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 METROPOLITAN POLICE 45 generally upon or in said boats manufaetori hduse andan glggke report of inspection and action in tins; premges to thenbgzid di' Sec. 383. Whenever the board of police is satisned by such report Rsportssndcointhat any ferry—boat, manufactory, slaughter-house, tenement-house, or 1*]*******- edifice is maintained, or that any other act is about to be committed, in a manner prejudicial to the lives or health of the pnb1ic,it shall, 181, s. 2, y. 12,’p· after due entry upon 1ts minutes of the circumstances, cause complaint 579- to be made, founded upon such report and circumstances, before the proper court of the District. $1:0,384. Upon such complaint being made, under oath,, the court Proceedings or shall, in a summary way, issue the proper warrant, reciting therein the °°“”°¤°°¤’Pl¤*¤**· name of the member or members of the sanitary po ice company, for the Ibid. arrest of the person in charge of such ferry-boat, manufactory, slaughter-house, tenementhouse, or edifice, or otherwise committing any act that may be derogatory to the public health, to the end that he may be brought before the court and the complaint of insecurity of the lite or health of the public so made be duly investigated according to the law of examination into misdemeanors. Sec.  If satisfied, on a summary hearing of the case, that such Proceedings upcharge of insecurity of the lives or health of the public is founded on °¤ h°*"i¤8· W reasonable and probable cause, the court may, by an order in writing, mq_ command any such ferry-boat to cease running, or any business in such mannfactory or slaughter-house to cease, or impose such tlue as by law may be attach ed to such offense upon the person so offending, until the cause of complaint shall be removed to the satisfaction of the board of police. muon.; Books AND RECORDS. Sec. 386. Theboard of police shall cause to be kept the following B°°*' ’“d ’°· books and records, namely: :;:,df’ 'lmt *° bi 6 Aug., 1861, o.62, s. 14, v. 12. p- 323- First. General complaint-books, in which shall be entered every com- Q cncml complaint preferred upon personal knowledge of the circumstances thereof, P]°“'” *’°°k· with the name and residence of the complainant. Second. Books of registry of lost, missing, or stolen property, for the  of lost, general convenience of the public and of the police of the District. g;:;,;';?; °' '°°*°¤ Third. Books of records of the police, wherein shall be entered the ltecords of the name of every member of the police-force, with the time and place of P¤l¤¢¤· his nativity, and the time when he became a citizen if he was born out of the United States; his age; his former occupation; number and residence of family; the date of appointment or dismissal from office, with the cause of the latter. And in every such record sufficieut space shall 1;,,,,,,,,1 0,-",.,_ be left against all such entries wherein to make record of the number of icc!. arrests made by such member of the p0lice·force, or of any special services deemed meritorious by the commissioners of police. _ Sec. 387. The boardof police shall also cause to be kept in proper Treasurer': nobooks the accounts of the treasurer of the board; and all receipts of countsmoneys, or warrants or checks for moneys, shall be written in books ‘6“A,,g"",,,,,‘,"""”‘,B,,,_,,_ kept for the purpose, and the receipts shall be signed in every case by 62,s.14,v.12,p.323. the person receiving money, warrants, or checks from the treasurer. Sec. 388. The board of police shall also cause to be kept in proper _ Record or meetbooks the number of the several meetings of the board. msn of the board- Ibid. Sec. 389. All the books mentioned in the three preceding sections Books_to beopen shall be, at all business hours, and when not in actual use, open to fngouvubbv i¤¤i»¤¤- public inspection. Sec. 390. The board of police shall also cause to be kept and bound wE“g;%rm’°*“’¤¤ all police retums and reports of the District. .T,)H—