The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-28
EVANSVILLE, IND, WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 28. 1861


auctions, elections, gambling, intemperance,
lottery dealers, Vagrants, disorderly per-
sons, and the public health, are promptly
enforced, and to enforce and obey all laws
and ordinances of the city councils of the
cities of Washington and Georgetown,
\ which are properly applicable to police or
health, and not inconsistent with the pro-
| visions of this act.
/ Sec. 6. A2ad be ii further enacted, That
the duties of the board of police shall be
more especially executed under the direc-
ton and control of said board, and accord
ing to rules and regulations which it is
hereby authorized to pass, from time to
time, for the proper government and disci-
pline of its subordinate officers, by police
force for the whole of said police district,
and authorized to do duty in any part
thereof without regard to residence or cor
poration lines.
Sec. 7. And be IL further enacted, That
the said police force shall consist of a super
intendent of police, ten sergeants of police,
and such number of police patrolmen as
the board may deem necessary, not exceed
ing, for the regular service, one hundred
and fifty. The said Offices hereby created
for the said police force shall be severally
filled by appointment from the board of
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hold Office only during such time as he shall
faithfully observe and execute all the rules
and regulations of the said board, the laws
of the United States, and the laws or ordi-
nances existing within the district, enacted
by the city or county authorities within
the same, and which laws or ordinances
apply to such part of the district where the
members of the police force may be on
duty.
Sec. 8. Ana be ii further enacted, That
the qualifications, enumeration, and distri-
button of duties, mode of trial, and removal
from Office, of each officer of said police
force, shall be particularly defined and pre-
scribed by rules and regulations of the
board of police, in accordance with the Con-
stitution and laws of the United States ap-
plieable thereto: Provided, hoaoever, That
no person shall be so appointed to office, or
hold Office in the police force aforesaid, who
cannot read and write the English Ian
guage, or who is not citizen of the United
States, or who shall ever have been indicted
and convicted of crime: And IroUided, That
no person shall be removed therefrom except
upon written charges preferred against him
to the board of police, and after an oppor-
tunity shall have been afforded him of be-
ing heard in his defence.
Sec. 8. And be ii. further enacted, That
the members of the said police force shall
possess, in every part of the District of Col
umbia, all the common law and statutory
powers of constables, except for the service
of civil process; and any warrant for search
or arrest, issued by any magistrate for said
District of Columbia, may be executed in
any part of said District, by any member of
said police force, without any backing or en-
dorsement of the said warrant, and accord
ing to the terms thereof; and all the pro-
visions of law in relation to the giving
and taking of bail in said district shall ap-
ply to this act. The superintendent of po-
lice and the sergeants of police, having just
cause to suspect that any felony has been,
or is being, or is about to be COM
board of any ship, boat or vessel
within the said district, may enter upon
the same at all hours of day or night, to
take all necessary measures for the effectual
prevention or detection of all felonies, and
may take then and there into custody all
persons suspected of being concerned in
such felonies, and also may take charge of
all property which he or they shall have
then and there just cause to suspect has
been stolen.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
the board of police may divide the said dis
trict into precints, not exceeding ten, and
may assign one sergeant Of police to each
of said precincts. The board may, from
time to time, establish a station or sub-sta-
tion in each precinct for the accommoda-
ton of the police force on duty therein. 1t
may, from time to time, detail and
change, without regard to or limitation
of residence, the sergeants or patrolmen
to such parts of the district, or to such
of the police or criminal courts, and
to the public, offices of the Government of the
United States, or of the cities of Washing
ton and Georgetown, as it may deem adVi-
sable. 1t shall promulgate all regulations
and orders through the superintendent OF
police, who shall take the place of the
Mayor of the city of Washington or George
town, as being the head of the police de-
partment or force in the said cities, but al
ways subject TO the orders and regulations
Of the board of police and it shall be the
duty of the police force to respect and obey
the said superintendent of police, as the
head and chief of the same, subject to the
rules and regulations and general orders of
the board of police.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted, That
the board of police, whenever it shall see
st, shall, on the application of any person
or persons, showing the necessity thereof,
appoint and swear any additional number
of patrolmen to duty at any place within
the said district at the charge and expense
of the person or persons by whom the ap-
plication shall be made (but not to exceed
the yearly sum provided for patrolmen
of the force provided by this act, as
the general police fOrce,) and the pa
trolnen so appointed shall be subject to
the orders of the board of police, and
and shall obey the rules and regulations of
the board, and conform to its general disci-
pline and to such other special regulations
as may be made, and shall wear such dress
or emblem as the board may direct, and
shall, during the term of their holding ap-
pointment, possess all the powers, privil-
eges, and duties of the patrol force heretofore
prescribed. The persons so employed may be
removed at any time by the board of po-
lice, without assigning cause thereof, upon
one months notice of the intention so to
DO, given to the person or persons who ap-
piled for the appointment aforesaid.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That