The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-05-09

the OI0cerS ana employees OF bdl0
board according to the payroll so
made out and submitted to such ma
vor
Is. And be it enacted. That the
members of the police force employ
ed by the board Of police commission
ers are hereby invested with all the
powers applicable to sheriffs and con
stables of this state, except to serve
empt from duty as jurymen and from
military service during the time they
shall remain members of such police
force.
is. And be it enacted, That each of
such police commissioners shall have
full power to arrest, without warrant
for breaches of the peace committed
in their presence: and in every such
case of arrest the person so arrested
shall be forthwith taken before a
proper judicial officer to be dealt with
according to law.
H. And be it enacted, That no po-
lice commissioner shallaccept or hold
any other place of public trust or
emolument within the elective fran
chise or accept any nomination there
for unlesa he shall first resign his Of
flee of commissioner, and upon his ac-
septance OF any such place or nomI-
nation his position as member OF
such board shall become vacant.
49, And be it enacted, That in case
any police commissioner appointed
under this act shall take or receive
any other reward. compensation or
emolument for or IN respect of any
service under this act, or for or in re-
speet to any appointment to be made
or voted on or for or in respect of
any vote to be given by him as such
commissioner, he shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof shall be punished by
q fine not exceeding two thousand
dollars. or imprisonment at hard la
Dor for term not to exceed two
years, or both, at the discretion Of
the court before which such convic-
tion is had.
49, And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the common council of
any city in this state wherein is es-
tablished board of police commits
sioners, under the provisions OF this
act, to provide such board with suit
able and proper offices, quarters and
accommodations, and to make such
changes and alterations therein, and
to increase and enlarge the same
whenever such board shall so request
such common council.
20. And be it enacted, That this act
shall not apply to nor be operative In
any city until its provisions shall have
been accepted by an ordinance duly
passed for that purpose by the COM
mon council or other governing
body Of such city exercising legisla-
tive power therein by a majority vote
of all its members and such ordinance
shall have been approved by the
mayor of such city and it shall be the
duty of the mayor upon the approval
of such ordinance forthwith to cause
proclamation to be made OF the pas
sage of such ordinance and its APPROX
AL stating therein that this act has
become operative in such city and he
shall cause the said proclamation to
be published for four weeks success
siveIy, once each week, in the news
papers published and circulating in
the said city in which the ordinances
of the said city are required by law to
be published, and from and after the
approval of the said ordinance the
said act shall take effect in and be
operative in such city.
81. And be it enacted, That ali acts
and parts of acts, general, special,
local or private, inconsistent here
with be and the same are hereby re-
pealed. and that this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March goth, 1895.