally for the maintenance in a due state of officiency of the said Brigade, and may annex to any breach of such regulations penalties not exceeding in amount twenty- five dollars.

6.---(1.) On the occasion of a fire, the Superintendent or other officer in charge of the Fire Brigade may, in his discretion, take the command of any volunteer fire brigade or other persons who voluntarily place their any firemen to remove services at his disposal, and may remove or order any persons interfering by their presence with the operations of the said

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