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MANUAL 
 
 CONTAINING THE 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
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 Police Department 
 
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 CITY OF NEW YORK. 
 

BOARD OR POLICE 
 
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT (President) Commissioner. 
 
 AVERY D. ANDREWS (Treasurer) Commissioner. 
 
 FREDERICK D. GRANT Commissioner. 
 
 ANDREW D. PARKER Commissioner, 
 
 OFFICERS OF DEPARTMENT AND FORCE. 
 
 WILLIAM H. KIPP Chief Clerk. 
 
 WILLIAM DELAMATER First Deputy Clerk. 
 
 THEOPHILUS RODENBOUGH Chief Bureau of Elections. 
 
 PETER CONLIN Chief of Police. 
 
 MOSES W. CORTRIGHT Deputy Chief. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF RULES. 
 
 MOSES W. CORTRIGHT Chairman. 
 
 WILLIAM DELAMATER Secretary. 
 
 JOHN J. HARLEY Captain. 
 
 HENRY HILDENBRAND ..... Sergeant. 
 
 320093 
 

Police Department of the City of New York, ) 
 No. 300 Mulberry Street, [ 
 
 New York, November 16, 1896. ) 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Police, held this day, it was 
 
 Resolved , That the rules and regulations contained in 
 the book entitled the “ Manual Containing the Rules and 
 Regulations of the Police Department of the City of New 
 York,” printed in New Yoik by The Martin B. Brown 
 Company, 1896, be and are hereby adopted as rules and 
 regulations for the government, discipline and admin- 
 istration of the Police Department and Police force of the 
 City of New York and the members thereof. 
 
 WM. H. KIPP, 
 
 Chief Clerk. 
 

 
 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 DEPARTMENT AND BOARD OF POLICE. 
 
 RULE 1. 
 
 The “Police Department” of the City of New York consists 
 of a “Board of Police” composed of four “Commissioners” 
 (appointed by the Mayor), and the “Police Force” and officers 
 appointed by said Board. 
 
 RULE 2. 
 
 The Board of Police is the head of the Police Department; 
 governs and controls the Department, its business and affairs; 
 is invested with and exercises all the power conferred by law 
 upon the Police Department, except as otherwise expressly con- 
 ferred. 
 
 RULE 3. 
 
 The territorial jurisdiction and authority of the Board of Po- 
 lice, and the Police Force under their direction, are co-exten- 
 sive with the territorial limits of the City of New York. 
 
 RULE 4. 
 
 Meetings of the Board of Police shall be held as often as the 
 President or any three of the Commissioners may direct. 
 
 RULE 5. 
 
 Section 250, chapter 410, Laws of 1882, as amended by section 
 1, chapter 180, Laws of 1884, provides as follows: 
 
 “The Board of Police is authorized and empowered to make, 
 adopt and enforce rules, orders and regulations for the gov- 
 ernment, discipline, administration and disposition of the Po- 
 lice Department and Police Force and the members thereof. 
 The Board shall have power, and it is authorized to adopt 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 rules and regulations for the examination, hearing, investiga- 
 tion and determination of charges made or preferred against 
 any member or members of the said Police Force, but no member 
 or members of the Police Force * * * shall be fined, rep- 
 rimanded, removed, suspended or dismissed from the Police 
 Force until written charges shall have been made or preferred 
 against him or them, nor until such charges have been exam- 
 ined, heard and investigated before one or more Commission- 
 ers, upon such reasonable notice to the member or members 
 charged, and in such manner of procedure, practice, examina- 
 tion and investigation as the said Board of Police may by rules 
 and regulations, from time to time, prescribe; provided, how- 
 ever, that any member of the Police Force who is now or who 
 may hereafter become insane or of unsound mind so as to be 
 unable or unfit to perform full police service or duty may be 
 removed and dismissed from the Police Force by resolution of 
 the Board of Police.” 
 
 RULE 6. 
 
 For the purpose of Police Government, the territory of the 
 City of New York is divided into— 
 
 Inspection Districts, 
 
 Surgeons’ Districts, and 
 Precincts, 
 
 —subject to alteration, from time to time, by the proper 
 authority. 
 
 Precincts are divided into patrol-beats or posts, by the Cap- 
 tains, with the approval of the Chief of Police and Inspector of 
 the District, subject to alteration, from time to time, by like 
 authority. 
 
 CHIEF CLERK AND CLERKS. 
 
 RULE 11. 
 
 The office of the Chief Clerk shall be open every day, except 
 Sundays, holidays and half-holidays, from nine o’clock A. M. 
 until four o’clock p. m. Any Clerk absent from his duties dur- 
 ing office hours, without permission of the Chief Clerk or 
 Deputy in charge, or the permission of one of the Commission- 
 ers, in the absence of the Chief Clerk or First Deputy, may be 
 dismissed from the Department. 
 
 RULE 12. 
 
 The Deputy Clerks shall be subject to the orders and super- 
 vision of the Chief Clerk, and shall perform such clerical du- 
 
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 ties as he may assign them. The First Deputy Clerk shall 
 perform the duties, and exercise such of the powers of the 
 Chief Clerk, as may be required of him. The Chief Clerk, in 
 his discretion, may grant leaves of absence not exceeding three 
 days to the clerks in his department. 
 
 The Second Deputy Clerk shall perform the like duties in the 
 absence of the Chief and First Deputy Clerk. 
 
 RULE 13. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall have charge of, and issue the shields, 
 manuals and fire keys to the members of the Force, keeping a 
 record of the same. 
 
 RULE 14. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall report, in writing, to the Chief of Po- 
 lice all resolutions or other official action of the Board of Po- 
 lice affecting the disposition or government of the Force, all 
 appointments to, and dismissals from office; and to all other 
 officers or departments, such matters as shall concern them 
 respectively. 
 
 RULE 15. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall cause to be kept in the Central De- 
 partment the books and records required by law and the neces- 
 sary business of the Department, including the following: 
 
 “Alphabetical Force Book.” 
 
 “Precinct Force Book.” 
 
 “Numerical Shield Book.” 
 
 “Record of Arrests.” 
 
 “Record of Complaints.” 
 
 “Record of Judgments.” 
 
 “Trial Record.” 
 
 “Time Book.” 
 
 “Oath Book.” 
 
 “Record of Lost Children.” 
 
 “Record of Violation Corporation Ordinances.” 
 
 “Minute Books.” 
 
 All the records of the Police Department, kept in the office 
 of the Chief Clerk, shall be secured by the clerks having charge 
 of the same respectively, so that they may not be examined by 
 unauthorized persons. All information desired by the public shall 
 be given by the general or special order of the Chief Clerk, 
 as its importance shall require, and then only by the clerk 
 having charge of the book or record from which the informa- 
 tion is to be obtained. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 The Chief Clerk is authorized and directed to see that the 
 books and records shall be accessible only to the Commission- 
 ers, to himself, First Deputy, and the clerk having special 
 charge thereof respectively. 
 
 RULE 16. 
 
 All suits and proceedings instituted against members of the 
 Force, as such, shall, in the discretion of the Chief Clerk, or 
 when directed by the Board, be referred by him to the Counsel 
 to the Corporation for defense, if there be ground for defense. 
 
 RULE 17. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall furnish to the Keeper of the Cloth- 
 room the names of all persons appointed and qualified as Pa- 
 trolmen and Doormen, and the names of all others entitled to 
 be furnished from the “Department of Clothing and Equip- 
 ment” with cloth, hats, buttons, wreaths and numbers. 
 
 RULE 18. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall report to the Corporation Attorney of 
 the City of New York all violations of Corporation ordinances, 
 and shall keep a record of the dates of such reports, and the 
 nature and places of occurrence of such violations. 
 
 CHIEF OF POLICE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF 
 POLICE. 
 
 RULE 21. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall be the Executive Officer of the 
 Force, and shall be chargeable with and responsible for the 
 execution of all laws and the rules and regulations of the De- 
 partment. He shall assign to duty the members of the uni- 
 formed Force, and shall have power to change such assign- 
 ments, from time to time, whenever, in his judgment, the exi- 
 gencies of the Service may require such change. He shall 
 have power to suspend without pay, pending the trial of 
 charges, any member of the uniformed Force; provided, how- 
 ever, that no such suspension shall be continued for a period of 
 more than ten days without affirmative action to that effect by 
 the Board of Police. He may grant leaves of absence to mem- 
 bers of the Force for a period not exceeding five days. He shall 
 report to the Board of Police all changes or assignments of 
 officers and all leaves of absence granted. 
 
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 RULE 22. 
 
 All orders to the Chief of Police shall emanate from and be 
 issued to him only by the Board of Police, and all orders to the 
 Police Force shall be issued by the Chief of Police to the In- 
 spectors or Captains of Police and by him or them communi- 
 cated to the Force. 
 
 RULE 23. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to enforce in the 
 City of New York all the Laws of the State, and ordinances of 
 the City of New York, and ordinances of the Board of Health 
 and the rules and regulations of the Board of Police; to abate 
 all gaming-houses, rooms and premises; and places kept or 
 used for lewd or obscene purposes and amusements; and places 
 kept or used for the sale of lottery tickets or policies, or for 
 any unlawful purpose whatsoever. 
 
 RULE 24. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall have power to promulgate orders to 
 the officers and members of the Police Force not inconsistent 
 with law, or the rules and regulations of the Board. Such or- 
 ders shall be written or printed; and all members of the 
 Force shall observe and obey them. Such orders shall be re- 
 corded in a book, to be kept by him, and copies of all General 
 Orders immediately furnished to the Chief Clerk, for the in- 
 formation of the Board, and a copy to each of the Commission- 
 ers of Police, before it is issued to the officers and members of 
 the Force; each copy to be delivered to each Commissioner if 
 present at the Central Department, to be enclosed in an en- 
 velope directed to such Commissioner, and left in the room of 
 the Commissioners, in the Central Department. 
 
 RULE 25. 
 
 The Chief of Police, each Inspector and Captain of Police 
 within the limits of his District or Precinct, shall possess gen- 
 eral Police supervision over all licensed or unlicensed pawn- 
 brokers, venders, junk-shops, cartmen, hackmen, expressmen, 
 dealers in second-hand articles, intelligence-office keepers and 
 auctioneers within the city, and all other public licensees. 
 
 RULE 26. 
 
 The Chief of Police, when necessary, shall repair in person 
 to all serious or extensive fires in the City of New York; to all 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 riots or tumultuous assemblages within said city, and take 
 command of the Police Force present. 
 
 Inspectors shall in their several Districts perform like service. 
 
 RULE 27. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall keep at his office books of record 
 such as are required in the business of his office, including: 
 
 A robbery book. 
 
 A record of orders issued from his office. 
 
 A record of current and incidental expenses of his own office. 
 
 A record of suspicious places and the names of the keepers 
 thereof in the City of New York. 
 
 A record of houses of prostitution, assignation houses, gam- 
 bling houses, and disorderly or disreputable houses of every 
 kind in the City of New York, with the names of the owners 
 and keepers thereof. 
 
 RULE 28. 
 
 The Chief of Police may be absent from the City on 
 business connected with the Department for periods not ex- 
 ceeding 24 hours at any one time, on the consent and approval 
 of one or more of the Commissioners of Police. All such ab- 
 sences shall be reported by him to the Board of Police. 
 
 The Chief of Police is authorized to detail, for a pe- 
 riod not exceeding five days, any member of the Police Force 
 to the performance of any proper Police duty or business (and 
 for such purposes may order and allow such member to leave 
 the city), whenever the exigencies of the service require the 
 same. In all cases he shall report to the Board his action, in 
 writing. 
 
 He shall also report, in like manner, all transfers of mem- 
 bers of the Force and assignments to duty made by him. 
 
 RULE 29. 
 
 The Chief of Police, unless otherwise ordered by the Board 
 of Police, may assign one Inspector, in rotation, to attend to 
 the night duty pertaining to the Central Department, and in 
 like manner one on Sunday. 
 
 If an Inspector should be required to perform other duties at 
 the time of such assignment, or in case of an emergency, the 
 Chief of Police may direct a Captain of Police to perform such 
 duty. 
 
 RULE 30. 
 
 In the absence or disability of the Chief of Police, the Deputy 
 Chief of Police shall discharge all the duties of the office of 
 Chief of Police. 
 
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 / INSPECTORS. 
 
 • RULE 35. 
 
 The territory of the City of New York is divided into six In- 
 spection Districts, which are respectively named the First, 
 Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Inspection Districts. 
 
 First District to consist of Precincts Nos. 1, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13 
 and 14, and the Third Court Squad. 
 
 Second District to consist of Precincts Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 
 10, 15 and 36, 1st and 2d District Court Squads, Steam-boiler 
 Squad, Health Squad, House of Detention Squad and Central 
 Office Squad. 
 
 Third District to consist of Precincts Nos. 18, 21, 23, 23d 
 Sub., 25, 27, and Fourth Court Squad. 
 
 Fourth District to consist of Precincts Nos. 16, 19, 20, 22, 
 24 and 26. 
 
 Fifth District to consist of Precincts Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31 
 and 32, and Fifth Court Squad. 
 
 Sixth District to consist of Precincts Nos. 33, 34, 35 and 
 38, and Sixth Court Squad. 
 
 An Inspector of Police shall be assigned to each District, 
 who shall have an office within the limits of his District, or 
 at such place as the Board of Police may determine. 
 
 RULE 36. 
 
 Each Inspector shall be responsible for the preservation of 
 the peace and protection of life and limb in his District, and 
 for the discipline of the Force therein. 
 
 He shall, quarterly and as often as may be necessary, inspect 
 thoroughly each Station-house in his District, and make or 
 cause to be made such inspections of the members of the Force 
 in his District, while on duty, as may be necessary to satisfy 
 himself that the duties are properly performed. 
 
 They shall submit quarterly reports thereupon, with such 
 suggestions as they shall deem proper. He shall see that the 
 Station-house Books are kept in conformity to the Rules, and 
 that the officers and men are faithful in the discharge of their 
 duties. 
 
 He shall receive the reports of the Captains and other offi- 
 cers in command of the members of the Force in his District 
 at nine a. m. daily, and report in person at such times as the 
 Chief of Police may direct. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 RULE 37. 
 
 Inspectors shall see that, within their District, the Laws of 
 the State and the ordinances of the Corporation of which the 
 Police Department has cognizance, and the rules and regula- 
 tions of the Police Department are enforced, and shall cause 
 nuisances to be removed, preserve peace and order at elections, 
 provide an adequate Police Force at every fire and at every 
 public assembly of citizens. 
 
 They shall transmit to the Chief of Police all charges made 
 against members of the Force in their District. 
 
 RULE 38. 
 
 Each Inspector shall keep at his office books of record such 
 as are required in the business of his office, and as the Chief 
 of Police shall direct. 
 
 RULE 39. 
 
 Each Inspector will be held responsible for the general good 
 conduct and order of his District, as the Captains of Police 
 are held responsible for the good conduct and order of their 
 respective Precincts; it is expected that he will visit portions of 
 his District, and the Station-houses therein, at uncertain hours 
 of the day and night. He will diligently inquire into every 
 complaint made by citizens of laxity or misconduct in per- 
 formance of duty by members of the Force, and report the 
 same to the Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 40. 
 
 The Inspector of the District in which it is located shall ex- 
 amine, or cause to be examined, at least once in each week, 
 the “House for Detention of Witnesses,” in respect to the con- 
 dition of said House, its cleanliness, the comfort of the in- 
 mates, and the quantity and quality of their provisions. 
 
 RULE 41. 
 
 To each Inspector shall be assigned, for office and inspection 
 duty, such aid from the Force as the Chief of Police may ap- 
 prove. 
 
 Inspectors shall have power, when on duty at the Central 
 Department (in the absence of the Chief of Police), to grant 
 leave of absence under the regulations of the Board of Police. 
 
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 CAPTAINS. 
 
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 RULE 45. 
 
 The Chief of Police may temporarily excuse a Captain to 
 leave the District for a period not to exceed eight hours, on 
 the application of the Inspector of the District, provided such 
 absence shall not be prejudicial to the public service. 
 
 Captains will carefully examine the reports of the Sergeants 
 and Roundsmen, made to the Chief of Police, and will see that 
 the reports are correctly made out. 
 
 The Morning Returns shall be made out in manner, matter 
 and form, as directed from time to time by the Chief or Board 
 of Police, and shall contain accurate and faithful copies, or 
 reports of the entries and memorandums, each and every one 
 of them, made in the Blotter during the preceding twenty-four 
 hours, including the disposition by the Courts of all persons 
 arrested for offenses. 
 
 The officers in command will carefully examine their Morn- 
 ing and Court Returns, and see that the complaints are prop- 
 erly entered. They shall make daily Supplemental Reports of 
 the disposition by the Courts of all cases, the disposition of 
 which is not reported on the prior Morning Returns and only 
 in such cases. 
 
