Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-03-27
Ordinance No. 49,.

An ordinance to create police de-
,artment and to provide for the gov
.rnment and regulation thereof
SECTION /. CREATION AND OFFICERS.
Be it ordained by the mayor and
board of aldermen of the city of Hat
.iesburg, that police department be |
:reated. to consist of the chief of police,
the sergeants, the policemen, and the
SECTION 2. ELECTION.
Be it further ordained, That the |
MARSHAL shall be the chief of police, as
provided in section 2997 of the code of
1892, and that the sergeants and police
men shall DE elected by the mayor and
board of aldermen; and that the de-
tectives, when authorized by the mayor
and board of aldermen, shall be ap-
pointed by the chief of police; and that
the mayor and board of aldermen may
increase or diminish the number of
police officers at their pleasure in
view of the public welfare.
SECTION 3. COMPENSATION.
Be it further ordained. That the
mayor and hoard of aldermen may,
from time to time. fix. increase. or d.
minish, the compensation of all police
officers; and such compensation may be
either by way of salary or perQuisltes,
or both.
SECTION 4. BONDS.
Be it further ordained, That the SER
geants of police and the policemen may
oe required to give bonds for the faith
ful performance of their respective
luties, payable to the city of Hatties
burg, in such sums as the mayor and
BOARD of aldermen may prescribe from
time to time: and such bonds. when so
given, shall be operative 80 long as
such officers shall remain in Office by re-
election or otherwise, until the current
term of the mayor and board Of alder
men shall have expired; and the mayor
md board of aldermen may require
such bonds to be increased at any time,
which said bond shall be filed with the
clerk or a public record of the city.
SECTION 5. OATH OF OFFICE.
Be it further ordained, that before any
police officer, other than the chief of
police. shall enter upon the discharge Of
his Office he shall take and subscribe
an oath to faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of his Office, which
oath of Office shall be filed with the
clerk as public record of the city.
SECTION 6. TERMS.
Be it further ordained, That the term
Of office of all police officers, other than
| the chief of police, and emergency Of
| 6cers, and cases specially provided for
| by the mayor and board of aldermen,
| shall be for one month and until their
| uccessors shall be elected and quail.
| fed.
SECTION z. EMERGENCY OFFICERS.
| Be it further ordained, That when
ever any police officer shall be tenn
| porarily out of service the mayor or the
mayor pro tenn may fill the vacancy by
| appointment till such officer resumes
his service or until there be meeting
of the mayor and board of aldermen
and whenever a fire shall occur, or @
show shall be in the city, or there shall be
a riot or Threatened riot, or other popular
excitement or unusual concourse of peO
pie; in either of said cases, if additiona
police protection be necessary, tht
mayor or the mayor pro tern, or the
chief of police, or the acting chief O
police, may appoint as many additional
police officers as may be required for 81
long a time as their services may be nee
Iessary, but no such contract shall bin(
the mayor and board of aldermen to pay
por services which they think wa
Probably not necessary, nor for largel
amount than they think reasonable.
SECTION s. CHIEF OF POLICE.
Be it further ordained, That the chic
of police shall have general supervision
over all other police officers, subject t.
sections 1919, 1854, and 1885, of the COO,
of 1892; he shall carefully instruct al
other police officers in their duties
he shall divide the city into as man,
police beats as may be required In view
of the force at his command, and shall
assign the policemen TO their RESPECTIVE,
beats or cause it to be done; he shall as
sign policemen to any special wOrl
needing attention or cause it to be done
he shall see that all other police officer
do their duty: he shall issue such order
to the other police officers as he ma,
deem most promotive of the peace ant
order of the city; he shall require of al
other police officers strict and faithful
obedience to his orders and mmands
he shall require all other police officer
to iigidly and strictly enforce the ordi
nances and laws; he shall report to tn
mayor any neglect of duty, misconduct
or incompetency on the part of an,
other police officer; he shall, az far as b.
can, promote the health, comfort, ant
happiness Of the other police officers; b,
shall endeavor to preserve the peace
prevent the commission of crime. ant
secure the punishment of criminals; b,
shall protect and defend persons ant
property; he shall pay strict attention
to matters affecting the public health
to nuisances, and to distractions in tn,
highways; he shall afford adequate pro
lection at fires. shows, and other lik,
concourses of people; he shall use al
available resources to prevent public
disturbances, quell riots. dispense mobs
and prevent lynchings; he shall atteni
the courts of the police justice, serve hi.
process, and execute his judgments; hs
shall cause the city to be guarded and
patrolled day and night to prevent va
grancy, fires, and crime, and facilitate
trace and travel.
SECTION 8. SAR1EANTs.
Be 1t further ordained, That the ser.
geant being next in command to the
chief of police, shall haye the genera
control over the policemen assigned Il
him by the chief of police; he shall exc
cute the orders of the chief of police, and
yield implicit obedience to all his lawful
orders: he shall see that the policemen
1nder him do their dutv Oreserva the