The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-10-11

pIrRIIC-NO. 1D.
=, ..,.d b,, thA Senate and House Of repre-
re - s"oct ~ Hnited states Of An1ertca In Con-
ss1a1isd THAT the act approved on the tenth
dov Of February, in the year one Lnousand elght
hundred and sixty -siX, entitled AN act 10 reg
,ia4a the registering of vessels, shall not be
Snanoed or construed to affect the operation
offhe act approved on the twenty-third day
of December, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-two. entitled AN act au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 10 issue
registers to vessels in certain cases, put inc
same shall be in full force and effect, anything
in the act first aforesaid to the contrary not
withstanding.
Approved July %, 1896
TPUBLIc-No 1911
AN ACT to authorize the construction OF railroad
through certain lands ofthe United states IN Kan
sas.
Bel enacted by the Sonata and House OF Repre-
entatiyes Of the United states of America IN Con
DRESS assembled, That the LeaYenworth City Kali
road Company be and are hereby authorized to con
struct horse railway, with one or two tracks
through the military reservation from Fort Lga ven
worth TO the city OF Leavenworth, Kansas ana lahe
for the accommodation Of said road, or the business
thereof strip of land over said ressrvatom not eN-
ceeding twenty feet in width PFoosGn, mat the
location of said railroad though said reservation
shall be and along the west slde OF tne wagon
road leading from the said city 10 the sau Iort ah9
that the company shall erect their bridges and
crossings and not be permitted TO use those OF the
wagon road: Aad pr0otdAd, also, That whenever
said strip Ofland snail cease 10 ne uSeu thc
poses ofsaid railroad company or the acGomm2dta a.
ton of the business thereof the same snail revert 70
the United ststes that this privilege Sha PC d a.
lowed as long as the Secretary war SNAIL IN MS 's
erection, determine, and no longer
Approved July %, 1856.
PUBLIc-No. 122.
An ACT to amend the acts approved August
six, eighteen hundred and siXty-one, and Jul
" sixteen, eighteen hundred and siXty-two,
establishing Metropolitan Police in the Dis
trict of Columbia, to increase the efficiency
thereof, and for other purposes.
Be 70 enacted By the Senate and House Of R1Dre
SastdseS 0fte United Stdtes Of America 81 Coagfe@A
assembled That the chief executive officer of the po
lice shall hereafter be styled majori the pres
ent sergeants shall be called lieutenants the
roundsmen called serg0ants and the patrolme1
called privates; and that, in addition to the Of
fcers and employees, the Commissioners OF Tho
Metropolitan police in the District of Column
bia, are now authorized by lew to appoint, the
said Commissioners be authorized to appoint
one captain, who shall be the inspector of the
force, command it in sickness or absence ofthG
major, and perform such other duties as the
said commissioners may direct; one clerk in tho
office of the major, who shall have charge OF
the sanitary company, a9f perform such Gtn tS
approval of the commissioners may prescribe
twenty sergeants, and fifty patrolmen or pri
Yates
Sec 2. And be it further enacted. That the
provisions of the sixth section of the act OF Ju'
authorizing the selection of justices OF the
peace by the Board of Police, to officiate at the
respective station houses, be construed TO pro
vide for the hearing of all cases of offence q
gainst statutory, corporation, or common law
Of which the said board is charged by law witt
the execution and all fines imposed by any
justice within either of the jurisdictions of the
metropolitan police district shall be, by the
justices imposing the same, paid into the hands
of the treasurer of the Board of Police, on thu
Thursday after shall have
collected, who shall duly receipt therefor, il
duplicate, to the credit of the city or count,
within which the offence was committed an(
such justice shall, in each case, return the orig
inal receipt to the treasurer of the same jlIris
diction; and the treasurer of the police board
shall pay over such sums monthly to the prop
er officers of said cities or county, upon prope
receipts, except as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 8. Aasd be IL further enacted, That from
and and after the expiration Of licences already
granted it shall be unlawful for any person OF
persons keeping an ordinary restaurant, saloor
or other place where spirituous liquors are
sold within the District of Columbia to give
sell, or dispose of any intoxicating drinks
without license approved by the board of pc
lice and hereafter no such license shall be con.
