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.

proceeding.

42. When in Committee of the whole Council, all motions order of 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 to take place on certain days.

Quorum.

Proceedings

when there is no quorum.

Members

may attend committees.

48. Unless for business of the most urgent importance, and with the sanction of the Mayor, no meeting of Committee shall be held on the same day as a meeting of the Council.

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

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STATIONS.

1. The Stations of the CITY FIRE POLICE shall be enumerated as follows:

No. 1-Central Station, Craig Street.

No. 2-Court-House Square.

No. 3-Wellington Street.

No. 4-Chaboillez Square.

No. 5-St. Catherine Street.
No. 6-German Street.
No. 7-Dalhousie Square.
No. 8

Visitation 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.

3. The Fire-Police and Signal Stations included within the boundaries of the several Districts shall be as follows:

Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 24, 26, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52.

Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29,

Nos. 2, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, and 65.