The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-02
DUTIES OF RURAL POLICE.
Defined by Act of the Legislature OF
1912, Relating to Newberry
County.

Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of
said deputies, under the general con-
troll and direction of the sheriff of the
county, especially in the rural districts,
to patrol and police the county and to
prevent or detect and prosecute for
the violations of the criminal law of
every kind, making arrests upon their
own initiative as we'll as upon COM
plant or information, and to report
all their acts and all known or sus-
pected violations of the criminal law
to the sheriff of the county, twice a
week or oftener if required by him,
and they shall at all times obey and
carry out the orders and directions
of the said sheriff when not consistent
with the terms of this act.
Sec. Z. The said deputies shall pa
troll the entire county at least twice a
week by sections assigned to each by
the sheriff, remaining on duty at night
when occasion or circumstances sug-
gest the propriety thereof, to prevent
or detect crime or to make an arrest,
and they shall always be on duty for
not less than ten hours a day, except
when granted occasional indulgences
or leaves of absence by the sheriff.
They shall frequent railroad depots,
stores and other public places where
people congregate or disorder is pro-
bable, or vagrants may be loaing or
alcoholic liquors may be sold, barter
ed Or given away, and they shall as
often as practicable ride by houses
that are off the public highways and
in lonely parts of the county, especial
1y such as are without male protec-
tors, and shall use every means to pre-
vent or detect, arrest and prosecute
for breaches of the peace, drunken
ness, using obscene language, bolster
Gus conduct or discharging of firearms
on the public highways, or at any pub
lie place or gathering, carrying wea-
pens contrary to law, gambling, vag-
rancy, setting out fire, violation of the
game and fish laws, violations of the
dispensary laws, cruelty to animals
or children, violation of the child labor
laws, lynching and for the violation of
any and every law which is detrimen-
tai to the peace, good order and morals
of the community.
Sec. 8. That said deputies shall
have authority for any suspected fresh
ly committed crime, whether upon
view or upon prompt information of
complaint, to arrest without warrant,
and in pursuit of the criminal or sus-
pected criminal, to enter houses or
break and enter the same, whether in
their own county or in an adjoining
county, and they shall have the right
and authority to summon the posse
comitatus to assist in enforcing the
law and in arresting violators or sus-
pected violators thereof; and any cit
izen who shall fail to respond and
rerder assistance when so summoned
or called upon shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be punished by Imprisonment of 80
days, or by a fine of not less than
thirty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars. When an arrest is
made without warrant the person ar
rested shall be forthwith carried be-
fore a magistrate and warrant of
arrest procured and disposed of as the
magistrate shall direct.
Sec. 9. That each of said deputies
shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of his duty, enter into bond in
I the sum of one thousand dollars, with
sufficient surety, to be approved by
the sheriff of said county, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his
duties and for the payment to the