The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-08-13

Police Force, under such rules and
regulations as the Director of Pub
lie Safety may prescribe. The
Police Force shall be composed of a
Chief of Police, and such officers,
patrolmen and other employees as
the City Manager may determine.
In case of riot, emergency at time
of elections or similar occasions, the
Director of Public Safety may APP
point additional patrolmen and Of
ficers for temporary service.
SECTION NO. 3. No person shall
act as Special Policeman, Special
Detective or other special police Of
ficers, for any purpose whatsoever,
except upon authority from the
Chief of Police, approved by the
Director of Public Safety. Such
authority shall be exercised only
under the direction and control of
the Chief of Police and for a speci-
fled time.
SECTION NO. a. The Chief of
Police shall give bond in the sum of
100000, and each policeman in the
sum of $4,000 except special CT
ficers appointed in cases of emer-
gencies, the said bonds are to be APP
proved as to their sufficiency by the
City Manager and as to form by the
City Attorney.
SECTION NO. 5. The City
Manager shall appoint the Chief of
Police and the patrOlmen, and he
also employ any special officer
needed to do special work in con-
nection with the department or to as
sist the department for certain
periods, with full power to terminate
the services of such special officers
at pleasure.
SECTION NO. 6. The Chief of
Police shall devote his entire time
or much thereof as the City Manager
may direct to the maintenance and
preservation of the peace, order and
cleanliness of the City. He shall
aid, to the fullest extent of his abil-
ity, in the enforcement of special
laws relating to the city and the or
dinances thereof, he shall enforce
all orders of the Board of Commits
sioners, relating to the business and
duties of his division. He shall
have general charge of the city
prison and the prisoners therein.
He shall keep an account of the du-
ties performed by each member,
note all absentees from duty and
the cause of same; he shall report
all violations of the rules and regu-
lations of the police division to the
City Manager, together with the
names of witnesses to the facts,
that the charges may be investigated
and render monthly report to the
City Manager showing in detail the
workings of his division.
SECTION NO. 7. The Chief of
Police or any member of the police
force is hereby empowered to call
to his assistance as many of the
male inhabitants of the city as
may be necessary to aid him in
making arrests, in preventing or
quelling any riot, unlawful assembly
or breach of the peace, and all per
sons so called shall be subject to the
orders of said policeman, while on
duty for which they are called; and
it shall be unlawful for any person
to refuse or fail to obey the ORDERS
of such policeman, when so called by
him, and any person so ailing or re-
fusing shall be fined not less than
five nor more than fifty dollars
SECTION NO. 8. 1t shall be the
duty of the Chief of Police and of
every policeman to obtain from the
City Manager and use a book con-
tanning Policeman's receipts printed
in duplicate and numbered by the
printer, and to issue one of these re-
ceipts to each person from W hom
money or valuables are received by
such officer. These receipts shall
be written in indelible pencil and a
legible carbon copy retained by the
officer in his book. The receipt
shall show whether the funds are
deposited as cash bonds, to apply on
fine, or to cover valuables removed
from persons confined in the city
prison. The carbon copy thereof
SHALL be presented to the Recorder
next morning, with the funds or
valuables, and his receipt taken
therefor. In accepting cash bonds
to secure the appearance of persons
cited to appear before the City
Court, the officer shall be governed
by the scale of appearance bonds
established in writing by the Record
err. No officer shall collect money
to apply on fines unless he have the
written authorization of the Record
err. Property supposed to be
stolen or lost, coming into the pos
session of a policeman shall be COW
cred by one of these receipts and
handled as in case of valuables
taken from prisoners.
SECTION NO. 9. 1t shall be the
duty of the police to prevent crime;
detect and arrest offenders; sup
press riots ;protect the rights of per
sons and property; guard the public
health, see that nuisances are re
moved; restrain disorderly bawdy
and gambling houses; assist, advise
and protect strangers and travellers
of the streets or at railroad stations !;
enforce all laws and ordinances; to
execute all and every manner of
process, upon persons or property !;
to arrest, upon view, any person who
shall be guilty of breach of the
ordinances of the city, or crime
against the laws of Tennessee; to
serve any process issued out of the
Recorders Court, or any process is
sued by any Justice of the Peace,
within the City, or any and all pro-
cess issued by any court and do all
within their power to enforce the
laws and whatever else may be re-
quired of them by the Board of
Commissioners and the laws of the