The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-15

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Washington, in the District Of Columbia,
Monday, the second day Of December, A. d. 1861,
assd asded on Thursday, the 17th dag Of July,
d. d. 1862
PUBLIC ACTS.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President. HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, Vice President, and President of the Sen
ate. SOLOMON FooTE was elected President
of the Senate, pro tenapore, on the eighteenth,
day of July, and continued SO to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHAP. CLXXXI.-[Concluded.]
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That if any
member Of the Metropolitan police force or If
any two or more householders shall report in
writing, under his their signature, to the su-
perintendent of the Metropolitan police force
that there are good grounds (and stating the
same) for believing any house, room, or premises
within the said Metropolitan police district to be
kept used common gaming house, COM
mon gaming room, or common gaming premises,
! for therein playing for wagers of money at any
| game of chance, or to be kept or used as bawdy
house, Cr for lewd and obscene public amuse-
ment or entertainment, or as house of prostltu-
tion or for purposes of prostitution, or the de-
posit sale of lottery tickets or of lottery poll
cles it shall be lawful for the superintendent of
Metropolitan police to authorize any member or
members of the police force TO enter the same,
who shall forthwith arrest all persons there found
offending against law, and seize all implements
OF gaming or lottery tickets, or lottery policies,
and convey any person so arrested before the
nearest police magistrate, and bring the articles
so seized to the office of the Board Of Metropoli-
tan Police 1t shall be the duty of the said
perintendent OF the Metropolitan police force to
prosecuted, such articles seized to be destroyed,
and such room or house to be closed, and not
used again for such unlawful purposes
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That the
Board of Metropolitan Police shall possess pow
crs OF general police supervision and inspection
over all licensed pawnbrokers, licensed venders,
licensed "a
hand merchandise, intelligence Office keepers,
auctioneers of watches and jewelry and suspect
ed private banking houses, and other doubtful
establishments within the said Metropolitan po-
lice district and in the exercise and furtherance
of said supervision may, from time to time, en-
power members of the police force to fulfill such
special duties in the aforesaid premises may be
| ordained by the Board of Metropolitan Police
The said board may direct the superintendent to
empower any member of the Metropolitan police
| force, whenever such member shall be in search
of property teloniously obtained, or in search of
suspected offenders, to examine the books of any
pawnbroker or his business premises, or the bus
| iness premises of any licensed vender or dealer
| in second dhand merchandise, or intelligence of
flee keeper, or auetioneer of watches and jewclry,
| or suspected private banking house, other
| doubtful establishment. Any such member of
| the Metropolitan police, when thereto authorized
in writing by the said superintendent, and h:ving
| in his possession pawnbroker's receipt or tick
ct, shall be allowed to examine the property pur
| porting to he pawned or pledged, or deposited
| upon said receipt ticket, in whosoever posses
| sion said property may be; but no such property
shall be taken from the possessor thereof with
out due process authority of law. ANY wilful
interference with said superin tendent of police,
or with any member of the Metropolitan police
force, by any of the persons hereinbefore named
in this section whilst in the official and due dis
| charge of duty, shall be punishable misde
meanor.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That the
| Board of Metropolitan Police may from time to
| time but without expense to the United States
establish stations and station-houses. sub-sta-
tions and sub station houses, at least one to each
| fort he dot IF
| bers of the police force and temporary places
! of detention for persons arrested and property
| taken within the precinct No person. holding
office under this act, the act to which this is
an amendment, shall be liable to military or jury
duty, nor to arrest on civil process, to service
of subpenas from civil courts whilst actually on
duty. The members OF the board of police and
of the police force of the said Metropolitan police
district shall possess in every part of the district
OF Columbia all the common law and statutory
powers OF constables, except for the service of
| civil process and for the collection of strictly
priv rte debts, in which designation fines imposed
| for the breach of corporation ordinances shall
not be included; but the said Board of Metropol-
ltan Police sh Ill not enforce any law ordinance
discriminating between persons in the admins
| tratlOn of Justice.
! Sec. =. And be it further enacted That the
said board of police shall have power, and it shall
be their duty, from time to time, to select and
| employ from among the duly appointed and
qualified justices of the peace for the county of
! Washington such justice justices as may be
required and as it may deem proper, to sit at the
!
charges as may be brought against persons
| rested and carried to said station houses and
| every person who shall be sentenced to pay fine
and COSTS or either, shall satisfy the before
| being released by payment or by giving security
to the satisfaction of the justice Imposing such
| fine and costs. And when such security shall be
| taken the justice shall be held personally liable
to said Board of Police for the amount of the fine
and costs to be collected of him a debt due
| and payable.
| Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That no
| member of the Metropolitan police force, under
penalty of forfeiting the salary pay which may
! be due to him, shall withdraw resign, except
| by permission of the Board of Metropolitan
Police, unless he shall have given to the superin-
tendent one months notice, in writing, of such
intention. There shall be no limitation or re-
striction of place of residence to any member of
the metropolitan police force, other than resi-
dence within the Metropolitan police district, and
it shall be the duty of said board of police to
cause the location of the patrolem to be changed
from time to time, as the efficiency of the force
shall require.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That the
said board of police may appoint not exceeding
six detectives, who shall receive monthly com
pensat on of seventy dollars each.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
board of police, for meritorious and extraordina
ry services rendered by any member OF the police
force, in the due discharge of his duty, may per-
init any member of the police force to retain for
his own benefit any reward or present rendered
him therefor; and it shall he cause of removal
from the Metropolitan police for any member
thereof to receive any such reward or present
without notice thereof to the Board of Metropo-
said board may either order the said member to
retain the same, or shall dispose of it for the
benefit of the policemen's fund. All fines i'm
posed by the board of police upon members of
the metropolitan police force, by way of discip
line, and collectable from pay or salary, and all
rewards, fees, proceeds OF gifts, and emoluments,
that may be paid and given for account of extra
ordinary services of any member of the Metropo-
Titan police force, Except when allowed to be re-
tanned by said member,) shall be paid to the
treasurer of the Board of Metropolitan Police,
unless otherwise appropriated by the board Of
police.
Sec L. And be it further enacted That the
several members of the police force, including
the commissioners of police, shall have power
and authority TO Immediately arrest without
rant, and to take into custody any person who
shall commit, or threaten or attempt to commit,
in the presence of such member, within his
view, any breach of the peace or offence directly
prohibited by act of Congress, or by any ordin-
ance of the city county within which the of
fence is committed, Threatened, or attempted;
but such member of the force shall Immediately
and without delay upon such arrest convey in
person such offender before the nearest magis-
trate, that he may be dealt with according to law
Sec. H. And be it further enacted, That for the
better exercise of the powers and duties herein
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