Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-02
Police ORDERS for the Election.
5lajOr A. q. Richards, Superintendent of Po-
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! .LieslsAaSis: The sIanal election If Municipal
! Tine Board o. Poiioo and the SuPeriuteaient are
e. asa Toe p5s nf the 1fss
81 iheir rights As cit, sns on that I'd with
oEseryeJ- the foIlowjRg rules, viz:
g his aRS ,ns - the
renber found distributing tickets soliciting votes
towards one or SiheT Of the parties to he elec
Ion contest which NAY have any tendency &C nhu
tn1e Re result will be- -eated as having violated tho
But line Of voters tive abreast at esoh poll
ms POLLS a they Rsl9sg Sr ns
pisos vii rste positonet the extreme irear OF the
aT ha will promptly ssre:t any person Tao stall
a. when the receivers OF votes shah have given
the police are concerned is nal and they will T. ss
immediate care that there rs no obstacle Offered to
deposited his vote it has zen decided that be is
not entitled to vote, the oGce officer will require
the polling iaces must be for an instant tolerated
Inc RECEIVERS of the votes must in all be pro
$ The line of voters will be kept always free from
6 @ u and any attempt te break BE line will
party or parties making the atteIEpt.
o. NO ats rtaunts IeerS Insults will be tOe-
rated Tor nome Mt towards any voter, and persons
rested "
Drunken and 6sorderly persons u ust be prompt
" taken 10 the station house.
.. Persons having concealed weapons must be ar
rested and dealt with according to law.
You VIII Immediately report any outbreak to
headquarters.
10 The men placed on reserve must remain I'm the
station house ready for duty and any absence there
ironl- without an order permission to leave will
be reported as a violation OF duty.
III. 1our att N ion Is specially cal led to section
OF an act entitled An act TO regulate the elective
as follows, viz:
AHa be tttATtheT enacted, That if any person or
persons shall wiltuiy interrupt disturb any such
eecr IN TIE exercise of such franchise he or they
snaH De deemed guilty of misdemea and on CON
Nctlon thereof shall be lined IN sum NOT To ax.
jan III said District for period lot to exceed thfty
Gays, or both. al the discretion of the court -
persons who interrupt or disturb any elector' by
his vote at the polls il they persist in so
holhe You viii arrest as having violated the prOyi-
Slots OF the above named section,
II is deemed hardly necessary 10 remind oficerz
mat Is their duty to be polite, cool ard prompt
10 f6Tbesr long the circumstances of the ca Sc
VIII warrant, aud then in su IN "A wsy a. to de-
nonstrate that they neither trifing themselves
nor to be trified with
The entire force will be arranged aud detailed
that IT can be concentrated at any point in a few
minutes should events require it,
The Superintendent earnestly exhorts the mem
brs OF the torce to acIuit themselves in the dis
charge of their duty on Monday next as TO render
themselves worthy of the commentator of every
good citizen.
BY order of the Board of Police
A. q. RICHARDS, MAJOR and Superintendent.