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Les diagrammes suivants illustretit le m«thode. v^ 1 1 2 3 % i A C e ■~ ■--'■ : H - - • -' --"^o^ ty — j ■ ..#,' -i??- , , .J- . It.-" "i W^':3?:'-^ 3'-*>- '■^'k. 'in he'^h t' '^f iBA] -#► / And orders: ^:, ■' ■*_ — \ - V , ^ \ , . ^ . ■- _ \ .4 ; ■" \ k>' ~ ' ^ f \ ^^^^'^xmM' f ^ --^fm^ * '^' > A«^v^^ ^^^^^riWH ,7''SK'-:!T' *'-w ¥c " *. • THE, ■»v tt tJ L El S OF THI BKARTf AND HAND FIRE-COMPAIiV: FORMED AT mAitWA:s&^9mA'»^mt2At n /' • THE 3d. of AtillL 1810 i AND 0-^BB-- TO BE „ ,, ;^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ON TBI ibth DAY or, AUGUST, 1857; I»EINTBD BY ioBN MUN»d. 1827. ^■s^.-. • . > , ■ '\ . /if? ■,■' '"" > . "^'^^ -3 ii iji^^^ itiiftJi*/^i,..f, ..llH, . .A -,^ *,^ Sp? ra£^-iKr;SyS^ - 1, \--ffu%- ~ X ' -f^. '. Js '- --r---.^ '4. .'jiiRdi^H f»> -^ ..*"•■ ,.tf" RULES. , W\*f'lfJ"^"?"''' ^^i"S [""y^onvinced that it Pr..wbu IS the duty of every Member of Societr to con. nbute, as far as in him liesf towards the prpservat^n "f the property of his fellow Townsmen ; anS haviWcon sidered the great advantages that lis;e resuhed fo th?; Commumiy from well-regufaled Ce Companies, and bemg wUling to assist, as far as lies in oq,>power so and", ble an undehaking, have agreed to forJ^urse Ves in to a' • Society, to be known and distinguished by the name nf THE HEART AND HAND ¥lRB Co7paNY-.W by engaging in the event of Fire taking place, to fiivrour ready and cheerful assistance for the preservat^^f of ?he • property of our fellow Townsmen in general? but more particularly of th. Members of whom oyr siietv Tat present, or may hereafter be composed. And. in order to carry these our intentions the better into effect we con sent ro Governed by the following Rules and Ka-' t.ons,iinder the penalty of the fines and ForSlV ihereunto severally annexed : ""ei,ure» RULE I^ Th;J5i^^i"°P®r?^^,''^" "•'^ Qjarterjy, vi'z. On the TlmMtlM.. =^ iPftE^r^ of February/ May, Atigoit'and^oyem! ^"-^ llvZ , , r'°«ll" J>^''""r «nd November to be at ■ •even o'clock, and in May a n^ August at eight o'clopk. in the evening: the Names shall be called over in a quar- ler of an hour after the rime aforesaid, (the lime of meet- ing to be regulated by the .Town Clock) and all members not present at Roll Call shall pay a fine of One Shilling ^Hi^rce Pence, and if absent until the business of the ^venl^g IS closed, the Fine to be extended to Two Shil- l"^^c?" ^>? pence ; and for the absence of any Officer the FTne shall be doubled, (sickness, or absenbe from .■-—' - town excepted) and any Member retiring from such .ring without Meeting, without permission of ihc President or Vice- f. • President shall pay a fine of One Shilling and Three pence, and if ab»ent until the. adjournment, the fine shall be five shillmgs. fent. p£|<;eirB Qqef Members re- f '.. RUI,E II. ieer» eha- •en. preoident und VicePrMideot Bffcrftuj. FOR the belter regulating this Company, a President and Vice President shall be appointed at the aimual meet- ing in February ; th^j^ shall be chosen in the followino' manner: every member shall put the n^imcs of the poft sons he wishes to propose, on a slip of paper, fold it up andgiveitttithePrasideat, and after all are collected he (the President) sh&ll open them, and whoever has tje majority ot votes shalW)e declared duly elected. A ma- jority shall