Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-29
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A N ORDINANCE To G

follows: ''O"'' a.
Sect on l. There shall be and is berel,v or,-;,,5
Police Department Of the city OF NlHf,sy,ne to con.
sist of the following officers AMI members viz nh.
Marshal Of said city who is herehv constituted ry yt.
hco chief OF Police and five Policemen, Pr0rtded
however that at any time the MAYOR may in I'm, dis
cr,uoni II he deem necessary, appout persons To act
as special policemen at a price non to .Ncral tl,r.
dollars per day, ana he shall report to the next meet.
ing ofthe cou~cil appointments, any that he may
have made.
Section 2 The Police year shall be divided into fopr
quarters the first quarter shall commence on the first
day ni April second quarter or the FIRST dav of Juv
third quar- er on the nrst day of October, and the
fourth quarter on the first day of Jluuarv Tha no.
lcemen shall be appoint by the Common CourtII
and shall contpae in Office for the quarter for which
he may be appointed, unless sooner removed by the
said COnncil iOr cause AID until their successors i'm
Office elected and qlnlfed.
Section o., The salary of each OF the Policemen APP
pointed b. he Co anon Council sha be per
month"; at that to Tor the time actually emploVrd
payable at the end Of each month.
Section T. The city Marshall or chief of Police, shall
conform to and cause the m-m ers under him t, oi,v
the rules and regulations pre- ibed by and under tbs
Ordinance; he sh have control over the Police De-
parment of this city, and shall he accountable TT
Common Coutc,l for the ehcieucy, eneriu conIt c .
aud good urter OF al the subnrdin te ut the elrt
men lie hall himself in all things Obey ana see
tnat every officer obeys the Ordinance and all rules
and rcgulati ns made for the government OF the oe.
pHmeht he sual communicate to the Common
Council Al complaints made i -anst any officer
Section 3, The city Marshal or let oi Police shall
have charge Of the Station House and sluI Ia. hd
responsible for its cleanliness general condition ana
good order ami be spon, lc iur tine sale ke, it f
The prisoners; lie shall have control and au Lority
over said pol cemtn aud shall detail them upon her
respective beats or cause to he done, ui assign To
each his station term Of service; he shall emf ar
cause to be enter n IN official book To he heit lev
him ut the station house, he time and pace of an,. r
r,st, the ofsuse with which the arrs Ell person i,
cha ged, the name of cumpainan and the witness d.
with their places of residence, and If the n.se "a IN
which the pri ri>oner is accused be larceny he shul SCI
down The nd and description OF property, The value
thereof and the name OF tue ur Owners thereof
If known # it be an injury to pc.son or ,,roperty he.
shall set down the name Of the person or ~ in Al
description OF tie properly injured; he shall keep
record Of the numb OF arrest maze by each u lice
man individual y; The value of the stolen p o. eriy re-
covered by each, and the number Of conv ict,n, had
upon said arrests, an report the same to the Com
mon Council ARTERY; he shall file or cause To be iii
ed copy of tIis entry with tile Recorder or le prot,r
Jadge as 'igned to by said causes every morning Sn
days and statute holidays excepted, az an hon Ia he
fixed bv them; he shall also enter in u book to l,.
kept that purpose ~ scrip lou OF any goods or
property, which may - ne TO his bands, wheth,r
stolen or otherwise ant the value thereof aud also the
disposition made of the same: he shal when AN alarm
ot fire Is given forthwith repair to the scene tb CON
hagration with rs many polio men rs he shall deem
necessary the purpose, and shall assist in TN.
