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 820 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. . Sess. II. C11. 623. 1901. _ trict of Columbia., and shall be subdivided as the Commissioners of the ’ §‘fg{P]‘§*‘(§f"gegf°,;2, said District may from time to time direct. . The Metropolitan police p- 39- ’` force shall consist of one major and supprintendent, one captain and - assistant superintendent, and such num er of captains, lieutenants, d seiégeaplts, privabtes of class twg, privates of class one, dedsk seggeantsi Av¤><>*¤*¤¤¢¤*¤ ¤¤ an others as on ess ma · rom time to time rovi e. ri ina P!°m°d°°°` appointments of priiiates shdll be made to class onefdnd all promogions witlliin ltihe fopce slhall be piade according to stgchéegulations and pftgr suc sica an menta examinations as the ommissioners 0 the f,‘g°;;f**;§8d0uem ,0 Distrildtbf Columbia shall prescribe: Procekled, That the said Commispresents auuemw. sioners shall fix the limits of age and height, and shall prescribe the duties of all officers and members of the police force: And ovided R°m°“l· fw·t}zer,- That no removal from the police force shall be madgr except on written charges and after an o portunity for defense on the part of the person against whom such charges may be made; but no person so removed shall be reappointed to any office in said police force. B°¤d °* °m°°”· Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall require security to be entered into by the major and superintendent, assistant superintendent, cagltains, lieutenants, and all other officers who may be intrusted with the keeping of money and valuables. w£&wi1.f¤r detective Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are ' hereby authorized to detail from time to time from the privates of the police forge such npmber of prlilivapes as may sn their judgipent be necessary or specia service in the etection an revention 0 crime, and while servin in such ca acit the shallp have the rank of sergeants in the f<§·ce. P y y aniéiaggnggggcéewgzf _ Sec. 4. That hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columcape avai1able_ mr b1a are hereby authorized and directed to deposit with the Treasurer §a‘§°‘}§§° ,{;g,§,[’,$g of the United States, out of re_ceipts from fines in the police court and fund- receipts from dog licenses, a sufficient amount to meet any deficiency in gzougwégént auOw_ the policemen’s fund or firemen’s fund: Provided, That the c ief ance to emcm or engineer; of the fire department and the superintendent, assistant gg§g§,g,·‘g§,°’“°‘ M superintendent, any ca tain or lieutenant of police, in case of retire- ` ment as now providedp by law, shall receive relief not exceeding one hundred dollars per month; and in case of the death fromlinjury or disease of any of the officers named in this section, if he leave a widow orl clgilgren undler sixtegn yearg ofhagg, the sage shlallhlplei for theilp re ie urin the erio 0 wi ow 0 or unt' suc cren reac —1imi¢ to widow. crc. the age of sigxteen {years: Provided, Thdt in no case shall the amount ‘ paid to a widow exceed fifty dollars per month, nor shall the amount _ paid for a child exceed twenty-five dollars per month. prggggfjgs {,‘{.§,,;§§§‘;_‘ _ Sec. 5. That any person practicing as an private detectiye or advervecuve- tising or holding himself out as such without first complying with the progisions of lazy rglative to plrivate detectilves ihallhbedgugty of a ‘mis emeanor an su `ect to a ne not excee in ve un re dollars or imrprisonment in tlie district jail for a periodgnot exceeding eleven _ mont s and twenty~nine days. ‘ p0§,<;*gg1§:u°f Wm! · Sec. 6. That the Act approved June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred ` and ninety-eight, relating to the posting of special policemen, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: "The special policemen" aforesaid shall possess all the owers and authority now conferred by law upon privates in the ldbtropolitan 01108 force, subject to such regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe." - F~¤P¢¤·l· Sec. 7. That all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. ‘ Approved, February 28, 1901.