Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
PART OF. POLICE FORCE
HARBoR PRECINCT COMMANDER
COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT.
Regulations Prepared by Maj. Sylves-
ter and Approved by the Dis
trict Commissioners.

Owners Of boats, business men along the
river front and those who are employed
about the wharves interested in the
matter of some regulations recently pre-
pared by Major Sylvester and approved by
the Commissioners. Under the new regula-
tions the man in charge of the boat is to be
| member Of the police force, with the rank
of lieutenant. He is to have charge of what
is to be known as the harbor precinct, and
will be charged with the duty of enforcing
the law on the Potomac river and its navi-
gable tributaries and shores. The duties
of the lieutenant and sergeant are to be the
same as those of other members of the
force of similar rank. 1t is provided in the
rules that the lieutenant is to be always
on duty and that the office at the foot of
18th street is never to be closed. Other rules
are given follows:
The lieutenant in charge of the harbor
precinct shall be the commander of the
police patrol boat, which is owned and
maintained by the District of Columbia;
shall be held responsible for the care. man
agement and proper equipment of such
vessel subject to the approval of the major
and superint endent of police, and shall d.
rect and order the crew of such vessel, like
wise such members of the police force as
may be detailed for service in the harbor
precinct.
Preservation of Life and Property.
THE lieutenant in command of the har-
Dor precinct shall devote his entire time and
attention to the preservation of life and
property, maintenance Of peace and order
and the proper regulation, according to law,
OF any and all vessels of whatsoever char
acter and kind, on the Potomac river and
itshavgable tributaries within the jurisdic-
ton of the District of Columbia.
1T will be the duty of the lieutenant of
the harDor precinct to enforce any and all
laws and regulations at any time or place
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police in the preceding rules of this manual
to obey such orders as he may receive from
the major and superintendent of police and
to observe that the same are carried into
effect.
THE lieutenant shall divide his command
IN such manner as to promptly receive and
dispose OF complaints and reports pertain
ing to his service; that telephone communi-
cations may be recorded and answered and
that the books of record prescribed in the
rules for other station houses may be prop
erly kept, reports filed and morning and
other reports forwarded to police headuuar-
tiers, as in other precincts
Regulations Governing Wharves.
1.-The lieutepant of the harbor precinct or
the officer acting for him, shall require OBJ
servance of the laws and regulations ap-
plying to the steamboat wharves and places
adjacent to the same; and see that they
are kept free from nuisances. improper en-
dangerous to life and limb or which may
affect the good order of the precinct
Dvery provision Shall be made and pre-
caution had to prevent fire at the precinct
station and In the immediate vicinity
thereof, and proper appliances shall be
maintained for the saving of life and the
recovering OF bodies of drowned persons
Boats and appliances shall be kept in
serviceable condition at all times and the
patrol boat shall be provided with full
complement of life preservers which, like
the other property of the department, shall
be thoroughly inspected at least once in
every thirty days, and beginning July /,
1900 an inventory of all property in the
precinct belonging to the District shall be
made and recorded and a property report
made every six months.
The lieutenant. sergeant and members
of the force doing duty in the harbor pre-
cinct shall wear such uniforms may be
prescribed by the special orders of the ma
tor and superintendent, approved by the
Commissioners.
Duties Of the Men.
1.-The members of the detail made to the
harbor precinct from time to time shall
obey the orders and commands of the lieu
tenant of the precinct or sergeant acting
for him.
They shall be subject to the general
rules governing the police force as to their
department, promptness and fidelity in the
work to which they are assigned.
THE engineer employed in the patrol
boat shall be licensed under the laws of
the United States, and shall be prompt and
faithful in the performance of his duties as
such.
The fireman, Waterman, deckhands and
employees in this service shall devote their
entire time and attention to the work. and
implicitly obey such orders as they may
receive from the lieutenant the sergeant
acting for him. at the same time being SUBJ
ject to any and all rules governing the en-
ployes of the metropolitan police depart
ment.
THE harbor precinct shall not embrace
the bridges crossing the Potomac and An
acostia rivers. but these highways shall re-
main at present under the supervision
of the lieutenants of the fourth, fifth sew
enth and ninth police precincts, although
this shall not deprive the lieutenant IN
command of the harbor precinct from en-
forcing the laws and regulations at these
points should action on his part be neces-
sary at any time.
Nothing in these rules shall abridge the
requirements of the lieutenant of the sew
enth police precinct in enforcing the laws
and regulations In and about the steam
boat wharves and landings included in said
precinct"