preservation OF order and in the protection of proper
ty aud person. lie Shall at all tnes wnen required
by the Mayor, repai" promptly with his whole Police
force under him, ~ number thereufaste @ Nav p
mry require, to the scene Of any riot or riot IA, assem-
rioters
Section 1t shall be the duty oi each Policeman 70
be present at roll cll. in the station House at such
times as the Marshal may direct the roll to be called,
and to obey all his lawful orders to prevent the
cOmmss on Of any breach nf the peace, 10 suDprpss
riots and dsorderly assembages, to arrest ami take
70 the station house every person found violating any
law or rdtnAnce, or any person found committing
acts injurious to the quiet and good er OF the CIV
or the person or prop rty OF any citizen. They ami
each of them shall have pow TO Hrre any u rson
or persons making loud and unusual noists in
violent threats, quurreag, tradu ing, Challenging
to hg t. or fighting, or in any manner ,rcatng a d
turhance Of the peace, either durlugthe day npht
and they may enter public houses, or in any housts
in which may exist mob, riot, disturbance or other
proce dings calculated to disturb the pace aud lr-
pose OF the neighborho thereof and every vagrait
and suspected person. whose appe france. action or
conduct may jusnfy his or her ,nncr OF living and
every person found lying in The It eets or alleys or
any where ia the city in such a state Of intoNcatiCn
or drunkenness as TO be unable TO take Of them
selves II shall be trer further duy to report to the
Recorder Cor ropr Judge gned to try said cause,
and cause an action To he instituted before him for
any violation Of Article h OF the Co ifed tirdi-
nance enrtle OF obstruction and Nuisanc,s. Ulon
making any arrests they, and each of them, shall
Immediately report the same 10 the Marshal or other
person in charge of the st, ton house, with sach par
uculs OF time, place and circumstance AS to enable
he Marshal, or oth person in charge Of the station
house, to make the entry equ red in Section 9TH OF
this ordinance. Tn and each Of them, s n promut
~ report to the Chief Of Police all violations Of ord
nances not aut oriz ng the arrest Of the offenders
lllill may come under Their nntlce; and when
rest is authorized by law for the violation of an or
dinancethey shall have power take the party Offend
ing Immediately to the station house,nnd make report
thereof to the person in charge, in manner and form
as heretofore provided
SecJinn 7. Whenever any Policeman is absent from
the city Is disqualified and unable to discharge the
duties II his office, the Chief of Police sls Temporal
rly appoint Policeman to do the duty in the place of
the absenteea the account of such special Policeman
are audited aud paid, provided, however, that the sum
paid to such special Policeman shall be deducted
q of fhn gnla
whose place he performed the duty.
Section S. the Chief and regular and special Police
shall each on his lett breast outside of lis
vest rs an emblem Of their Office q shield with the
word Police" inscribed thereon, and should BE- ex-
posed TO view whenever it is necessary that the official
position OF the wearer should be known.
Section 9. 1t shall be amisdemeanor in Office for
the chief or any regular specin Policeman to re
lease any person after he or she has been arrested
unless such person has first been admitted to bail by
officer authorised so to do shall have deposited
a sufficient amount of money secure his or her an
pearance or pny his or her probable fine and the
costs, provided however that every deposit Of ey
shall be for the appearance of the defendant in court
orlo IN his star whistle, to allow any oth,r re-
son TO use it, or to ply any game Of can;e skill in
any public place, or to tail or neglect refuse re-
port every arrest to the chief of Police to fail or
gect refuse 10 make entry thereof il here
inheore dir ected, and to report it to the Recorder or
Judge authorised to try said cases
Section 10. Any officer or member OF said Police
who shall he guilty of breach of duty, or II M SHE
meanor in office shall upon conviction thereof before
proper officer, be fined in sum not less than ten
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, ana shall
be discharged from his Office.
Section Ii. The Common Council may appoint pr-
vata night police in the same manner and fr the
lime regular policemen, which are employ and
pa by the citizens of this city in gu uruug and pro-
tectug private properly, and ,hey are hereby emppW-
cred act, and have tu authority TO make arrests
subject to all the provisions of This Otlulncc prubl
ell however that they shall receive no pIy ir IN the
city for guarding and protecting private property.
Section II The Marshal shall at any time suspend
any regular special policeman who shall neglect
refuse to perform all the duties requ red by this On
diuance or any ordinance that fuuy be 10 force re-
quirug Them TO perform certain duties, md he shall
report the facts to the next meeting Of the Common
Council, who shall at III ir discretion lmt the pc d
of such pension, or remove the person suspended
from office.
Section 10. It Is hereby made the duty Of the Com
mittee Police to see that all the officers connected
with the Police Department vigiant and active in
the discharge of their respective duties.
Section IL. This Otlnlnce sht;l take effect and be
in force from and after the day of April D., 1861,
and all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances ia conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
true copy Of an Ordinance introduced into the
Common Council of Matyeyille Mt their meeting the
2Tth Feb read second time and ordered published
week in city Official Press.
ieb29 4 l.. PARISH, City Clerk.
DISSOLUTION.
TEVIE CO-PARrNE islliP heretofore existing be-
Il tween the undersigned, is this day dissolved 10y
m'tu1 consent, t ,r interest oi Mil VAN VAC OR in
VAN YACTOH Il DIrMEE'S Saloon having been par