New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-22

fixtures and accommodation, advertising,
printing and stationery, police badges, num-
bers and clubs, beds and bedding. for the
police force, and for witnesses and prison
ers. for support OF witnesses and prisoners
ghile in the custody of the police,
cab hire, and also for all sums
necessary for counsel fees, law expenses
and disbursements by the Board of Commits
| sioners, or rendered necessary in criminal
or civil actions and proceedings against the
| said Commissioners or officers or members
| Of the force for acts done in the discharge
OF duty, or by color of office. and also for
the salaries and pay required by this act,
and such other general and contingent ex-
pense5 as may from time to time, in the
judgment OF such board of estimate aud ap
portionment, become necessary or proper
with the enumeration thereof. such esti'
mate shall be accompanied with a written
apportionment by said board, OF the proper
ton of expenses applicable to each of the
cities and parishes in the Metropolttal Dis
triet in ratio of the number of police Off
GERS and men authorized by this act, and
employed by such cities and parishes re-
| spectively. The said estimate and appor-
tionment shall be submitted 20 the
Mayors of the cities and police juries
/ of the parishes within the said Metro
| politan District to consider the same, and if
the said Mayors or police iuries shall object
in writing to such estimate and apportIon-
ment, or to any portion thereof and so
notify, or cause to be notified, the said
Board of Commissioners, it shall be the duty
OF the latter to carefully revise the same
aud consider the said objection; but il such
board shall adhere to their original action of
estimate and superintendent, or If they shall
modify the same, then their action shall be
final, and shall be binding upon the res
| pective cities and towns interested therein.
| SET gS RI. ~ ftrfhpr Oanfpd That
the said Board of Commissioners shall
make correct estimate and apportionment
tor each OF the cities and parishes within
| the Metropolitan District. of the number of
| police officers and stations, of lockups,
houses OF detention, beds and bedding,
| fixtures, furniture, and all other necessary
| equipments aud accommodations required
for the efficient working ofthe department in
| such cities and parishes respectively, and it
is hereby declared to be the duty of the
Mayors and Common Councils of such cities,
and of the Police Jures of such towns, to
provide for the foregoing enumerated police
| offices, stations, lockups, houses of deten.
ton, beds. bedding, furniture, fixtures,
| equipments and accommodations, in accord.
ance with and agreeably to the estimate and
apportionment of the Board of Commission
| ers; and in case the said Mayors, Common
! Councils, or Police Juries of said cities aud
parishes neglect or refuse, within ten days
1 uAbNl AoNAhS OCCu buClGlO III Wiling uOJiutu
| by the said Board TO provide all the fore.
| going enumerated police offices, stations,
lockups, houses of detention, furniture, fix.
| lures, beds, bedding, equipments, and ac-
| commodat1ons, as required by the estimate
and appGrtionment OF the said Board, then
the said Board of Commissioners may
make their own provisions by con-
tract, leasing, hiring, purchasing and
repairing, and such contract, leases,
| and purchases as aforesaid shall be
d proper charge and debt against
the said cities aud parishes, the mayors,
common councils, and police juries of which
| so refused or neglected to make provision in
manner and form as aforesaid; but the title
to all real property purchased for the pur-
pose Aforesaid shall vest in the cities and
| parishes respectively which contributed the
money to purchase the same.
SEC 49, Be it further enacted, etc, That
the common councils of the cities of New
Orleans, Jefferson City and Carrollton, and
! the police juries of the towns of Algiers and
| Gretna, and of the parishes of Orleans, JEFF
| ferson and st. Bernard are hereby respect
| lively empowered and directed annually to
order and cause to be raised and collected
by the tax upon the estates, real and per-
| sonal, subject to taxation according to law,
within the said cities and towns, the sums
of money as aforesaid, annually estimated
and apportloned as the share of such city or
parishes of said total expenses of the Metro
| politan Police District
Sec. 80. Be it further enacted ETC., That
the State Treasurer shall receive the sums
estimated and apportioned to the said cities
and parishes of the Metropolitan District
from or through the treasurers of said cities
and parishes respectively, and give proper
receipts for such sums as he may receive.
All moneys paid out of the METROPOLITAN
Police fund shall be SO paid out on a war
rant signed by the President. and any two
other members of the Board, attested by
the Chief Clerk.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
1t shall be the duty of the Board of Metro.
politan Police, if in their judgment advisa-
Bile, to set apart a Metropolitan Sanitary
Police Company, and appoint a Captain and
Sergeants not exceeding four of said com.
pany, and to assign to said company such
special powers and duties BY the orders.
rules and regulations as may be publicly
advantageous.
SEC. 3d. Be it further resolved, ETC., That
the Metropolitan Sanitary Company is here
by empowered, under such distribution of
power and duty as may be made by the
rules and regulations, to visit and make in.
speetion of all ferry boats, manufactures,
slsughter.houses, tenement houses, hotels
and boarding houses, and edifces supected
OF or charged with being unsafe, and to take
all necessary legal measures for promoting
the public peace, security of life or health
upon or in said boats, manufactures, houses
and edihoes, and to make report Of inspec.
ton IN the premises to the Board Of Metro.
politan Police. Whenever said Board shall
be satisfied by such report that any ferry
boat, mandatory, slaughter-house, tene-
ment house or edifice is maintained in a
manner prejudicial to the lives or health of
the pubic, It shall cause complaint to be
made, founded on such report before any
court OF competent jurisdiction of such CITY
OF parish wnere such ferry boat, manufac-
tory, slaughter-house, tenement house
or edifce Is maintained, which shall, upon
such complaint made under oath, issue its
proper warrant in the name of the people of
the State of Louisiana for the arrest of the
person in charge of the ferryboat, manu-.
factory, slaughter house, tenement house
or edidce to be brought before such court
and the complaint to be duly investigated,
according to the laws of examination in
such misdemeanors. If said court shall be
satisfied, on summary hearing thereof
that such charge is founded on reasonable
and probable cause, he may, by his order in
writing, command any such ferryboat to
cease running, aud such edifice to be closed,
or any business IN such manufactory or
slaughter house to cease. until the cause of
complaint aforesaid, If found to be well
founded, shall be removed to the sstisfac.
ton OF the Board of Metropolitan Police.
Whereupon 1t shall be the duty Of the ro-
lice TO enforce the order Of such court.
Sec. SO. Be 1t further enacted. etc. That
whenever the Captain of the SANITARY Com
pany shall report to the BOARD of Police
snat any premises or any part of any prem
ises in any precinct is in q filthy condition
or In a condition dangerous to health, the
Board may cause notice to be given to the
owner thereof, or his agent In charge of the
property, or the occupant thereof 10
cleanse the same within three days. ifthe