New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-22
LAWS OFFHESTATR OF LOUISIANA
tPuBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY
AN ACT

| That the parishes Of Orleans, Jefferson, and
! st. Bernard are hereby constituted and ter
ritorily united for the purposes of police
government and police discipline therein.
into one district, which shall be known and
called THE Metropolitan Police District Of
New Orleans, State of louisiana
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the powers and duties connected with and
incident to the police government aud dis
cipline If the said district shall be
as hereinafter more especially pro.
vided for, vested in, and exercised
by a board, consisting Of five Commission
ers, one to be resident of the city of JEFF
ferson, to be styled the Board Of Metropoli.
tan Police, and by a Metropolitan Police
force, composed of a Superintendent of
Metropolitan Police, Surgeons of Metropoli-
tan Police force, Captains of Metropolitan
Police force, Sergeants of Metropolitan
Police force, Corporals of Metropolitan Po-
lice force, Pstrolmen of Metropolitan Police
force, Clerks and Doormen of Metropolitan
Police force.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the said Commissioners of Metropolitan
Police shall be appointed by the Governor
of the State of Louisiana, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and shall hold
and occupy the said offices Of Commission.
ers for the term of office OF the Governor
who may appoint them; Provided, That the
Commissioners so appointed shall continue
to hold office until their successors
shall have been duly appointed and quail
fed. Not less than three of the said Com
missioners shall constitute a quorum (but
either of the said Commissioners may, at
any time, be removed by the Governor of
the State) under the provisions of the
statutes relating to the removal from Office,
which provisions arc hereby extended SO as
TO relate to each one of the said Commits
sioners: and in all cases where charges are
made against a Commissioner, he shall
have an opportunity to present evidencein
his behalf.
Sec. 4. Belt further enacted, ETC., That if
any one of the SAID Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police, or any member of the
police force shall, during his term of office,
accept or hold any other place of public
trust or civil emolument, or shall, during
his term of office, be publicly nominated
| for any Office elective by the people, and if
| he shall not, within ten days succeeding
the same, publicly decline the said nomina-
ton, he shall be deemed thereby as having
| resigned his commission, and be compelled
to vacate his office.
SEC. 5. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That
the said Metropolitan Police force shall con-
sist of not more than one (D Superintend-
ent or less than two (2) Police Surgeons,
six (6) Captains, twenty -four Gay Sergeants,
- Corporals, twenty-four (24) Clerks,
uNG anu beNtuJy-uVG
(575l Patroimen and forty.four (44) Door
men, a Superintendent and Assistant Super.
intendent of Police Telegraph.
SEC, 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the persons severally appointed Commits
sioners of Metropolitan Police by virtue of
this act SHALL before exercising any of the
duties thereof, duly take and file in the Of
fee of the Secretary of State the oath of
office and affidavit of eligibility prescribed
for State officers. Immediately upon re.
ceiving said oath of office the Secretary of
State shall issue to each Commissioner
certificate of his appointment, whereupon he
shall possess the power aud exercise the du-
ties of Commissioner of Metropolitan Po
&c.
FEC. I. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the said Board of Commissioners shall ap-
point the Superintendent, the Police Sur
geons, the Captains, the Sergeants, the Cor
porals, the Patrolmen, the Clerks and the
Doormen OF the said Metropolitan Police
force, to the number authorized by this act;
aud the said Board of Commissioners shall
promulgate all rules, regulations and orders
to the police force through the Superin-
tendent of Police, who shall be the execu-
tive head of the Whole force of the Metro
politan District, and who shall have direc-
ton Of the said police force, subject to the
rules, regulations and orders of the said
Board of Commissioners.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc., That
each officer and member of said Metropoli.
tan Police force shall hold office respectively
during good behavior, and shall be liable to
removal from office or membership of the
said police force only after written
charges shall have been preferred
against him, according to the rules and
regulations of the said Board Of Commits
sioners; but no person shall ever be ap-
pointed to office or membership of the said
n0lfQa fnrpa xVhn ia mot ~ ,pt
United States and of this State, or whoever
has been convicted of crime, or who is dis.
qualified by the fourteenth article of the
Constitution of the United States, or by the
terms of article ninety-nine of the Consti.
tuition of this State.
SEC. 0. Be it further enacted, etc., That
those portions of the Metropolitan Police
District which contribute to the police
fund. and authorize the appointment Of
patrolmen, shall be divided by the Board of
Metropolitan Police into precincts, not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate one precinct to
each one hundred of the patrolmen author.
lied TO be appointed. The same Board may
appoint as many Captains as precincts and
assign one captain and as many Sergeants,
Corporals and Patrolmen as they shall
deem sufficient to each precinct. Any
number OF said precincts may be Joined
into sub district by the said Board, and
assigned to the charge Of Police Surgeon
Of Police fnrce. $3.50
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Board of Metropolitan Police shall pro-
vide such office and business accommoda.
tions as it shall deem requisite for the trans
action of its own business and that Of its
subordinate officers, subject TO approval by
the Auditor of Public Accounts and Treas
urer Of the State. There shall be central
office in the city of New Orleans, to be
known as the Central Department of Me-
tropolitan Police.r
SEC. Ii. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
vacancies in the police force shall be filed
up as follows; Captatns must be appointed
from among Sergeants, and Sergeants from
Corporals, and Corporals must Be appointed
from among Patrolmen.
SEC. IL. Be IL further enacted, ETC., That
the Board of Metropolitan Police may,
Of riot, tumult, mob, insurrection,
pestilence or invasion, appoint as
many special policemen (wfthout pay)
from among the citizens as IL may be deemed
proper. During any day of public election
" may also appoint TO perform duty I'm the
metropolitan Dlstrictj not exceeding Eve
hundred special policemen, who may be
p sia ogt , q the Metropolitan District fund;
three dollars per day Will be considered q
recompense for aHch services as policemen;
provided, that each special policemen 40 srl.
pointed shall mGre oath before any Commits.
sioner Of Police Al the tiueof aDcointment.
that he will not 1nteEsnre IN silV unanner
with the election taking place during the
aay q JAYS aet which 8 Z ql,pointed other
providing that such pay may % Withheld.
aud be may be duly prosecuted a. ior 4 mis-,
demeanor II the terms of such cath lie Qio.
lated. and during the service OF any such
special policeman, authorized as Aforesaid.
he ahGn possess all the powers and
privileges and perform all the duties
s "a, NAY by order and 5sg .