New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-20
Am esla. aaus Crescent aenaau aasalg sansa 90 1862.
the eity d Nev Orleans .upwards 81 .sn oonsecu-

the city Of New Orleans upwards Of ten consecu
tive years. + .5.s s.. 81 ),
Police officers shall be and are hereby expressly
inhibited and forbidden from interfering or 10 any
manner whatever intermedding, directly or indi
rectly, with any election, whether Of city or q
State and Confederate States officers, put WI only
depositit their votes as all other citizens.
SIC. s. Be Il further enacted, ETC.,, That any
Police officer who shall have been found, or who
shall be proved to have in any instance meddleo
with any election, either directly OF indirectly eS
cept so far as the casting Of his vote s concerned
shall be dismissed from the police and be incapa
BILE to receive any appointment in the same there
after.
SEQ. 8. Be it enacted, ETC., That on the day on
which the next election Of MAYOR shall take place
the voters Of the city Of New Orleans shall elect two
citizens from each District to be members of a
Board to be called the Police Board. which shall
consist Of the members thus elected and OF the
Mayor, who, by virtue Of his office, shall preside
over the same, and shall have no vote, except in
case Of div'sien by tie among the other mem,
bers; that said members to be thus elected shall!
be citizens of the Confederate States have resided
in the city upwards Of ten years, and nave pala3
the year preceding his election city tax on real
property and slaves OF at least two hundred dol
lars. 441 -
SEC. 4. Be further enacted ETC., That said Board
shall constitute tribunal before whom ali charges
against Police officers shall be brought, and have
power to suspend from employment for time, or
to dismiss indefinitely from the Police, such as shall
have been found guilty of any misconduct neglect
in Office; and such officers, SO removed, shall be
incapable of holding any office hereafter in the
said Police.
SEC 8. Be itfu,ter enacted, etc., That said Beard
shall meet at stated times in one of the rooms Of
the City Hall, and at least twice every month ];
and they shall appoint Secretary, whose duty it
shall be to keep detailed record of the proceed.
ings, and shall receive salary of one thousand
dollars year, and hold his Office at the pleasure
Of the Board. a majority Of the Board snail form
quorum, and have authority to transact the bnsl-
ness before them, and the majority of the members
present sha! decide all questions, the President
being entitled only to casting vote.
persons now employed as Police officers shall, at
the next election of Mayor and Recorders, and in
any elections thereafter, interfere in any manner
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, except so far as
the casting Of his vote is concerned they shall be
incapable of receiving an appointment on the Po-
lice to be formed under the provisions of this act,
and shall ever be excluded from said Police.
i Sec 10. Be i further enacted, ETC., That the Pc.
lice Board shall, its first meeting, determine and
fix the days on which it shall meet, and have
power to change and increase the number OF their
meetings as circumstances may require, and have
authority to elect President to act in the place
Of the Mayor whenever the latter shall be absent
or incapable of attending, but in that case the
President thus elected shall be entitled to vote in
case Of an equal decision. 9
SEC; Il. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That the
members of said Board shall be elected at the
time of election Of the Mayor and Recorders of
the city Of New Orleans, and shall hold their Office
during the whole time intervening between two
elections.
SEC. 10 Bet further enacted, etc., That all laws
or parts Of laws contrary or conflicting with the
provisions Of this bill be and the same are hereby
repealed. &s Vs. %EAsG WI
SEC. 49, BE 1t tttrtte. enacted, etc., That this
act shall take effect from and after its passage.