Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-09
persons who applied for the appointment afOre.

among the citizens it may deem advisable, and
for specified time and during the term of service
of such special patrolmen, he shall possess all the
powers and privileges and perform all the duties of
the patrOmen of the standing police force of the
District. And such special patrol shall wear an en-
blem, TO be presented by the police commissioners
Sec. ID. And be it further enacted, That no MEM
Der of the police force, under penalty of torieitng
the pay which may be due to him, shall withdraw
resign from the police force unless he shall have
given one months notice thereof, i'll writing, to the
superintendent of police; and no person who shall
ever have been removed from the police force esab
lished by this act for cause shall be reappOnted by
the board OF police TO any Office i'll the said police
force
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That all stolen
property taken by the members of the police force
shall be kept in place and by person to be de-
designated by the board OF police. Every such
ticle property shall be entered in book kept
for the purpose, together with the of the
er, if ascerained and the name of the place where
found, and if the person from whom taken, with
the general circumstances and the date OF its
celpt and the name of the officer recovering the
same The board of police shall also cause to be
kept general complaint books, in which shall be
entered every complaint preferred upon personal
knowledge of the circumstances thereof, with the
name and residence of the complainant. 1t shall also
cause to be kept books of registry of lost missing,
or stolen property. for the general convenience of
thepublc and of the police of the district 1t shall
also cause to be kept books of records OF the police
wherein shall be entered the of every member
of the police force, with his time and place of natvi
ty, and the time when he became citizen; if he
born out of the United States his age his former
cupat1on number and residence Of family the date
of appointment or dismissal from office, with the
cause OF the latter And in every such record sutfi-
Gent space shall be left against all such entries
wherein to make record of the number of arrests
made by such member of the police force, or of any
special services deemed meTitOrious by the commits
siOner. 1t shall also cause to be Kept in proper
books the accounts of the treasurer of the board and
number OF the several meetings thereof and all re-
celpts OF moneys, or warrants or checks for mon
eYs snail be written IN books kept for the purpose,
ana the said receipts signed by the person persons
i'll every case receiving money! warrants, checks
from the treasurer II such books shall be- at all
business hours " he Rp nj in Ia
pubic inspection. The board Of police shall also
cause to be kept and bound all police returns and re-
ports OF the district.
Sec Is. And be it further enacted. That it shall
be the duty CT the common councils of the cities of
W ashlngton and Georgetown to provide, at the eN-
penSe of said cities respectively all necessary
commodations, within their respective limits for the
station houses required by the board OF police for
the accommodation Of the police force for the
lodging of Migrants and disOrdery persons, and for
the temporary detention of persons arrested for Of
fences, and the same suitably to warm and light IN
the said common councils, or either of them,
neglect refuse to do So after having been thereto
requested by the board police then the said board
may make their own provisions i'll the premises and
the same, when made. shall become proper charge
and debt for the expenses and disbursements there
OF against the said city cities whose common
councils have so neglected or refused TO make pro-
vision aforesaid.
Sec. l6, And be it further enacted, That in every
of arrest the same shall be mNde known within
six hours thereafter TO the sergeant of police d
ty iii the precinct i'll which the arrest is made by the
person making the same; and 1t shall be the duty
aItef Sueh houce TO make written return thereof,
according to the rules and regulations of the board
OF police, together with the of the party
rested, the oense the place of arrest and the place
of detention. The board of police shall provide
suitable accommodations within said district for the
detention OF witnesses who are unable to furnish
security for their appearance in criminal proceed
ings, and such accommodations shall be in premises
other than those employed for the confinement of
those charged with crime, fraud, disorderly
duct and shall be the duty of all magistrates, in
committing witnesses, to have regard to the rules
and regulations of the board of police in reference
to their detention.
Sec, H. And be it further enacted, That all tele-
graPnc apparatus, pubic pqDee Rr9Rerty books
.of the police departments oil the cities OF MaSima
Of tie board of police herein authorized; hut
ownership OF the same, and the thereof us atore
said, shall be according to the laws or ordinances
which the city councils OF said cities respectively,
in which said property is situated, have enacted or
may hereafter enact.