sidered legal by any of the authorities having
jurisdiction within said district, until the same
shall have been approved by the Board of Po-
lice, and so certified by the secretary thereof
under the official seal
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
Board of Police shall provide specific rules fol
uniform clothing Of the police force, which
shall be procured by each of the members there
of respectively, strictly in conformity will
such rules, at his own expense and risk, and hi
shall be removed from such force for not com
plying with such rules.
Sec 5. And be 1t further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act the pTopert,
clerk of the metropolitan police district shall
be vested with all the powers now conferred
by law upon notaries public in the District o
Columbia: He may administer oaths and Ger
tify dispositions which may be necessary to es
tablish the ownership of any property or own
ership of money lost, abandoned or returned tc
him under the directions of the Board of Police
other than such as may be so returned as the
proceeds of crime; and upon satisfactory cyl
dence of such ownership he shall deliver the
same to said owner, his heirs Hpd legal repre-
sentatives, and to him or them only, except il
be proven impracticable for such owner, heirs
or representatives to appear, when the same
may be delivered and receipted for upon such
proof of ownership and the fling in the office
of said property clerk, of duly executed pow
er of attorney from said owner or his heirs OF
legal representatives. And any property or
money returned to the property clerk as the
proceeds of crime, and which shall not be calico
for as evidence by any proceeding in the courts
of the District within one year from the date Of
such return, may, unless specially claimed by
the owner within that time, be thereafter treat
ed as other unclaimed, abandoned or lost prop
erty or money, as provided in the act of July
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and siXty-two.
$40. g. Aa6 be st further enacted, Thai
where animals or articles of property, othel
than money, are returned to the property
clerk as the proceeds of crime, when shown by
sufficient evidence to be necessary for the cur
rent use of the owners and not for sale, Except
perishable property that may be delivered to
the owner on ample security being taken by the
committing magistrate for his appearance al
the criminal court to prosecute the case) the
Board of Police shall have power, in its dis
erection, to authorize the propcrtyclerk to place
the same in the custody of such owners upoI
sufficient bonds being given by said owner o.
owners in the sum of twice the value thereof
conditioned for the production of the same a
any time within one year, when required fo
use in court as evidence in any proceeding
thereon, i'll accordance with the provisions re
quired by the act of July sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and siXty-two And in cases Of large
quantities of goods held for sale by the own
ers, that may come into the possession of The
property clerk as the proceeds of crime, thu
same may be delivered to the said owner, hi
heirs or representatives, as provided in section
five of this act, upon ample security to prose
cute, except those of an estimated value of fiji
ty dollars, which shall be retained by the prop
erty clerk until the discharge or conviction o.
the accused as required by said act.
SEC. Z. And be 1t further enacted, That here
after no person shall assume or practice the oc
cupation of detective within the limits of tn,
District OF Columbia VINO snail not hrst receive
specific appointment for that purpose, unles
pursuing the detection Of criminals as private
business outside of such authority, and not 9th
erwise specifically authorized by law, any per
son so practising shall enter into bonds to tn
Board of Police with surety in the sum of no
less thon ten thousand dollars, to be approved
by the Board of Police for faithful and cor
rect return to said board, in such manner ant
at such times as the board of police shall di
rect, of all business transacted by such privat
detective; and in each and every case of for
fixture ofsuch bond or bonds forfailure to maxi
such returns to said board as required, or 70
failure of persons by such bonded private de
tectives to appear to answer charges in court
it shall be the duty of the attorney of the Uni
ted States for the said District to immediatel,
prosecute the sureties thereon to the full eX
tent of recovery ola forfeitures. And it shall
be the duty of any person prosecuting the bust
ness of a private detective who may arrest
nersnn for crime to bring the person arrestei