Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-07-22
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 New Mexico territorial fair associa- ;. ton, has furnished the JOURNAL
 MINER with the rules and regulations
 which will govern the Firemen's
 tournament, at the fair to be held
 in September, and which we here
 with print for the benefit of our
 local fire companies. The general
 tournament rules are as follows:
 |. The tournament shall be held
 under the auspices of the Asso-
 citation, and the Executive Commit tee of this Association shall be
 known as the Board of Control. 7. All entries must be made bv $ o'clock a. m. of the tournament day, with the Secretary of the Ter
 ritorial Association.
 !. The tournament track will be 500 feet in length and at least p feet in width, and such that will meet the approval of the Executive Committee of the Association.
 While the contests last it shall be kept clear from the intrusion of ve-
 hieles and spectators.
 1. The board of judges shall be made up of one representative from each town or city whose depart ment takes part in the tournament.
 They will be selected by the Terri | torial Association on the evening previous to the tournament, and shall measure time, regulate the order of starting, and perform other details in tho line of their duty, as the Board of Control may direct. Provided. that any person having any pecuniary interest in. or any bet dependent on the result of the race. shall be disqualified and restrained from acting as judge.
 ,. Companies shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the judges to the Board of Control.
 6. The judges must report their decisions to the Board of Control. who win award all prizes and cham pionship.
 :. All questions and disputes shall be referred to the Board of Control. for settlement, and their decision shall be final
 <. All protests against companies must be made prior to taking part in the tournament. Written notice must also be served on the company against which protest Is made.
 9. Any company attempting to win the prize by fraud. deception. foul play, or in dishonorable way. or disobey or infringe upon, or evade any of the requirements of the rules and regulations, will be subject to suspension.
 10 Three time-keepers will be appointed by the Board of Control. ] Any time-keeper being one-half sec ond out of the way shall be thrown out. and the other two timers to be taken, and they to di- vide the time.
 II. The Board of Control shall ! have power to make such arrange ! ments at the tournament as are not | provided for in these rules and l regulations.
 12. No member of the Board of Control shall be allowed to partici- pate in any tournament.
 l3. The Board of Control shall specify the apparatus to be used. which shall be equipped as stated in the contest rules, but no unusual appliance of any kind will be per mitted.
 II. None but regularly organized companies who have been recog- nized as such by their respective de- partments for at least NINETY DAYS previous to the annual tournament will be permitted to contest for purses, and no person shall be per mitted to run with any team who has not been an actual member of the deparment and subject to active service at fires for sixty days prior to the day of the tournament. This rule will be rigidly enforced, mak- ing the tournament purely local l contest. Where objections are made to a member of any team, before the Board of Control, the burden of proof will rest with the officers of the team in which such member is enrolled.
 I5. Companies taking part in the will furnish the Secre- tary of the Association with a list of their respective teams at the time of entry, accompanied by acer- tificate from the team captain and secretary showing continued resi- dence in the county of NINETY DAYS previous to the tournament, said certificate to be countersigned by the chief of the department to which the team belongs.
 l6. The rules of each tournament shall not be changed after official and the Board of Con trol is charged with their imterpre- tation.
 r.. In case of tie between two or more teams, the teams making the tie shall repeat the test in the order in which they started from the score
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