The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-08-08

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SECTION /. Be i. ordained by the Common Council /
of Police established consisting OF the Mayor and two
members OF the common council OF said City, each
member to be selected by the council at their
first regular meeting in May.
SEC. Such Board of Police shall make all ap
pointments of officers and members of the Police
Force OF said city, and shall have power to remove
any officer member of such Police Force, for any
neglect of duty or for violations OF the rules and
regulations enacted for the government of the sama
may deem it necessary for the public interest, or to
preserve peace and good order, appoint temporary
Policemen, who shall be governed by the same rules
and reguiato and be invested with the same power
and authority She regular Police Force.
Sea Each Ward Of said city shall constitute a
Police District, and each District shall bear the same
number the Ward constituting the same.
SIC. 5. Tie Police Force of said city shall con-
sist of the City MARSHALL who shall be Chief Police,
one Lieutenant and not exceeding three Patromen
for each Police District, whose duties shall be exc
cuted under rules and regulations which the common
council may frcm time to time adopt for the proper
government and discipline of the same.
SEC g. Upon the appointment OF any officer or
member of such Police Force it shall be the duty OF
the City Clerk to issue him Gel tficate OF such ap
pontment; and upon receiving the same, such per-
appointed shall Immediately, before enter
ing the discharge of his duties, take and sub
scribe oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, and the Constitution of the State of
all the duties that may devolve upon him as a mem
Der of such Police Force, which oath shall be endors-
ed his certificate of appointment, and filed with
SEC. z. The City Marshall shall assign the Pa
tromen to such District or Beats as he may select
trolman and he shall exercise general control over
such Police Force, not Inconsistent with the powers of
the Board of Police and he shall report all Delinquent
cies and misconduct of his subordnates to the Board
of Police.
SEC. s. The City Marshall shall report to the
council, at their first meeting in each month";
iemzed account of each member of the Police Force
and also the number arrests for violations. of the
Ordinances of said city, stating the charge upon
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officer having made the same. He shall attend the
Police office the hours appointed for roll call OF the
Police Force and note those present and absent and
shall visit each police District Beat at least once
before and once after twelve O'Clock of each night
SEC 9. The City Marshall shall perform such
duties Detective Police, the common council
may deem, proper for the detection and arrest of all
offenders against the Ordinances of said city, and the
laws of the State of Indiana.
SEC 10 The City Marshall or Lieutenant of Police
having just suspect that felony has been
is being, or is about being committed within any
building enclosure within the limits of said city,
may with his assistants enter the same at any hour of
the day night, TO take all necessary MEANS for the
efectua prevention detection of all ieloues, and
then and there take into custody all persons sus
pee'ed of being concerned in such felony felonies
and may also take charge OF all property which he
they may then and there, have good to
pect of having been stolen.
SEC. IL. The Lieutenant of Police shall perform
the duties OF Patrolman, and such duties as detec-
tive Police required of the Chief of Police and
during the absence sickness inability of the Grief
the Lieutenant shall perform all the duties and exer
else all the powers of the Chief of Police.
SEC. IL. The hours of service of the Patrolmen,
shall be from six O'Clock, to six O'Clock A.
from the first OF November to LIST of April, and from
~ o'clock until O'Clock NJ. from the LIST of
April to the LIST of November. And during their
hours of service they shall continually keep strict
watch within and throughout their respective Districts
or Beats and closely observe the conduct and move
mens of all suspicious persons and suppress all dis
turbances, riots and disordery assemblages
SEC. -. 1t shall be the duty of the City Marshall
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each hereby empowered and enoned to arrest with
without warrants all persons who may be caught
detected in the act of violating any of the Ordn-
of the city OF Richmond or of the Penal Laws
of the State of Indiana who may be found loiter
ing lurking any street. alley, place public
resort, any other place within the limits of said
city, in such manner to create suspicion that they
intend committing unlawful act, or who may.
not be able to give satisfactory account of them
selves, and to make complaint before the Mayor,
again st all persons whom they may have good reason
to suspect OF have violated any ordinance OF said
city.
SEC. IA. The officer officers making such ar
rest shall forthwith bring such offender before the
Mayor of said city, commit him or her to the City
Prison for safe keeping. until proper complaint
be filed against such offender, with said Mayor. Pro-
! vided, that person shall be confined in the City
Prison by virtue of such arrest longer than until ten
O'Clock NJ, of the succeeding day; unless such
ceedng day shall be Sunday, in which such con-
fnement shall continue until ten O'Clock A. b. of
the following Monday. And, provided, further That
person so arrested she'll be confined and kept in
the City Prison, if at the time of such arrest at
any time afterwards, such person will enter into
recognizance with responsible security, deposit
thereof
arrested shall be and appear before the Mayor at
the next or at some subsequent sitting of the Mayors
Court to answer such complaint as may be filed
against him or her therein.
SEC. is. Neither the Marshal any Police officer
shall become bail, in any case, for any offender
SEC. Is. The City Marshal or any member of the
Police Force may at the time of making such arrests
OF at the time of such commttal search any person
arrested and take from him or her all dangerous
Weapons, matches money or other valuables, that
NAV be found upon his or her person, and the
shall be deposited with the Mayor City Marshall
for safe keeping until such person shall have had his
or her trial. or have been released from such conne
ment ea
SEC. II. II any person shall resist or in any man
of the Police Force in the lawful discharge of bis
their duty every person offending shall convic-
ton thereof before the Mayor, be fined in any sum
not less than dollar than Is dollars.
SEC. Is. If the Chief any member of the Police
Force of said city shall be ress:ed by any person in
the lawful discharge of his duty, he shall have the
power to call to his aid, and to command the assis-
aucs of any bystander other person. in the vicin
fy; and it shall be the duty of such bystander
other person render the aid and assistance required
by such officer; aud if any such bystander other
person shall refuse or neglect to render such aid and
assistance may be required by such officer, every
person offending SHALL, on conviction thereof be-
fore the Mayor be fined in any not less than
dollar more than twenty dollars.
| SEC 10. Any person who stall personate, at
tempt personate. the Mayor any Police Officer,
shall, without proper authority or cause any
shall attempt to perform any of the duties of
Police Officer authority
| fned any not exceeding twenty FIVE dollars.
SEC. 20. The City Marshall or any other member
Police Force of said city, shall have full power
and authority to enter, at time during the day
night any gaming house, house of i'll fame, grocery
other place where intoxicating liquors sold or
| kept for sale, any out house, garden, place of
amusement, any other enclosure wherein they may
have good cause to suspect that there may be per-
sons violating any Of the Ordinances of said city,
wherein there may be any noise, disorder or tumut
calculated disturb the peace and good order of said
city, for the purpose Of suppressiDg such disorder
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who shall be found therein violating any of the
| Ordinances Of said CITY.
SEC. a. IL any member of the Police Force of
said city shall visit any gameing house, house of i'll
fame, saloon any other place where intoxicating
liquors sold kept for sale, while duty unless
in the lawful discharge of his duty, every Policeman
so Offending, shall. conviction thereof before the