Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-18

ure, and any final disposition of such |
property and money. Whenever prop
crty or money shall 10 taken from
persons arrested. and sllall be allie ged
to have been felonionsly obtained, OF
to be the proceeds Of crime, and when-
ever so brought with such claimant
and the person arrested, before some
magistrate for adjudication, and the
magistrate shall be then and there
satisfied from evidence that the per-
son arrested is innocent of the offensc
Falleged, and that the property right
fully belongs TO him, then said magis-
trate may thercupon, in writing, order
such property or money to be return
ed, and the property clerk, if he have
it, to deliver such property or money
to the accused person himself, and not
to any attorney, agent, or clerk of
such accused person. If any claim to
the ownership of such property or
money shall he made on oath before
the magistrate, by or in behalf Of any
other persons than the persons arrest,
ed, and the said accused person shall
be held for trial or examination, such
property or money shall remain in the
custody of the property clerk until the
discharge or conviction OF the persons
accused. All property or money ia
ken on suspicion of having been felo-
niously obtained, or of being the pro-
ceeds of crime, and for which there is
no other claimant than the person
from whom such property was taken
and all lost property coming into
J the possession of any member of the
said Metropolitan police force, and
all property and money taken from
pawnbrokers as the proceeds OF crime,
or by any such member from persons
; supposed to be insane, intoxicated, or
otherwise incapable of taking care of
themselves, shall be transmitted as
soon as practicable to the property
clerk of the Metropolitan police dis
trict, to be duly registered and adver
tised for the benefit of all persons and
parties interested, and for the iuforma.
tion of the public as to the amount and
disposition of the property so taken in
to custody by the police. All property
and money that shall remain in the
custody of the property clerk for the
period of six months without any law
full claimant thereto, after having been
three times advertised in public news
papers, shall be sold at public auction,
and the proceeds of such sale shall be
paid into the poIicemen's fund : Pro-
rided, That horses and other animals
taken by the police and remaining un-
claimed for twenty days may be ad-
vertised and sold upon ten days pub
lie notice, and all pcrishable property
to be sold at once. If any property
or money placed in the custody of the
property clerk shall be desired as evil
dence in any police or other criminal
court, such property shall be delivered
to any oflicerwho shall present an order
to that effect from such court such
property, however, shall not be retain
ed in said court, but shall be returned
to said property clerk, to be disposed
: of according TO the previous provis-
t ions of this act And the annual com
: pcnsation Of said property clerk, as
l. also the clerk who shall hereafter be
y known as secretary of the board oil
J. police) shall be twelve hundred dol
, lars each, payable monthly.
a SEC. 2. And be IL further eaacted, Tha
L it shall be the duty of the Board o
Metropolitan Police to set apart san
!, not exceeding &c" pe:so"s, VITO sra. II
: be selected from among the police, ano
: to assign to said company such espe
cial duties, by the ru'es and regulations
as may be publicly advantageous
I and also to appoint not exceeding
: three surgeons Of police, who shall re.
ceive an annual compensation Of three
; hundred dollars each, and discharge
such duties as may be required of
them by the board of police. The Me-
tropolitan sanitary company is here
by empowered, under such distribu-
ton Of power and duty as may be
; made by the rules and regulations, to
visit and make inspection of all ferry
boats, manufactures, slaughter-houscs
: tenement-houses, and edifces suspcc-
!, ted of, or charged with, being unsafe,
and to attend to such other matters
relating to health as arc complained of
!, aud entered upon the complaint-book
kept by order of the board, and to
take all necessary legal measures for
promoting the security of life or health
; generally, aud upon or in said boats,
manufactures, houses, and edificcs,
and TO make report Of inspection
and. action in the premises to the
Board of Metropolitan Police. When
Iax ,.1 ell IL
such report, that any fcrry-boat, man
ufactory, slaughter-house, tenement
house, or edifice is maintained, or that
any other act is being about to be
committed, in manner prcjudicial to
the lives or health of the public, il
shall, after due entry upon its minutes
OF the circumstances, cause complaint
to be made, founded upon such report
aud circumstances, before any magis-
tratc Of the Metropolitan police dis
trict, WHO shall in a summary way ]
upon such complaint made under oath,
! issue his proper warrant, reciting
!, therein the name of the member or
members Of the Metropolitan sanitary
police company, for the arrest Of the
person in charge Of said fcrry-boat,
manufactory, slaughterhouse, tene-
ment house. and ediice, or otherwise
committing any act that may be de-
rogatory to the public health, to the
end that be may be brougt before such
magistrate, and the complaint of inse
curity Of the life or health of the pub.
lie SO made be duly Investigated &C.
cording 10 the law OF examination into
misdemeanors. II said magistrate
shall be satisfied, on a summary hear
ing thereof. that such charge of inse-
curity Of the lives or health Of the pub
lie is founded on reasonable and prob
able cause. he may, by his order in
writing, command any such ferry-boat
to cease running, or any business in
such mandatory or slaughter-house
to cease, or impose such fine as by
law may be attached to such offence
upon the person so offending, until
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