Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-18
NO. SO.
ORDINANCE NO. 70.

An ordinance relating to the Chief of Police
| and Police Officers.
| The Common Council of the city of Austin
| do Ordain:
| SECT1oN1. 1t shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police TO the city of Austin, and of each
and every policeman and Waterman, to notice
and diligently inquire into, all violations of
the city ordinances, violations of the crimi-
| nal laws of the State. and breaches of the
peace, committed within said city, and to
make complaint against the person or persons
| guilty thereof, and to attend punctualy on all
trials of offenses in regard to which complaint
has been made by any policeman, and to fer
ret out all suspicious Or disorderly houses in
| the city, to visit all parts of the city where
disturbances or breaches Of the peace or viola
| tiOns of any ordinances are occurring, or like
! ly to occur, to arrest without warrant any
person or persons who shall be found in the
| street in a state of intoxication or who are
fighting, quarreling, threatening, swearing,
| pilfering, or robbing, or who shall be making
or uttering loud cries noises, or doing any
act to disturb the peace or good order of the
| community, or for the violation of any Ordi-
| nance Of said city, where the act is committed
| in the presence or view of such officer, or who
! he or they shall have good cause to believe is
about to commit any unlawful act. and bring
such person or persons before one of the JUS
tees of the Peace of said city to be dealt with
according to law; to abate or remove or cause
to be abated or removed all nuiSanceS within
the city limits when required by the Common
Council or the Board of Health; to preserve
| and safely keep all moneys or property which
may be found upon the person, in the posses
sion of, or claimed by any person arrested
for crime, and pay or deliver over the same
by order of the.City Justice, and forthwith,
after taking the same, report in writing the
kind and amount thereof to one of the Justices
| of said city. And it shall be the imperative
duty Of each policeman or Waterman to be
| active and vigiant in enforcing the several
provisions OF all ordinances of the city that
may be now or hereafter in force.
| SECTION2. Any policeman or Waterman,
after making any arrest, with or without
| warrant, shall take the person or persons so
| arrested, without any unreasonable delay,
before one of the Justices of said city of Aus
| tin, to be dealt with according to law and the
| ordinances OF said city, provided, that if such
arrest be made on Sunday, or after sunset,
thenin such case such person or persons shall
be confined in the city prison, or such other
secure place as may be provided or obtained
| for that purpose, to be kept over night or
over Sunday, or until such time as the JUS
| tice of the Peace of said city before whom
| such person is brought, may direct, in pursu-
ance of law, fol- hearing the charge and COM
plant against such person so arrested.
! SECTION 8. 1t shall be the duty of the chief
| of Police and all policemen and watchmen of
said city to make q report in detail to the
Common Council of said city, at the first reg
| ular meeting of every month. of all arrests
| made in the city, since their last report. the
cause OF such arrest, and the nature of the
charge, the time Of such arrest, and the sub
sequent disposition of such arrested person
! or persons.
! Nopolice officer or Waterman shall be absent
from the city, except by authority or per-
mission from the Mayor.
! SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage
and publication.
Passed May g. 1881. ARproy Hd5 May Z. 1881.
Attest: ROBERT GRIFFITH, City Recorder.