 The Morning Returns shall be signed by the Sergeant who 
 makes them out, and countersigned by the Captain. When 
 errors are discovered or explanations are needed, in the Chief 
 Clerk’s office, the Sergeant who signs the Returns shall be no- 
 tified to attend at the Chief Clerk’s office, to amend or explain 
 them. 
 
 No person other than as above shall be permitted to alter 
 or change a Morning Return. 
 
 Captains shall carefully examine all the reports of Sergeants, 
 and promptly report each and every case of dereliction of duty 
 to the District Inspector. 
 
 RULE 46. 
 
 Captains of Precincts are charged with the distribution and 
 safe keeping of the books belonging to the Libraries of their 
 respective Precincts. The name and value of each book not re- 
 turned, or the value, name and number of volumes of the set, 
 if any volume of a set is not returned, shall be reported to the 
 Board of Police, and the value thereof be deducted from the 
 pay of the member. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 RULE 47. 
 
 Captains shall carefully read and explain, to each Platoon of 
 their respective commands, all General Orders, and all decisions 
 of the Board of Police, in cases of complaints against members 
 of their commands. 
 
 RULE 48. 
 
 Captains shall cause to be promptly served all notices and 
 subpoenas sent them from the office of the Chief Clerk, and all 
 letters and messages sent from the Central Department, to be 
 promptly delivered. 
 
 When a subpoena is left at a Station-house for any officer, 
 the fact shall be entered in the Blotter with the name of the 
 officer subpoenaed, the Court and the time wanted at Court, 
 and the case in which he is a witness. Such subpoena shall be 
 served on the officer with the least possible delay, and the fact 
 of the service entered on the Blotter. 
 
 RULE 49. 
 
 Captains will be diligent in enforcing the laws relating to 
 lotteries, lottery policies and shops; the selling of liquor, and 
 gambling of all kinds. They shall make special reports to the 
 Chief of Police of the facts of all cases of arrests for gambling 
 or policy dealing and violations of the Excise Law that are 
 dismissed by the City Magistrates; and the assumed grounds 
 of such dismissal. 
 
 RULE 50. 
 
 Captains shall report daily to the Chief of Police, in writing, 
 all cases of malignant, infectious, contagious and epidemic 
 diseases in their respective Precincts. 
 
 RULE 51. 
 
 Captains shall keep a record, at their several Station-houses, 
 of the residences of the members of the Force under their con- 
 trol, and shall furnish to Surgeons the residences of such mem- 
 bers as have reported sick. 
 
 They shall report in writing, to the Chief Clerk, each and 
 every change of residence of members of the Force under their 
 command as soon as such change of residence takes place; and 
 they shall be prompt in notifying the Chief Clerk whenever any mem- 
 ber of their command, who was previously single, becomes a married 
 man. 
 
 They shall keep a record of the members of the Force who 
 reside in their Precincts, but not performing duty therein, and, 
 
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 such members shall promptly report such residence or change 
 of same, to the officer at the Station-house where they reside. 
 
 RULE 52. 
 
 Captains shall have the general charge and inspection of the 
 Police Station-house and Precinct to which they are assigned; 
 and, with the Sergeants, who in their regular order have charge 
 of the same, be held responsible for their cleanliness, general 
 condition and good order. 
 
 Captains shall assign to the Sergeants, in rotation, the duty 
 of inspecting the beds, bedding, clothes and habits of each 
 member of the Force in their Precinct— such inspection to be 
 made daily; and the Sergeant shall report to his Captain and 
 will be held responsible for any non-compliance with the regu- 
 lations in respect to the same. 
 
 RULE 53. 
 
 Captains shall cause the stoves and pipes of their respec- 
 tive Station-houses to be carefully taken down and put away, 
 as soon as fires can be dispensed with; and shall preserve them 
 and not permit them to be removed from the Station-house 
 without the written order of the Chief Clerk. They shall, when 
 necessary, cause the stoves and pipes to be put up for use. 
 
 RULE 54. 
 
 Captains will be held strictly responsible for the preserva- 
 tion of the public peace, in their respective Precincts, and, to 
 insure good order, they are vested with the power to post the 
 men under their command in such parts of their Precincts, 
 and to assign them such duties as they may deem expedient, 
 under the supervision of the Chief of Police and Inspector of 
 the District and in accordance with the rules and regulations 
 of the Board. 
 
 RULE 55. 
 
 Captains shall inspect or cause to be inspected, from time to 
 time, all pawnbrokers’ shops, second-hand dealers’ shops, junk- 
 shops and intelligence offices in their respective Precincts. 
 They shall keep a record of all such shops and offices, and re- 
 port thereon, from time to time, to the District Inspector. 
 
 RULE 56. 
 
 Captains will at all times require the members of the Force 
 under their command to be attired according to the rules and 
 regulations of the Department; and to be decent and clean in 
 their attire, habits and persons. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 RULE 57. 
 
 Captains shall— subject to the orders of their superiors in 
 command, and the orders, rules and regulations of the Depart- 
 ment — have control of the Sergeants, Roundsmen, Patrolmen, 
 Doormen and Matrons of their respective Precincts, and will 
 be held accountable for their good conduct and efficiency. 
 They may establish minor rules and regulations for their gov- 
 ernment, not inconsistent with the orders, rules and regula- 
 tions of the Police Department, subject to the approval of the 
 Inspector and Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 58. 
 
 Captains shall divide the Patrolmen of their force into two 
 equal parts, which shall be known as the “First” and “Second 
 Platoons,” and each Platoon into two parts, which shall be 
 known as the “First,” “Second,” “Third” and “Fourth Sec- 
 tions.” A Sergeant shall be assigned to the command of each 
 Section, and a Sergeant shall be in charge of the Station-house 
 at all times. 
 
 The Captain shall, under the direction of the Chief of Police 
 and Inspector of the District, divide his Precinct into night 
 and day posts or beats, and number the same; and from time 
 to time designate the Patrolmen who are to patrol the same. 
 
 RULE 59. 
 
 Captains of Precincts will, at all times, when in command, 
 call the roll and designate the posts, and at no time will a 
 Sergeant call the roll or designate the posts when the Captain 
 is in command. 
 
 The Captain is at all times in command when in the Station- 
 house, except when he has retired for rest; before doing which 
 he will enter on the Blotter, in his own handwriting, “Capt. 
 in reserve.” 
 
 The Sergeant on desk duty is then in charge for the time 
 being; and on the Captain again assuming command, he will 
 
 note, in his own handwriting, “Capt. in command”— 
 
 in both cases noting the time. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Captains and Sergeants of all Pre- 
 cincts, Court or other Squads, before leaving the Station-house 
 or office, at any time, to enter in the Blotter, in their own 
 handwriting, the precise time and purpose of leaving, and im- 
 mediately upon returning to enter likewise in the Blotter the 
 time of their return. 
 
 Any Captain or Sergeant disobeying this rule, or making a 
 false entry on the “Blotter” in relation to this or any other 
 
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 matter, will be deemed guilty of neglect of duty, and upon 
 conviction thereof may be dismissed from the Police Force. 
 
 The roll shall be called at the commencement and termina- 
 tion of each tour of duty, preparatory to which the men will 
 promptly fall into line in the sitting-room, and march to the 
 front office, where they will be inspected by the officer in com- 
 mand, who will be particular to see that each Patrolman is, in 
 all respects, dressed in accordance with the nSles and regula- 
 tions of the service, and that his entire uniform, and all parts 
 thereof, are in good order. 
 
 If, at any roll-call at the termination of each tour of duty, 
 any Patrolman has not— in dress or otherwise— conformed to 
 the rules and regulations of the service, the officer in com- 
 mand will inquire into the causes; and if the Patrolman has 
 been guilty of neglect or intentional delinquency, report the 
 facts, with the name of such Patrolman, to the Chief of Police. 
 
 It is the duty of Captains and Sergeants, at all times, to re- 
 port any negligence in attire, want of cleanliness, or unfitness 
 for duty from any cause whatever. 
 
 RULE 60. 
 
 Captains shall designate relieving points within the bounda- 
 ries of each post; and direct the route to be taken by Patrol- 
 men, going to and coming from the relieving points. Such re- 
 lieving points to be distributed as far as practicable on alter- 
 nate streets, avenues and roads, and placed so as to be as 
 nearly as possible at equal distances from each other, and the 
 same shall be located, where the situation will admit of it, 
 at the points on the posts most remote from the Station-house. 
 
 Members of the force will remain upon their relieving points 
 until properly relieved, unless otherwise directed. 
 
 RULE 61. 
 
 Captains will be held responsible for the escape of any pris- 
 oner, delivered to them, at the Station-house under their com- 
 mand. 
 
 RULE 63. 
 
 Captains are required to devote special personal attention to 
 the use of gas, and manner of using fuel in the stoves of their 
 respective Station-houses, in order to avoid excessive and care- 
 less consumption of coal, and to preserve the stoves. They will 
 be held responsible for the prudent and economical use of gas 
 and the management of fires in their respective Station- 
 houses. 
 
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 RULE 03. 
 
 Captains shall, when any room or building, or any part or 
 portion of any room or building within their Precincts, is 
 known to them to be kept, used or occupied for the purpose of 
 gambling, of recording or registering bets, or for selling pools, 
 immediately give notice, in writing, to the owner, lessee and oc- 
 cupant of such room and building, that the premises are occu- 
 pied for such purposes and that the occupation and use thereof 
 for such purposes is a misdemeanor. They shall be careful to 
 note the time when such notice is given. 
 
 If the occupation and use of such premises shall be continued 
 after the service of such notice, they shall obtain warrants for 
 and cause the arrest of such owner, lessee or occupant for the 
 misdemeanor (this is not to be construed so as to prevent any 
 officer from making an arrest without a warrant when the law 
 is violated within his view and presence), and cause them to 
 be prosecuted in the City Magistrates’ Court and also before 
 the Grand Jury. 
 
 SERGEANTS. 
 
 RULE 65. 
 
 In cases of vacancy, or in the absence of the Captain by rea- 
 son of illness or absence from duty, or by permission of the 
 Board of Police, the duties required of him shall be performed 
 by one of the Sergeants of the Precinct, selected for that pur- 
 pose by the Chief or Board of Police. The Sergeant so selected 
 shall be designated as “Sergeant in Command,” and shall, dur- 
 ing such absence of the Captain, possess and exercise all the 
 powers of a Captain, and shall enforce the orders, rules and 
 regulations established for the government of the Precinct. 
 
 RULE 66. 
 
 The Sergeants shall, in turn, patrol their Precincts, and see 
 that the Roundsmen and Patrolmen of their Platoons or Sec- 
 tions are performing their duty properly. It is the duty of the 
 Sergeant not on desk duty to go on patrol with his Section or 
 Platoon, except when his services are required for clerical duty 
 in the Station-house; to remain out during the tour, in the 
 vigilant performance of duty; and to return with the men to 
 the Station-house at the end of the tour. 
 
 Sergeants shall be relieved from patrol duty during the tour 
 from 6 to 8 A. M. Also, the time required for meals. 
 
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 RULE 67. 
 
 Sergeants, in rotation, shall be relieved from night duty one 
 night in every twelve nights; provided that the Sergeant at- 
 tached to the same Platoon as the Sergeant whose night it is 
 to be relieved shall report himself for duty on such night. 
 
 RULE 68. 
 
 Sergeants must report to the Captain or officer in command, 
 at the Station-house of the Precinct to which they belong, all 
 delinquencies or violations of orders on the part of the Force, 
 or any member thereof under their command; the commanding 
 officer to enter such report in the Blotter. 
 
 ROUNDSMEN. 
 
 RULE 71. 
 
 The Roundsmen shall promptly obey all orders received from 
 their superior officers; shall set an example of sobriety, dis- 
 cretion, skill, industry and promptness to the Patrolmen under 
 their command; and will, at all times, appear neatly attired 
 and cleanly in their persons and equipments. 
 
 RULE 72. 
 
 Each Roundsman or other visiting officer shall see each 
 Patrolman under his command while on post at least once dur- 
 ing each tour of duty, and as often as practicable. 
 
 RULE 73. 
 
 Roundsmen shall be held responsible for the general good 
 order and discipline of the men under them; and will make 
 themselves -thoroughly acquainted with the capabilities of 
 the Patrolmen belonging to their Sections. They must care- 
 fully study and thoroughly understand the rules and regula- 
 tions, note every case of misconduct or neglect of duty by 
 members of the Force of their Precinct and report the same to 
 the commanding officer. They shall, while on duty, constantly 
 patrol the posts allotted to their respective Platoons, and en- 
 force the performance of duty by the men. 
 
 RULE 74. 
 
 In case of fire, burglary, riot or other emergency, the 
 Roundsman on duty nearest the scene of said fire, burg- 
 lary, riot, etc., will immediately send information to the officer 
 
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 in command at the Station-house; and, in the meantime, take 
 such action as the emergency may require. 
 
 RULE 75. 
 
 As soon as the men are arranged in line for inspection, the 
 Sergeant or Roundsman will inspect each and every Patrol- 
 man belonging to their respective Platoons, and be particular 
 in noting that their dress is clean; that their emblems and de- 
 vices are clean, in good order and in their proper places; and 
 that the men are properly attired and fit for duty. Thereupon 
 they shall report to the commanding officer the result of their 
 inspection. 
 
 RULE 76. 
 
 Roundsmen in command of Sections on reserve in the Sta- 
 tion-house during the night tours of duty shall, once during 
 each of such tours, inspect the dormitories where the Sections 
 sleep, and report to the Captain any and all irregular, 
 negligent, disorderly and uncleanly habits, practices and pro- 
 ceedings on the part of any member of the Force, and, under 
 direction of the Captain, shall make charges in relation thereto. 
 
 They shall see that the gas is not kept burning in the dor- 
 mitories during the night time, between the hours of 8.30 and 
 11.30 p. M. and 1 and 5.30 A. M., unless the platoons and sec- 
 tions on reserve are called out during those hours. 
 
 RULE 77. 
 
 When there are two or more Roundsmen on a platoon, Cap- 
 tains will divide the Precinct equally between them and assign 
 one Roundsman to each portion for two tours of duty. Cap- 
 tains will then change the Roundsmen to the opposite por- 
 tion of the Precinct. 
 
 Captains and acting Captains will enter, or cause to be en- 
 tered, on the Blotter, immediately under each roll-call, the part 
 of the Precinct in which each Roundsman is assigned to patrol, 
 for instance: Roundsman A, B, or C to patrol that part of Pre- 
 cinct east, west, north or south of street. 
 
 Inspectors when examining the Blotter will note all viola- 
 tions or omissions of this order, and report the same to the 
 Chief of Police. 
 
 DOORMEN. 
 
 RULE 81. 
 
 It shall be the duty of Doormen to obey all orders re- 
 ceived from the Captains and Sergeants of their respective Pre- 
 
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 cincts. They shall keep the Station-house, to which they are 
 attached, clean and in good order, and frequently whitewash 
 and cleanse the prisons thereof. 
 
 They shall visit the prison, when there are prisoners confined 
 therein, at intervals of not more than thirty minutes each, 
 and ascertain and report at the desk, in writing, at the time 
 of such report, the condition or wants of said prisoners. The 
 tours of duty of Doormen shall be regulated by order of the 
 Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 82. 
 
 Doormen shall prepare the wood required for kindling fires 
 in the respective buildings to which they are attached; keep 
 fires; have special charge of lights; cleanse their Station-houses 
 thoroughly, at least once in each week; look after the prop- 
 erty of the Station-house. 
 
 SURGEONS. 
 
 RULE 85. 
 
 The Surgeons appointed by the Board of Police constitute the 
 “Board of Police Surgeons.’* 
 
 RULE 86. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Police Surgeons to take medical 
 and surgical charge of the pensioners of the “Police Pension 
 Fund,’* and their families; giving them, without charge, the 
 same care and attention as patients in private practice, when 
 requested so to do by the said pensioners. 
 
 RULE 87. 
 
 Surgeons will not be required to perform surgical duties in 
 districts other than their own, except in emergencies or when 
 the necessity for the service is urgent, and the attendance of 
 the Surgeon of the district where the service is required can- 
 not readily be procured. 
 
 Whenever a Surgeon’s services are required at a Station- 
 house, the Surgeon of the district shall be called by the officer 
 in charge. If his attendance cannot readily be procured, the 
 Surgeons of other districts residing nearest to the Station- 
 house where the services are required shall be called in their 
 order. 
 
 RULE 88. 
 
 The Board of Police Surgeons shall elect annually, at their 
 first meeting after the first day of January in each year, a 
 
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 President and Secretary from their number, who shall hold 
 the office for one year. 
 
 When a vacancy occurs in the office of President or Secretary, 
 it shall be filled by the Board of Surgeons at the first meeting 
 held thereafter. 
 
 A majority of members shall form a quorum for business. 
 They may adopt by-laws for the government of their meetings, 
 not inconsistent with law or the rules aud regulations of the Board of 
 Police. 
 
 RULE 89. 
 
