New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-19
LAWS HESTATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUrHoRITYl
AN ACT
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and to Provide for the Government
thereof.
Il SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the STATE
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the parishes OF Orleans, Jefferson, anC
ST. Bernard are hereby constituted and ter
ritorily united for the purposes of police
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, Tnal
the powers and duties connected with and
incident to the police government and dis
ciphne Ct the said district shall DC
us hereinafter more especially pro
vided for, vested in, and exercised
by board consisting of five Commission
ers, one to be resident of the city of JEFF
fersoh, to be styled the Board of Metropolis
tan Police, and by a Metropolitan Police
force, composed of 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, Patrolmen of Metropolitan Police
force, Clerks and Doormen Of Metropolitan
Police force.
SIC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the said Commissioners of Metropolitan
| Police shall be appointed by the Governor
1
| 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 NAV 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 Commas
sioners; and in all cases where charges are
made against a Commissioner, he shall
have an opportunity to present evidence in
| his behalf.
SEC. 4. Be it 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
Tor 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 it further enacted, etc, That
the said Metropolitan Police force shall con
sist of not more than one ~ Superintend-
ent or less than two (2) Police Surgeons.
six (6) Captains, twenty four (2l) Sergeants,
- Corporals, twenly-four (24) Clerks,
(oprrators) five hundred and seVenty-five
(575) Patrolmen and forty.four (44) Door,
men, Superintendent and Assistant Super.
inte' Mt 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.
flee 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 "A
certificate of his appointment, whereupon he
shall possess the power aud exercise the du-
ties of Commissioner Of Metropolitan Po-
lice.
&c I. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the said Board of Commissioners shall APP
point the Superintendent, the Police Sur
gcons, the Captains, the Sergeants, the Cor
porals, the Patrolmcn, 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 polio. 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 Meiropoli.
tau Police force shall hold ice respectively
duril good behavior, and shall be liable to
remoral 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
si0ners: but no person shall ever be ap-
pointed to office or membership of the said
police force who is not a citizen of the
United States aud 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 8, 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
iZedtc be appointed. The same Board may
appoint as many Captains rs 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 a Police Surgeon
of Police force.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Board of Metropolitan Police shall pro-
vide such Office and business accommoda.
tions US it shall deem requisite for the trans
action of its own business and that Of its
subordinate officers, subject To approval by
"a Andffo,- Of DtthIia &c
urer OF the State. There shatbe central
Office in the city of New Orleans, to be
known as the Central Department of Me-
tropolitan Police"
SEC IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That
vacancies in the police force shall be filled
up AS follows: Captains must be appointed
from among Sergesnts, and Sergeants from
Corporais, and Gorporals must be appointed
from among Patrolmen.
SIC, IL. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
the Board Of Metropolitan Police may,
upon any emergency or apprehension
Of riot, tumult, mob, insurrection,
pfstilenee or invasion, appoint MS
many special policemen (witgout payl
from among the citizens as 1t may be deemed
proper. During any day Of pnblic election
y may also appoint TO perform duty lin the
Metropolitan Districtl not exceeding Ave
hundred special policemen, who may De
paid out Of the Metropolitan District fund
three dollars. per day VIII be considered
rrcompense for such services as policemen;
provided, that each special policemen go ap
pointed shall make oath before any Commits
sioner of Police, afthe ssme of appointment
that he viii not interfere Ia any manner
with the election taking place during the
day or days for winch ne is appointed other.
wise than by deposittng hli own yote. ana
providing that such pay mEg Be withheld
and he may be duly prosecuted ~ Tor a nis.
demranor II the terms of such oash BE Vio-