looked they have always a tendency to increase.

13. Investigate thoroughly all cases of complaint. Obtain a clear
statement of the charges made, and of the facts which can be proved in
support of these charges, and from these facts draw your conclusions.

In cases where the evidence is conflicting, the characters and
antecedents of the parties concerned may probably be important
elements for consideration.

14. In making investigations bear in mind that any person who haw been
detected in one dishonest act may probably have been guilty of other
dishonest acts, and that your enquiry should therefore cover, not only
the particular case under investigation, but other irregular or
fraudulent proceedings, which it is possible may have been committed
by the party suspected. This point should be particularly remembered
in regard to offices transacting Money Order and Savings Bank
business.

15. You have authority, for the purpose of any official enquiry or
investigation it may be your duty to make, to apply to any Judge of
the Superior or Exchequer Court of Canada, or of the Superior Court of
the Province of Quebec, or of any one of the Superior Courts of either
of the Provinces, or to any Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate in and for
the Territories, for an order that a subpoena be issued from the Court
or Magistrate, commanding any person therein named to appear before
you at the time and place mentioned in the subpoena, and then and
there to testify to all matters within his knowledge, and (if so
required) to produce any document or thing he may have in his
possession relative to such enquiry or investigation. And any witness
may be summoned from any part of Canada, within or without the
ordinary jurisdiction of the Court. Judge, or Magistrate issuing the
subpoena,--any reasonable travelling expenses being tendered to any
witness so subpoened at the time of such service. And any person thus
summoned who may neglect or refuse to appear, or refuse to give
evidence or to produce the papers demanded of him, may, by order of
the Court, Judge or Magistrate who issued the subpoena, be taken into
custody and imprisoned in the common gaol of the locality, as for
contempt of Court, for a period not exceeding fourteen (14) days.

16. You have also authority to examine any person on oath or
affirmation on any matter pertinent to any investigation you may make;
and such oath or affirmation may be administered by you to any person
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