 The records of the proceedings of meetings of Committees of 
 the Board of Surgeons, detailed to examine applicants to be 
 appointed Patrolmen, so far as such records concern the exam- 
 ination of applicants, shall be kept in the office and custody of 
 the Civil Service Board. The proceedings of such Committees, 
 their action and decision on applications, shall be entered in 
 said records by a clerk of the . Police, to be designated by the 
 Secretary of the Civil Service Board, which clerk shall attend 
 all such meetings, and make and keep an accurate account and 
 statement of their proceedings, action and decision. 
 
 RULE 90. 
 
 The President of the Board of Surgeons shall detail Commit- 
 tees of four Surgeons to attend at the Central Department at 
 such times as may be required, to examine and report upon 
 the qualifications of candidates for appointment. 
 
 The Surgeon first named shall act as Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Any Surgeon so detailed, who is prevented by sickness or 
 otherwise from attending such examination, shall furnish to the 
 Committee as his substitute one of the Police Surgeons, who 
 shall perform the required duties. 
 
 RULE 91. 
 
 Surgeons shall, on no account whatever, admit any person or 
 persons (except candidates) into the examination room while 
 examinations are to be held, except the Chief Clerk, the Civil 
 Service Board or its Secretary, the members of the Board of 
 Police, and such clerical assistance as shall be assigned. 
 
 RULE 92. 
 
 Each Surgeon of the several Committees in attendance shall 
 make personal examination of each candidate before signing 
 
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 the certificate; the concurrence of three Surgeons comprising 
 the Committee shall be required to pass a candidate. 
 
 The cause of rejection shall in every case be clearly and fully 
 stated. 
 
 RULE 93. 
 
 No Surgeon, or Committee of Surgeons, shall examine, cer- 
 tify in relation to, or give any opinion, verbally or otherwise, 
 concerning the physical condition, soundness or unsoundness, 
 of any man who is an applicant, or who expects or intends to 
 become an applicant for appointment as a member of the Po- 
 lice Force, except officially at the Central Department; and then 
 only with respect to such persons as are authorized by the Board 
 of Police to be examined; nor shall they, or either of them, 
 receive any gratuity, article of value, money, or other compen- 
 sation, service or reward, directly or indirectly, by promise or 
 otherwise, for such examinations as they may officially 
 make. 
 
 Surgeons shall not charge, receive or take any compensation 
 for medicine furnished to or for medical or surgical attend- 
 ance upon any member of the Force or applicant for appoint- 
 ment on the Force. Each Surgeon or other member of the Force 
 who shall become cognizant or credibly informed of any vio- 
 lation of this rule, shall forthwith report, in writing, the facts 
 of the case, with the name of the offending party and the wit- 
 nesses, to the Chief of Police, who shall prefer charges, based 
 upon such report, against the offending party. 
 
 The demands of private practice are not allowed to interfere 
 with the due performance of duties in the Police Department. 
 
 RULE 94. 
 
 The Board of Surgeons shall, in addition to their stated meet- 
 ings, meet as often as required, when called upon by the 
 Board of Police, and examine and report upon all questions, 
 subjects and matters referred to them; they shall serve, when- 
 ever required, upon committees of their number, to examine and 
 report in relation to all crimes, casualties, nuisances, injuries, 
 and other matters referred to them. 
 
 RULE 95. 
 
 The Board of Surgeons shall, in the month of January in 
 each year, make an annual report to the Board of Police, set- 
 ting forth the transactions of the year; the sanitary condition 
 of the Station-houses, prisons, lodging-houses, and the “House 
 for Detention of Witnesses,” and of the Police Force, and at 
 
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 other times, as required, shall submit special reports upon 
 matters pertaining to the duties with which they are charged. 
 
 RULE 96. 
 
 All resolutions of the Board of Surgeons and all certificates 
 granted or issued by said Board shall be verified and attested 
 by the signatures of its President and Secretary. 
 
 RULE 97. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the several Surgeons to report in 
 writing to the Board of Police the death of each and every 
 member of the Police Force in their respective districts, and 
 state the time, cause and circumstances of such death, 
 specifying whether such member of the Force was killed while 
 in the actual performance of Police duty, or died from the ef- 
 fects of any injury received whilst in the actual discharge of 
 such duty, or died after ten years of service in the Police De- 
 partment, and the said report shall state whether death was 
 caused by misconduct on the part of such member of the 
 Force. 
 
 RULE 98. 
 
 Each Surgeon shall answer calls at and from the Station- 
 houses of his District, and from the Central Department, and 
 make no charge, or receive any compensation or gratuity in 
 addition to his salary for services rendered at a Station-house 
 or at the Central Department. 
 
 RULE 99. 
 
 Each Surgeon shall keep a record of all cases attended by 
 him at Station-houses, and of calls from Station-houses, with 
 the date and name of the person treated, and a brief state- 
 ment of each case, and shall make written reports on the first 
 day of each month of such cases, and forward them to the 
 Chief Clerk. 
 
 RULE 100. 
 
 “The Board of Police shall have power in their discretion to 
 appoint one or more reputable physicians to examine any mem- 
 ber of the Police Force who shall be reported sick, and upon 
 such appointment any member of the force shall submit him- 
 self to such examination.” 
 
 Whenever any member of the Police Force is injured or 
 sick, so as to be unable or unfit to perform patrol or other duty 
 to which he is assigned, he shall immediately report to his 
 commanding officer at the Station-house, who shall enter on 
 
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 the Blotter the name of the officer, the date and time of day, 
 and the cause of disability, as stated by the officer. Should the 
 officer be unable, on account of sickness or injury, to report in 
 person, he shall send word to the Station-house, and furnish a 
 certificate from the examining surgeon of his inability to 
 report personally, and such certificate shall be a sufficient ex- 
 cuse for his not having so reported. 
 
 The Captain or Sergeant in command at the Station-house 
 shall immediately summon a Police Surgeon, who shall examine 
 the patient, and report to the officer in command whether the 
 patient is or is not in condition to perform his duties as a 
 member of the Force. If the Surgeon shall report that he is, 
 the Captain shall order him to duty. If the Surgeon shall re- 
 port that he is not, the Captain shall order him to go immedi- 
 ately to his place of residence, if not already there, and remain 
 there, and the Surgeon shall attend and treat him as required 
 by the rules and regulations of the Board. Thereafter the offi- 
 cer shall not leave his place of residence without the written 
 order of the Surgeon. 
 
 Any member of the Force who shall have been ordered to 
 the care of the Surgeon, in pursuance of this rule, and shall 
 leave his residence without the written order of his Surgeon, shall 
 be therefor subject to charges and punishment in the discretion 
 of the Board. 
 
 Whenever a Police Surgeon shall order an officer to return 
 to duty from the sick list, he shall not only give to the offi- 
 cer a written order to that effect, but shall, at the same time, 
 forward a report of that fact, in writing, to the Commanding 
 Officer of the Precinct or Squad to which the officer is attached. 
 
 RULE 101. 
 
 In all cases where a Precinct, Force or Squad is transferred 
 from the charge of one Surgeon to another, the Surgeon from 
 whose care it is transferred will immediately report to the 
 Surgeon to whose care it is transferred, the sick time of all 
 sick members of such Precinct, Force or Squad, with such par- 
 ticularity as to enable the Surgeon, to whom the report is 
 made, to make up his monthly report. 
 
 The Surgeon to whom such reports are made will immedi- 
 ately take charge of the sick members named in such report. 
 
 RULE 102. 
 
 Surgeons shall in their respective Districts keep a careful 
 record of the sick time of each member of the Force, and make 
 report thereof to the Chief Clerk on the first day of each 
 
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 month, setting forth in such report the name and rank of the 
 sick member, the date and duration of the sickness, the num- 
 ber of visits made during the same, the total number of days’ 
 time lost; also, in plain and simple language, the name, char- 
 acter and special features of the disease or disability. They 
 shall state in figures at the foot of the appropriate column of 
 their reports the aggregate of time lost. 
 
 RULE 103. 
 
 Each Surgeon shall make charges, in writing, to the Chief 
 of Police against any member of the Force who shall seek to 
 evade duty on the pretense of sickness; or whose sickness or 
 disability is caused by improper conduct, intemperance, im- 
 moral or vicious habits or practices. 
 
 When a member of the Force who has charges pending 
 against him, and has been notified of the day of trial on 
 such charges, reports sick, the Surgeon in whose district he 
 is shall be notified of the nature of the complaint and the day 
 of trial, at the same time that he is .notified that the officer 
 has reported sick. 
 
 RULE 104. 
 
 Each Surgeon shall transmit to the Board of Health of 
 the City of New York written notice of all cases of malignant, 
 infectious, contagious or epidemic diseases coming within his 
 knowledge and occurring in his own District. 
 
 RULE 105. 
 
 No Surgeon shall pass upon the physical qualifications of any 
 candidate for appointment as Patrolman, who shall have been 
 under his medical charge, or who shall have applied to him 
 for examination and advice within one year next prior to the 
 time when such candidate presents himself for examination. 
 
 RULE 106. 
 
 When a Patrolman is on the sick list, he is under the control 
 and command of the Surgeon of the District, and, so far as 
 relates to the treatment of his disease, is to obey all orders 
 and instructions of the Surgeon relative thereto. 
 
 For any violation of the orders of the Surgeon, the offender 
 shall be subject to charges and trial in the usual form as 
 for disobedience of orders. 
 
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 PAY-ROLLS AND BILLS. 
 
 RULE 111. 
 
 Pay-rolls of the Force and employees shall be made in dup- 
 licate, upon blanks furnished at the Central Department. They 
 shall contain and show the name and rank of each person, the 
 rate of compensation per annum, per month or per diem es- 
 tablished, by and in pursuance of law, the time for which each 
 person is entitled to payment, the amount due and payable to 
 each, the total amount of the pay-roll and a receipt in full of 
 all demands to date, to be signed in duplicate by each person 
 whose name is borne on the pay-roll. 
 
 The Chief Clerk shall cause the pay-rolls to be examined, 
 audited, verified and certified, as follows: 
 
 The correctness of the names and the number of names car- 
 ried on the roll shall be verified by comparison with the Force 
 books and certified by the clerk who keeps those books. 
 
 The correctness of the time of service credited to each per- 
 son, and for which he is entitled to pay, shall be verified by 
 comparison with the time-books and certified by the clerk who 
 keeps those books. 
 
 The extensions and footings shall be examined and corrected 
 by two clerks in the Chief Clerk’s office, and certified by them. 
 The footings shall be verified by the Treasurer’s Bookkeeper. 
 The pay-roll, thus audited and verified, shall be certified by 
 the Chief Clerk, and presented to the Treasurer. 
 
 Claim bills and demands for Police expenditure (other than 
 pay-rolls) shall be made in duplicate and referred to the Com- 
 mittee through which the liability was incurred. The Com- 
 mittee will examine and audit such claims, bills and demands, 
 and cause them to be verified in pursuance of law and the rules 
 and regulations of the Department, and report them to the 
 Board of Police with a recommendation in relation to the pay- 
 ment thereof. All other claims and demands will be submitted 
 to and audited and disposed of by the Board. 
 
 All payments of money or pay-rolls or other claims will be 
 made in pursuance of the orders of the Board of Police. The 
 Treasurer will make payments in pursuance of such orders by 
 checks upon duplicate vouchers, one copy to be filed in the 
 office of the Treasurer and one copy transmitted to the Finance 
 Department. 
 
 First— Commanding Officers of the Detective Bureau, Court 
 Squads and the several special squads, including all the va- 
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 Precincts, will complete, sign and submit to the Time Clerk, 
 in the Chief Clerk’s office, pursuant to this rule, the pay-rolls 
 of their respective commands at 2 o’clock p. m. on the day 
 next previous to the regular pay-day of this Department. Pay- 
 rolls will be completed up to 12 o’clock noon of the day upon 
 which they are submitted. 
 
 Commanding Officers will also report in writing to the Time 
 Clerk, at 9 o’clock a. m. on the morning of the regular pay-day, 
 whether or not there have been any changes or alterations in 
 their commands between 12 o’clock noon, the day of the com- 
 pletion of their pay-roll, and 6 o’clock a. m. on the morning 
 of the regular pay-day. If any change in their commands ne- 
 cessitates a change or alteration in their pay-roll, they will re- 
 port that fact in detail to the Time Clerk. 
 
 Second— Commanding Officers of Precincts will complete, 
 sign and submit to the Time Clerk, the pay-rolls of their re- 
 spective commands, pursuant to this rule, at or before 9 o’clock 
 A. M. on the morning of the regular pay-day. Pay-rolls will be 
 completed up to 6 o’clock a. m. on the morning of pay-day. 
 
 Third— Pay-rolls when completed as herein described, may 
 be delivered to the Time Clerk by Commanding Officers in per- 
 son, or they may be sent to his office by the officer detailed to 
 make out and having charge of the pay-rolls. V 
 
 Officers delivering pay-rolls will remain at the Central De- 
 partment as long as their services may be required in connec- 
 tion therewith, after which they will return to their respective 
 commands. 
 
 Fourth— Inspectors, Captains and Acting-Captains who are 
 under bond, will report to the Treasurer in person at 1 o’clock 
 p. M. on each regular pay-day to receive the pay checks of 
 their respective commands. 
 
 REWARDS AND TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 RULE 112. 
 
 The Board of Police will, in their discretion, permit members 
 of the Force, for services rendered by them in the discharge of 
 their duties, which are both “meritorious and extraordinary,” 
 but for such only, to receive, under the restrictions provided in 
 this rule, rewards, presents or testimonials tendered them for 
 such services. 
 
 When any such reward, present or testimonial is proffered, it 
 must, whether money or otherwise, first be deposited with the 
 
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 Treasurer of the Board, to await such final action as the Board 
 may take upon it. 
 
 If the reward or present be a sum of money, the Treasurer 
 shall deduct therefrom, unless the Board of Police otherwise 
 direct, for the benefit of the Police Pension Fund, ten per cent, 
 on all sums— paying the balance, on proper vouchers, to whom 
 it is intended. 
 
 In each and every case, application must be made to the 
 Board, in writing, for permission to receive any reward, pres- 
 ent or testimonial, and it will be granted or not, as the Board 
 may deem advisable. The nature or amount of the reward or 
 present must be stated in the application. 
 
 Applications for permission to receive testimonials voted or 
 donated to members of the Force at fairs, receptions, balls, 
 picnics, or by any other method, shall be denied. 
 
 RULE 113. 
 
 Members of the Force or Department will not, without per- 
 mission of the Board, be allowed to make presents to, or be- 
 stow testimonials upon other members of the Force or De- 
 partment, nor will they be allowed to collect money, or receive 
 anything else, from citizens or others for any such purpose, or 
 circulate subscription papers, sell tickets, or collect money 
 from citizens for charitable or other purposes, without leave 
 of the Board. 
 
 RULE 114. 
 
 No member of the Force shall accept from any person, while 
 such person is in his custody, or after such person shall have 
 been discharged, or from any one of his friends, any gratuity, 
 reward or gift, directly or indirectly; nor receive from any 
 person (without the permission of the Board of Police) com- 
 pensation for damages sustained in the discharge of his duty. 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 RULE 115. 
 
 Requisitions for supplies in stock shall be allowed by the 
 signature of a Commissioner, a member of the Committee on 
 Repairs and Supplies, which shall be filed and numbered. A 
 book of “Requisition Orders,” with coupons annexed, shall be 
 kept. Coupon orders from said book, numbered to correspond 
 with the requisition, shall, when necessary, be issued to carry 
 into effect such requisitions. Such requisitions and orders 
 
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 shall be returned with the duplicate bills rendered and pre- 
 served in the Treasurer’s office, and a duplicate copy of the 
 bills transmitted to the Finance Department. 
 
 All officers and employees of this Department are cautioned 
 that all expenditures, except in cases of positive emergency, 
 must be authorized in writing by the Board of Police, upon 
 requisition duly made, before any liability is incurred. 
 
 In cases of emergency, such as expenses for the execution of 
 criminal process, apprehension and arrest of criminals, ex- 
 penses involved in the detection of crime, etc., where it is im- 
 possible to obtain in advance the necessary authority, bills 
 must be submitted for each month immediately after the last 
 day thereof. Such bills must be carefully examined, audited, 
 and, if correct, approved by the Captain, Inspector and Chief of 
 Police. 
 
 Hereafter whenever an officer or employee of this Department 
 shall make a requisition for supplies or repairs, he shall sub- 
 mit with such requisition, over his official signature, a state- 
 ment addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Repairs 
 and Supplies, containing the following information: 
 
 First— The number of articles of the kind called for in the 
 requisition there on hand. 
 
 Second— T he condition of all such articles. 
 
 Third— The date of the last receipt, in that Precinct or of- 
 fice, of articles of the same kind or nature called for in the 
 requisition and the number then received. 
 
 Fourth— A detailed statement showing the special circum- 
 stances under which additional supplies or repairs are made 
 necessary at that time. 
 
 The Chief Clerk is directed to prepare and distribute suitable 
 blanks for this purpose. 
 
