The weekly clarion., 1875-02-11
THE SUM OF DESPOTISM.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL.
synopsis Of iIs Provisions.


SECTION / provides that Warren
county shall constitute ga Metropolitan
Police District for the State, thereby i'm
plying that the force organized for the
county shall be liable to employment in
any portion of the State.
SEC. 2 provides that the powers and
duties connected with the Police govern
ment of sa id District, shall be vested in
a Commission of the Metropolitan Police,
and Board of Metropolitan Police,
composed of the officers of said force.
SEC. 3 empowers the Governor to APP
point three Commissioners, who shall con-
stitute the Metropolitan Police Board,
who shall hold their Office at his pleasure,
and be removed by him upon what he
may deem Sufficient cause. One of
these Commissioners is to be designated
as the Financial Commissioner, the other
as the Superintending Commissioner, and
the other as Clerical Commissioner.
The Superintending Commissioner is
to nominate for appointment by the
Board the officers of the force. The Fl
nancial Commissioner has charge Of the
funds of the establishment, and the
Clerical Commissioner performs clerical
service thereof.
SEC 8 provides that the quota of pa
trolmen shall not exceed fifty, unless a
larger number be deemed necessary by
the Commissioners. The Board of Com
missioners shall appoint three Captains,
four Sergeants, and one hundred patrol
men, unless an increase is authorized.
Patrolmen for special service may be ap-
pointed.
SEC II provides that on election day,
or other special occasions, any number
of special patrolmen may be appointed,
and that their pay shall be three dollars
a day.
SEC. II. The salary of the Superin-
tending Commissioner shall be $4,000
per annum; the other two Commissioners
Shall receive 81, 500 each per annum.
The pay of the Captain shall be 81 800 a
year; of Sergeants, 81 800, and Of Patrol
men 81, 200.
SEC. II prohibits any person who is
not a member of the police force, or Il
constable or sheriff of this State, or the
usual deputy of said sheriff, from serv-
ing a criminal process within the said
Metropolitan District.
Sec. 30 provides that the Metropolitan
force shall possess in very part of the
| State the powers of constables, and every
warrant for search or arrest, issued by any
magistrate of the State, may be executed
in any part thereof by the said police
force.
SECS q and % entirely supersedes, as
| guardians and conservators of the public
peace. the police force of the city of
Vicksburg, established under existing
laws, and vests all their powers in the
Metropolitan Force hereby created.
Sec. %, in order that the expenses of
this establishment shall be paid, requires
that the Board of Supervisors of Warren
county shall levy such tax on the county
as they may deem necessary for the pur-
pose.
SEC. "a exempts from military and
Jury duty, and from arrest on civil pro-
cess, or service of subpoena from civil
courts, while on duty.
SIC. % requires the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen ofVicksburg to provide, at
the expense of the city, Il station house
and accommodations for the police force
of said city, and the detention of persons
arrested and on the event of the neglect
or refusal of the said city to do SO, the
duty is devolved on the Metropolitan
Board at the expense of the said city.
SEC. 80 makes it obligatory on the
Mayor, the Metropolitan Board and the
Board of Supervisors to make an annual
estimate of the sums required ''for ex
/" penses in fitting up, warming, lighting
d" and furnishing accommodations for the
g police force and office accom-
i" modations, providing stationery, fix
g lures, badges and equipments, and al
q sums necessary for counsel fees, Law
% expenses and disbursements incurred
s' by the Board of Metropolitan Police
50 bv the Commissioners thereof, or rem
! . dered necessary in criminal or civil &C
q tions'-against members of the Boar
or Police for acts done in the discharge o
! duty; to defray the salaries required by
the act" This estimate shall be submitted
to the Board of Aldermen of the city
who shall review it; if they have ebjec
tions, they shall be entered, and i
shall be revised by the Board of Estimat
as above constituted; and if the latter ad
) here to their original action, they shall b
! binding upon the county of Warren.
1 CECA OI DfONluSS lUdl the IlOl64Ss GOi
lected in Warren county for the supper
) of the aforesaid Metropolitan Police, shal
) be paid into the State Treasury, and shal
be drawn therefrom for the support c
: the said Police force.
SEC. "a repeals all powers hereto
) g fore granted to the city of Vicksburg
s q or the Board of Mayor and Alderme
= g thereof, to create or maintain a polio
4 's force by their charter or otherwise, an
9 q all laws, or parts of laws, within thei
q Metropolitan Police District in confiC
with this act are hereby repealed"
SEC. SO declares that $50 much of SCI
" ton one of an act approved April l.
+" 1873, creating the Office of city Judge
g repealed by an act approved March q
&c 1874, and comforting certain crlmin'
Z" jurisdiction, powers, authority an
/" privileges upon the Mayor of the cit
q of Vicksburg, be, and the same al
g hereby repealed, and in lieu thereo
Z" the jurisdiction, powers, authority an
!. q privileges by said act or acts, referrin
9 to said Mayor of the city of Vicksbul
g 8 are hereby conferred upon the Cleric
Commissioner provided for in this &C
who shall have power to hear and d
= q termine the cases that shall arise und'
7 the ordinances or charter of the city
! Vicksburg."