The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-01-28

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they shall recommend to the Gov
men who are able bodied and
who are registered electors of
Clarendon County, of good hao'
it's, courage, GOODNESS and dis
cretion, known as men VINO are
not addicted to the use Of alco
holic liquor or of drugs, for ap-
polntment as rural policemen,
for a period of one year. subject
to removal as hereinafter pro
vided for in this Act: Provided,
however, That no policeman
shall be appointed who is related
by blood or marriage within the
sixth degree of any one of said
County Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the
duty of said policeman under the
direction of the sheriff Of said
county, to patrol and police the
territory to which he or they
are appointed, and prevent,
detect and prosecute, before the
nearest Magistrate, all violations
of the criminal law of every
kind, make arrests for all often
ses committed in view or hearing
of such officer and to report
their acts and all known or sus-
pected violations of the crlml-
nal law to the sheriff once a
week or oftener, and to secure
from the nearest Magistrate
warrants of arrest, if directed to
do so by said sheriff, and they
shall, at each term of the Court
of General Sessions, appear be-
fore. the Solicitor in his room,
and before the grand jury, to
be each advised, instructed and
charged in respect to their duties
and questioned with reference to
conditions Of la,wlessness and
disorder in the county.
Sec. 4. That the said police
man shall patrol his entire ter.
ritory, remaining on duty at
night when occasions or circum'
stances suggest the propriety
thereof, to prevent or detect
crime, or to make arrest, and
they shall always be on duty
not less than eight hours day,
except when granted occasional
indulgence or leave of absence
by the sheriff; 5ney shall fire.
quent railroad depots, stores
and other public places where
people congregass or disorder
is probable, or vagrants may
be loaing, or alcoholic liquors
may be sold or drunk,
and they shall, as often as poss,
ible, ride by homes that are of
from the public highway and in
lonely parts of the county, and
they shall use every means to
prevent or detect and arrest and
prosecute for breaches of the
peace, drunkenness. obscene OF
profane language, or boisterous
conduct, carrying weapons con
trary to law, gambling, vag.
rancy, carrying IRE on land OF
another, setting out fire, viola
tions of fish and game laws,
cruelty to animals, or to chill
dren, miscegenation, lynching,
and also any violation of the
criminal laws.
Sec. 5. That said policemen
shall have the authority to ar
rest without warrant for any
freshly committed crime: com.
mitted in view or hearing of said
policemen, but upon reliable in.
formation that a crime has been
committed they shall immedi'
ately apply to the rearest Mag,
istrate for a warrant of arrest,
and shall state in the affidavit,
upon which said warrant or ar
rest is issued, the name or names
the party or parties furnishing
such information, and in pursuit
of a criminal they are authorized
to pursue into adjoining count
les, if necessary to make the ar
rest, and they shall have the
authority to summon the posse
comitatus to assist in enforcing
the laws. and any citizen who
shall fail to respond and render
assistance when so summoned
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprison'
ment for not more than thirty
days or fined not more than one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 6. That each of said
policemen, before receiving his
commission, shall, in addition 10
the oath of Office now prescribed
by Section 26 of Article III OF
the Constitution, and by Section
$50, Volume I, Code of Laws OF
South Carolina, 1912, take and
subscribe the following oath or
affirmation, to wit: II do further
solemnly swear Tor afirm) that
during my term of Office as
County Rural Policeman I will
study the Act creating my Office
and prescribing my duties, and
will endeavor to inform myself
of the criminal laws of the State
and will be alert and vigilant to
enforce the same, and to detect
and bring to punishment every