 BONDS. 
 
 RULE 11G. 
 
 Every person appointed to the office of Chief of Police, Deputy 
 Chief of Police, Inspector or Captain in the Police Force of the 
 City of New York, shall, before entering upon the duties of 
 such office, or as soon thereafter as possible, give to the Board 
 of Police of said city security, by bond, in the penal sum of 
 twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for Chief of Police and Dep- 
 uty Chief of Police, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) 
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 Captain; and every person appointed to the office of 
 Property Clerk in the Police Department of said city, 
 before entering upon the duties of such office, shall give to the 
 said Board of Police security by bond in the penal sum of 
 twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the faithful perform- 
 ance of the duties of their respective offices, and that they will 
 severally well and truly account for, and pay over and deliver 
 to the persons and officers entitled to the same, all money and 
 property which shall come into their possession in the dis- 
 charge of their official duties, as provided in the orders, rules 
 and regulations of the service. Such security shall be by bond, 
 to the Board of Police of the Police Department of the City of 
 New York, to be executed by the person so appointed to such 
 office, and two persons as sureties. The sureties to be residents 
 of the State and freeholders in the City of New York, and to 
 justify by affidavit to the satisfaction of the Treasurer of Po- 
 lice. Such bond and affidavit shall be renewed from time to 
 time, as may be required by the Board of Police, and to be in 
 form approved by said Board. 
 
 Acting Captains of Police shall give bonds when and in such 
 sum as the Board of Police may from time to time direct. 
 
 BLOTTERS. 
 
 RULE 117. 
 
 Each Captain shall keep in his Police Station-house a book 
 to be called a “Blotter,” in which shall be entered daily, as the 
 events in their order occur, the time that the Captain and each 
 of the Sergeants are on duty in the Station-house; and the 
 particular hours during which they were engaged in visiting 
 the Patrolmen on their respective districts, posts or stations. 
 The entries in such books shall exhibit a faithful daily account 
 of all the transactions and occurrences at the office, and of all 
 matters of interest or importance to the Department, in or out 
 of the office; and of all arrests, for any reason whatever; with 
 the name, occupation and residence (if known) of all persons 
 arrested; the time of such arrest; the offenses for which they 
 were arrested; the hour, place and manner in which the of- 
 fense was committed; and any other particulars of importance 
 concerning them; together with the names and residences of 
 complainants and of witnesses, and the name or names of the 
 members of the Force by whom the arrests were made. The 
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 larcenies, burglaries and other offenses; money and other ar- 
 ticles of value taken from prisoners; all stolen property re- 
 covered,. enumerating the articles; all property, money or other 
 valuable thing which may come into his possession; the name 
 and residence (if known) of the person in whose possession it 
 was found; the name of the person or officer by whom it was 
 found, whether the same was stolen or otherwise; how 
 much property was disposed of; such entry to be made at the 
 time the property is received. In the absence, illness or other 
 disability of the Captain, the Sergeant in command will see 
 that all entries in the Blotter are properly made. The entire 
 duty performed by each Platoon shall be entered separately in 
 said book. 
 
 They shall enter in the Blotter the name and residence (if 
 known) of the owner of any property stolen and in their posses- 
 sion; the estimated value of such stolen property, the names of 
 the Sergeant, Roundsman and Patrolman on the beat at the time 
 the offense was committed; the name or names of the members 
 of the Force who recovered such stolen property; also all de- 
 linquencies and violations of the orders, rules and regulations 
 of the service on the part of the Force, or by any member or 
 members thereof. 
 
 All entries required to be made in the Desk and Telegraph 
 Blotters shall be made by the Sergeant or Acting Sergeant on 
 desk duty, excepting such entries as may be otherwise pro- 
 vided for in the Rules. 
 
 SICK TIME. 
 
 RULE 118. 
 
 Deductions of one-half the amount will be made from the 
 compensation of members of the Force for lost time by absence 
 for any cause, with leave (except, when otherwise ordered), 
 lost or sick time, sickness or other disability, physical or men- 
 tal. 
 
 For absence without leave full pay will be deducted. 
 
 Full pay may be allowed for lost time by sickness or in- 
 juries only by the Board of Police, after written application 
 therefor, and all such applications by members of the Force 
 shall be made in the form of an affidavit stating cause, date 
 and duration of disability, and all particulars in each case. 
 Such application must be accompanied by a certificate of the 
 Surgeon of the District and a report of the Commanding Officer 
 of the Precinct or Squad to which the applicant is attached. 
 
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 RULE 119. 
 
 Whenever any member of the Force is absent on account of 
 sickness, injury or disability which ' is feigned or simulated, 
 or when it arises from carelessness, improper or vicious con- 
 duct, excessive indulgence of appetite, or other bad habits; im- 
 proper, illegal or immoral practices; or if the sick members 
 shall fraudulently, by concealment, false statement or other- 
 wise seek to deceive or mislead the Surgeon in relation to the 
 case; or if the member shall not remain at his residence, so as 
 to be visited at the option of the Surgeon; or if he refuses or 
 neglects to conform to the instructions of the Surgeon, he shall 
 be liable to charges of “conduct unbecoming an officer,” and 
 may be tried, convicted and dismissed from the Force, or other- 
 wise punished. 
 
 LEAVES OE ABSENCE. 
 
 RULE 120. 
 
 No member of the Police Force shall leave the City of New 
 York, or be absent from duty, except as provided in the rules 
 and regulations of the Department, except the Chief of Police, 
 who may be absent upon the approval of the Board of Police. 
 
 The Chief of Police has power to grant leaves of absence to 
 members of the Force, with half pay, for any period of time 
 not exceeding five days, whenever, in his judgment, the cir- 
 cumstances surrounding each particular application require 
 that such application be granted, and when such absence shall 
 not be prejudicial to the interests of the Department. 
 
 All applications for leaves of absence for a period not exceed- 
 ing five days shall be made through the Captains or Command- 
 ing Officers of Precincts or Squads to the Chief of Police; and 
 all applications for leaves of absence for any period exceeding 
 five days shall be made to the Board of Police through the 
 Captains or Commanding Officers of Precincts or Squads, and 
 the Chief of Police, who shall forward such applications to the 
 Board of Police with his approval or disapproval endorsed 
 thereon. 
 
 In every application for leave of absence there shall be set 
 forth the object and purpose of such absence, the date of the 
 commencement of the leave, and the circumstances requiring 
 the leave asked for. 
 
 Applicants for leave of absence to attend upon funerals, shall 
 state explicitly the relationship existing between the deceased 
 
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 person and the applicant, where the funeral is to take place, 
 and also the time and place of interment. 
 
 RULE 121. 
 
 Leave of absence with pay will be granted to Surgeons for 
 not exceeding twenty days in each year, on approval of the 
 Board of Police. The Surgeon applying for this leave shall ar- 
 range with another Surgeon to take charge of his District dur- 
 ing such absence. 
 
 RULE 122. 
 
 Members of the Force who have small-pox or other conta- 
 gious diseases in their families, requiring their personal atten- 
 tion, shall be allowed leave of absence with pay (and not re- 
 port at the Station-house) at the discretion of the Chief of Po- 
 lice, on the report of the Surgeon of the District, “That the 
 nature of the contagion is such as to endanger the health of 
 other members of the Force at the Station-house.” 
 
 The District Surgeon shall make semi-weekly visits to the 
 family and report when the danger of contagion is over. 
 
 RULE 123. 
 
 Captains and Commanding Officers of Precincts shall grant 
 each Roundsman and Patrolman of their respective commands 
 a night off duty, Roundsman once in each sixteen days, and 
 Patrolman once in each twenty days, provided the exigencies 
 of the service will permit. In cases of Roundsmen, the night 
 off shall be arranged so that one only shall be permitted the 
 privilege at the same time. 
 
 GRADES. 
 
 RULE 124. 
 
 Patrolmen who have been fined five or more days’ pay within 
 six months, or ten or more days’ pay within one year, of the 
 date of their claim to advancement to the different grades, 
 shall be declared by the Chief of Police as unworthy of ad- 
 vancement, and their application shall be rejected by the Board 
 of Police. 
 
 When a Patrolman of the second, third, fourth or fifth grades 
 shall have completed the legal term of service in either of said 
 grades, the Commanding Officer of the Precinct or Squad to 
 which he is attached shall forward to the Inspector of the 
 District a report setting forth the fact of such service, and the 
 
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 conduct and efficiency of such Patrolman, together with the 
 dates of appointment and advancement (if any) and the Pre- 
 cincts in which he has served. The Inspector shall forward 
 such report, with his indorsement thereupon, to the Chief of 
 Police, and by him to the Board, with his recommendation and 
 the record of the Patrolman attached. 
 
 In making up the record of a Patrolman, on application for 
 advancement to Grade, charges pending shall be considered as 
 of effect, to prevent the advancement, and the application shall 
 not be granted until all pending charges are disposed of. Ad- 
 vancement to grade shall take effect from the date when the 
 term of service in the next lower grade has expired; and in 
 cases where advancement is denied by reason of fines, under 
 this rule, the date of such advancement shall be as from the 
 date of six months or a year (as the case may be) from the 
 date of filing the charge in such cases. 
 
 TRANSFERS AND DETAILS. 
 
 RULE 125. 
 
 The Chief of Police is empowered, by chapter 569 of the Laws 
 of 1895, to assign to duty the members of the uniformed force, 
 and to transfer and detail to duty such members of the uni- 
 formed force, and to change such assignments, transfers and 
 details from time to time, whenever in his judgment the exi- 
 gencies of the service may require such change. 
 
 When a member of the force is transferred from one Pre- 
 cinct or Squad to another, the Captain or officer in command 
 shall .furnish him with a certificate, directed to the officer com- 
 manding the Precinct to which he is transferred, setting forth; 
 
 1st. The grade of the officer and date of appointment. 
 
 2d. The time he has served in said grade. 
 
 3d. The time he has lost by absence. 
 
 4th. The time he has lost by sickness. 
 
 5th. The time he has lost by fines during the then current 
 month, and whether said officer has been directed to procure a 
 new uniform, or any part thereof, and if so, make report to 
 the Inspector of the District to which he is transferred. 
 
 The Captain of the Precinct or Squad from which a Patrol- 
 man of any Grade less than first shall be transferred shall 
 forward with the transfer papers provided in these rules a 
 certifica|| of the conduct and efficiency of the Patrolman to the 
 Captain of the Precinct to which he is transferred. And in 
 
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 cases of more than one transfer of an officer, such reports or 
 copies thereof shall be forwarded to each succeeding Precinct. 
 
 The Captain or officer to whose command he is transferred, 
 on receiving such certificate, shall enter the time, so certified, 
 on the Blotter, and shall, in accordance with such certificate, 
 place the transferred officer on the pay-roll for the month, as 
 though he had been a member of his command for the whole 
 of said month. 
 
 RULE 126. 
 
 In cases of emergency, the Captains are, with the written 
 permission of the Chief of Police, empowered to detail— for a 
 period not exceeding three days— members of their immediate 
 command for special duty, outside of the Precinct to which 
 they are assigned. 
 
 RULE 127. 
 
 Applications for transfer, assignment to duty and detailment, 
 shall be transmitted through the Inspector of the District to 
 which the applicant belongs, and to the Chief of Police, in 
 writing, setting forth the reasons therefor. 
 
 Such applications, when made by Captains or officers in 
 charge of Squads, shall be transmitted through the Inspector 
 of the District to which he belongs to the Chief of Police. Ap- 
 plications made by members of the Force below rank of Cap- 
 tain of the Precinct or officer in charge of a Squad to which he 
 belongs, shall be transmitted by the Captain or officer in 
 charge, through the Inspector of the District to the Chief of 
 Police. 
 
 The Captains, or officers in charge of Squads, and Inspectors, 
 shall indorse on each application his opinion whether the same 
 ought to be granted or not, with the reasons therefor. 
 
 RULE 128. 
 
 The Chief of Police will not detail for light duty any Patrol- 
 men who have not been on the Police Force for fifteen (15) 
 years, until those who have been on the Force twenty (20) 
 years shall have been assigned to light duty; nor any who have 
 not been on the Force ten (10) years, until those who have 
 served fifteen (15) years shall have been assigned to light duty 
 proper for them. 
 
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 APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 RULE 129. 
 
 The Board has adopted regulations for the appointment of 
 members of the Force, and all other employees of the Depart- 
 ment, and has embodied them in the rules provided for the 
 Police Civil Service Board. 
 
 RULE 130. 
 
 No person will be appointed Patrolman of the Police Force 
 
 unless— 
 
 1st. He is able to read and write the English language under- 
 standing^. 
 
 2d. He is a citizen of the United States, and has been so for 
 one year next prior to his application for appointment.. 
 
 3d. He has been a resident of this State during a term of one 
 year next prior to his application for appointment. 
 
 4th. He has never been convicted of felony. 
 
 5th. He is at least five feet eight inches in height, measured 
 in his bare feet, and weighs not less than one hundred 
 and forty pounds, avoirdupois, without clothing, and 
 his chest measurement shall be at least 34^ inches. 
 
 6th. He is less than thirty years of age. 
 
 7th. He is of good health, and sound in body and mind. 
 
 8th. He is of good moral character and habits. 
 
 9th. Nor unless he has been examined by the Civil Service 
 Board of Examiners, and his name appears on the eli- 
 gible list. 
 
 RULE 131. 
 
 All persons employed as probationary Patrolmen more than 
 sixty days after the surgical examination by which they were 
 respectively passed, shall, before the constitutional oath of of- 
 fice is administered, be re-examined and a certificate made by 
 a Committee of Surgeons, in the same manner in all respects 
 as is required in the first examination, such re-examination to 
 be made without reference to the records or papers of any 
 former examination. If it shall appear by such examination 
 that the candidate is then physically deficient or disqualified, 
 or if it shall in any manner appear that he is, for any cause, 
 disqualified to be a Patrolman, the Chief Clerk, before adminis- 
 tering the constitutional oath of office, shall report the facts 
 to the Board of Police. Thereupon, if the Board is satisfied 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 that the candidate is not a competent or proper person to be a 
 Policeman, they may by resolution revoke and cancel the em- 
 ployment. All probationary employees shall present a certifi- 
 cate from the Health Department that they have been duly 
 vaccinated. 
 
 RULE 132. 
 
 Captains are required to give their personal attention and 
 supervision to the orders for investigations into the character, 
 habits and associates of applicants for appointment on the Po- 
 lice Force, referred to them for report. 
 
 They will take such measures, and employ such members of 
 their command, in prosecuting the inquiries, as shall be nec- 
 essary. They shall satisfy themselves, affirmatively, as to the 
 character, habits and associates of the applicant. They shall 
 make no favorable report, in relation to the applicant, until 
 they are reasonably assured that the character, habits and as- 
 sociates of the applicant are good. It is desired that this inves- 
 tigation shall be, in each and every case, thoroughly and care- 
 fully made; and that unfavorable reports shall not be unneces- 
 sarily divulged to the detriment of the reputation of the appli- 
 cant. 
 
 CHARGES, TRIALS AND JUDGMENTS. 
 
 RULE 133. 
 
 The record and certificates of all judgments rendered by the 
 Board in relation to members of the Force, shall be authen- 
 ticated by the signature of the Chief Clerk or First Deputy 
 Clerk. 
 
 RULE 134. 
 
 Charges preferred against any member of the Police Force 
 must be in writing, and verified by the oath of the complainant, 
 except charges by a Commissioner, the Chief of Police, Inspec- 
 tors, Captains, Surgeons, or Chief Clerk, who may make 
 charges in writing without oath. 
 
 Under the law the Board of Police shall have power to issue 
 subpoenas tested in the name of the President, and to exact 
 and compel obedience to any order, mandate or other writ 
 issued by said Board, by attachment, to administer an oath to 
 a witness in the exercise of its powers and duties, and to de- 
 vise and make new process and forms of proceeding to carry 
 into effect the powers and jurisdiction possessed by it, and Sec- 
 tion 7 and Section 852 to Section 869 inclusive, of the Code of 
 Civil Procedure, are hereby made applicable to such proceed- 
 
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 ings. The Board of Police and any Commissioner shall have 
 power to enforce and maintain order and decorum at all hear- 
 ings and trials, and may punish for contempt any infraction or 
 violation of this provision, and Section 8 to Section 14 inclusive, 
 and Section 157, and Section 2,266 to Section 2,292 inclusive, of 
 the Code of Civil Procedure, are hereby made applicable to 
 such proceedings. Each Commissioner of Police, the Chief of 
 Police, the Deputy Chief of Police, the Chief Clerk and First 
 Deputy Clerk of the Police Department, are hereby authorized 
 and empowered to administer oaths and affirmation to any per- 
 son in any matter or proceedings authorized as aforesaid, and 
 in all matters pertaining to the duties of any officer, or to 
 administer oaths of office, or to take any deposition necessary 
 to be made under the orders, rules and regulations of the Board 
 of Police, for the purposes of this Chapter. Any one or more 
 of the Police Commissioners may, and he or they are hereby 
 authorized and empowered to investigate, take evidence, hear 
 any charge or charges made or preferred against any member 
 or members of the Police Force; but no judgment or other de- 
 termination shall be rendered or pronounced, dismissing, re- 
 moving or suspending any member or members of said Police 
 Force, or imposing any fine, or forfeiture, unless a majority of 
 the Board of Police Commissioners shall concur. Any person 
 making complaint that a felony or misdemeanor has been com- 
 mitted may be required to make oath or affirmation thereto, 
 and for this purpose any Police Commissioner, the Chief of 
 Police, the Deputy Chief of Police, Chief Clerk, or First Dep- 
 uty Clerk of the Police Department, the Inspectors, Captains 
 and Sergeants of Police, shall have power to administer oaths 
 and affirmations. Any willful or corrupt false swearing by any 
 witness or person to any material fact in any proceedings, un- 
 der the said orders, rules and regulations, or under this Chap- 
 ter of the act hereby amended, shall be deemed perjury, and 
 punished in the manner now prescribed by law for such of- 
 fense. 
 
