The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-18
CHAPTER 072.
CHAPTER Qf2.
AN ACT I'm Amendment of Chapter i07 o
the General Laws. Entitled "Of Railrun,
and Steamboat Police

AN ACT I'm Amendment of Chapter io7 OF
the General Laws. Entitled "Of Railroad
ana Steamboat Police
PASSED April 3. 1902
IL Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
section !. The governor may from tmc
10 time. upon the application Of any COM
mon carrier OF passengers. commission
during his pleasure one or moro persons
designated 10y such common carrier who
having been duly sworn may act at it's
expense ns policemen upon the premises
used by II I'm it's business and upon it's
cars and vessels, when any such commits
sion is issued or revoked the secretary Of
state shah notify the Clcrl, OF the common
pleas division OF tho supreme court OF
each county I'm which Il is intended that
such policemen shall act.
"Scc. .. Every such officer shall, when
on duty, wear I'm plain sight q metallic
badge inscribed with the words Railroad
police and the uamc or initials of the
corporation for which he Is appointed, or
steamboat police according TO his ap-
pointmcnt.
"Soc. 3 Railroad police officers may pre-
serve order within and upon the premises
and cars of the corporation upon whose
petition they were appointed. may arrest
without warrant intoxicated or disor-
dory persons frcqucntiug such premises
or ears and 10y their presence or conduct.
or 10y prutauo or indecent language ob-
struCtng or annoying travellers using the
Same. aud may take such persons 20 tho
nearest police station or other place OF
lawful detention.
"ScC & II passenger upon a railroad
train refuses TO pay his fare. or is noisy
or disurdcrly "a railroad police officer
may arrest him without warrant. and
rcmoyc him Co the hoEguEc or other suit
uhlc car of such train ana ConNuC him
thcrc until the arrival OF such train NJ
some station whore such passenger can
be placed In charge ot am oniccr who
shall take him to some place OF lawful
detention.
"Scc 3, Steamboat police officers shall
hoNC similar powers upon tho vessels and
boats ot tho carriers upon whose petition
thCy were appointed and upon tho pr,m-
iscs aud az the wharVcs and landing
places owned or used hy such carrier. to
those given 10y the preceding two sections
TO railroad police officers
"Scc. @. Any person arrested without
warrant under the provisions OF the pro
CCdiug three sections may be detained
untu a complaint can bo made against
him. and no be taken upcn n warrant
issued upon such complaint. Provided
that such arrest and detention without "a
warrant shall not continue longer than
the space of siN hours when such arrest
is made between the hours ~ four O'Clock
Ia the morning and eight o'clock in the
evening, and when made ot any other
hours the person arrested shall not hc so
detained after ten o'clock iu the morning
of The following day Tho district court
having jurisdiction within the district in
which such person is detained shall have
jurisdiction of the offences specified On the
preceding three sections. and any person
found guilty OF any OF such offences shall
bc fined not exceeding twenty dollars
"Sec. q. Railroad and steamboat police
officers shall be paid by thu corporation
or carrier upon whose petition they were
appointed. and such corporation or car
ricr shall he liable to parties fer any ofn-
Ciai misconduct " such officers 60 the
same extent as for torts of aCcnts aud
servants in their employment. but mo-
town W city shall bo responsible for the
acts " such officers
sec 8. THIS act shall take effect from
and after its passage
CHAPTER 953
AN ACT In Amendment " Chapter los "
the General Laws