New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-19

discharge Of duty, shall be punishable as a
SEC. A. Be 1t further enacted, etc. That
y any member Of the Metropolitan Police
l0rCe' or II any two or more householders
snail report in writing, under his or her sig
| nature, to the Board of Commissioners, or
any member thereof, that there are good
grounds (and stating the same) for believ-
ing any houses, rooms or premises within
the said Metropolitan District to be kept or
used rs common gaming house, common
gaming room, Or common gaming premises,
ior therein playing for wages of money at
| any game OF chance, to be kept or used for
iewd and obscene purposes and amusements,
IL shall be lawful for the Board of Com
mlssioners to authorize in writing, any
member or members of the police force, to
enter the same, who may forthwith arrest
All persons there found offending against
the law, but none others, and seize all i'm
PIGMENTS of gaming and convey any person
SO arrested before court of competent ju-
| rlsdictlon, and bring the articles so seized to
the office of the Board of Commissioners.
| IL snail oe the duty of the Board OF Com.
mlssioners to cause such arrested persons to
be vigorously prosecuted aud such arti
cles seized TO be destroyed, as the orders,
rules and regulations OF the Board of Com
missioners shall direct.
SEC 40. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That.
| IN the performance OF police service in any
| precinct or precints composed of waters, and
| Ill lien OF station houses, the Board Of Com
| mlssloners may procure and use and employ
| such rowboats and steamboats, as shall be
| deemed necessary and proper.
In suburban or sparsely Inhabited precincts
| they may establish mounted patrol. and
procure, and use and employ so many horses
and equipments as shall be requisite for the
purpose; and they may procure and cause
| TO be used any teams aud vehicles required
to transport prisoners, supplies and property
whenever 1t shall be proper and economical
to do so; and may sell and dispose of any
personal property owned or used in the de-
partment, whenever it shall have become
old and unfit or not required for service;
such sales 10 be made at public. auction, and
the proceeds thereof to be paid into the
Metropolitan Police fuud.
SEC 46. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the officers and members of the Metropol-
| ltan Police force of the said Metropolitan
District shall furthermore possess in every
| part of this State all power now conferred
| by law upon constables, except for the SER
vice OF civil process. and any warrant for
| search or arrest issued by any magistrate of
this State may be executed in any part
| thereof by any member of the police force
OF the said Metropolitan District.
SEC. Al. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
| the Board OF commissioners shall have
| authority to offer rewards to induce all
| C asses of persons to give Information which
shall lead TO the detection, arrest and con.
| vtctlOn of persons guilty of homicides
ars0ns, or receiving stolen goods, knowing
| them to be stolen, aud to pay such rewards
! to such persons as shall give such informa.
| ton. Such rewards shall be paid from the
Metropolitan Police fund from warrants on
the Treasurer Of the State. drawn in the
manner hereinbefore provided for other
| purposes.
SEC 4s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in every case of arrest by any member OF
the Metropolitan Police force, the sane
| sh III be male known Immediately to his
sup rior upon duty in the precinct wherein
the arrest was made by the person making
| the same; and 1t shall be the duty of the
said superior, within twenty-f ur hours
after such notice, to make written
returns thereon. accOrdiI g to the rnles and
regulations of the Board of Commissioners.
with the name of the party arrested. the
alleged otfense the time and place Of arrest.
and the place of detention.
SEC. as Be it further enacted, etc. That
every officer and member of the Metropoli-
tan Police force shall have issued to him.
by the Board of Commissioners, a prOper
| warrant of appointment, signed BY the
President and Secretary of the said Board,
which warrant shall contain the date of his
appointment and his rank.
SEC. 80. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the salaries and compensation OF Police
Commissioners and other officers aud EN-
ployes of the Board of Metropolitan Police
shall, from the time of their appointment,
be as follows:
President of the Board, two thousand five
hundred dollars (S2j0O).
Treasurer of the Board, two thousand five
hundred dollars (S25O0).
Other commissioners, each two thousand
dollars (S2000).
Superintendent, three thousand dollars
(S90O0).
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Deputy Clerk, one Thousand six hundred
dollars (SlG00).
Properly Clerk, one thousand two hun
bred dollars (Sl2O0).
o her Clerks, one thousand two hundred
| dollars (Sl200).
Police Surgeons, one thousand six hun
dred dollars (Sl60O).
Captains, one thousand eight hundred
dollars (Sls00).
Sergeants. one thousand five hundred
dollars (Sl50J).
Corporals, one thousand one hundred
dollars (S1l00). \
| Detectives, one thousand four hundrad
dollars (SlI00). 30
Patrolmen, enc Thousand dollars (Si0OO).
Doormen, eight hundred dollars (Ss0O).
The salaries and pay aforesaid shall be
paid monthly to each person entitled there
10, in modes to be prescribed by the rules
and IT gu atiols, subject to such deductions
each month from the salaries or pay of each
member OF the Metropolitan Police force AS
the Treasurer shall make (and which deduc-
ton he is hereby authorized to retatn) to
satisfy fines imposed on any member of the
| metropolitan Police force, by way of diset.
pine or punishment as prescribed BY the
rules and regulations of the Board. The
salaries If the Commissioners shall be paid
by the Treasurer of State out of the Metro.
politan Police fund. b -
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the Board of Commissioners shall. at Ali
times, cause the Ortlnances of the cities Of
New Orleans, Jefferson City and Carroll
tan, and OF the towns Of Aigirrs and Gretna,
amt the ordinances of the parishes Of Or.
leans Jefferson and st. Bernard, not in con
filct with the provisions of this act, to be-
properly enforced; and it shan re the duty
oil the said Board at all times. Whenever
| consistent with the rules and regulations of
the Board, and with the requirements Of
this act, to furnish all Information desired
by the Mayors, Common Council aud other
authorities of said cities aud towns
SEC. so. Be it further enacted. etc. That
the said Board of Commissioners q q hereby
Furthermore authorized aud empowered to
erect, operate and maintain. uader the
general laws of the State relating to teles
graph lines, al such lines of Telegraph
in such places within tile said Metro
politan Ponce District AS for the purposes
of police aud fire the Board shalt deem, me-
| cessary; and TO employ all such telegram
| operators, batterymen and linemen az NAV
| be required for, aud may be uecessarV To
the proper aud efficient working of the said
police and fire alarm telegraph. But the
ownership Of the fixtures. inst uments and
apparatus for such telegraph purposes Ia the
Giles Of New Orleans, JEFF ron CIV, Car
rOlttOn aud the Lowla of Aleri..ra !, - Eso,-.