Mather, since his last letter to the Council, had been studying the Council's resolution to increase the number of watchmen, and he suggested certain changes - to permit watchmen to commandeer civilian help during fires; to lower to one piastre the remuneration for watchmen used as guards at public balls; to impose prison sentences on recalcitrant watchmen in addition to fines for failure to carry out duties. In regard to the petition Mr. Duncan presented to the Council concerning the gallery of Duncan's house, Mather submitted an affidavit to dispel the doubts of the city inspector relative to the law against the construction of wooden buildings. Mather also enclosed a letter from Mansury Pelletier in which he proposed moving the camp bed to the corps de garde station.
