Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-19
CHAPTER 1883.
lDauaaA Ma ~ Islles
CHAPTER 1854.
Iassed Nav m 1902


AN ACT to appoint and regulate railroad and
steamboat police.
IL II enacted by the General Assembly rs fol-
lows
Section l. The aldermen OF city or the town
council OF n town, upon the petition OF q rail-
road corporation having a passenger station
therein, or OF "A common carrier OF passengers
by water for hire having usual place Of re-
reiying or discharging passengers therein, may
appoint, under such regulations as euch alder
| men or town council may from time to time
| adopt, provided that said appointment shall
| not extend beyond the period for which said
aldermen or town council are elected, as many
~ they may deem proper OF the persons In the
| employment Of said petitioner as police on
GERS. for the purposes and with the powers
hereinafter set forth.
Sec. =. A copy OF the record OF all such ap-
pointments shall be filed by the petitioner In
the office Of the town clerk Of each town and
the city clerk Of each city In which such cor
poration draws cars by Its own motive power,
or such carrier is accustomed to receive or dis
charge passengers, and In which IL Is intended
that such police shall act and the filing OF
such copy shall constitute the person named
therein railroad or steamboat police respec-
| lively within such towns or cities, and upon
| the boats or vessels OF such carriers by water
while within the boundaries OF the State.
| Sec. 3. Such police officers shall hold their
| offices until their appointment is revoked by
the board Of aldermen of the city or 10y the
| town council Of the town In which they were
| appointed; but such petitioner, upon ceasing
10 require the services Of any such officer shal,
file notice to that effect In the several offices
In which notice OF such appointment was
| originally fled, and thereupon the power of
| such OaCcr shall cease.
| Sec. 1. Every such officer shall. when on duty,
| wear, In plain sight, metallic badge inscribed
| with the words Railroad Police" and the
I'LL. II. -. Ii.
| he Is appointed, or steamboat Police" at
| cordinR TO his appointment.
Sec. .. Railroad police officers may preserve
order within and upon the premises and cars
| of the corporation upon whose petition they
were appointed; may arrest without war
| rant intoxicated or dsorderly persons fre
| quenting such premises or cars, and by theif
presence or conduct, or by profane or indie
| cent language, obstructing or annoying travel
| ers using the same; and may take such persons
TO the nearest police station, or other place Of
| lawful detention.
Sec. q. II passenger upon IA railroad train
refuses TO pay his fare, or Is noisy disorder
| ly n railroad police officer may arrest him
| without warrant and remove him TO the
| baggage or other suitable car Of such train.
and coniinC him there until the arrival OF such
train at some station where such passenger
can be placed in charge OF an officer. who shall
take him 20 some place Of lawful detention.
sec. .. steamboat police OWcers snail nave
similar powers upon the vessels and boats OF
the carriers upon whose petition they were
appointed, aud upon the premises and at the
wharyes and landing places owned or used by
such carrier, TO those given by the preceding
two sections To railroad police officers.
Sec. T. Any person arrested without war
| rant under the provisions Of the preceding
| three sections may be detained until n COM
| plant can be made against him. and he be
| taken on warrant issued upon such complaint:
| Provided that such arrest and detention with
| out warrant shall not continue longer than
| the space OF six hours when such arrest is
made between the hours Of four o'clock In the
morning aud eight o'clock in the evening, and
when made at any other hours the person ar
rested shall not be 80 detained after ten o'clock
In the morning of the following day. The dis
trict court having jurisdiction within the dis
trict In which such person Is detained, shall
have jurisdiction Of the offenses specified In
the preceding three sections and any person
| found guilty Of any OF such offenses shall be
fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sec. o. Railroad and steamboat police officers
shall be paid by the corporation or carrier upon
whose petition thew were appointed. and such