Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-19
CONsTAbULARY
ACTION SOON
Law Under Which the State
Police Force Will Function
is Outlined.

Since the law providing a depart
ment of state police has been enact
sd many inquiries have been made
by ex-soldiers and others concerning
the provisions of the bill, and IN
what name appointments to the
department are made. The follow
ing information is taken from the
bill itself and should answer all
questions concerning the new state
constabulary:
Under the bill there is created and
established a Department of State
Police, the executive and admins
trative head of which will be a SUI
p~erintendent who will be appointed
by the governor, with the consent of
the senate, for a term of five years.,
receiving an annual salary of $4,000,
payable monthly. The s"uperintend-
ent may be removed by the governor
after charges have been preferred
and a hearing granted.
Under the law the superintendent
will have authority to appoint a
deputy superintendent at an annual
salary of $500; a clerk at $1,000
and a stenographer at $1,000. All
salaries are payable monthly.
The department will consist of
Two troop which shall each be COM
posed of one captain, salary $2,400
per year; one lieutenant, salary
f1,800; one first sergeant, salary
k1,500; four s~ergeants, salary $1,40O;
four c~orporals, salary $1,000; one
auto mechanic, having rank and
salary of corporal; n saddler, with
rank and salary of corporal; one
blacksmith, with rank and salary of
corporal, and %forty-four privates at
an annual salary of $1,000. All pay
able monthly.
All of the officers of the force will
be appointed or reappointed by the
superintendent of state police for a
period of two years. No person shall
be APPOINTED a member of the police
unless he is a citizen of the United
STATES, of good health. good moral
h aracter, between the ages of
tvfenty-one and forty years, and
Must pass a physical and mental ex-
based upon the standard
provided by the rules and regula-
lions of the United States Army.
voluntary withdrawal from the
force without consent of the super
intendent is a misdemeanor, and the
troopers removed from the force for
cause after a hearing shall be in
eligible for reappointment.
All troopers VIII receive an IN
crease of 500 per year during con-
%tinuous service after the completion
of the first enlistment of two years
and until the fifth year, when the
aggregate increase of $500 per an
mum will have been reached.
The superintendent and deputy
superintendent as well as the cap
tain and lieutenant of each troop.
in order to be eligible to an appoint
ment must be citizens of the United
States and have served at least tWo
years as an officer in the army of
the United States and have been
honorably discharged from such
service with a rank no lower than
that Of q lieutenant.
The police will be provided with
Uniforms. first-aid outfits, weapons.
horse and other equipment which
remains the property of the state.
The superintendent with the APP
proval of the governor may acquire
the right to use lands and buildings
for the accommodation of the men,
bers of the force. their horses and
equipment.
The duty of the force is to be
police officers of the state and they
are authorized and empowered to
prevent crime, to apprehend offend
ers and to obtain legal evidence
necessary to insure conviction in the
courts of such offenders; to give first
aid to the injured and in general to
have the same powers and authority
as those conferred by law upon
police officers and constables.