 RULE 135. 
 
 Charges by Sergeants and Roundsmen against members of 
 the Force shall be in writing, signed by the officer making the 
 same, and delivered to the officer in command at the Station- 
 house, who shall immediately enter the same in the Blotter, 
 and file the original charge so made. Captains shall transmit 
 to the Chief of Police a transcript of each of said charges, on 
 the day the same is entered on the Blotter. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 When, in the judgment of the commanding officer of a Pre- 
 cinct or Squad, a complaint of a trivial nature is made, under 
 the rules of the Department, against any member of the Force 
 of his command, he shall attach to the complaint a brief state- 
 ment of the facts and his recommendation thereon, and forward 
 the same to the Chief of Police, who shall transmit it to the 
 Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Discipline. 
 
 RULE 136. 
 
 When written charges are preferred against any member of 
 the Police Force, they shall be filed with the Chief Clerk; 
 whereupon specifications of the charges, with a notice of the 
 time and place of trial, shall be served upon the party charged 
 two days before the day of trial, the day of such service being 
 counted as one of the two days; any member may admit the 
 same in writing, on a copy of the papers served, but no state- 
 ment in explanation or mitigation of punishment shall be made 
 on the papers; but shorter notice, which will furnish to the ac- 
 cused an opportunity to attend the trial, at the time specified 
 in such notice, shall be sufficient to authorize the taking of 
 the testimony of any witness, who, by reason of residing out of 
 the State, of being remote from the place of trial, by reason 
 of sickness or other pressing cause, cannot attend at a later 
 day, without great personal detriment or inconvenience. 
 
 The service to be made, 
 
 1st. By delivering the papers to him personally; 
 
 Or 2d. By leaving the same at his place of residence, with 
 some person of an age of discretion; 
 
 Or 3d. If his place of residence cannot be found, then by post- 
 ing the same in a conspicuous place, in the Station- 
 house of the Precinct or Squad to which he is attached. 
 
 Charges may be voted frivolous, and dismissed by the Board, 
 without evidence or trial. 
 
 All complaints against members of the Force made at the 
 Station-house (by members of the Force) must be entered in 
 the Blotter at the time each complaint is made. Captains and 
 Sergeants in command of Precincts and Squads are required, 
 within twenty-four hours after complaint is made, to make 
 charges and specifications founded on each complaint. Rounds- 
 men are required to give notice in writing of each and every 
 complaint made by them against a member of the Force, stat- 
 ing the charge, the name and Precinct of the officer against 
 whom the complaint is made, and the date w T hen the charge 
 
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 was made. All charges and specifications to be immediately 
 transmitted to the Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 137. 
 
 When complaint shall be made by any reputable person or 
 authority imputing to any member of the Force conduct or 
 acts calling for discipline or punishment, it shall be the duty 
 of the Chief of Police, Inspectors, Captains, or other officers in 
 command of such members of the Force, to enter the same on 
 the Blotter, and to request the person or authority making the 
 complaint to- appear at the Central Office and verify the same 
 by affidavit. 
 
 Upon such affidavit it shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk to 
 cause charges and specifications to be framed, signed and filed 
 in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Depart^ 
 ment. 
 
 Captains in command of Precincts, and officers in command 
 of Squads, when preferring charges against members of the 
 Force, shall sign duplicates of the charges and specifications 
 and forward one, under the rule, to the Chief of Police, and 
 one in a separate envelope, sealed, directly to the Chief Clerk, 
 to be by him placed on file. 
 
 RULE 138. 
 
 Judgments of the Board will be in writing, duly entered in 
 the records of the Department, and a notice thereof read to 
 the Force of the Precinct to which the member belongs. 
 
 RULE 139. 
 
 Any member of the Police Force may be punished by the 
 Board of Police, in their discretion, either by reprimand, for- 
 feiture, and withholding pay not exceeding thirty days for any 
 one offense, or by dismissal from the Force, on conviction of 
 either of the following offenses, to wit: 
 
 Of intoxication. 
 
 Of any act of insubordination or disrespect toward a superior 
 officer. 
 
 Of any act of oppression or tyranny. 
 
 Of neglect of duty. 
 
 Of violation of the rules. 
 
 Of neglect or disobedience of orders. 
 
 Of any legal offense. 
 
 Of absence without leave. 
 
 Of immoral conduct. 
 
 Of conduct unbecoming an officer. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Of conduct injurious to the public peace or welfare. 
 
 Of incapacity, mental, physical, or educational. 
 
 Of any breach of discipline. 
 
 Of neglecting or refusing to pay a debt for uniform clothing. 
 
 Of contracting a debt under false or fraudulent pretenses. 
 
 Of failure to pay a debt for which judgment shall have been 
 rendered in an action at law. 
 
 Of inefficiency. 
 
 RULE 140. 
 
 Trials of members of the Force will be held at such times as 
 shall be ordered py the Board, and shall be had before one or 
 more of the Commissioners, based upon written charges and 
 specifications. All complaints will be referred to the Chairman 
 of the Committee on Rules and Discipline for approval before 
 being heard by the Board. 
 
 Such testimony as shall be offered for and against the ac- 
 cused may in the discretion of the Commissioner or Commis- 
 sioners hearing the case be taken on oath, and the substance 
 thereof reduced to writing by the Stenographer, under direction 
 of the Commissioner or Commissioners hearing the case. If the 
 case is heard by less than three Commissioners, the testimony 
 shall be laid before the several Commissioners before judg- 
 ment thereon. 
 
 RULE 141. 
 
 Captains shall report to the Chief of Police the names of all 
 Patrolmen who shall have been absent, without leave, for five 
 continuous days, and the Chief of Police shall make charges 
 against such delinquent members. 
 
 RULE 142. 
 
 Captains shall make charges against any Patrolman under 
 their command who shall, through neglect of duty, fail to dis- 
 cover a homicide, burglary, or serious breach of the peace com- 
 mitted on his post, during his tour of duty, or who shall neg- 
 lect to take proper measures to arrest any party guilty of such 
 offenses, or who, while on duty, shall draw his pistol on a citi- 
 zen or use his club except in self-defense. 
 
 RULE 143. 
 
 No member of the Police Force, being under charges, shall 
 either before trial or judgment, cause any person to interfere, 
 personally or by letter, in his behalf, with any of the Police 
 Commissioners. 
 
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 RULE 144. 
 
 Charges against members of the Force, on complaints in- 
 volving inquiry into immoral, obscene, disgraceful or dis- 
 gusting acts, may be tried by the Commissioners, in private. 
 
 RULE 145. 
 
 When any member of the Force is charged with contracting 
 a debt and a transcript of judgment filed, it shall be the duty 
 of the Chief Clerk to take the affidavit of the complainant set- 
 ting forth- the facts; such affidavit shall be sent to the Chief 
 of Police, who shall thereupon prefer charges against the of- 
 ficer so complained of. 
 
 RULE 146. 
 
 It is obligatory upon all Inspectors, Captains, Sergeants and 
 Roundsmen of the Police Force to report all violations of the 
 rules and regulations by members of the Force under their 
 command and immediately prefer charges for such violations 
 to the Board of Police through the Chief of Police; any failure 
 so to do will be treated as neglect of duty. 
 
 CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. 
 
 RULE 151. 
 
 The Board of Police shall establish a Bureau, to be called 
 ‘‘The Bureau of Clothing and Equipment,” and designate a 
 suitable person, to be known as the Equipment Clerk, who, un- 
 der the direction of the Chief Clerk, shall supply the members 
 of the Force with cloth, pistols, hats, wreaths, numbers and 
 buttons, as provided by the rules regulating the same. He 
 shall report to the Board, on the first Monday of each month, 
 a detailed statement of the transactions of his Bureau. He 
 shall also report any violation of the rules affecting his Bu- 
 reau, either by members of the Force, or by tailors employed 
 by them, in making up cloth furnished by the Department for 
 uniforms. 
 
 The book called “Policeman’s Record and History of Ar- 
 rests,” copies of which are supplied by the Bureau of Clothing 
 and Equipment, is recommended for use by members of the 
 Force. 
 
 RULE 152. 
 
 Each member of the Force shall provide himself with a 
 whistle of a kind to be determined by the Chief of Police, sam- 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 pie of which may be seen at the room of the Equipment Clerk 
 at Central Office. Two blasts of this whistle shall constitute 
 a call. A visiting officer shall not call until he has gone over 
 the post. If unable to find the officer he shall give the call in 
 the centre and on each extremity of the post. The Patrolman 
 shall answer in like manner, and if the visiting officer re- 
 quires the presence of the Patrolman he shall give a single 
 blast of his wffiistle. 
 
 If a Patrolman on his post requires the presence of another 
 officer on the adjoining post, he will, in ordinary cases, give a 
 single blast of his whistle, which will be answered in like 
 manner, when the Patrolman making the call will again give 
 a single blast of his whistle. 
 
 In cases of fire, riot, or other emergency, when the Patrol- 
 man requires the assistance of more than one officer, he will 
 give three blasts of his whistle in quick succession, and all the 
 officers hearing it will answer by a single blast, and immedi- 
 ately repair to the assistance of the officer making the call. 
 
 All Patrolmen carrying a night baton will use the same 
 when requiring assistance, as well as the whistle when neces- 
 sary. 
 
 In cases of disorder,' riots and other emergencies, the Chief 
 of Police may, in his discretion, order the Force to use the 
 locust baton temporarily; and the day baton shall only be 
 used for dress parades and drilling purposes. 
 
 The baton shall be carried at all times in a socket to be 
 made for the purpose, attached to the belt, when worn, on the 
 left side, and shall only be drawn therefrom when specially 
 ordered, or when required for the self-protection of the officer, 
 or for use in urgent cases. 
 
 When belts are not worn during the night time the baton 
 shall be carried in the hand. Patrolmen shall not swing or 
 toy with their batons, but shall carry them as inconspicuously 
 as possible. 
 
 RULE 153. 
 
 Cloth for Police uniforms (overcoats, frock-coats, blouses, 
 vests and trousers) must be purchased at the “Bureau of Cloth- 
 ing and Equipment.” No member of the Force shall wear 
 either of the above-mentioned garments unless the same is 
 stamped or marked by the shield number. 
 
 RULE 154. 
 
 All members of the Department desiring Police clothing 
 must personally procure their cloth at the office of the Bureau 
 
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 of Clothing and Equipment, and have the quantity required 
 for each suit (or garment or garments, in case less than a full 
 suit is required) cut off separately. The sale to tailors, or 
 others, of quantities for more than one suit, in one piece, will 
 not be allowed except upon the order of the Chief Clerk in 
 writing. 
 
 Cloths, hats, caps, clubs, belts and buttons shall be sold at 
 the Bureau of Clothing and Equipment for account of the 
 owners thereof, and paid for in cash on delivery. The Equip- 
 ment Clerk shall deposit the moneys received, keep account 
 thereof, and make reports under the direction of the Chief 
 Clerk. The Equipment Clerk shall keep posted and displayed 
 in the room where sales are made a card exhibiting in con- 
 spicuous figures the prices of the several articles kept on sale, 
 and that sales are made for cash only. Each member of the 
 Force applying to make purchases must appear in uniform, ex- 
 cept when making first purchases after his appointment. 
 
 RULE 155. 
 
 Members of the Force will supply their own wreaths and 
 numbers, using only the authorized patterns of those articles 
 respectively, to be purchased at the Bureau of Clothing and 
 Equipment. 
 
 RULE 156. 
 
 Manuals, shields, fire keys and transportation certificates are 
 supplied to each member of the Force, but remain the property 
 of the Department. Each member leaving the Force is re- 
 quired to deliver his manual, shield, fire key and transporta- 
 tion certificate to his commanding officer, who shall return the 
 same to the Chief Clerk. 
 
 RULE 157. 
 
 In addition to the ordinary baton of a Patrolman, each mem- 
 ber of the Police Force shall be armed, while on duty, .with a 
 revolving pistol of pattern and calibre approved by the Board. 
 
 Pistols must be plainly stamped with a number corresponding 
 to the shield number of each officer. They must be kept clean, 
 in perfect repair, and at all times prepared for instant use. 
 Commanding officers will cause frequent inspections to be 
 made to see that officers are properly equipped according to 
 these rules. 
 
 A school of instruction in pistol practice is established, under 
 the following regulations: 
 
 The school shall be in charge of a Sergeant, with such as- 
 sistants as may be directed. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Subject to the approval of the proper authorities, practice 
 will be held at the range designated by the Board of Police, 
 and at such days and hours as may from time to time be fixed. 
 
 The Chief of Police will detail in regular rotation “off Pla- 
 toons” for this duty. Platoons will be formed in their re- 
 spective Station-houses, and march to the Armory in command 
 of a Roundsman, who will report his Platoon to the Sergeant 
 in charge. Orders will be so given that the Platoons will re- 
 port successively at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p. m. 
 
 One hour will be devoted to the instruction of each Platoon, 
 after which the Platoon will be re-formed, roll called and dis- 
 missed without returning to the Station-house. 
 
 Captains of Precincts will see that each member of the Pla- 
 toon, on this duty, is provided with a revolver, of the regula- 
 tion pattern and calibre, in good order, and that it is taken to 
 the Armory unloaded. Captains will also cause to be prepared 
 a roll of the Platoon on duty. This roll will be delivered to 
 the Roundsman in command, and by him delivered to the Ser- 
 geant in charge of the School of Instruction. 
 
 Roundsmen will be held strictly responsible for the conduct 
 of the respective commands. Rules and regulations of the De- 
 partment in regard to the conduct and discipline of the officers 
 will be strictly enforced. 
 
 RULE 158. 
 
 No pistols or other fire-arms shall be discharged within the 
 premises of the Central Department. All loaded fire-arms 
 coming into the possession of the Police Force shall, before de- 
 livery to the Property Clerk, be discharged without unneces- 
 sary- delay at or near the respective Station-houses, under di- 
 rection of the Commanding Officer of the Precinct. 
 
 UNIFORMS. 
 
 RULE 161. 
 
 Uniforms and parts of uniforms must be made in strict accord 
 with regulations. 
 
 Each garment is required to be inspected by the Inspector of 
 the District, as to its color, quality, manufacture and fitting, 
 before it can be worn by a member of the Force. 
 
 Members of the Force are advised to employ a tailor accus- 
 tomed to making first-class uniforms, as all and every part of 
 the uniform not made in accordance with the regulations will 
 be rejected. 
 
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 RULE 162. 
 
 Shields are to be worn without chains, and carefully used, 
 kept clean and bright, and when required, replated at the cost 
 of the member. 
 
 The shield of the Police Surgeons shall be worn upon the 
 vest and in view upon all occasions of duty, to be made of 
 yellow metal, fire gilt (as per sample in charge of the Chief 
 Clerk), and to have over the top a ribbon of the same material 
 containing the word “Surgeon.” 
 
 If any member shall break, or bend, or otherwise change the 
 form of his shield, or the fastening thereof, he shall pay the 
 cost of repair or furnish a new one, as may be required. 
 
 It will be deemed “Neglect of Duty” on the part of any 
 member of the Force to carelessly lose his shield or any other 
 insignia of office, to neglect to fasten the same securely to his 
 clothing, or neglect to report such loss immediately thereafter 
 to the officer in command at the Station-house. 
 
 It shall be the duty of Captains to immediately make charges 
 against the officer for losing his shield, and the fact of the loss 
 shall be presumptive evidence of carelessness. 
 
 Any member of the Force convicted of such charge, wherein 
 neglect or wrong-doing is established, may be fined. 
 
 RULE 163. 
 
 Each member of the Force furnishes his own club and belt, 
 but they must conform, in all respects, to the regulations of 
 the Board of Police. Clubs and belts of regulation pattern can 
 be purchased at the Department of Clothing and Equipment. 
 
 RULE 164. 
 
