Year: 1866




Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be misdemeanor, punishable by imprison-
ment in the county jail or penitentiary not eN-
ceeding two years, or by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, for any person without luSti
fable eXcusable cause, to personal violence
upon any elector in said district, upon any
member of the police force thereof when in the
discharge of his duty, or for any SUI Ii member to
neglect making any arrest for an offence against
the law of the United States committed in his
presence, or for any person, not member of the
police force to falsely represent himself as beng
such member, with a fraudulent design.


Sec. y. And be it further enacted, That the
treasurer of the board of police shall receive a
stated salary of six hundred dollars per annum,
and each commissioner shall receive an allowance
of five dollars per day for each day OF actual at
tendance upon the meetings or buslneSOOf the
board, not to exceed, however, to each commits
sioner (the treasurer eEccpted) two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum; and no other compcn-
sation shall be paid or allowed to the members of
the board. The superintendent of police Shall re-
ccivc salary of fit hundred dollars per an
mum, and each police patrolman forty dollars
per month, as compensation for their services,
respectively.


Sec 23 And be it further enacted, That from
and after the first meeting of the board of police
under the provisions of this act, it shall possess
all the Tower and authority heretofore conferred
by law upon the auxiliary guard of the city of
Washington, established by an act entitled IAN
Act to establish uXiiary watch for the protec-
ton of public and private property in the city of
Washington app owed August twenty three
eighteen hundred and rty-two, and all acts in
amendment thereto, and said auxiliary guard or





lice shall also possess all the power and authority
heretofore conferred by law upon the mayor or
any other officer officers of the cities of Wash
ingtOn and Georgetown respectively, as the heads
therein of the respective police departments or
organizations of those cities, which power or
authority shall relate to or in amy way be connec
ted with the police government or police disc-
pline within either OF said cities; and from and
after the said first meeting and due organization
of said board of police, the duty and authority
and power of each and q of the aforementioned
officers in relation to the police government, ap-
pointment, and discipline, shall wholly and
vest aforesaid in the said board of police con-
Stituted by this act, except that the mayors of
Washington and Georgetown shall be- with the
commissioners members ex-officio of the board
of police and entitled to one vote each at every
session thereof when present at this meetings.


Sec. "a. And be it further enacted, That the
superintendent of police shall make to the board
of police quatcrly reports in writing of the state
of the police district, with such statistics and
suggestions as he may deem advisable for the i'm
proVement of the police government and disci-
pline OF said district; and the board of police
shall annually, before the first Monday in
November, report in writing the condition of the
interior


Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That no
member of the board of police, oxof the police
force, shall receive or share n for his own bene-
fit, under any present, fee, or molument, for po-
lice services, other than the regular salary and
pay provided by this act, except by consent of the
board of police


Sec. So And be it further enacted, That all
rewards, fees, proceeds of gifts, and emoluments
that may be allowed by the board of police to be
paid and given for extraordinary services of any
member of the police force and all moneys aris-
ing from the sale of unclaimed goods, shall con-
stitute the 'tpolicemen's fund.- of which the
board of police shall be the trustee, and may in
vest as they shall see fit And whenever any
member of the police force, in the actual dis
charge of his duty, shall become bodily disabled,
his necessary expenses, the certificate of Il
competent surgeon, stating the manner, cause
and condition of the injury and approved by the
board of police, during the time of his disabling
as aforesaid, continues, may become chaxgc up
on the said fund But the board of police may
discontinue said allowance for any satisfactory
reason.


Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise approprlat-
ed for the purpose of carrying this act into effect
including the payment of salaries and all other
necessary charges and expenses of the Metro
politan Police" for the year ending June thirty
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in addition to
the balance of the appropriation made by the act
approved February twenty, eighteen hundred and
sixty, tsfor the compensation of the auxiliary
guard, and one lieutenant, and for fuel, OIL and
lamps, and for twenty policemen which balance
is hereby directed to be applied to the pur-
poses of this act, the sum of sixty thousand dol
lars.


Sec. 90 And be it further enacted, That all sta
tutes parts of statutes, and provisions of law in
consis tent with the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed.


Approved, August 6, 1861.