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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 181. 1862. 581 employ from among the duly appointed and qualified justices of the peace for the county of Washington such justice or justices as may be required and as it may deem proper, to sit at the respective station houses for the hearing of such charges as may be brought against persons arrested and carried to said station houses; and every person who shall be sentenced to Fine and costs, pay a fine and costs, or either, shall satisfy the same before being released wliggsitlcg by payment or by giving security to the satisfaction of the justice impos- ggohsibleythere. ing such fine and costs. And when such security shall be taken the forjustice shall be held personally liable to said Board of Police for the 1863, ch. 106, amount of the fine and costs to be collected of him as a debt due audi 12- payablco Past, p. 803. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no member of the Metropol-· Members of itan police force, under penalty of forfeiting the salary or pay which may fgliggiggcfvifggut be due to him, shall withdraw or resign, except by permission of the ¤0tice_° Board of Metropolitan Police, unless he shall have given to the superintendent one month’s notice, in writing, of such intention. There shall be Residenceno limitation or restriction of place of residence to any member of the Metropolitan police force, other than residence within the Metropolitan police district, and it shall be the duty of said board of police to cause the location of the patrolmen to be changed from time to time, as the efficiency of the force shall require. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said board of police may D°°°°*lV°S· appoint not exceeding six detectives, who shall receive a monthly compensation of seventy dollars each. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the board of police, for meri- Rewards and torious and extraordinary services rendered by any member of the police P""“t°" force, in the due discharge of his duty, may permit any member of the police force to retain for his own benefit any reward or present tendered him therefor; and it shall be cause of removal from the Metropolitan police force for any member thereof to receive any such reward or present without notice thereof to the Board of Metropolitan Police. Upon receiving said notice, the said board may either order the said member to retain the same, or shall dispose of it for the benefit of the policemen’s fund. All fines imposed by the board of police upon members of the Fines imposed Metropolitan police force, by way of discipline, and collectable from pay M dl¤°lPli¤°· or salary, and all rewards, fees, proceeds of gifts, and emoluments, that may be paid and given for account of extraordinary services of any member of the Metropolitan police force, (except when allowed to be retained by said member,) shall be paid to the treasurer of the Board of Metropolitan Police, unless otherwise appropriated by the board of police. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the several members of the When police police force, including the commissioners of police, shall have power and SEV :;1f’;;tW"h‘ authority to immediately arrest without warrant, and to take into custody ` any person who shall commit, or threaten or attempt to commit, in the presence of such member, or within his view, any breach of the peace or offence directly prohibited by act of Congress, or by any ordinance of the city or county within which the offence is committed, threatened, or attempted; but such member of the police force shall immediately and without delay upon such arrest convey in person such offender before the nearest magistrate, that he may be dealt with according to law. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted That for the better exercise of the Ponce was {Oy powers and duties hereinbefore enumerated, the board of police is hereby *1*** D*S¤`¤°*· authorized immediately, and from time to time hereafter, but without expense to the United States, to cause to be collected into a compact form all the laws and ordinances in force in the said District having relation and applicable to police and health, and publish the same in a form easily accessible to all members of the community, as the police code of the said District; and the said code so prepared, and such rules as the said board of police may from time to time adopt for the purpose of enforcing