Year: 1860




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An ORDINANCE To establish and regulate
! N the Police Department Of the city.


The Common Council Of Marysyille, do ordan
! follows:


Section I. There shall be and IS hereby organized
| Police Department Of the city of Marysve, TO
sst Of the following officers AMI members viz The
Marshal Of said city who is hereby constituted ex Of
! hcio chief ofPolce, Captain and fou. Policemen
PTOUtded. however that at any time the Mayor may
in his discretion il he deem necessary, appoint per-
to act as special policemen at price not to eN
ceed three dollars per day and he shall report to the
next meeting the c0uLci all appointments, if any
| that he may have made.


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 on the first Monday Of October, and
the fourth quarter the first Monday of January The
policemen siallbe appt inted by the Common Council,
and shall continue in office for the quarter for which
he may be appointed unless sooner removed by the
said COnncil for cause, ard until their successors in
Office are elected and qualified


Section 3. The salary of said Captain shall be ninety
dollars and Of each Of the Policemen appointed bJ
the Common Council shall be eighty dollars per
month, at that r.te for the time actually employed
payable At the end Of each month.


Section L. The city Marshall or chief Of Police, shall
conform to and cause the members under him to obey
the rules and regulations prescribed by and under this
Ordinance; he sh III have control over the Police De-
partment Of this city and shall be accountable to the
Common Council for the efficiency, general conduct,
and good order OF all the subordnates Of the depart
| ment. lie shall himself in all things obey and see
that every officer obeys the Ordinance and all rules
and regulations made for the government of the de-
| partment; he shAl communicate To the Common
| Council all complaints made against any officer.
| Section 5, The Captain of the Police under the di-
rection Of the 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 sponsbe for the safe Keeping of the prison.
ers he shall under the supervision of the Chief DO
lice have control and authority over said police
aud shall detail them upon their respective beats
and assign to eachhs term OF service thereon he shall
enter to be entered IN an official book be kept
by him at the station house. TIE time and place of any
arrest, the oleuse with which the arrested person is
charged, the Of complainant, and the witnesses
with their places OF residence and if the oilense with
which the prisoner accused be larceny, he shall
down the kind and description of property, the value


thereof and the name of the owner or owners thereof
II knoWni II II be an INJURY To person or property, he


hall down the name of the person the kind and
description Of the property Injured; he shall keep
record of the number Of 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 to the Com
mon Council quarterly; he shall file or cause to be ill
ell copy Of this entry with the Recorder every morn
ing, Sundays and statute holidays excepted 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 ard
also the disposition made of the same; he shall when
alarm of fire is given forthwith repair to the
the conlagration with as many policemen lie shall
deem necessary for the purpose and shall assstn the
preservation OF order and in the protection OF proper
y and persons He shall at all times, when required
by the Mayor, repair promptly with his whole Police
force under him. such number thereof as the Mayor
may require to the scene of any riot or rotous assem-
bage and assist in queing the riot and arresng the


section 1t shall be the duty OF each Policeman to
be present at roll call in the Station House such
ines the Marshal may direct the roll to be calle
and to obey all his lawful orders to prevent the
commission Of any breach Of the peace to suppress
riots and dsordery assemblages to arrest ana 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,
or the person or property of any citizen They and
each of them shall have power to arrest any person
persons making loud and unusual noises, using
violent threats, quarrcilg, traducng, challenging
TO hgt or lighting, or IN any manner creating DIS
turhance 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, other
proceedings calculated to disturb the peace and
pose OF the neghborho thereof and every yagrant
and suspected person, whose appearance, action,
conduct may justify his suspicious Of his or her
manner OF living, and every person fund ly-
! ing in the streets or alleys, any where in the
city, in such a state of intoXicaton or drunk
euness to be unable to take care of themselves


ec"rder Cor aroper Judge assigned to try said causes)
ana cause an action to he instituted before him for
any violation of Article Am the CoIiGed Ordi-
nance entitled OF Obstruction and Nuisauocs Ipon
making any arrests they, and each of them, shan
Immediately report the 10 the Marshal or other
person IN charge OF the sta ton house, with such par
tculars Of time, place and circumstances enable
he Marshall or other person in charge Of the station
house, to make the entry required in Section 9th Of
this ordinance. They, and each Of them shall prompt
y report to the Chief of Police all violations of ord-
nances not aut orzing the arrest of the offenders,
that may come under their notice; and when an ar
rest is authorized by law for the violation Of
they shall have power to take the party Offend
ing Immediately to the station house,au make report
thereof to the person in charge. in manner and form
, a heretofore provided


Section :. Whenever any Policeman is absent from
the city, or Is disqualified and unable to discharge the
duties II his Office, the Chel of Police shs Temporal
rly appoint Policeman t. do the duty in the place Of
the absenteeand the account Of such special Policeman
are audited and paid, provided however, that the
/ 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 s. the Chief, Captain 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 is necessary tSt the
| Official position Of the wearer should be known.


Section o. 1t shall be misdemeanor in Office for the
chief,clptan or any regular VI special Policeman to
release any person after he or she has been arrested
unless such person has first been admitted to bail by
an ohcer authorised so to do, or shall have deposited
sufficient amount OF money secure his or her an
| pearance or pay his or her probable fine and the
costs, provided however that every deposit of money
shall be for the appearance Of the defendant in lur
or loan his star whist tie, to allow any other per
son to use It, or TO play any game OF chan;e skill in
any public place, to fail neglect refuse re-
port every arrest to the chief of Police, fail or
neglect refuse to make entry thereof is here
Mbcture directed ana to report IT to the Recorder
Judge authorised to try said cases.


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


! Section Ii. The Common Council may appoint pri-
vata night police IN the and for the same
slime as regular policemen, which employed and
paid by tie citizens Of this city in guarding and pro-
tectng private property and .hey are hereby empOw-
cred act, and have full authority to make arrests
subject TO all the provisions of this Ordinance prubid-
| ed however, that they shall receive no pay from the
city for guarding and protecting private property.
| Section H. The Marshal shall at any time suspend
any regular or special policeman who shall neglect or
refuse perform all the duties required by this Or
dinanee any Ordinance that may be 10 force re-
curing 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
from office.


section 49, This Ordinance shall take effect and be


IN force from and after the % day of April, A. D. 1860
and all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.


= true copy Of an Ordinance rs amended by the
Common Council Of Marysvie at their meeting the
Sth Of March, read a second time and ordered oub.