To serve warrants.

Police empowered to enter houses and

make arrests.

Prisoners, how disposed of.

Register of prisoners' names, &c.

Oath to be taken by

of violating any Law or Ordinance, or aiding and abetting in any such violation; and shall arrest all persons found under suspicious circumstances; and shall take all such persons so arrested to the Police Stations. They shall have power and authority in the City to serve and execute warrants and other process for the apprehension and commitment of persons charged with or held for Examination or Trial, or taken in Execution for the commission of any crime or misdemeanour, or violation of any of the City By-laws; and while executing or serving, or assisting in the execution or service of any such warrant or process, shall be vested with and have all the powers and authority conferred on Constables at Common Law.

Sec. 11. The Chief of Police, Sub-Chiefs, Sergeants, Police Constables, and Policemen, respectively, shall have power and authority to enter into any house, store, grocery, tavern, shop, or other building whatever, or into any yard or premises in the said City, in which any person or persons may reasonably be expected to be for unlawful purposes; and if any person or persons shall be found therein, guilty of any crime or misdemeanour, or violation of any By-law for the preservation of the peace and good order of the City, or who may reasonably be suspected thereof, or who shall be aiding or abetting such person or persons so found, said Police Officers shall apprehend and keep in custody such person or persons, as in cases of other arrests made by the Police Officers.

Sec. 12. All prisoners brought to the Police Stations, charged with the commission of any offence or misdemeanour, shall be brought before the Recorder, to be by him disposed of according to law.

Sec. 13. A Register shall be kept in the Central Station, wherein shall be entered the names of all prisoners arrested in the City, their age, nationality, residence and occupation, by whom reported, the nature of the crime or offence committed, and the amount of money found upon their persons.

Sec. 14. Every Police Officer, or Constable appointed in Police officers. the said Force, shall, previous to exercising any function of.

his office, take and subscribe, before the Recorder or other person legally authorized to administer the same, an oath that he will faithfully, impartially and honestly, according to the best of his skill and knowledge, execute all the powers and duties of Constable, for preserving the peace and preventing robberies and other felonies, and apprehending offenders against the peace in the District of Montreal, which said oath shall be recorded in a Book to be kept for that purpose in the office of the Recorder's Court.

in

Sec. 15. The Police Officers or Policemen shall not engage Policemen not to engage in any business which may withdraw their attention from the business. Police Service, or unfit them for the duties required of them, and they shall not absent themselves from duty without the permission of the Chief of Police. The Policemen are expected to be usually employed in regular service; but the Mayor, the Police Committee, or Chief of Police, whenever

of police.

in their opinion the Public service requires it, may detail any Special duties number of the Officers and Policemen for any special or particular duty connected with the Police Service of the City, and they may require any of the Constables or Policemen to do duty at any time of the day or night.

compensation.

service.

Sec. 16. The City Council shall fix the compensation to be council to fix paid to the Chief of Police, Sub-Chief, Recording Secretary, Sergeants, Police Constables and Policemen, and may from time to time alter or change such compensation. The Chief of Police shall keep, or cause to be kept, a Register showing Register of the name of every officer and man employed in the Department, and also the number of days and parts of days actually served on regular duty by each Police Officer or man, as aforesaid, and shall certify such time served to the Police Committee, who shall order a warrant or warrants to be drawn on the City Treasurer for the amounts due according to the rates fixed by the said Council. All claims for extra services by any of the said persons shall be presented to the said Police Committee for allowance, before settlement.

Sec. 17. The Police Committee are hereby authorized Committee to and required to make and establish such rules and regula- rules.

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establish police

All persons to assist police

men.

tions (to be styled "Police Rules") for the government and control of the Members of the Police Department, as may be deemed expedient and proper to carry out the objects of this ordinance, and with a view to making the Police Department and all the Officers and Agents appointed under it, efficient, vigilant, prompt and useful to the City. The "Police Rules" may prescribe the duties of the several Police Officers and men, more specifically than is herein contained, and may provide such penalties and forfeitures, such as suspension from pay, fine, not to exceed one week's pay, and reprimand, as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the proper regulation of the different portions of the Department. All the Rules and Regulations made in pursuance hereof, shall be in writing, and signed and filed in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be binding on all the Officers and men connected with the Department, after notice thereof. A written or printed copy of such Rules shall be delivered to each Member of the Police Department, and copies shall be posted conspicuously in the Police Office and Police Stations in the City, and such delivery and posting shall be deemed notice of the making thereof to the Members of the Depart

ment.

Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of all persons in the City, when called upon by any Police Officer or other Member of the Police Department, to promptly aid and assist him in the execution of his duties. Whosoever shall neglect or refuse to give such aid and assistance, shall be subject to a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, and to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days for each offence.

CHAPTER XXIII.

By-Law to Preserve Public Peace and Good
Order.

BE

it ordained and enacted by the Council of the City of
Montreal, as follows:

prohibited.

Sec. 1. All riots, noises, disturbances, or disorderly assem- Riots, &c., blages, are hereby prohibited in this City: and all persons making or creating any riot, noise, disorder, or disturbance, or forming part of any disorderly assemblage anywhere within the limits of the said City, shall incur the Penalty hereinafter provided.

ship not to be

Sec. 2. No person shall disquiet or disturb any Congregation Religious woror assembly met for religious worship, by making a noise or by molested. rude and indecent behaviour, or profane discourse within their place of worship, or so near the same as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting.

of fire, &c.

Sec. 3. No person shall wilfully give or make a false alarm False alarms of fire or watch, or shall employ any Bellman, or use or cause to be used any bell, horn, or bugle, or other sounding instrument (save and except at any religious or military ceremony or procession); or shall employ any device, noise or performance tending in either case, to the collection of persons on the streets, sidewalks, or other public places, to the obstruction of the same, for any purpose whatsoever, without permission of the Mayor in writing.

Sec. 4. Any person who shall offend against any of the Penalty. provisions of this By-law shall, for each offence, incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars, in addition to which the Recorder's Court, before whom conviction may be had, shall have power to cause the offender or offenders to be imprisoned in the Common Gaol or in the House of Correction at hard labour, for a period not exceeding one calendar month.

Place d'Armes.

Jacques Cartier square.

Dalhousie square.

Custom House square.

Victoria square.

BE

CHAPTER XXIV.

By-Law concerning Public Squares.

E it ordained and enacted by the Council of the City of
Montreal, as follows:

Sec. 1. The public ground lying in front of the Roman Catholic Parish Church, and intervening between Notre Dame and St. James Street, in the Centre Ward of this City, shall be known and designated as "Place d'Armes."

Sec. 2. The space of ground lying and situate in the East Ward of this City, between Notre Dame Street on the northwest, and Commissioners Street on the south-east, and comprising Fabrique and St. Charles Streets, along with the space of ground between these two last named streets, shall be known and designated as "Jacques Cartier Square.”

Sec. 3. The public ground comprising the north-eastern extremities of Notre Dame and St. Paul Streets, in the said East Ward, as far as Lacroix Street, with the open space intervening between the two first named streets, and also the vacant ground lying north-west of Notre Dame Street, the whole as now bounded, shall be known and designated as "Dalhousie Square."

Sec. 4. The public ground in front of the Custom House, extending as far as Commissioners Street, in the Centre Ward of this City, shall be known and designated as "Custom House Square."

Sec. 5. The vacant space of ground forming the continuation of McGill Street, as far as Vitré Street, and including the public ground formerly known as Commissioners and Haymarket Squares, in the St. Antoine and West Wards of this City, shall be known and designated as "Victoria Square.”