be decisive in all rases, except thai of filling the Office of Secretary, and the admission of a member- the Secretary shall be drawn for by Lot, and he who draws Number One shall ^or\e or p^y a fine of Five Shillings; but, should he decline serving, it shall devolve on Number Two, apd so on, every member refusing to »orve piying the aforesaid fine ; the President to draw K>r absent Members, those who have acted as Secretary or paid the fine, shall be exempt from serving again until Ada,i«.ion of 'V^^^^h^^th'-o^h the whole Company. The admission ,%^eS«;, •' or^mcn^hev to he d«tided by Ballot: four dissenting • ' yoices or lilpck Beans to preclude the party. . RULE III. Pw«ar«^lf»==.=^=^ Treasurer shall be appointed by tfa Pt^sident ^r po.nt,d. . the Annual Meeting in February, who s[iall receivp afi ^^'^Itec- '••■'•^^mgmMmmtmm^'^'i^*^^'''''''^'^^''' "^ - cr in a quar- me of meet- all members One Shilling siness of the > TwoShil- any Officer bsence from fiom such \i or Vice- and Three e fine shall a Presif'ent unual roeet- e foljuwin^ >f the por- I'old it up e CQllrcted ver has t^e cd. A ma- ai of filling 1 memher: ifl he who ne of Five all devolve refusing to It to draw > Secretary again until admission disscnlinij "csidenT"a^ receivp al| 1 Monies from the Secretary, after the Evening's expense has been defi-aycd, a regular account of which he shaM ahv of Fm^ %Zf ''''H'^r ^'''^^'^y^ under a pet i eitherth^S • '"^' • ^^- '*^^" P'^^'^^'in th« absence •1 either the President or Vice-President.' RULE IV. Trearartr t* acoouBt aanu" ally. To precide la abaenc« of tb* Pieaidenkor Vica-Pr«aida| \ THE President and Vice-President shall keen the «trK:test order .n the Comnnny during the .ime of Si Let •ng : for which reason they shall mn, on any occaS take a part, or give an opinion, on anv ouestln h^^^ them unless specially requested. .The i "re ""to^^^ a Book, which shall be furnished at the exnonde of .h? Company, wherein he shall re^isler nll^P i ^^ Member of ,ho cme of M^g, b^ * i„4 n",?. 1"'='' mom M hi, place of »bo' company shall ".ee.*^f(.S'e:: SX"^ceSo°'' ''"' '"S^"'- ' ?" lo"ger^e considered a M^m^^eToHlIis's"?''''' ^"-^i' oy. being regularly re-admiued : p/cWoLr ■7' ""^l Fines he may have incurred P'^""<>''»ly paying all penalty of o, e shnHnS 1 ^°''^«°"'g «"'««. under a inserted th<;na«eoeS^^^^^^^^ '"T'^'^^ «'^'»» ^^ penalty of neven pence half np!l''"^r^'''^ ''nkrunder a And each Membe^VBookahirb/ ''•"T? ^""■'«'°»- cretary at every time bf mt.f- examined },y the So- to brin^ -id B^M^: , pa^^I^firofone'^h"^^^ thr^e pence. * *^ "^ ""*^ °'*^ °"^ «hi]lmg and * '• ' ^ , I 1 f. < \ J incs he maj eyshalihavc Jmpany shall -5 SH^qessive :epted) shall >cietj, w(ik- paying all n the Secre- I'es, under a ich shall be 'nkjlinder a omission, y the So- »* neglecting fhilling and I totheRulet ^ JOHN MUNRO ^'"• ^^^A.RNE&, London N. PARKER, Jec ^ J. P. BOYLE. n;ETrES'^"""^-^'«'- GEO. DUNCAN '"^^"J^^. -^^i^. J^ ROMANS, R. G. MORSE, C. M'ALPIN, D.D[JCKETTJt;„. A. A. FERGUSON, p. M'QUEiJN, «. J^HOMAS GQUDGE THOSADAM^. \ IfcRTRNE, T *^. J. LET80N, 4ec » /7^. H. v; busISrk. ^.c JAMES LESSElT E. HAMILTON.' J. M'KENZIE. A. SCOTT. ^ X - --^^ . i 'h>l ^?!^ >^ ^&^^*---4fe^^ ./e. Z' ^4j:.a[yt^yy^ i^25^u^t6^ ^^^^^^^^^^z-iv' ,^z<^^:^'i^^i^:At/^ jj^flW" / « ^ • fv ^ 1 1 ' % - 1 • . 1 \ (' f « .. . .. « • « ' i 1 • " M \ ,'. ■'^'^