Year: 1860

| A " ORDINANCE To establish and regulate
! IA the Police Department Of the city.


The Common Council Of Marysville, do ordan as
follows;


Section /. There shall be and is hereby organized
Police Department of the city Of Marysville TO con
sst of the following officers and members viz The
Marshal of said city who is hereby constituted eX of
fco chief ofPolice, and four Policemen PToUtded.
the Council shall have power and authority to APP
point temporarily special policemen when I'm It's indg-
ment it is absolutely necessary al price not TO ex-
coed three dollars per day.


Section 2 The Police year shall be divided into four
quarters, the first quarter shall commence on the first
Monday of April second quarter the first Monday Of
July third quarter the first Monday of October, and
the fourth quarter the first Monday January The
policemen shall be appointed by the Common Council
and shall continue in Office for the quarter for which
he may be appointed unless sooner removed by the
said Connc for cause, and until their successors in
Office elected and qualified,


Section 3. The salary of each of the Policeman ap
pointed by the Common Council shall be seventy five
dollars per month"; at that rate for the time actual
ly employed payable at the end Of each month.


Section A. The city Marshall or chief of Police shall
conform to and the members under him to obey
the rules and regulations prescribed by and under this
Ordinance ne shall have control over the Police De
partment Of this city, and shall he accountable To the
Common Council for the efficiency, general conduct
and good order OF all the subordnates Of the depart
ment. He shall himself in all things obey and SEQ
that every officer obeys the Ordinance and all rules
and regulations made for the government of the de-
partment; he shall communicate to the Common
Council all complaints made against any officer.


Section 8. The City Marshal or chief of Police shall
have general charge Of the Station House and
shall be held responsible for its cleanliness,
general condition and good order and be
osponsible for the safe keeping of the prisoners:
he shall have control and authority said police
and shall detail them upon their respective beats
and assign to each his Of service thereon; he shall
enter to be entered in official book to be kept
by him at the station house, TIE time and place of any
arrest, the oense with which the arrested person is
charged the name of complainant, and the witnesses
with their places ofresdence and if the offense with
which the prisoner is accused be larceny, he shall set
down the kind and description of property the value
thereof and the name of the owner owners thereof
known; if it be injury to person property he
shal set down the name of the person or the kind and
description of the property irjured he shall keep
record Of the number of arrests made by each police
man individual y; the value of the stolen property
covered by each, and the number of convictions had
upon said arrests, and report the same to the Com
mon Council quarterly; he shall file to be fill
ed CODY of this entry with the Recorder every morn
ing Sundays and statute holidays excepted, at an hour
to be fixed by the Recorder, he shall also enter in
book to be kept for that purpose description of any
goods or property which may come into his hands,
whether stolen otherwise, and the value thereof and
also the disposition made of the same he shall when
an alarm of fire is given forthwith repair to the scene Il
the conaagraton with many policemen as he shall
deem necessary for the purpose aud shall assist in the
preservation of order and in the protection of proper
ty and persons. He shall at all times when required
by the Mayor, repair promptly with his whole Police
force under him. such number thereof the Mayor
may require, TO the scene of any riot rotOus assem
blage and assist ia queng the riot and arresting the
rioters.


Section 1t shall be the duty OF each Policeman to
be present at roll call in the Station House at such
lines the Marshal may direct the roll to be called,
and TO obey all his lawful orders to prevent the
commission of any breach Of the peace, to suppress
riots and dsorderly assembages, to arrest and take
to the station house every person found violating any
law or ordinance, or any person found committing
acts injurious to the quiet and good order of the city,
the person property of any citizen They and
each Of them shall have power to any person
or persons making loud and unusual noises, using
violent threats, quarreling, traducng, challenging
to fight or fighting, or in any manner creating dis
turbance of the peace either during the day night
and they may enter public houses or in any houses
in which may exist mob, riot disturbance, or other
calculated to disturb the peace and
pose of the neghborhoCd thereof and every vagrant
and suspected person, whose appearance, action,
conduct may justify his suspicious of his or her |
manner of living, and every person found ly |
ing in the streets alleys, any where in Il |
city, in such state of intoXication or drunk
enness rs to be unable to take of themselves
1t shall be their further duty to report to the
Recorder 0r proper Judge assigned to try said cause)
and cause action to be instituted before him for
any violation of Article 4th of the COdihed Ordi-
nance entitled OF Obstruction and Nusances. Upon
making any arrests they, and each of them, shall
Immediately report the same TO the Marshal or other
person in charge Of the sta lion house, with such par
tcuars OF time place and circumstances to enable
the Marshall or other person in charge of the station
house, to make the entry equred in Section 9th of
this ordinance They, and each of them, shall prompt
ly report to the Chief of Police all violations of ord
nances not authorizing the arrest of the offenders
that may come under their notice; and when ar





dnance they shall have power to take the party Offend
ing Immediately to the station house and make report
thereof to the person in charge, in manner and form
as heretofore provided
Section Z. The Chief, and every regular and
special Policemen shall each on his left breast out
side of his vest as an emblem Of their Office shield
with the word "Police inscribed thereon and should
be exposed to view whenever it necessary that the
official position of the wearer should be known,
Section s. 1t shall be misdemeanOr in office for the
chef,captain or any regular or special Policeman TO
release any person after he she has been arrested
unless such person has first been admitted to bail by
an officer authorised so to do, shall have deposited
"A sufficient amount of money secure his or her ap-
pearance or pay his or her probable fine and tie
COSTS provided however that every deposit of money
shall be for the appearance of the defendant in court
or loan his star or tie, or to allow any other per-
to use it, or to play any game Of chance skill in
any public place. or to fail neglect refuse to re-
port every arrest to the chief Of Police or to fail or
neglect refuse to make an entry thereof is here
nbefore directed and to report il to the Recorder or
Judge authorised to try said cases.


Section 3. Any officer or member of said Police
who shall be guilty of breach Of duty or a misde.
meanor in Office, shall upon conviction thereof before
proper officer, be fined in not less than ten
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars and shall
be discharged from his Office.


Section 10. The Common Council may appoint pri-
vata night police in the same and for the same
sine as regular policemen which are employed and
paid by the citizens of this city in guarding and pro-
tecng private property, and .hey hereby empow-
cred 10 act, and have full authority to make arrests
subject to all the provisions of this Ordinance probd





city for guarding and protecting private property.


Section IL. The Marshal shall at any time suspend
any regular special policeman who shall neglect or
refuse perform all the duties required by This Or
dinance any Ordinance that shall be ia force re-
quiring them to perform certain duties and he shall
report the facts to the next meeting of the Common
Council, who shall at their discretion limit the period
Of such SUSPENSION or remove the person suspended
from office.


Section 12. Whenever any Policeman is absent from
the city, disqualified and unable to discharge the
duties If his Office the Chief Of Police shs tempora.
riy appoint Policeman to do the duty in the place of
the abseneea the account of such special Policeman
are audited and paid provided however that the sum
paid to such special Policeman shall be deducted
from and retained out of the salary of the officer In
whose place he performed the duty.


Section 13. This Ordinance shall take effect and he
In force from and after the I'd day of April A. D. 1861
and all Ordinances and parts of0rdnances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.


l certify the above and foregoing to be an Ordi-
nance passed by tho Common Council of Marvsville
Mt their meeting March 18th, 1860.


.... Witness my hand and the corporate seal NJ
Il. s.: said city, this 10th day Of March A. D. 1860
'''''' T. f. PARISH, City Clerk


Approved, March 2Gth, 1860


mh29 VIM SINGER, Mayor.