The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-08
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. T. WALTER Chairman

IlOnS were adopted.
! The Committee on Licenses submitted
report, recommending that the application
OF John Dooley for quart license to retail
spirituous liquors, and the application of
Janney d Toleson, to transfer their license
to w. 9. Bennett, be granted Report con-
CURED in.
An Ordinance, entitled can Ordinance
Regulating the Appointment and Defining
the Duties and Powers OF the Police of the
City OF Columbia" received its third read
ing, passed, was duly ratified and became
a law, as follows:
an Ordinamce regulating the Gppoi'&sne,d
and dettting the duties and pOirerS of tie
Police Of he city Of Columbia.
SEC. l. Be ii ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of tie city Of Columbia, m Conn
ell assembled, aud bg the authority Of Tie
same, That the police force of the city OF
Columbia shall consist OF one chief and
such number OF assistant policemen as
by the City Council, all of whom shall be,
at all times, both night and day, in the
service and at the command of tho Mayor
and Aldermen of said city.
SEC. 2. BE ii further ordained, That the
Chief of Police and Assistant Policemen
shall be elected by the City Council by
ballot, once every two years, on the third
Tuesday of April, Immediately succeeding
the election of Mayor and Aldermen, and
shall serve for two years from the date of
said election, unless sooner removed by
vote OF the City Council on cause shown.
SEC. >. BE Il further ortl0ned That the
discipline and management o. the police
force of the city shalt be vested il the Chief
OF Police and the Committee on Guard
house and Police, subject Il such rules
and regulations, now of fSfce, or such
rules, regulations and ordinances as may
be passed hereafter by the City Council.
SEC. 4. BE Il titrt'er ordained, That the
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shall make such rules and regulations as
may be by them deemed necessary for the
government Of the police force of the city;
ana for any neglect or violation of such
rules or regulations, the City Council may
impose fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
to be deducted from the salary of the po-
liceman so offending
SEC: 5. BE II further ordnined, That the
pay of the police shall be as follows: The
Chief, eight hundred, and the Assistant
Policemen, six hundred dollars per annum,
payable monthly.
SEC. 6. Be ii further ordained, That the
Chief of Police and the Assistant Police
men shall give bond before entering upon
the duties of their Office; the Chief, in the
sum of one Thousand dollars. and each AS
-slstant Policeman in the sum of five hun
dred dollars, for tho faithful performance
OF their respective dnties, with such Sc
curity as may be approved 10y the Mayor
and Committee on Guard Housc and Police;
and take the following oath before the City
Clerk, i'll the presence of the Mayor: Il
40 solelnnlv swear (or athrm) that | will
faithfully discharge all the duties required
OF me to the best of my skill and ability.
and that will conform to the ordinances
of the city, obey all regulations made for
my. government, and report forthwith all
violations of city ordinances which come
to my knowledge.'
Sec. 7. BE IL .fu,i1,e1' oytlamed, That it
shall be the duty of the Chief of Police o
enforce and carry into effect all and each
OF the city Ordinances now in force, or that
may hereafter be of force; to obey and ex-
ecute all commands and orders of tho City
Council, as well as of the Mayor and Alder
men, in relation to all matters in which the
city may be concerned or interested; to be
vlgilant in detecting any violation or breach
or any clty Ordinance; to nlSh once in
every month to the City Council, at a regu-
lar meeting, a detailed report, in writing,
of all offences against the city Ordinances,
or any of them, as had been detected by
him or any of his assistants, and under the
direction of the Mayor or Mayor pro tenn,
to prosecute all offenders again t the Ordi-
nances of the city, or any Of them; to re-
port, at the first regular meeting in each
month of the City Council, in writing, all
neglect OF duty or absences of Assistant
Policemen; to assign to Assistant Police
men their duties and see that they perform
them; to superlntcnd and assign the duties
OF Steeplemen, and further to perform all
such other and additional duties, and to
comply with all such regulations as may at
any time be prescribed to him by the City
Council.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, That it
shall be the duty OF the Assistant Police
men to enforce and carry into effect, to the
utmost of their ability, the Ordinances of
the City Council, according to the true in
tent and meaning Of the same; to obey and
conform to the rules and regulations made
j for their government: to obey and execute
all orders emanating from the Mayor or
any of the Aldermen OF the city, or from
the Chief OF Police in relation to all mat
ters in which the city may be interested.
SEC. 9. BE further ordained, That nei-
thor the Chief of Police nor either of the
Assistant Policemen, shall absent himself
at any time from the performance of his
duty. without the consent Of the Mayor
and Committee on Guard House and Police,
under the penalty Of dismissal from Office,
or fine not to exceed twenty dollars. for
each offence, to be imposed by the City
Council; and further, that the Chief and
Assistant Policemen shall at any time be
| liable to be removed from Office, and be
subject to 4 fine not to exceed twenty dol
lars for each and every neglect of duty or
violation of rules or Ordinances, to be ad-
judged by the City Council, and deducted
from the salary Of such Policeman.
SEC. 10. BE IL further ordained That the
Chief and Assistant Policemen shall use no
undue violence in making arrests or in the
discharge of their duties as policemen; that
they shall keep an account Of all moneys
received by them as rewsfds, and pay it
over TO the Chief of Police, who shall re-
| port the same to the City Clerk at the end
OF each and every month-the same to be