submitted to and sanctioned by the Finance Committee. Provided, however, that upon the refusal of the Finance Committee to sanction an appropriation asked for by any Committee, the said Council may, by a vote of three-fourths of its Members, order such appropriation to be made. By-laws to be printed. Readings of by-laws. Readings of by-laws. Readings of by-laws. Fees and cost of private by-laws. Privilege. BY-LAWS. 35. All By-laws shall be printed in both languages, for the use of the Members, before being submitted to the Council for consideration. 36. When a By-law or Petition is read in the Council, the Clerk shall certify the readings, and the time on the back thereof. 37. Every By-law shall be read twice before it is committed and engrossed, and read the third time before it is signed by the Mayor. 38. No By-law brought into the Council shall have more than one reading on the same day. 39. The expenses and costs attending on private By-laws giving any exclusive privilege, or for any object of profit, or private, corporate, or individual advantage, or for amending, extending, or enlarging any former By-laws in such manner as to confer additional powers, ought not to fall on the public; accordingly, the parties seeking to obtain any such By-law shall be required to pay to the City Treasurer, before the third reading thereof, an amount sufficient to cover the cost of printing, engrossing, and publishing the said By-law, and no such By-law shall be read a third time until a certificate from the City Treasurer shall have been filed with the City Clerk, that the cost of printing, engrossing, and publishing as aforesaid, has been paid to him. PRIVILEGES. 40. Whenever any matter of privilege arises, it shall be taken into consideration immediately. COMMITTEES. of the whole. 41. Whenever it shall be moved, and carried, that the Committee Council shall go into Committee of the whole, the Mayor, or Presiding Member, before leaving the Chair, shall appoint a Chairman of the Committee of the whole, who shall maintain order in, and report the proceedings of the Committee. The rules of proceedings in Council, shall be observed in Committee of the whole, so far as they may be applicable, except the rule limiting the number of times of speaking. 42. When in Committee of the whole Council, all motions Order of proceeding. relating to the matter under consideration shall be put in the order in which they are proposed. 43. On motion in Committee, to rise and report, the question Motion that shall be decided without debate. chairman leave the chair. committees. 44. The Standing Committees shall be appointed by the Standing Council, annually, at the Quarterly Meeting in March. They shall each consist of seven Members, and shall be as follows: mittees. 45. Special Committees may be appointed on motion of a Special comMember by consent of the Council. Committees appointed to report on any subject referred to them by the Council, shall report a statement of facts, and also their opinion thereon, in writing, and no report of any Committee shall be received unless the same shall have been agreed to in Committee actually assembled, and signed by a majority thereof. discharged. . 46. On the acceptance by the Council of a final report, when from a Special Committee, the said Committee shall be considered discharged, without a vote, unless otherwise ordered. 47. No Meeting of any Committee shall be called upon Committees, less notice than twenty-four hours. how called. Meetings of committees not 48. Unless for business of the most urgent importance, to take place on and with the sanction of the Mayor, no meeting of Committee shall be held on the same day as a meeting of the Council. certain days. Quorum. Proceedings when there is no quorum. Members may attend committees. 49. Of the number of Members appointed to compose a Committee, a majority of the same shall be a quorum, unless otherwise ordered by the Council. 50. If within thirty minutes after the time for which any Committee shall have been called, there shall not be a quorum of the Members present, any Member of such Committee, then present, may leave the Committee room, and before doing so have his name recorded as present, which will preclude any business being done at that meeting, although there should subsequently be a quorum. 51. Members of the Council may attend meetings of any of its Committees, but shall not exercise the privilege of voting. Committees not 52. No Committee shall enter into any contract with, or to its members. authorize the purchase of, any article from any of its Mem to give contracts Chairman, his attributions. Reconsiderations in committees. Chairman to report certain cases. bers. 53. No Chairman of any Committee shall audit or approve any Bill or Account against the City, for any supplies or services, which shall not have been ordered or authorized by the Committee. 54. The 26th Rule relative to the re-consideration of motions on questions in the Council, shall also apply to the re-consideration of any question in Committees. 55. When a sufficient number of the Members of a Comproceedings in mittee cannot agree to a Report on any matter referred to them, the Chairman of such Committee shall make a special report of the proceedings to the Council, in order that a decision may be had in the matter. To prepare orders of the day. DUTIES OF CLERK. 56. The City Clerk shall make a list of all By-laws, Resolutions, or Reports on the Table, which shall be considered "The general Order of the Day"-original Communications and Petitions shall be first taken up, then any unfinished subject, then the special Orders of the Day, unless the Council shall decide differently. 57. The Clerk shall keep Minutes of the Votes and Pro- To keep ceedings of the Council, entering thereon all accepted orders minutes, &c. and resolutions; shall notice reports, memorials, and other papers submitted to the Council, only by their titles, or a brief description of their purport, but all accepted reports shall be entered at length, and the said Minutes shall be fairly copied into a separate journal, to be kept for that purpose, and provided with an index; he shall also forward all the papers to the appropriate Committees and Officers, as early as possible after the reference shall have been made. meetings, &c. 58. It shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the City Coun- To attend cil to attend the Meetings of Council and Committees, and to keep the records of Committees of the Council, and he shall provide suitable blank-books for that purpose; and the said Clerk shall have the custody of the Minutes so kept, which, like all the other records, shall be subject to the inspection of the Members of the Council. 59. No standing rule or order of the Council shall be sus- Rules how pended, unless three-fourths of the Members present shall suspended. consent thereto; nor shall any rule or order be repealed or amended without due notice being given of the motion therefor; nor unless a majority of the whole Council shall concur therein. RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE STATIONS. 1. The Stations of the CITY FIRE POLICE shall be enume rated as follows:- No. 1-Central Station, Craig Street. No. 2-Court-House Square. No. 3-Wellington Street. No. 5-St. Catherine Street. No. 6-German Street. DISTRICTS. 2. For the greater convenience of operating the Fire Department, the City shall be divided into three Districts. DISTRICT NO. 1-Shall comprise all that part of the City lying west of St. Denis and Bonsecours Streets, and east of George Street, Dupré Lane, Ste. Monique Street, and McGill College Avenue, and from City Boundary to the River. DISTRICT NO. 2-Shall comprise all that portion of the City lying west of No. 1 District. DISTRICT NO. 3-Shall comprise all that portion of the City lying east of No. 1 District, |