THAT there may be Trustees and Managers appointed for the purposes aforesaid , with their Clarks , Surveyors , Servants , &c.

That all the Houses within the Bills of Mortality , which pay to Church and Poor , may be Registered in their Books , not exceeding two Thirds of the true Value of each House , to be Surveyed by Surveyors upon Oath .

That there may be about Three Hundred honest Men to be Disposed of , as the Trustees and Managers shall think most proper for the Service ; That they shall give Security and take an Oath of Fidelity .

That each of these Men shall have a Coat and Cap to distinguish them , and every One of them two Buckets at their Houses , which they shall be Obliged to bring with them at the time of any Fire , and amongst them a sufficient Number of Hooks , Axes , and Saws .

That the Managers to Govern them have Power at the time of any Fire , to require the Constables of 〈…〉 Parishes next Adjoyning , to prevent the Multitude coming to Fires , that the Men may the better perform their Duty by Extinguishing the Fire , and preventing the Goods from being Burnt or Stole .

That if any Person or Persons , shall presume to come within the Distance of 〈…〉 of any Fire without leave first had , either from the Managers or Constables , such Person or Perons , shall for every such Offence , forfeit and pay the Sum of 〈…〉

That the Church-wardens of each Parish , when any Fire shall happen , to be Obliged ( upon Notice given ) to cause some of the Bells to Ring Backwards , which shall be the Notice to bring the Fire-men Together .

This Method is humbly conceived by the Conduct of the Managers , the use of Engins , Buckets , &c. together with the Skill of the Fire-men , Twenty of which by Experience do more Service ( and may in all probability soon Extinguish Fires ) and are of more Use then Five Hundred of the common pretended Assistants , which stop the Way , and by their Unskilfulness , often increase Fires , and occasion ill Persons to steal Goods .

That it will be of very Great Benefit to all Owners of Houses , both by raising the Value of their Estates , and saving many of them from Ruin : And also to the Tenant , by preventing that Common Notorious practice of Stealing their Goods , which sometimes proves almost the Ruin of many of them .

That this may be performed at the Charge following , viz. All-houses valued at 50 l. or under , to pay 1 s . Yearly , and all Houses valued at above 50 l. and under 500 l. to pay 1 s . for the first 50 l. and after the Rate of 9 d . per Cent . per Ann. for the Remainder . All Houses valued at above 500 l. and under 2000 l. to pay . the Rates aforesaid for the first 500 l. and after the Rate of 6 d . per Cent . per Ann. for the Remainder . And all Houses valued at above 2000 l. to pay as aforesaid for the first 2000 l. and after the Rate of 3 d . per Cent . per Ann. for all Summs exceeding ; so that what all small Houses pay is inconsiderable , and the Charge of the great Houses is made Easy .

That two Thirds of the said Charge be paid by the Landlord , and one Third by the Tenant , to be gathered by the Overseers of the Poor of each Parish half Yearly , and by them paid to the Trustees and Managers .

That by the Rates aforesaid it appears , That a House valued at 2000 l. is to pay but 11 s . and 10 d . ½ a Year ; that is , 8 s . and 2 d . ½ by the Landlord , and 3 s and 8 d . by the Tenant : Whereas the Charge of Insuring 2000 l. for one Year by the present Insurers , would come to Six Pounds , which is above fourteen times as much .

That 〈…〉 shall be a Stock to pay all Losses and Damages by Fire to the Houses .

That 〈…〉 for Maintaining the Office , Clarks , Surveyors , Servants and Fire-men , and for paying for Books , Clothes , Materials to Extinguish Fires , and Recompencing the Trustees and Managers .

The other 〈…〉 to be Disposed of towards the Discharging the Contracts of the present Insurers , as the Trustees and Managers shall think fit , and afterwards to go to the Stock aforesaid .

And at any time when the Stock shall amount to above 〈…〉 Pounds , the Overplus to go towards the Rebuilding of White-Hall , or Building of Greenwich Hospital , or any other Publick Business as this Honourable House shall think fit .

All which is Humbly Submitted to this Honourable House .