Qualifications of ARTICLE III. OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS S22. Every officer, policeman, doorman, or other members of member of the police force of said city of Albany, as by department. this act established, shall be a citizen of the United States and of the state of New York, and, at the time of his appointment, an actual resident of the city of Albany; and his removal from said city shall render his office vacant. He must, also, previous to his appointment, present to a member of said police board, a certificate, signed by at least twenty-five reputable householders of the ward in which he may reside, stating that they have been acquainted with the applicant, personally, for three years last past, and that during such time he has borne a good character for honesty, sobriety and morality. Such applicant must also establish, to the satisfaction of said police board, that he, the said applicant, can read with facility, and legibly write the English language; that he well understands the first four rules of arithmetic, and that he is a proper person to be appointed to the office for which he may have applied. All such certificates as are herein required, shall be properly indorsed by the secretary of said police board, and shall be placed on file and carefully preserved by him. Hold office during good S23. Every officer and member of the police force of behavior the city of Albany, hereby established, appointed under and by virtue of the provisions of this act, except the additional policeman who may be appointed as above prescribed, for service on and about the Albany pier, shall hold his office during good behavior; and no officer or member of said police force shall be removed from office except for cause and after a trial, as in this act provided. Chief of police. ARTICLE IV. OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE-HIS POWERS AND DUTIES. S 24. The chief of police, to be appointed under the provisions of this act, shall be (subordinate to the mayor of the city of Albany) the chief executive of the police force created by this act, and he shall obey, and cause the force under him to obey, the rules and regulations that may be from time to time established by the said police board, in accordance with the provisions of this act. The said chief of police shall possess, in every part of the state of New York, all the common law and statutory powers of a constable, except for the service of civil process; he shall likewise possess the powers of a magistrate to entertain complaints for criminal offenses, and to issue warrants for the arrest of persons charged with such offenses, which warrants shall be made returnable before the police justice of said city of Albany, at the police office. He shall also possess the power to commit persons charged with criminal offenses, until an examination shall be had before such police justices, or one of them. $25. It shall also be the duty of said chief of police, Duties of under the direction of the mayor of said city, to superintend the police force of which he is the chief executive officer; and upon him shall rest the responsibility of the proper conduct of such force; and it shall be his further duty, at least every three months, to report, through the mayor, to the said police board, the state of the police force, with such other information in his possession as may promote the welfare and efficiency of the same; and also such suggestions as he may deem proper; and the said police board shall provide, at the expense of said city of Albany, an office for said chief of police, wherein shall be kept a record of the transactions of the force under him, and also a roster of all the officers and members of such force, and the said office shall be the headquarters of the police force, where all reports to the chief of police shall be made. give bond. $ 26. The said chief of police shall give a bond to the Chief shall mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Albany, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties while he shall continue to hold such office. Such bond shall be approved by the said police board, and shall be filed in the office of the chamberlain of said city of Albany. Captains, &c. Shall give bond. Lieutenants ARTICLE V. OF THE CAPTAINS OF POLICE, THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES. $27. The several captains of police authorized to be appointed under the provisions of this act, shall possess, in every part of the state of New York, all the common law and statutory powers of a constable, except for the service of civil process; they shall also, in conjunction with the lieutenants attached to their several districts, discharge, within the limits of their respective districts, all the duties heretofore performed by the city inspectors, and for this purpose they shall severally possess all the powers heretofore possessed by the said city inspectors. The said captains of police shall obey such orders and directions as shall be given to them by the chief of police, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the said police board, and in conformity to the laws of this state and the ordinances of the common council of said city of Albany. $ 28. The said captains of police shall, severally, give a bond to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Albany, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties while they shall continue to hold such office. Such bonds shall be approved by the said police board, and shall be filed in the office of the chamberlain of said city of Albany. ARTICLE VI. OF THE LIEUTENANTS OF POLICE, THEIR POWERS AND $29. Each of the lieutenants of police authorized to be appointed under the provisions of this act, shall possess, in every part of the state of New York, all the common law and statutory powers of a constable, except for the service of civil process; they shall also aid and assist the captains of police in the districts to which they may be severally attached, in the performance of their duties as city inspectors, and to that end they shall each possess all the powers formerly conferred upon the city inspectors hereinbefore mentioned. The said lieutenants of police shall obey such orders and directions as shall be given them by the chief of police, and by the captains of police in the districts to which they shall be severally assigned, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the said police board, and in conformity to the laws of this state and the ordinances of the common council of said city of Albany. $30. In case of the absence of any captain of police, Duties. or of a vacancy in his office, the lieutenant of police attached to the same district shall perform all the duties required of such captain; and while acting in such capacity the lieutenant of police shall possess and exercise the powers vested in such captain of police. bond. $31. Each of the said lieutenants of police shall give Shall give a bond to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Albany, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties while he shall continue to hold such office. Such bonds. shall be approved by the said police board, and shall be filed in the office of the chamberlain of said city of Albany. ARTICLE VII. OF THE POLICEMEN AND DOORMEN, AND THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES. policemen, S32. It shall be the duty of the policemen and door- Duties cf men, authorized to be appointed by the provisions of &c. this act, to obey such orders and directions as they shall, from time to time, receive from the chief of police, and the captains and lieutenants of police, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the said police board, and in conformity to the laws of this state, and the ordinances of the common council of said city of Albany. The said policemen and doormen shall severally possess, in every part of the state of New York, all the common law and statutory powers of a constable, except for the service of civil process. It shall be the duty of such policemen and doormen to report, through their respective captains, to the chief of police, all violations of the corporation ordinances, all suspicious persons, all bawdy houses, receiving shops, pawnbrokers' shops, junk shops, gaming houses, and all places where idlers, tip Duties of supernumerary policemen. Compensation of police. Salaries to paid by plers, gamblers and other disorderly persons congregate; and it shall be their further duty to caution strangers and others against entering such places, and against pickpockets, watch-stuffers, droppers, burners and other vicious persons; to preserve the public peace: to render every assistance and facility to ministers and officers of justice; to direct strangers and others the nearest way to their places of destination, and when necessary to cause them to be accompanied by a member of the force; and they shall, to the extent of their power, enforce the ordinances of the common council of said city of Albany. $33. It shall be the duty of the supernumerary policemen and doormen to fill, for the time being, any vacancy which may exist in the company to which they are attached; and while filling such vacancy they shall severally possess the same powers, and be subject to the same duties, rules and discipline, as the persons in whose places they may be acting. ARTICLE VIII. OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE POLICE FORCE. S34. The compensation of the members of the police force, created by this act, shall continue to be the same as is now paid to the officers of *correspding rank in the police department, which is hereby abolished, to wit: to the chief of police, one thousand dollars per year; to each captain of police, six hundred dollars per year; to each lieutenant of police, five hundred and fifty dollars per year; to each policeman, five hundred dollars per year; and to each doorman, four hundred dollars per year; supernumerary policemen and supernumerary doormen shall be paid at the rate of one dollar and twentyfive cents per day of twenty-four hours, for every such day's service rendered by them, and the amount so paid, in each particular instance, shall, unless otherwise ordered by the said police board, be deducted from the compensation of the officers in whose places such supernumeraries shall act. S35. The salaries of the said chief of police, captains chamber of police, lieutenants of police, policemen and doormen, and the compensation of the supernumerary policemen lain, &c. So in original. |