 That the baton for night service shall be not less than 
 twenty-two inches long, and one inch and three-eighths thick, 
 and shall be made from sound locust wood; and no other shall 
 be used, except on occasion of dress parade, when ornamental 
 batons, made from rosewood, if of regulation pattern, may be 
 used. 
 
 The “billy” to be used by the Force shall be made of gren- 
 adilla, or coco-bolo wood, and shall be fourteen inches in 
 length, one inch and five-eighths thick on one end, tapering 
 down to one inch in thickness at the other. 
 
 RULE 165. 
 
 The full-dress of the members of the Police Force, excepting 
 the Surgeons, shall be of blue cloth, indigo-dyed, and all wool, 
 except as otherwise directed. 
 
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 RULE 166. 
 
 For the Chief and Deputy Chief of Police— The dress shall be a 
 double-breasted frock coat; the waist to extend to the top of 
 the hip, and the skirt to within one inch of the bend of the 
 knee; two rows of Police-buttons on the breast, eight in each 
 row, placed in pairs, the distance between each row five and 
 one-half inches at the top, and three and one-half inches at the 
 bottom, stand-up collar, to rise no higher than to permit the 
 chin to turn freely over it, to hook in front at the bottom; 
 cuffs, three and one-half inches deep, and to button with three 
 small buttons at the under seam; two buttons on the hips, 
 one button on the bottom of each skirt pocket welt, and two 
 buttons intermediate, so that there will be six buttons on the 
 back; collars and cuffs to be of dark-blue velvet; lining of the 
 coat black. The trousers plain; black neck-cloth and white 
 collar; the vest, single-breasted, with eight buttons placed at 
 equal distances. Gold wreath on cap shall inclose the word 
 “Chief” or “Deputy Chief.” 
 
 RULE 1G7. 
 
 For Inspectors— The dress the same as for Chief of Police, ex- 
 cept that there will be seven buttons in each row on the breast 
 of the coat, placed at equal distances, and the gold wreath on 
 the cap shall inclose the word “Inspector” in gold. 
 
 RULE 168. 
 
 For Captains and Sergeants— The same as for Chief of Police, 
 except that there will be eight buttons in each row on the 
 breast of the coat, placed at equal distances; collar rolling, the 
 collar and cuffs of the same color and material as the coat. 
 The cap for Captains and Sergeants shall be in shape now 
 worn, made of blue cloth, with gold wreath. For Captains, 
 gold embroidery cord in place of strap, with black mohair 
 braid, two inches in width. For Sergeants, the same, without 
 mohair braid; the wreath on the cap to inclose the word “Cap- 
 tain” or “Sergeant.” 
 
 RULE 1G9. 
 
 For Patrolmen— The dress shall be a single-breasted frock- 
 coat, with rolling collar; the waist to extend to the top of the 
 hip and the skirt to within one inch of the bend of the knee; 
 nine buttons on the breast, two buttons on the hips, two but- 
 tons on the bottom of each pocket, and three small buttons on 
 the under seam of the cuffs. Trousers shall be of the same 
 material as the dress coat, and to have a white welt in the 
 
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 outer seam; white standing shirt collar; black neck-cloth; vest 
 single-breasted, with nine buttons placed at equal distances. 
 The hat wreath surrounding the appropriate number and belt 
 plate to be white metal and nickle. plated. 
 
 For bicycle Patrolmen— The overcoat shall be a double- 
 breasted English box-coat, of regulation cloth, to come down 
 quarter way between the hip joint and knee, or down r to the 
 tip of the thumb, when arm is hanging naturally by the side, 
 seven buttons on each side of breast, three buttons under the 
 seam of the cuff, pockets outside, rolling collar. 
 
 Trousers to be of the regulation material and similar in every 
 respect to those worn by foot patrolmen; shirt or sweater to 
 be of blue flannel or wool; cap according to pattern, with 
 wreath and number the same as worn by Harbor Police; 
 leggins the same as those in use in the U. S. Army. 
 
 Summer uniform to consist of the blouse, knee breeches, 
 black stockings and dark blue cap, according to pattern. 
 
 RULE 170. 
 
 Patrolmen detailed as Roundsmen shall, in addition, have the 
 word “Roundsman," in white metal letters, in lieu of the 
 wreath, cs per sample in Bureau of Clothing and Equipment. 
 
 Roundsmen shall wear on each arm of overcoat, dress coat 
 and blouse a United States Infantry chevron of two stripes 
 above the point of the elbow. 
 
 Members of the Uniformed Force having served five years 
 in the Department, will wear on both sleeves of the overcoat, 
 dress coat and blouse a chevron, to be designated the “service 
 chevron," to consist of one bar, to be placed on the front 
 of the sleeve, adjoining to and above the cuff seam, and paral- 
 lel thereto, extending in length from seam to seam. 
 
 For the Chief and Deputy Chief, Inspectors, Captains and 
 Sergeants, the bar to be of gold braid, % of an inch in width, 
 and for all other members of the Uniformed Force to be of 
 blue cloth, with black binding, % inch in width, as per sam- 
 ple in the Department of Clothing and Equipment, where the 
 material may be purchased at the cost price thereof. * In like 
 manner, an. additional bar will be w r orn for every five years of 
 service. 
 
 RULE 171. 
 
 For Harbor Patrolmen— The dress shall be a sailor’s jacket, 
 rolling collar, to come down half-way between the hip-joint 
 and knee; five buttons on each side of breast, two buttons on 
 the under seam of the cuff; pockets inside; vest, single- 
 
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 breasted, nine buttons; trousers plain; shirt of blue flannel; 
 cap according to pattern, with wreath and number; pea-jacket 
 overcoat, three inches above the knee, five buttons on each 
 side, side pockets with flaps; in other respects, same as other 
 Patrolmen. 
 
 RULE 172. 
 
 Summer blouse of regulation blue flannel, single breasted, 
 standing collar fastened with hook and eye, coat to close with 
 a flap containing seven concealed black buttons and button 
 holes. The skirt to extend from 1-3 to 2-3ds the distance from 
 the hip joint to the bend of the knee according to the height of 
 wearer, to be cut to fit the figure easily. A vertical opening in 
 each side at the hip of eight inches, with a flap fastened by con- 
 cealed hooks and eyes. Height of standing collar not less than 
 1% inches. 
 
 Trimmings for Mounted Police for New York City. 
 
 Trimmings of lustrous black mohair 4-line tubular braid, laid 
 on flat. 
 
 To be edged all around the bottom, the front edges, the col- 
 lar, and from eight inches upwards from the bottom along 
 both side openings of the skirt, terminating with a crow’s foot, 
 2 1 /* inches high by 3 inches wide; on each side of the breast, 4 
 double rows of the same braid with crow's feet at the outer 
 ends; the crow’s feet of the top rows extending nearly to the 
 sleeve seams, the lowest crow’s feet to be about 6 inches apart, 
 according to measure of waist. 
 
 On each sleeve an astrakhan knot of the same braid, extend- 
 ing 8 inches from bottom of sleeve, with 3 police buttons on 
 each cuff, .to button 4% inches from bottom of sleeve. Along 
 each back seam a double row of the same braid, ending with 
 crow’s feet at top and bottom. 
 
 A crow’s foot on each shoulder extending to the sleeve seam. 
 
 Ten large police buttons placed in the eye of each crow’s 
 foot on fronts and shoulders. 
 
 Dress Blouse Trimmed Same as Summer Blouse. 
 
 Trousers. 
 
 To be cut to fit the figure and made medium manner in legs, 
 with black cloth stripe, VA inch, welted % inch pockets, as de- 
 sired. 
 
 Service Strips. 
 
 Made from style braid, as on blouse, pattern known as army 
 service strips. 
 
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 Chevron for Roundsman. 
 
 Made from same braid, as on blouse, pattern known as West 
 Point style. 
 
 Overcoats Same as Now Worn. 
 
 Service strips for overcoats same as for blouse, except wider 
 in proportion as to sleeve for Roundsman’s chevron. 
 
 RULE 173. 
 
 For Doormen— The dress shall be a double-breasted, round- 
 jacket, extending two inches below the hip, with five police 
 buttons on each breast and one on the inside seam of each 
 cuff; trousers of blue cloth, plain; hat the same as Patrolmen, 
 without wreath, but with the word “Doorman” in white me- 
 tallic letters, placed in front. In other particulars, same, as 
 Patrolmen. 
 
 While on duty in the Station-house Doormen will be per- 
 mitted to wear a cap of approved style and quality. 
 
 RULE 174. 
 
 The summer uniform shall consist of blue flannel sack coat, 
 and blue flannel trousers. The coat of Patrolmen to be a single- 
 breasted sack, with short turn-over collar, to button close up 
 to the chin, and reach to a point four inches above the bend 
 of the knee, with four buttons on the front; no pockets to show 
 on the outside, and the trousers to be made the same as winter 
 trousers. 
 
 For Harbor Patrolmen— Flannel sack coat and flannel trou- 
 sers made like the above. 
 
 RULE 175. 
 
 Officers are permitted to wear the summer uniform while in 
 the discharge of desk duty in the Station-house. 
 
 RULE 176. 
 
 The overcoat shall be of blue cloth, indigo-dyed, double- 
 breasted, rolling collar, waist to extend to one inch below the 
 hip, skirt to three inches below the bend of the knee; swell 
 edge, stitched % of an inch from the edge. Inspectors will 
 have seven police buttons on each breast, and six on the back 
 and skirt, and three on the cuffs. Captains will have eight po- 
 lice buttons on each breast, six on back and skirt, and three 
 on the cuffs. Patrolmen will have nine police buttons on each 
 breast, four on the back and skirt and two on the cuffs. All 
 buttons on the breast of double-breasted coats shall be placed 
 in two rows, at a distance between rows of 7 inches at top and 
 
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 3V 2 inches at bottom, measured from centres, and in such man- 
 ner as to form, when the coat is buttoned, direct line from top 
 to bottom. 
 
 Uniform Overcoat to be Worn by Chief, Deputy 
 Chief, Inspectors, Captains and Sergeants of Police. 
 
 Material of regulation Police dress-coat cloth, lined with 
 light blue cloth or other suitable material, closing by means of 
 four black mohair netted frog buttons, 1% inches long, y 2 inch 
 in diameter in center, and tapering to % of an inch diameter 
 at the ends; loops of black mohair square cord, about 8 inches 
 long, % inch diameter on each side down the front, with an 
 oval shaped knotted frogging of same cord, 2 y 2 inches long and 
 1 */4 inches wide at the end of each loop. 
 
 The back slit up from the bottom from 20 to 25 inches, ac- 
 cording to the height of the wearer, and closing at will by 
 buttons and button-holes, the latter placed in a concealed fly 
 under left back, and buttons placed on a concealed flap on 
 right back. Length of coat 7 inches below the knee. 
 
 A rolling collar of the same material as the coat, 2% inches 
 wide. 
 
 Two horizontal side pockets on the outside just below the 
 hip, covered with flaps, to be worn inside or out; two inside 
 breast pockets; sleeves loose, without cuff or slit; back straps 
 to consist of two straps, each about 8 inches long and 2 inches 
 wide, let into the side seams of back of coat; left hand strap 
 to have no buttonholes, and right hand strap to have two but- 
 tons about 2 inches apart. 
 
 A cape of the same material as the coat, reaching to the bot- 
 tom of sleeve when the arm is at rest; to be lined with light 
 blue regulation cloth known as U. S. Army officer’s doeskin. 
 Cape to be attached to collar of coat with 5 small black bone 
 buttons; corresponding button-holes in a small band-like collar 
 on cape. 
 
 Space for shield on front of coat. 
 
 To designate rank there will be on both sleeves, near the 
 lower edge, a knot of black mohair soutach braid not exceeding 
 3-16 of an inch in width, and composed as follows: 
 
 For Chief of Police, 5 braids, double knot. 
 
 For Deputy Chief, 5 braids, single knot. 
 
 For Inspectors, 4 braids, single knot. 
 
 For Captains, 3 braids, single knot. 
 
 For Sergeants, 2 braids, single knot. 
 
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 RULE 177. 
 
 Captains shall wear the prescribed uniform at all times, un- 
 less otherwise especially authorized by the Board or Chief of 
 Police. 
 
 Sergeants, Roundsmen, Patrolmen and Doormen shall wear 
 the prescribed uniform at all times when their respective Pla- 
 toons are on patrol or reserve duty, and when the off Platoon 
 may be called on duty on extraordinary occasions, or in at- 
 tending courts, drills, parades, the School of Instruction, when 
 making reports to superior officers, while in attendance at 
 Headquarters, and when performing any business connected 
 with the Department. 
 
 Captains are authorized to order or grant permission to mem- 
 bers of their command to wear civilians’ dress on occasions 
 when required to perform special duty, which order or permit 
 shall be entered on the Blotter. 
 
 When off duty members of the Force shall wear their shields 
 upon the left breast, in order that the same may be displayed, 
 when required. 
 
 The hat, and cord and tassel, gloves, shields, badges, em- 
 blems, devices, belts, buttons, batons and clubs to correspond 
 with samples in the cloth-room of the Department of Clothing 
 and Equipment. 
 
 The coat shall be buttoned at all times when on duty. 
 
 RULE 178. 
 
 Each member of the Police Force shall be required, under the 
 direction of the Chief of Police, to have upon his baton a me- 
 tallic plate bearing the same number as is borne upon the 
 shield. Commanding officers of Precincts are required to cause 
 each Patrolman to wear only such batons as may be so num- 
 bered. 
 
 RULE 179. 
 
 White gloves will be worn in the summer and when on special 
 duty indoors at all times, and dark gloves in the winter. The 
 kind of gloves, the manner of procuring them, and the period 
 for change, will be regulated from time to time by general or- 
 ders. Gloves to be worn at all times when members of the 
 Force are on duty, except during tours of night duty, when 
 they may be dispensed with. 
 
 RULE 180. 
 
 Patrolmen on reporting for duty must have their buttons 
 clean and bright, and their dress and uniform, in all other re- 
 
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 spects, must conform to the rules and regulations of the ser- 
 vice. 
 
 RULE 181. 
 
 Members of the Force when on duty (except when otherwise 
 permitted by the Chief of Police), shall wear the shield on the 
 outside of the outermost garment, over the left breast; and on 
 all occasions, when on duty, conspicuously display their shields 
 so that the entire surface of the same may be easily and dis- 
 tinctly seen. 
 
 RULE 182. 
 
 No member of the Force will be permitted to purchase, or 
 wear, any Police garments of another Policeman, or ex-Police- 
 man, without the special permission, in writing, of the Chief 
 of Police. 
 
 RULE 183. 
 
 Members of the Force assigned to special duty in the offices 
 of the Commissioners and Chief Clerk, at the Central Depart- 
 ment, or to other clerical duty, or as mechanics, may be re- 
 lieved from appearing in uniform. 
 
 RULE 184. 
 
 Uniform for Special Patrolmen. 
 
 Uniform, when required to be worn by a Special Patrolman, 
 shall be as follows: 
 
 For winter the dress shall be double-breasted sack coat of 
 standard gray cloth, all wool, and with short turn-over collar, 
 to button close up to the chin and reach to a point midway 
 between hip and knee, with 5 “Special Police” buttons of white 
 metal, bearing the words “Special Officer,” in sunken letters, 
 for each breast; no pockets to show on the outside. 
 
 Trousers shall be of the same material, and to have a welt 
 of red cloth on the outer seam. 
 
 For summer, gray flannel sack coat, single-breasted, of the 
 same shade, rolling collar, 5 buttons made like to above. 
 
 Trousers of the same material, with welt of red cloth on the 
 outer seam. 
 
 Cap of same shade and material as the rest of the uniform, 
 of shape known as the U. S. Navy Cap, with straight visor of 
 patent leather, and patent leather band held at each end by 
 a white metal button; in front of the cap the officer’s number 
 and the words “Special Officer” in white metal. 
 
 For summer wear a hat may be worn of the same style and 
 description as those of letter carriers; in front of the hat the 
 
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 officer’s number and words “Special Officer,” in white metal, 
 to be of pearl gray felt. 
 
 Overcoat to be of same color, heavier weight, double-breasted, 
 rolling collar, sack to extend to three inches below the bend of 
 the knee, and with six buttons, of the style prescribed above, 
 on each side in front. 
 
 No pockets to show on the outside. 
 
 STATION-HOUSES AND CENTRAL DEPART- 
 MENT. 
 
 RULE 1S8. 
 
 The Station-houses are to be used exclusively for Police busi- 
 ness and must not be used for any other purpose. Civility and 
 attention are to be shown to every person applying at a Police 
 Station on business. No person shall be permitted to remain 
 in the Police Station-house without express permission from 
 the officer in charge, except members of the Department and 
 persons on business. 
 
 Discussions and conversation in Station-houses by members 
 of the Force or others, in relation to nationality, religion or 
 party politics, are improper and will not be permitted. 
 
 No person, except the Superior Officers of the Department, 
 shall be allowed to enter behind the desk. 
 
 RULE 189. 
 
