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Identifier: manualofcorpora1859newy (find matches)
Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Common Council Willis, Samuel J Valentine, David T. (David Thomas), 1801-1869
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Publisher: New York
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therwise provided for as afore-said, the said quota of patrol force for the county of New York, and for thecounty of Kings, shall be of the number of patrolmen now existing by law in thecities of New York and Brooklyn. The said offices hereby created for the saidpolice force shall be severally filled by appointment from the Board of Police, inthe mode prescribed by this act; and, each person so appointed shall hold oflSceonly during such time as he shall faithfully observe and execute all the rules andregulations of the said board, the laws of the state, and the ordinances existingwithin the district enatted by the city, county, town, and village authoritieswithin the same, and which ordinances apply to such part of the district wherethe members of the police force may be on duty. § 7. The qualifications, enumeration, and distribution of duties, mode of trial, I lop,,,,,,.,I , „/ Jl^ll^a/ ,/„ \, II, I, ilpT JVew-York Island,i\ 7i,i\ oj Foil I )\ ism\f,io,\ ,Port Knyphausi;^ >I
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121 and removal from office of each officer of said police force, shall be particularlydefined and prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Board of Police, inaccordance with the constitution and laws of this state ; provided, however, thatno person shall be so appointed to office, or hold office in the police force afore-said, who cannot read and write the English language, or who is not a citizen ofthe United States, or who shall not have resided within the said The Metro-politan Police District during a term of five yeais next preceding his appoint-ment, or who shall ever have been convicted of crime ; and provided that noperson shall be removed therefrom, except upon written charges preferredagainst him to the Board of Police, and after an opportunity shall have beenafforded him of being heard in his defence ; and provided, that whenever anyvacancy shall occur as inspector of police, the same shall be filled by an appoint-ment from among the persons then in office as sergean

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