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Sec. 17. Same—Visiting beats.

The lieutenants shall, if possible, see each man on his beat without
calling, but should they not be able to find him, the call shall
be given in the center and on each extremity of the beat, and if
unable then to find the man they are in search of, they shall report
to the chief the name of the man and the cause of absence, if ascertainable.
(Id., § 221.)