 The cells at Station-houses are to be kept clean and well 
 ventilated. The door of every cell is to be carefully locked and 
 bolted when prisoners are confined therein— the keys to hang 
 up behind the Captain’s desk. No person is to be allowed to 
 visit the cells except the officer in command at the Station- 
 house and Doorman or matron in charge of the prison, unless 
 by order of an Inspector, the Chief or Commissioner of Police, 
 in writing; and no member of the Police Force, except the 
 Chief or Inspectors, or unless authorized by them, in writing, 
 shall hold any conversation with any prisoner confined in the 
 cells at any Station-house or Precinct, nor at the Central Of- 
 fice, except in the presence and hearing of the Doorman then 
 on duty; nor shall any member of the Police Force, except as 
 above stated, and under the above restrictions, be permitted to 
 converse with any prisoner at a Police Court, except in the 
 presence of the officer in command of that Squad. 
 
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 RULE 190. 
 
 No article of furniture, picture, print or statue, shall be put 
 into any of the Station-houses, except those supplied by the 
 Police Department, or such as members of the Force may re- 
 quire for actual use, unless permission is granted by a Com- 
 missioner, the Chief of Police or Inspector of the District. 
 
 RULE 191. 
 
 There shall be a Janitor of the Central Department, who shall 
 have the supervision and control, under the direction of the 
 Board of Police, of the warming, lighting and cleaning of the 
 rooms and offices; and also of all persons engaged in and about 
 the building, in connection with the general care and cleanli- 
 ness of the Central Department. 
 
 PRISONERS. 
 
 RULE 192. 
 
 The Captain or Sergeant in command shall give prisoners a 
 receipt for all articles taken from them for safe keeping. 
 
 RULE 193. 
 
 The officer in command of each Precinct shall, every morn- 
 ing, cause the prisoners who may have been arrested and de- 
 tained at the Station-house of the Precinct the night previous, 
 to be conveyed to the Police Court, at the hour of the opening 
 of such Court, at the same time transmitting a record of the 
 complaint made, and he shall cause all property or money al- 
 leged or supposed to have been feloniously obtained that may 
 have come into his possession, and which shall be required as 
 evidence, to be conveyed to the Court. 
 
 RULE 194. 
 
 That the recommendation of the Chief of Police be complied 
 with, that tickets for wood yard of the Charity Organization 
 Society be sent to the Station-houses, and that Sergeants of 
 Precincts be directed to use discretion in giving the same, 
 giving to those only who are really worthy and do not belong 
 to the class of professional beggars. 
 
 All applicants for lodging at the Station-houses after Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1896, shall be notified that Police Lodging-houses are 
 closed. 
 
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 DETECTIVE BUREAU. 
 
 RULE 195. 
 
 There shall be a Bureau called the Detective Bureau, which 
 shall be under the supervision of an Inspector or Captain of 
 Police. The Detective Bureau shall consist of an Inspector, or 
 Captain, forty Detective Sergeants, and such other members of 
 the Force as shall, from time to time, be assigned to Detective 
 duty by the Chief of Police. Such Inspector or Captain is 
 authorized to order any member or members of his command 
 for detective duty or business, and for such purpose may order 
 and allow such Detective Sergeant or members to leave the 
 city for a period not exceeding three days at any one time, 
 whenever the exigencies of the services may require it, 
 promptly reporting such leave in each case to the Board of 
 Police. 
 
 RULE 196. 
 
 A book of record of complaints and applications, calling for 
 the services or attention of the Detective Bureau, shall be kept 
 in the Detective Office under the supervision of the officer in 
 command, and he shall have supervision of all detective busi- 
 ness in general and in detail; and it shall be the duty of the 
 officer in command to give special attention to the business, 
 and see that all proper detective cases are diligently and 
 properly attended to. 
 
 RULE 197. 
 
 A Record of Arrests, by the Detective Bureau, shall be kept 
 in the Detective Office, in which shall be entered the name of 
 the person arrested, with a full description of such person, the 
 time and cause of arrest, and disposition made of each pris- 
 oner arrested. 
 
 RULE 198. 
 
 The Inspector or officer in command of the Detective Bureau 
 shall cause a Blotter to be kept in his office, in which shall be 
 entered daily all the transactions of the Bureau in detail; and 
 make to the Chief of Police daily morning reports in the same 
 manner as is required by the rules, regulations and orders 
 applicable to Precincts. 
 
 RULE 199. 
 
 The likenesses of persons collected for the use of the Detec- 
 tive Bureau shall be privately kept in a gallery for the official 
 use of the Police Force, as an aid to the prevention and detec- 
 
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 tion of crime, and shall not be exhibited to any person unless 
 such person is accompanied by an officer of the Department. 
 
 RULE 200. 
 
 In all cases where officers attached to Precincts make ar- 
 rests in this City of persons wanted in other States, for of- 
 fenses committed therein, they will, at once, take such pris- 
 oners to the Detective Bureau and place them in charge of 
 the officers thereof, who will have entire charge of such cases 
 and all proceedings connected therewith. 
 
 All cases occurring in Precincts involving extradition from 
 other States to this State, will, after notification is received by 
 this Department of the arrest, be turned over to the Detec- 
 tive Bureau for action. 
 
 BUREAU OF ELECTIONS. 
 
 RULE 201. 
 
 Pursuant to law, the Board of Police has established, in the 
 office of the Police Department, in the City and County of 
 New York, a Bureau known and designated as the “Bureau of 
 Elections.” 
 
 RULE 202. 
 
 The affairs of the Bureau of Elections shall, under and sub- 
 ject to such rules, regulations and orders, as may, from time 
 to time, he made and adopted by the Board of Police, be man- 
 aged, conducted and carried on by a suitable and proper per- 
 son, known as the “Chief of the Bureau of Elections,” who 
 shall hold office for three years, and whose salary shall be 
 fixed by said Board, at such sum as the Board shall deem 
 proper, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, and 
 shall be removable by the Board of Police for cause. 
 
 RULE 203. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall instruct Precinct Commanders to 
 furnish direct to the Chief of Bureau of Elections such infor- 
 mation relating to Polling Places, Election Officers and Elec- 
 tion property, as he may at any time call for; also to honor 
 requisitions bearing his signature for election property in their 
 custody by taking receipts therefor, and for all official pur- 
 poses, the Chief of Bureau of Elections shall be accorded the 
 use of the telegraph and telephone system of this Department. 
 
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 COURT SQUADS. 
 
 RULE 204. 
 
 Sergeants of Court Squads shall deliver the sealed envelopes 
 containing names and charges against persons arrested to the 
 Magistrate or Clerk of the Court. 
 
 RULE 205. 
 
 Sergeants in command of Court Squads will not allow any 
 conversation between prisoners in their charge, and any other 
 person or persons, except such as the prisoners shall desire to 
 confer with, or such as the Court shall designate. 
 
 Members of the Police Force are prohibited from recom- 
 mending to prisoners the employment of any person as attor- 
 ney or counsel, and are forbidden to suggest or name any 
 lawyer or other person to a prisoner, with a view to his de- 
 fense, at any time after the arrest is made. ' 
 
 RULE 206. 
 
 The City Magistrates’ Courts are open daily, at such hours 
 as the Magistrates, under proper advice and direction, deter- 
 mine. 
 
 RULE 207. 
 
 Court Squads are organized for the sole purpose and duty of 
 serving the criminal process issued by, and carrying into ef- 
 fect the orders of the City Magistrates in criminal cases. The 
 Squads are placed under the command of Sergeants, who are 
 held responsible for the prompt, regular and thorough perform- 
 ance of the duties required of members of the Squad. All pro- 
 cesses issued, and all orders made by the City Magistrates, re- 
 quiring any action by members of the Court Squad, should be 
 delivered to the Sergeant in command. 
 
 RULE 208. 
 
 It is the duty of the Sergeants in command of Squads to 
 cause all processes, and all orders in criminal cases which 
 shall be issued, made and delivered to him by the Courts, to 
 be promptly executed, obeyed and carried into effect, by such 
 members of the Force under his command as he shall select 
 and detail for the purpose in each case; and he shall detail, 
 from time to time, members of his Force to attend the Court 
 during its sessions, and instruct them in respect to their du- 
 ties while so employed, requiring them to keep order and 
 quiet in the Court-room, under the direction of the Court, and 
 
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 to prevent the escape of or the departure from the Court of any 
 persons under arrest, except under the direction of the Court. 
 
 RULE 209. 
 
 Members of the Squads will not be permitted to be absent 
 from Police duties under any pretext, without the express per- 
 mission of the Sergeant in command; are required to be at all 
 times, when on duty, in full uniform (except when otherwise 
 ordered by the Sergeant) ; and to be clean and neatly attired, 
 in pursuance of the rules and regulations concerning uniform 
 and dress. 
 
 SANITARY COMPANY— BOILER AND HEALTH 
 SQUADS. 
 
 RULE 210. 
 
 There shall be a “Sanitary Police Company” set apart from 
 the members of the Police Force by the Board of Police, to 
 consist of such number of Officers and Patrolmen as shall from 
 time to time be ordered by the Board of Police, and one Door- 
 man. The Company so set apart shall possess such special 
 powers and discharge such special duties as shall be assigned 
 to said Company by the orders, rules and regulations of the 
 Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 211. 
 
 There shall be a squad, within the Sanitary Company, desig- 
 nated as the “Health Squad,” detailed pursuant to law to the 
 service of the Health Department of the City of New York. 
 The members of the Force detailed to this Squad shall be sub- 
 ject to the orders, rules and regulations of said Health De- 
 partment, except in emergencies, when the entire Police Force 
 may be required, in which case the Chief of Police has power 
 to assign them temporarily otherwise. 
 
 The pay-rolls of the Health Squad shall be prepared by its 
 commanding officer at the time and in the manner provided for 
 other Precincts and Squads. The rules and regulations gov- 
 erning the Police Department and Force shall be in all re- 
 spects applicable to the Health Squad. 
 
 RULE 212. 
 
 There shall be a Squad composed of so many of the members 
 of the Sanitary Company as the Board of Police shall, from 
 time to time, direct, to be called the “Steam-boiler Squad,” 
 whose duty it shall be, under the orders and directions of the 
 
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 officer in command of said Squad, and pursuant to the Rules 
 and Regulations of the Board of Police, to exercise the powers 
 and perform the duties conferred and imposed by chapter 437, 
 Laws 1885; chapter 643, Laws 1886, upon the Board of Police in 
 relation to the inspection of steam-boilers, and the licensing of 
 engineers. 
 
 RULE 213. 
 
 There shall be appointed two members of the Steam-boiler 
 Squad, who are practical engineers, to be “Examining En- 
 gineers,” whose duty it shall be to examine, under the direc- 
 tion of the officet in command of said Squad, in pursuance of 
 the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Police, and 
 of the law above named, all applicants for certificates of quali- 
 fication as engineers, and for renewals of such certificates. 
 Said Examining Engineers shall, in each case, report in writing 
 to the officer in command of the said Squad, whether the ap- 
 plicant is or is not qualified. If the applicant is found to be 
 qualified, the Examining Engineers shall sign a certificate of 
 qualification, which, when approved by the officer in command 
 of the said Squad, shall be delivered to such applicant. 
 
 This certificate shall authorize the person named herein to 
 take charge of and operate the steam-boiler mentioned, but 
 no other, and will be revoked on proof of negligence or 
 insobriety. Any person operating a steam-boiler in the City 
 of New York without a certificate from the Department of Po- 
 lice, and any person continuing to discharge the duties of an 
 engineer after his certificate shall have expired or been re- 
 voked, will be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 When, on examination of an applicant, it appears to the sat- 
 isfaction of the Examining Engineers that he lacks natural ca- 
 pacity or mechanical skill, knowledge or experience, or is un- 
 fitted by habits of insobriety to perform the required duties in 
 a manner consistent with safety to life, a certificate of qualifi- 
 cation will be denied. Renewals of certificates will be refused, 
 and certificates will be revoked, on proof of like deficiencies. 
 
 Holders of certificates must apply to the officer in command 
 of the said Squad for re-examination and renewal of certificates 
 at least ten days before the date of the expiration of the cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 No renewal will be granted without re-examination of the 
 applicant. 
 
 RULE 214. 
 
 The officer in command of the Steam-boiler Squad shall, 
 within the period of not less than ten nor more than fifteen 
 
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 days prior to the date of the expiration of each certificate, 
 transmit a notice to the proprietor of the establishment where 
 the boiler mentioned in the certificate is located, informing 
 him of the date of the expiration of the certificate; and in each 
 case of examination or re-examination, the officer in command 
 shall transmit to the proprietor of the boiler a notice of the 
 result, stating therein whether a certificate or a renewal has 
 been granted or denied. 
 
 He shall send notice to the owner or user of the boiler of 
 his intention to inspect and test the same, giving date and 
 hour. 
 
 RULE 215. 
 
 The officer in command of the Steam-boiler Squad shall detail 
 so many of the Squad as shall be required to the duty of in- 
 specting and testing steam-boilers, and all the appliances connected 
 therewith; who shall make report of their proceedings to the 
 officer in command of the said Squad, at such times and in 
 such form and manner as he shall direct. 
 
 RULE 216. 
 
 Every owner or user of every steam-boiler or boilers, in use 
 within the City of New York, except fire-engine, steamboat and 
 railroad locomotive boilers, and boilers in private dwellings, 
 shall, in pursuance of chapter 437 of the Laws of 1885, report, 
 in writing, to the Board of Police, at the Central Department, 
 the location of every steam-boiler owned or used by such 
 owner or user, and the business or purpose for which they are 
 respectively used. And in case of the removal of any such 
 boiler to a new location, or the erection of a new boiler, a like 
 report shall be made forthwith. 
 
 RULE 217. 
 
 The officer in command of the Steam-boiler Squad shall, at 
 the time designated in such notice, or as soon as practicable 
 thereafter receiving such report, cause such boilers, and ail 
 appliances connected therewith, to be inspected, and the 
 strength thereof tested by pressure; and shall limit the maxi- 
 mum pressure of steam to be applied thereto, in pursuance 
 of said act; but the limit of maximum pressure shall in no 
 case exceed two-thirds of the amount of the pressure applied 
 on examination. 
 
 RULE 218. 
 
 When it shall appear, by such inspection and test, that any 
 steam-boiler, and all the appliances connected therewith, arq 
 
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 in good order, and of sufficient strength and security, and when 
 any steam-boiler, and all the appliances which shall have been 
 found defective, shall have been put in good order and safe 
 condition, a certificate shall be issued to the owner and en- 
 gineer in charge, signed by the officer in command, certifying 
 the facts, and limiting the maximum steam pressure as is re- 
 quired by law. 
 
 RULE 219. 
 
 If any steam-boiler, or the apparatus or appliances thereof, 
 after inspection and test as aforesaid, shall be found to be in 
 an insecure or dangerous condition, the officer in command of 
 the Steam-boiler Squad shall cause the owner, or persons using 
 the same, to be served with a notice, in writing, of such condi- 
 tion, and of the changes and alterations required, to render the 
 same safe for use, and that the use thereof be discontinued 
 until such changes and alterations are completed; such notice 
 to be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed. 
 Such notice shall be served by leaving it with the person in 
 charge of the steam-boiler, or the owner thereof. 
 
 RULE 220. 
 
 If the use of the said steam-boiler, and the appliances, shall 
 not be discontinued, in pursuance of such notice, the officer in 
 command of the Steam-boiler Squad shall report the facts, in 
 writing, to the Board of Police. Whereupon the said Board 
 will make an order, prescribing such changes and alterations 
 as may render the use of such boiler, appurtenances and ap- 
 pliances safe; in the meantime, until such changes and altera- 
 tions are completed, the said steam-boiler shall be taken under 
 the control of the Board of Police, and all persons prevented 
 from using the same; which order the officer in command of 
 the said Squad shall cause to be enforced. For this purpose, 
 the members of the said Squad shall have power, under such 
 order, to enter into, upon, and hold possession of any premises 
 or part of any premises necessary to enable them to execute 
 such order. 
 
 RULE 221. 
 
 The owners or persons in charge of steam-boilers subject to 
 inspection and test, on being notified as provided in Rule 214, 
 shall have their boilers and appliances in the order and condi- 
 tion required by and at the time stated in said notice. If any 
 such owner or other person shall neglect or refuse so to do 
 the facts shall be reported in writing, by the officer in com- 
 mand of the said Squad, to the Board of Police; whereupon 
 
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 the said Board, on being satisfied with the truth of such report, 
 will order that such boiler and appliances be taken under con- 
 trol of the Board of Police, and all persons prohibited from 
 using the same until the same shall be inspected and tested, 
 and, if found defective and unsafe, until such alterations, re- 
 pairs and additions shall be completed as the Board prescribe, 
 so as to render the use thereof safe. 
 
 RULE 222. 
 
