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 222 F1FTY—NINTHi CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3056. 1906. duct, discipline, and good name of said Metrdpolitan police force; and said Commissioners are hereby authorized an empowered to line, suspend with or without pay, and dismiss any officer or member of said police force for any offense against the laws of the United States or the laws and ordinances or regulations of the District of Columbia, whether before or after conviction thereof in any court or courts, and _ for misconduct in office, or for any·breaches·or violation of the rules {g{_'fjf;{:,S_. and regulations made by said Commissioners for the goi;ernment,'con- ·=·m“" “`""“°“  °.lE°$LZEE`SlI§li”b‘I."§L.€.`Z.°v`l..3`”l'$IZ’..I’;..?fi1`$..l}ZlS`}Z.lZr§E201i£'Z§él§‘€€..-ill? charges preferred against him in the name of the major and superin» tendent of said police force to the trial board or boards hereinafter pgovidled fpir anld aflter an opportunity shall have been atfprded him of ing ear in is efense; but no erson so removed s all be rea — mspffgiévggg uddi- pointed to any omee in said police regis; Providedfurt/2e1·, That specihl ' policemen and additional privates may be removed from office by said ommissioners, or a majority of them, without cause and without trial: Am°'“’*"8' °h“'¤“· ProvZded_further, That charges preferred against any member of said police force to the trial board or boards hereinafter provided for may be altered or amended, in the discretion of such trial board or boards, at any timebefore final action by such board or boards, under such regulations as the Commissioners may adopt, provided the accused have an opportunity to be heard thereon. T’i"“’°“"d"· “PAR. 5. The said Commissioners are also hereby authorized and empowered to create one or more trial board or boards, to be composed me 2t5E5f {’$}§’ll€‘}'}IéicE$$ZZ'E’E-ITLE?L‘l.(‘Q'?'§?€§§’3’ELZ ?$’£Z§pEZ5“SalZ€éElEi missioners are hereby also authorized and empowered to make and amend rules of rocedure before such trial board or boards and to _ change or abolish any such trial board or boards as they may deem F’"‘“¤8¤· proper; and the findings of such trial board or boards shall be final and conclusive unless appeal in writing therefrom is made within live days to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the hearings hmm, on appeal towbe submitted either orally or in lwriting, and the decision Hmm, by Commm of the said Commissioners thereon shall be hnal and conclus1ve: Pro- ¤**>¤¤¤- we/or], That said Commissioners shall not be required, in their review of the sentences and findings of such trial board or boards, to take evidence, either oral, written, or documentary, and they shall have power to reduce or modify the lindings and penalty of the trial board or boards or remand any case against any officer or member of said (mm (ttl_ police force to such board or boards for such further proceedings as " ‘may D12?' deem pecessary: {yrvszzgdl, Thai; lthe cgnairnian for the time ing o any ann ever r tria voar ne, an 1c is 1erebv. authorized to mmm iw administer oaths to aihd tahe aflirmations of witnesses before such g ‘"’ ”‘ board or boards: [’ro·mr{t·d_fm·/hw-, That all proceedings now pending before any trial board authorized by said Commissioners shall be con- Pwem mm (_'),], tlnued according to the practice heretofore existing until final determ,,,,.d_ mination thereof: And p1·¤»m¢Ied_ fin?/m·, That the rules and regulations of said Metropolitan police force heretofore promulgated and in force are hprplby ralafiledhagd shalhlpgniain in force until changed, altered, amente. or a is e 1 r said ommissioners. ,,,iil6;f,,,§Q`,,‘}§f T1',,§ “PAR. 6. The membeirs of the said police force now designated as _ o c ass wo rom an a `ter the ate t 1is Act is to take ellcct. p°h°° ""g°""S‘ “PAR. T. Police surgeons shall have actuallv and bona fide resided in ll‘lnliHcn[i[ls' the District of Columbia for at least two years next preceding the date of their appointment and shall be duly qualified according to law for the- practice ot medicine and surgery in said District and shall have actively been engaged in the practice of their profession for a. period · ot at least three years next preceding the date of their appointment.
 * “`*’· dpsli sergeanys shall cgasp to ble kpown fis such and shall become privatcs