Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-28
"A N A c t
Rejecting the Police OF The DisrRIcr OF
COLUMBIA.

OF RfPfeJeH1HsFSe'c/ sDs S ".ss~s' $500
CoayrsG 16smblkd, / bat the marihal OF
che diitriet of Columbia be, aud he here
b. is, authorized and directed, with the
APPROPRIATION OF the Prefdentof the United
SAFES, TO caufe a good and Efficient jail
10 be built within the city OF Walhing-
ton, and that fun not exceeding
be, and the fame hereby is, appropriated
10 that parpoie, to be paid our q any IN
appropriated monies in the treaiary.
.4adbe il further eaaasa, That the bo-
Law Of debtor lhall not be taken in exc
cation, within the faid diitritt, for any
Z5malsiss than twenty dollars; but that in
ksuch cafes, execution ihall be on the Effects
[of the Gebt and lhali iilue, by order of
Ethe iuaice who may take cognizance Of
kthe aaion, fIs,m the clerks ofaee, and
*haIlbe returned thereto That all iuch
Executions be resurnable on the fri Mon
<day in every msnth, and that the fame,
land ALTO the warrants 10 bring The party
before the juGice, be directed 70 Gre 81
kthe conAables, whole duty it ihail be 70.
&obey the fame: That each Of the iaid
{conaables lhaIl give bond, with cne fus-
<6cient furety, to De judged of by tie mar
for the faithful execution OF the du-
Eties Of his office, in the fun Of FIVE husl.
[dred d0liars: That the clerk'sfees for II
&iaing and for fling the return OF every
{fuch execution, lhall be twenty hveoerts ];
<the conasbie,s fee for ieryice ard return
<fhallbe fifty GEMS; and that aroundagc
5often per cent. fhall be allowed 10 hecon-
aable for every fun by him tEsFson L.
Esied.
Aad Be it taytber' snaaed, That il fhailf
De lawful for the PRECEDENT of the Unnsd
States, TO defgnate fix of the juhiees, in
each of the counties forming The ssiddI
triet, to be a board Of police That The
Baid board fall con6a of not Ieis than tx
juaices, and ihail aifemble, in the city of,
Wahington, on the laa Monday in May
in each and every year, and eloie their
isiion on or before the Saturday next iol-
lowing they fhall be prefded by the
martial, who fhall have eating voice,
ana the minutes of their proceedings ihall
be kept by the clerk of the faid diitritt:
That the faid board be authorized 10
make, by and with the content OF the Pre-
hdent Of the United States, for TIE tins
being, all needful regulations of police ];
p prevent and remove nnilances to PIE.
vent the introduction ofcontagious and In
feetious diieaies TO eRablifh night watch
Is, and erect lamps within the CITY of
Walhington TO regulate the fta,ioning,
anchorage and mooring Of veAels; to pro-
vide tor licenGng and regulating chimney
fweepers, retailers of liquors, auctions,
and hackney carriages; to regulate and
eaablllh markets, and infpe6aicnSf tobac-
&c, Hour, and other commodities to pu-
nllh and expel Migrants and vagabonds,
fnd TO prefsrve the peace Of the iaid diff
met: That the aiie of their atas fhall be
BY authority of the PreGdenr of the
aited Stares, ordinance made on the ad-
Element of the board of police The
ala ID, ordinances, fgned by the PRECEDENT,
aasi Dc hled of record in the Office of the
lsik, who thall caufe the fame to be pub
'lned IN one, at Leaf, of the gazettes Of
acR OF the faid counties, for the fpace of
<'Iee weeks: That the martial, the clerk,
nd each juaice, who may atserd the
poard, ihall be allowed the fun of three
ollars per day, TO be paid, BY an order
= the PRECEDENT on the account drawn by
ne clerk, and prefented by the MARTIAL,
'ut OF the contingent fund Ct the departs
nsnt OF fate: Thatit fhsll be lawful for
'ne Preildent OF the United States, &c
cauie the MARTIAL to fuInmon ar, extra
meeting OF the iaid board, az any time
"nsn IN MS opinion the fame fall he re-
eeiiary, and order, in Ike Kramer, the
Payment of three dollars per day 10 each
tending member: That it fhall be law
y Ter the iaid board, TO preient 10 the
Vnhderailon of The iudoas &c 10 C,;6 ar