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London, England, 1839-08-29 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON POLICE ACT

The following are the principal clauses in this Ac
not in the Metropolitan Police Act :
Clause 1. Enacts that the Act passed in the 10th of
Geo. 11. for the better regulating the nightly watch, &c.,
shall be, and is hereby repealed.
3. And be it further enacted, that the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons in Common Conecil assembled
shall, and they are hereby authorize a and required to ap-
point a fit person, subject to the approval of her Majesty,
to be signified by one of her Majesty's principal Secre-
taries of State, as Commissioner of the Police force of the
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City of London and the liberties thereof, with such annual
salary, not less than 3001., as they shall from time to time
think proper ; and her Majesty, or the Ccurt of Mayor and
Aldermen, may remove the said Commissioner, if
see or they shall see occasion so to do, for mis-
conduct er other reasonable cause ; and the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assem-
bled may, upon any vacancy in the said office by death, re-
moval, or oti_erwise, appoint another fit person, subject to
the approval of her Majesty as aforesaid, as Commissioner
of the said police force in lieu of the person stashing such
vacancy : provided always, that no person %she. shall have
been dismissed from the office of Commissioner of the City
police, or whose appointment as such Commissioner shall
have been once disapproved by her Majesty, shall be again
put in nomination for the said office.
6. AtAbe it farther enacted, that in case the said Com-
missioner shall not be a justice of the said city, it shall be
lawful for her Majesty, if she shall he so pleased, on the
petition of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, and the said
Mayer, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council as-
sembled, to appoint the said Commissioner to be a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said city and liberties, but no
such appointment shall authorize the said Commissioner to
act as a Justice' of the Peace at any court or general or
quarter sessions, or in any manner out of session, except
for the preservation of the peace, the prevention of crimes,
the detection and committal of offenders, and in carrying
into execution the purposes of this Act ; and in case the
Commissioner shall be appointed a Justice of the Peace
as aforesaid, he shall take all the oaths usually taken by a
Justice of the Peace : provided alwass, that whenever any
such Commissioner shall resign or be removed from his
office of Commissioner of Police, he shall cease to be a
justice of the said city and liberties as aforesaid.
9. And be it further enacted, that such sufficient num
her of fit and able men as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons, in Common Council assembled, from time to
time shall direct, shall be appointed from time to time by
the said Commissioner to be a police force for the city of
London and the liberties thereof; and the men so to be
appointed shall be sworn in as constables for preserving
the peace and preventing robberies and other felonies, and
apprehending offenders against the peace ; and the men
sworn and to be sworn as aforesaid shall, within the said
city and the liberties thereof, have all such powers, autho-
rities, privileges, and advantages, and be liable to all such
duties and responsibilities, pains and penalties, as any con-
stable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have
within his canstablewick by the virtue of the common law
of this realm, cr of any statutes made or to be made, and
shall obey all such lawful commands as they may from time
to time receive from the said Commissioner for conducting
themselves in the execution of their office.
11. And be it further enacted, that there shall be de-
ducted from the pay of every constable belonging to the
City Police force a sum after such yearly rate as the said
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council
assembled shall direct, not being a greater rate than
2/. 103. in 100/. ; which sum so deducted, and also the
money accruing from stoppages from any of the said con-
stables during sickness, and fines imposed on any of the
said constables during sickness, and fines imposed on any
of the said constables for misconduct, and from the fines
imposed by any Justice of the said city upon drunker. per-
sons, or fur assaults upon police constables, and all monies
arising from the sale of worn or cast clothing supplied
for the use of the City Police, shall from time to
time be invested in Government stock by and in the name
of the Chamberlain of the said City, and the interest or
dividends thereof, or so much of the same as shall not be
required for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, shall be
likewise invested in such stock, and accumulate so as to
form a fund to be called " the City Police Superannuation
Fund," and shall be applied from time to time for payment
of such superannuation or retiring allowances or gratuities
as may be ordered by the said Moyer, Aldermen, and
Commons, in Common Council assembled, at any time to
any of the said constables as hereinafter provided.
14. And be it further enacted, that the said Commis-
sioner may from time to time, subject to the approbation of
the said Mayor and Aldermen, or any three of them, and
also of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
frame such orders and regulations as he shall deem it expe.
dient relative to the general government of the said police
force, the places of their residences, the classification,
rank, end particular service of the several members,
their distribution and inspection, the description of arms,
accoutrements, and other necessaries, to he furnished
to them for the performance of their duty, and all
such other orders and regulations relative to the said
police force as the said Commissioner shall from time to time
deem expedient for preventing neglect or abuse, and for
rendering such force efficient in the discharge of all its
duties; and shall from time to time send to the Secre-
tary of State, and also to the Lord Mayor of the said city,
such returns of the state of crime and conduct of the po-
lice within the said city as the Secretary of State or Lord
Mayor shall severally require.
20. And be it further enacted, that on the application
of the ministers or churchwardens of any church, chapel, or
other place of public worship within the said city and liber-
ties to the Commissioner of the City Police, it shall be lawful
for the said Commissioner, with the consent of the Court of
Mayor and Aldermen, to make orders for regulating the route
and conduct of persons who shall drive any stage-carriage,
or other animals within such parish
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Exchange, the Bank of England, the Generaiutlyri:Pot9hosdet-ooßffifocYea.e,l
and other places of public resort within the said city and li-
berties, and in any case when the streets or thoroughfares
The herring fishery along the coast of Donegal Within the said city and liberties may be thronged; or may
has commenced under very cheering prospects—the fish be liable to be obstructed... . ...„
are very large and rich. Great preparations are made for 24. And be it further enacted, that one of her Ma_
saving them, and a large quantity of salt is daily expected jesty's principal Secretaries of State may, in any case of
for the occasion.—Dublin Pilot. special emergency, at the request of the Lord Mayor,