9. The Board may by byelaws make regulations for the
training, discipline, and good conduct of the men belonging
to the said fire brigade, for their speedy attendance with
engines, fire escapes, and all necessary implements on the
occasion of any alarm of fire, and generally for the
maintenance in a due state of efficiency of the said
brigade, and may annex to any breach of such regulations
penalties not exceeding in amount forty shillings, but no
byelaw under this section shall be of any validity unless it
is made and confirmed in manner directed by the Metropolis
Local Management Acts; and all the provisions of the said
Acts relating to byelaws shall, with the necessary
variations, apply to any byelaws made in pursuance of this
Act.
10. The vestry of any parish or place in the metropolis may
allow such compensation as they think just to any engine
keeper or other person employed in the service of fire
engines who has hitherto been paid out of any rate raiseable
in such parish or place, and who is deprived of his
employment by or in consequence of the passing of this Act,
and any compensation so allowed shall be paid out of the
rate out of which the salary of the officer so compensated
was payable.
11. The Board may make such arrangements as they think fit
as to establishing fire escapes throughout the metropolis.
They may for that purpose contribute to the funds of the
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, or of
any existing society that provides fire escapes, or may
purchase or take by agreement the property of any existing
society in their stations and fire escapes, and generally
may maintain such fire escapes and do such things as they
think expedient towards aiding persons to escape from fire;
and any expenses incurred by them in pursuance of this
section shall be deemed to be expenses incurred in carrying
into effect this Act.
12. On the occasion of a fire, the chief 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 services at his disposal, and may
remove, or order any fireman to remove, any persons who
interfere by their presence with the operations of the fire
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