The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25
THE NEW FIRE REGULATIONS.
Important Changes They VIII Make
in the Departments management.

Important Changes They VIII Make
in the Departments management.
The new rules and regulations prepared
by the fire committee for the govern
ment of the fire department, in accord
ance with an ordinance adopted by coun-
Gil several months ago. were issued yes
terday and will go into effect Monday.
The new rules make some changes in
the management of tho IRE department.
The authority of the chief IS curtailei
somewhat. Appointments to the force
will hereafter be made by the mayor on
the recommendation of the fire commit
tee, instead of on the recommendation
of the chief fireman, with the approval
of the fire committee, as heretofore. The
chief will have a say so, however, in the
appointment of foremen, who win be
appointed from the privates Of the force.
Rule No. of the first section of the
regulations is of interest. 1t says:
mo person shall be appointed to mem
bership in this department or be allowed
to continue therein who is net citizen
of the United States and legal voter
in the city of Savannah, or who cannot
read and write the English language un-
pointed on probation for term of SIX
months, and If after such term the mem
Der is recommended by his foreman, and
shall have passed a satisfactory exami-
nation before the board Of examiners,
he win be appointed permanently by the
mayor"
The chief, assistant chief and second
assistant chief are constituted a board
of examiners, whose duty it shall be to
examine all members now In the service
or who may hereafter enter the service. 1t
is expected that some Of the present
members of the department will lose their
jobs on the requireme az to citizenship
and knowledge Of the English language.
There are numerous rules as to the du-
ties of the officers and men, which are
not of particular interest to anybody ex-
cept the fremen. One or two of the gem
eral rules are Of interest. one Of these
states that members OF the department
will be required TO pay all debts contracted
by them on penalty of Dismissal There Will
be some grumbllng among the hremen
at this rule, no doubt but their credit
win be good hereafter ttff
Another rule requires that 8iis officers
and men will be held responsible for
any disorderly or unlawful conduct on
their part while on leave Of absence,
whether they are in uniform or not
The use of the telephones of the depart
cial or commercial purposes is prohibited
between the hours of O'Clock p m. and
6 a. m. The use of the telephones after
the retiring hour has been found to be
very annoying to both men and horses.
Under the new rules the fire committee
has practically the same control OF the
department as a commission. Their ac-
tons are subject to the approval Of tbe
mayor, but II is not likely that their ar
tons will be often reversed BY the mayor.
as the members OF the committee viii
naturally be more familiar with the work
ngs Of the department.
One OF the new rules, and good ono,
is to establish standard cloth for uni
forms. Hids for the winter uniforms OF
the firemen are row being advertised for.
Inste1d Of bidders submitting their own
samples ana making bids on then. they
win be required 20 made bids for unit
forms 10 be constructed ~
the cloth already adopted by
the committee. This rule has been
found 70 work well in other cit.e7. THE
cloth adopted for the winter uniforms is
a heavy blue Wo0iien waterproof
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