Sec Is. And be it further enacted That the neces-
expenses incurred in the execution of criminal
processes within the SAID District shall be charge
able to the United States, under existing laws.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the board
Of health, or proper health officer OF the city of
Washington or of Georgetown, shall have power to
call upon any of the police force of the District to
a number not exceeding six, TO aid him, upon any
necessary emergency, in enforcing the powers and
duties conferred upon their Office by law; and
it shall be the duty of any such number OF police
called upon to obey him. but such service shall not
continue longer than twenty-four hours The board
of police shall, at all times, cause the ordinances
and laws of the cities of Washington and George
town to be properly enforced; and it shall be the
duty Of said board at all times, when consistent
with the rules and regulations of the board, and
with the requirements OF this act, to furnish all in
formation desired and comply with all requests
made by the city councils OF said cities or by the
mayors thereof.
Sec 90 And be it further enacted. That the board
of police hereby invested with all the powers
conferred by law upon the mayors of Washington
or of Georgetown III respect to ordering military
assistance il aid Of the civil authorities to quell
riots suppress instruction, protect the property,
and preserve the public tranquility. The board of
police shall have power to issue subp9nas, attested
in the name of its president, to compel before il the
attendance of witnesses upon any proceeding au-
thorzed by its rules and regulations. Each com
missioner of police, the superintendent of police
and the clerk of the board of police, are hereby
given power to administer, take receive and sub
scribe all atiirmatiOnS and oaths to any witnesses
! summoned and appearing IN any matter or proceed
ing authorized as aforesaid, and to any dispositions
necessary by the rules and regulations of the board
! OF police. Any wilful and corrupt false swearing
by amy witness or person making deposition before
any OF the officers last mentioned, to any material
fact in any necessary proceeding under the said rules
and regulations, shall be deemed perjury and pun
ished in the manner prescribed by law for such
otfense.
be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in
the county jail penitentiary not exceeding two
years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dol
lars for any person, without Unstable or excusable
cause, to personal violence upon any eiector IN
said district, upon any member of the police
force thereof when in the discharge OF his duty,
for any such member to neglect making any arrest
for ofense against the laws of the United States
committed in his presence, or for any person. not
member of the police force, to falsely represent
himself as being such MEMBER with fraudulent
design.
Sec % And be it further enacted, That the treas
urer OF the board police shall receive stated sal
airy of six hundred dollars per annum, and each
commissioner shall receive an allowance of five dol
lars for each day of actual attendance upon the
meetings or business of the board, not to exceed,
however TO each commissioner 1.-THE treasurer
ceptedl two hundred and fifty dollars per annum;
and no other compensation shall be paid allowed
to the members of the board The superintendent of
police shall receive salary Of fifteen hundred dol
lars per aunum each sergeant Of police six hundred
dollars per annum and each police patrolman forty
dollars per month"; as compensation for their
vices, respectively.
Sec % And be it further enacted That from and
after the first meeting of the board of police under
the provisions of this act, it shall possess all the
power and authority heretofore conferred by law
upon the auxiliary guard of the city of Washing
ton established by an act entitled AN act to estab-
fish an auxiliary watch for the protection of public
and priyateiproperty in the city of Washingto
approved August twenty-three, eighteen hundred
and forty-two. and all acts i'll amendment thereto,
ished; and said board of police shall also possess
all the power and authority heretofore conferred by
law upon the mayor or any other officer or officers
of the cities of Washington and Georgetown respec-
| lively as the heads therein of the respective
notice departments organizations of those cities,
which mower or authority shall relate to In any
| way be connected with the police government
| police discipline within either of said cities; and
from and after the said first meeting and due organ
ization of said board of police the duty and author
itv and power of each and all of the aforementioned
| officers in relation to the police government, APP
| pontment, and discipline shall wholly cease and
vest aforesaid in the said board OF police consti-
tuted by this act except that the mayors of Wash
| ington and Georgetown shall be- with the commits
sioners members ex-otlicio of the board OF police
and entitled to vote each at every session there