28. The Roll must be called by the Chief Engineer or Assistant, or in their presence, and absentees will be liable. to fine or drawback of pay for non-attendance according to the following scale, viz.:

29. Supernumerary Members will be entitled to pay, when supplying the place of absent Members, provided, however, that not more than twelve men are returned as present for each Section of the Company.

DRESS AND UNIFORM.

30. The Members of the City Fire-Police shall provide themselves with such Uniform Dress as the Fire Committee shall prescribe, and they shall wear such dress when upon duty. Should the Members, however, fail to provide the Uniform prescribed by the Committee, the Chief shall order the same; the cost to be deducted from the pay of the Members for whom it shall be so provided. Any variation of Dress, according to the occasion and season of the year, will be ordered by the Chief.

31. The Dress of the City Fire Police shall consist of the following, viz: :

Cap-Leather Regulation. Shirt-Red Flannel. Pantaloons-Dark Mixture, with Waist Belt.

COLOURS.

1st. District-Red. 2nd. District-Green. 3rd. District-Blue.

In addition, an India Rubber Poncho Oyer-all for winter.

32. The City Fire Company shall wear such Uniform as they may adopt, provided, however, that it shall be of the same pattern; the several Sections being distinguished by the colours of the Districts to which they may have been assigned.

FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.

33. The Superintendent and Chief Operator shall have sole control of the apparatus connected with the Fire-alarm, Water and Police Telegraph. He shall be empowered to direct the working of said Fire-alarm Telegraph in every particular, and shall be held responsible to the Fire Committee for the good order and efficiency of the establishment; and in order that such responsibility may be efficacious, he shall have the power to suspend his subordinates for any grave dereliction of duty, pending the action of the Fire Committee.

34. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent and Chief Operator to present to the Fire Committee on or before the first March, in each and every year, a report detailing the working of his department during the year, with such suggestions for the consideration of the Committee, as he may deem expedient.

35. Each Operator shall be required to perform a duty of sixteen hours per diem,-eight hours active and eight hours as assistant, and to be at all times subject to such extra service as may be necessary for the proper working of the system.

36. Upon the requisition of the Superintendent and Chief Operator, the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department shall furnish men from the City Fire-Police for the purpose of setting or erecting poles, or for any other duty of a like nature, which may be required.

ALARMS.

37. The alarm of fire shall be communicated to all the Stations. The Fire-Police and section of City Fire Company within the District indicated only shall turn out upon the FIRST ALARM; the force of the other Districts, however, shall hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the fire if required.

District No. 1.-Upon a second alarm in No. 1. District, west of St. Joseph and St. Urbain Streets, No. 2 District shall turn out to assist No. 1. District. If the fire shall occur east of said line, No. 3 shall turn out.

District No. 2.-Upon a second alarm in District No. 2, District No. 1, west of St. Urbain Street, shall turn out to their assistance.

District No. 3.-Upon a second alarm in District No. 3, District No. 1, east of St. Urbain Street shall turn out. In all cases, the whole shall turn out upon a third alarm.

SIGNALS.

38. For a First Alarm-The signal-box number will be struck three times in succession.

For a Second Alarm-The number will be repeated twice after the first signals shall have been given.

For a Third Alarm-The number will be repeated once after the first and second signals have been given.

When no more assistance is required, one blow will be struck.

39. Should an alarm be given from a second signal-box, in the same District, it shall not be considered a second alarm, with the view to call out a greater force,-but if it shall occur in a different District, then the force assigned to that District shall proceed immediately to the place indicated.

INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.

DUTIES OF INSPECTOR.

40. The Inspector of Buildings shall give his entire attention and time to the duties of his office, as defined in the By-law relating to the construction and alteration of Buildings, &c., and for the prevention of accidents by fire; and he shall not be required to perform any other duty, nor shall he be permitted to engage in any other avocation or business whatsoever.

41. The Inspector of Buildings shall be present, at all Meetings of the Fire Committee, unless prevented by unavoidable causes, to afford information relative to the conduct of the Department under his charge.

42. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Buildings to prepare an annual report, containing a concise statement of the management of his department during the year, with such recommendations and suggestions as he may deem fitting and the circumstances of the service may warrant.

43. He shall also prepare tabular statements, shewing the number of new buildings erected during the year in the several Wards of the City, specifying the purpose for which they were constructed, and the kind of material employed. He shall also state the average number of visits paid to such buildings during the progress of erection.

44. He shall report also, in tabular form, the number of buildings in each Ward, which have undergone considerable repairs or alterations, specifying particulars when such are important.

45. He shall also shew by condensed table, whether the number of new buildings has increased or diminished, as compared with previous years.

46. The Inspector of Buildings shall likewise prepare an Annual Statement of all causes instituted by him in the Recorder's Court, specifying the name of the parties implicated, the cause of complaint and result of prosecution.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTREAL POLICE.

Although the system of Police is designated for the detection and punishment of offenders, its great and primary object is the prevention of crime, by restraining the vicious, intimidating the reckless, and rendering punishment a certain consequence of crime.

These objects can only be attained by unremitting vigilance, and energy of action on your part in the performance of the high and important duties that the law has devolved

upon you.

A careful examination of the law, and of the Rules and Regulations, will constitute a guide for your conduct, a compliance with which will secure the confidence of your fellowcitizens, and do honour to the position you occupy. The due enforcement and maintenance of the law is, under all well regulated Governments, a primary and most essential object.

To accomplish these objects, the agents on whom these important powers are conferred, should be men of an honourable character-calm and dispassionate, discriminating and cautious, yet when the emergency requires, bold and resolute.

Adopted on the 2nd May, 1862.

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