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658 Cap.88. Birmingham Police. 2 & 3 Vict. Purposes of the Police of the said Borough; and every Sum so advanced, with Interest thereon after such Rate not exceeding the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall direct, shall be charged upon and repaid out of the Rates to be levied within the said Borough under the Authority of this Act, so that the whole Sum borrowed, with the Interest due thereon, shall be repaid within such Time, not being more than Two Years, as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall appoint.

9 G .4. c. 54. (Local.)

10 G. 4. c. 6. (Local.)

31 G. 3. c. 17. (Local.)

"XII. 'And whereas an Act was passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for better paving, lighting, watching, cleaning, and otherwise improving the Town of Birmingham in the County of Warwick; and for regulating the Police and Markets of the said Town; and another Act was passed in the Tenth Year of the same Reign intituled An Act for lighting, watching , cleaning, and otherwise improving and regulating the Hamlets or Liberties of Duddeston and Nechells in the Parish of Aston near Birmingham in the County of Warwick; and another Act was passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for cleaning, lighting, and watching, and levelling the Surface of the Streets and other public Places within the Hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley, respectively, which Parish and Hamlets form Part of the said Borough of Birmingham,'"

Offenders whose Names and Residences are unknown may be taken into Custody.

be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable appointed under this Act, and for all Persons whom he shall call to his Assistance, to take into Custody without Warrant any Person who, within View of any such Constable, in any Thoroughfare within the said Borough, shall offend against any Provision of the said Acts or either of them, and whose name and Residence shall be unknown to such Constable, and cannot be ascertained by such Constable.

Persons charged with recent aggravated Assaults may be taken into Custody. XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable appointed under this Act to take into Custody with out Warrant any Person who within the said Borough shall be charged by any other Person with committing any aggravated Assault, in every Case in which such Constable shall have good Reason to believe that such Assault has been committed, although not within View of such Constable, and that by reason of the recent Commission of the Offence a Warrant could not have been obtained for the Apprehension of the Offender.

Police Constables not to vote at Elections for Birmingham.

XIV. And be it enacted, That no Constable appointed by virtue of this Act shall, during the Time he shall continue to be such Constable, be capable of giving his Vote for the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Birmingham; nor shall any such Constable, by Word, sage,