Nothing contained herein shall alter the authority of the Board of
Commissioners to make regulations within the Township or within such
limits as may be deemed proper, relative to the cause and management
of fire and the prevention thereof, nor to purchase or contribute
to the purchase of fire engines and fire apparatus for the use of
the Township and to appropriate money to fire companies for the operation
and maintenance thereof and for the construction, repair and maintenance
of fire company houses. The Board of Commissioners shall reserve the
right to ordain rules and regulations for the government of such fire
companies and their officers and to regulate the method to be followed
by the extinguishment of fires.