The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-11-07
STACKS RECORD ELECTION ORDERS
Chief Murphy Instructs the
Police Force in Regard
to Their Duties
Tomorrow.


tion witA The duties Of the Police Depart
nient tomorrow-el election day:--
"Headquarters, Police Dept.
Jersey City, Nov. 6, 1904.
Order No. 42.
The following instruction and infor-
nation is hereby promulgated to the
force concerning their duties on the occa-
sion of the general election on Tuesday,
the eighth inst.
Precinct commanders will be held re-
sponsible for peace and order at and
about the police polling places in their re-
spective precincts. The First and Second
Precincts will have the messenger boys
bring the returns direct to Headquarters.
The other precincts will have their re-
turn brought to their stations and teIe-
phoned as usual The First will have
their boys bring them TO this office.
mo leaves of absence will be granted
to any member of the force, and all the
uniformed force shall constantly be in
uniform when upon the street from ) A.
NJ ON election day until 6 A. NJ. on the
| Wednesday following. Return roll call
Of the sections on the night tour on the
morning of election will be at 5 o'clock
A. NJ, when it will be the duty of the
| said sections to take boxes, etc, to the
| polls, and remain at the polls until A..
! NJ, when, they will be relieved by the
other sections, who viii remain at the
polls until one o'clock, when they will be
relieved by the sections coming off duty
at seven O'Clock. These will remain at
the polling places until the end of the
count and escort the ballot boxes to the
City Hall. They will be relieved one
hour for supper.
Police officers are detailed to polling
places for police duty and not in the in
terest of any party or individual. Any
police officer found guilty of attempting
to interfere or influence voter in the ex-
ercise of his franchise will be summarily
suspended on evidence presented to this
Office.
''Commandants of precincts will read
this to their sections at the five O'Clock
roll cali aud explain to them their duties
on election day.
Should police officer see a violation
of law by an election officer he will i'm
mediately notify his precinct and not per
NIT the guilty party to escape until in
structions are received from superior of
ticers
NO person other than those mentioned
es nor within one hundred feet of the
place for holding an election. Person:
charged with not being legal voters shall
not be. permitted to deposit their ballots
but viii be arrested
might sticks will be worn on election
day and will be carried in the belts as OF
other occasions.
No Captain shall leave his station ol
election night until all the election dis
tricts in his precinct have completed thei
work and final result Of the votes i
sent to these Police Headquarters, no
will he leave until he has called up th
chief and reported his election work done
Captains win superintend the sendinl
of boxes. etc, to the polling places ans
for chat purpose will be at their station
at $50 A. NJ. on election day.
"All bon fires must be prohibited an'
precinct commanders viii use their wag
ons to prevent fires being lighted on tn
streets on election night
s'The entire force Of each precinct no
at the polls will report at 6.45 A. NJ Of
election day.
s'By order of
j ssBENJAMIN MURPHY.
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