 All steam-gauges in use with steam-boilers subject to inspec- 
 tion, shall, as part of the appliances thereof, at least once in 
 each year, and as often as the Board of Police shall order in 
 special cases, be tested by the mercury column at the Central 
 Department. If found defective, the defects shall be remedied 
 before they shall be allowed to be used. For the purpose of 
 this test, members of the Steam-boiler Squad shall have 
 authority to take possession and control of any steam-gauge so 
 in use. 
 
 RULE 223. 
 
 Steam-gauges, tested and found correct, shall have attached 
 to them a certificate, signed by the officer in command of the 
 Steam-boiler Squad, setting forth the fact and the date of the 
 test. 
 
 RULE 224. 
 
 No charge shall be made for inspecting or testing any steam- 
 boiler, appliances and connections, except as the law directs. 
 All cart tickets issued for the necessary transportation of the 
 pump and appliances used in testing steam-boilers, shall be 
 certified by the officer in charge of the Steam-boiler Squad, 
 and transmitted to the Treasurer for audit and payment. 
 
 RULE 225. 
 
 No person shall use or manage, in the City of New York, any 
 steam-boiler of the kind subject to inspection by the Police 
 authorities, except an engineer who shall have a certificate of 
 qualification from the Board of Police, as provided by Rule 213, 
 nor shall any person employ any other person who is not an 
 engineer, qualified as such as above provided, to use or man- 
 age any steam-boiler in said city. 
 
 RULE 226. 
 
 The members of the Steam-boiler Squad shall report to the 
 officer in command, and he shall report to the Board of Police, 
 all violations and infractions of chapter 437, Laws 1885, and of 
 
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 the Rules and Regulations of said Board in relation to the 
 inspection and testing of steam-boilers. 
 
 RULE 227. 
 
 The officer in command of the Steam-boiler Squad shall keep 
 a correct record of all inspections and tests of steam-boilers, 
 setting forth the name of the person or firm owning such 
 boiler; the amount of hydrostatic pressure applied, and the 
 amount of steam pressure limited; the location and description 
 of the boiler in each case; with such other facts as shall be 
 deemed useful to the Department or the public. 
 
 RULE 228. 
 
 All forms and blanks used by the Steam-boiler Squad shall 
 be approved by the Board of Police. 
 
 HOUSE OF DETENTION. 
 
 RULE 231. 
 
 The Board of Police has, as authorized by law, provided suit- 
 able accommodations within the City of New York, for the 
 detention of such witnesses as are unable to furnish security 
 for their appearance in criminal proceedings. The place pro- 
 vided is called the “House for Detention of Witnesses.” 
 
 RULE 232. 
 
 The officers of the House for Detention of Witnesses shall be 
 a “Keeper,” who shall be a Sergeant of Police; a “Purveyor,” 
 and such members of the Force as shall be ordered. 
 
 RULE 233. 
 
 The Sergeant in charge of the House for Detention of Wit- 
 nesses shall make a daily report to the Chief Clerk, setting 
 forth the number and names of all witnesses committed to, and 
 discharged from, the House for Detention of Witnesses, during 
 the preceding twenty-four hours, and the nature of the offense 
 in relation to which they are witnesses, and also the number 
 remaining in custody. 
 
 RULE 234. 
 
 All communications or correspondence by letter, by and with 
 witnesses detained in the House for Detention of Witnesses, 
 are prohibited, unless such letters are open, and submitted to 
 the officer in command, who shall determine whether such let- 
 ters shall be delivered. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 RULE 235. 
 
 All personal interviews, conversations, or messages, to and 
 with witnesses detained in the House for Detention of Wit- 
 nesses, are prohibited, except to and with the officer in com- 
 mand, the Mayor of the City of New York, the Committing 
 Magistrate, District Attorney, Commissioners of Police, Chief 
 of Police, District Inspector, Police Surgeons and such other 
 persons as shall present, for this purpose, the written order 
 of either of the above persons, officially; in which latter case, 
 all conversation shall be carried on only in the presence of the 
 keeper. 
 
 The officer in command will have no conversation or inter- 
 view with witnesses except such as may be necessary in the 
 discharge of his official duties. 
 
 RULE 236. 
 
 The “Purveyor’* of the House for the Detention of Witnesses 
 shall at his or her own personal expense for materials for 
 cleaning or otherwise, keep the house clean and in good order, 
 to the satisfaction of the Board of Police; and shall also, to the 
 satisfaction of the Board of Police, furnish and supply three 
 meals per day, of fresh and wholesome food, in sufficient quan- 
 tity and variety, for the support of each witness detained in 
 said House; and shall also supply materials for, and do the 
 washing of, the towels, table-cloths, napkins and bedding re- 
 quired for use in said House. 
 
 No officer or member of the Police Department on duty at 
 the House of Detention shall be allowed to board at the table 
 of the Purveyor. 
 
 PROPERTY AND PROPERTY CLERK. 
 
 RULE 237. 
 
 The “Property Clerk,’’ appointed by the Board of Police, 
 shall receive all property or money, alleged or supposed to 
 have been feloniously obtained, or which shall be lost or aban- 
 doned, and thereafter taken into the custody of any member 
 of the Police Force, or in the custody of any City Magistrate. 
 He may have an Assistant, who, under his direction and in his 
 absence, shall have general charge and custody of all property 
 in the Property Clerk’s Office. 
 
 RULE 238. 
 
 The Property Clerk shall register each lot of property and 
 
 money, in a book kept for that purpose, and number the same 
 
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 on the book, and on a ticket to be attached to such property or 
 money; and shall also record the names of the persons from 
 whom such property or money was taken; the names of claim- 
 ants thereto, the time of seizure, and the final disposition 
 thereof. 
 
 RULE 239. 
 
 Whenever property or money shall be adjudged by a Magis- 
 trate to rightfully belong to a claimant; or that the person ar- 
 rested with such property is innocent of the offense alleged; 
 then, upon the written order of such Magistrate, the Property 
 Clerk shall deliver to the person himself such property or 
 money; but not to any attorney, agent or clerk of such person. 
 
 RULE 240. 
 
 Whenever money or property shall be taken from any person 
 or persons arrested, which shall be alleged or supposed to have 
 been feloniously obtained, or to be the proceeds of crime; and 
 the ownership of such property shall be claimed by, or on be- 
 half of any person other than the person or persons arrested; 
 and the said accused person or persons shall be held for trial, 
 or examination, or be subsequently indicted for having stolen 
 or feloniously obtained possession of said property, and on a 
 trial on said indictment be acquitted or discharged; or when a 
 Nol. Pros, shall be entered on such indictment; the Property 
 Clerk shall not, without the consent of the Board of Police, de- 
 liver said property to the said accused person or persons, ex- 
 cept upon an order by a Judge of the Court in which such in- 
 dictment was found, or by the District-Attorney having the 
 charge and conduct of the prosecution. 
 
 RULE 241. 
 
 The Property Clerk shall cause to be advertised, in pursuance 
 of law, all property or money taken on suspicion of having 
 been feloniously obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, 
 and for which there is no other claimant than the person from 
 whom such property was taken; and also all lost property that 
 may have come into his possession. 
 
 RULE 242. 
 
 When lost, abandoned or stolen property, of a highly inflam- 
 mable or dangerous character or nature, is discovered by, or 
 comes into the custody or possession of any member of the 
 Force, it shall be the duty of such member to report the same 
 at once to the officer in command, at the Station-house of his 
 
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 Precinct; and the officer in command shall immediately report 
 the same to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the City of 
 New York, and to the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 243. 
 
 If any property or money, placed in custody of the Property 
 Clerk, shall be desired as evidence in any Court, he shall, upon 
 an order from the Court to that effect, deliver such property 
 to the officer who shall present the order; such property shall 
 not be retained in said Court, but be returned to the Property 
 Clerk. 
 
 Property taken on making arrests for gambling or policy 
 dealing, and which are not implements of gambling or policy 
 dealing, may be delivered up to the owner upon the order of 
 the President of the Board of Police, when no longer required 
 to be kept as evidence against the party arrested. 
 
 RULE 244. 
 
 Section 291, chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, provides that all 
 property or money taken on suspicion of having been feloni- 
 ously obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, and for 
 which there is no other claimant than the person from whom 
 such property was taken, and all lost property coming into the 
 possession of any member of the Police Force, and all property 
 and money taken from pawnbrokers as the proceeds of crime, 
 or by any such member from persons supposed to be insane, 
 intoxicated, or otherwise incapable of taking care of them- 
 selves, shall be transmitted, as soon as practicable, to the 
 Property Clerk, to be registered and advertised in the City 
 Record for the benefit of all persons interested, and for the 
 information of the public, as to the amount and disposition of 
 the property so taken into custody by the Police. A description 
 of such property shall be entered on the Blotter and the prop- 
 erty marked for identification. 
 
 RULE 245. 
 
 The Property Clerk shall make to the Board of Police, quar- 
 terly and such other reports as the Board may direct, of the 
 property disposed of by him during that time. 
 
 RULE 246. 
 
 Whenever, in his opinion, it becomes necessary to sell arti- 
 cles of a perishable nature in a shorter time than that pre- 
 scribed by law, the Property Clerk shall, in his discretion, di- 
 rect a sale of such articles. 
 
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 RULE 247. 
 
 All stray horses, swine and neat cattle coming into the cus- 
 tody of the Police shall be immediately delivered to the keeper 
 of the Public Pound. 
 
 RULE 248. 
 
 A daily report shall be made to the Property Clerk by the 
 commanding officers of Precincts and Squads, of all lost, found, 
 recovered and stolen property taken or seized by the Police 
 Force, and the Property Clerk shall file and preserve such re- 
 ports in his office. 
 
 RULE 249. 
 
 Commanding Officers of Precincts and Squads, shall, on the 
 first days of January, April, July and October in each year, 
 take an inventory of all furniture and other movable property, 
 and transmit the same to the Treasurer’s Bookkeeper, who 
 shall keep a proper record of the same; and they shall state 
 in said report and give a list of every article of furniture that 
 is in bad order and that needs repairing, and that no article 
 or articles of furniture shall be sent from any Station-house 
 to be repaired unless upon a written requisition from the officer 
 in command; said requisition to be transmitted to the Treas- 
 urer’s Bookkeeper, signed and approved by the Committee on 
 Repairs and Supplies. 
 
 Hereafter, when a transfer is made by the Chief of Police 
 of an Inspector, Captain, or Sergeant in command of Precinct 
 or Squad, he will transfer to his successor all the furniture 
 and other movable property in the Station-house, belonging to 
 the Department, with an inventory of the same, and take a re- 
 ceipt from his successor, and transmit a duplicate copy of said 
 inventory to the Treasurer’s Bookkeeper. 
 
 RULE 250. 
 
 Whenever “any implements of gaming, or lottery tickets or 
 lottery policies,” shall be found in any house, room, or prem- 
 ises, believed to be kept as a common gaming room or gaming 
 premises, or for the deposit or sale of lottery tickets, or lottery 
 policies, and such implements of gaming, or lottery tickets, or 
 lottery policies shall be seized, in pursuance of law, by any 
 member of the Police Force of the City of New York, the ar- 
 ticles so seized shall be brought to the office of the Property 
 Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause 
 such articles so seized to be destroyed, as the orders of the 
 
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 Board of Police and the law shall direct. The Property Clerk 
 shall deliver the articles so seized to the said Chief, or on his 
 order, to the end that the same may be destroyed in pursuance 
 of the statute. 
 
 TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND SIGNAL 
 SYSTEMS. 
 
 RULE 251. 
 
 The telegraph and telephone line throughout the City of New 
 York are assigned to the Board of Police, by proper authority, 
 to be used exclusively by the Police Department, under the 
 rules and regulations of the Board of Police, and under the 
 general supervision and direction of an officer known as Super- 
 intendent of Police Telegraph. 
 
 RULE 252. 
 
 There shall be kept at the telegraph office and at each Police 
 Station-house and Squad a journal in which shall be entered 
 all messages sent to and from the Central Department; also 
 all messages sent from one station to another, either direct or 
 by having connection made at Central Department. 
 
 All messages transmitted by telegraph and telephone over the 
 Police lines must contain the full name and official title of the 
 senders thereof, together with the initials of the operators 
 transmitting and receiving them, and must be so entered in 
 the journals. 
 
 These journals to be subject at all times to the inspection 
 and control of the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 253. 
 
 Upon receipt of intelligence at a Police station of an impor- 
 tant or of an unusual nature, such as riots, strikes, highway 
 robberies, burglaries, property taken from thieves, murders, 
 suicides, persons found dead or unconscious, especially where 
 there are any suspicious circumstances attending the same, 
 it will be the duty of the Sergeant on desk duty to transmit 
 information of the same to Central Department at once; and 
 the operators at Central Department are required to immedi- 
 ately furnish copies of messages containing such information 
 to the Chief of Police, Detective Bureau and to the press, if 
 so directed, by the Chief of Police, or officer in charge at Cen- 
 tral Department. If such information is received at Central 
 Department after office hours, and it is deemed of suf- 
 
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 ficient importance to require the immediate attention of the 
 Chief of Police or Commanding Officer of the Detective Bu- 
 reau, the operator will transmit such information to their re- 
 spective residences. 
 
 Copies of general alarm, messages relating to missing per- 
 sons, lost children, property lost, stolen and recovered, will be 
 furnished to the Bureau of Information. 
 
 When a station wishes to send a message on “General 
 Alarm,” the officer transmitting same to Central Department 
 will so state. 
 
 All general alarms will be sent over the signatures of the 
 Chief of Police or officer in charge at the Central Department. 
 
 RULE 254. 
 
 Whenever an alarm of fire is received at Central Department, 
 the operator will at once notify the Precinct in which the fire 
 may be, and will ascertain the location of same as soon as 
 possible. In the event of the second alarm being sent out, the 
 location of the fire will be at once transmitted to all stations 
 on general alarm. 
 
 All telegraphic messages received at station-houses, calling 
 attention to persons or property to.be inquired for, shall be 
 transmitted to the officers on patrol as soon as practicable, and 
 read to the outgoing Platoons, at the roll-call following their 
 reception and oftener, if in the discretion of the commanding 
 officer it be necessary, or if so directed from Central Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 The officers in charge of the telegraph and telephone instru- 
 ments, at the Station-houses, and operators at Central Depart- 
 ment, are forbidden to allow any unauthorized person access to 
 the same, for the purpose of transmitting messages; to inter- 
 rupt or intercept messages passing over the lines or allow 
 others to do so; or to permit the lines to be used for unneces- 
 sary conversation. 
 
 They are required to be as concise and as respectful as pos- 
 sible in answering all messages and inquiries. 
 
 All news items received from Station-houses at Central De- 
 partment, intended for newspapers, will be given to the re- 
 porters without delay. 
 
 Operators are required to be extra cautious in making tele- 
 phone connections, and in transmitting and re-transmitting 
 messages to Police Stations; to observe that if a message ap- 
 pertains in the slightest degree to the issuing of an order or 
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 such message be forwarded to destination without first sub- 
 mitting same to the Chief of Police, or officer in charge at 
 Central Department. 
 
 RULE 255. 
 
 The Superintendent of Telegraph shall enter or cause to be 
 entered in a journal kept in his office, the time of day when 
 he leaves, when he returns to the office, and set forth briefly 
 the Police or telegraph business performed by him during his 
 absence. 
 
 The Superintendent of Telegraph shall make to the Chief of 
 Police a monthly report setting forth the lost time of telegraph 
 operators, linemen and batterymen during the month then next 
 preceding, by reason of sickness, absence with leave or ab- 
 sence without leave, such report to be forwarded by the Chief 
 of Police to the Treasurer. 
 
 RULE 256. 
 
 The tours of duty of Telegraph employes will be as follows: 
 Operators from 8 A. M. to 6 p. m. ; from 6 p. m. to 12 p. M., and 
 from 12 p. M. to 8 A. m. 
 
 Linemen and batterymen, 8 A. M. to 6 p. M., and whenever 
 called upon in other hours by Superintendent of Telegraph. 
 
 Operators will promptly relieve each other at the end of des- 
 ignated tours. 
 
 An operator shall not leave his post at any time during his 
 tour of duty, unless relieved by an attache of the telegraph 
 office, duly authorized to relieve him. Any changes in tours 
 of duty must have the approval of Superintendent of Telegraph. 
 
 In cases of sickness or unavoidable detention from office 
 duty, the operator shall give notice to the Superintendent of 
 Telegraph of such absence and cause thereof as soon as possi- 
 ble before the beginning of his tour of duty. Notice of the 
 sickness of ah operator will be immediately sent to the Police 
 Surgeon of the District, who will visit such operator and report 
 thereon to the Superintendent of Telegraph. 
 
 Temporary leaves of absence from duty for telegraph em- 
 ployes will be granted only on application to the Chief of Po- 
 lice. Such application must have the approval of the Su- 
 perintendent of Telegraph. 
 
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 SIGNAL BOX SYSTEM. 
 
 RULE 257. 
 
 Commanding officers will be particular to see that the fol- 
 lowing rules are observed in the operation of signal boxes, and 
 report to the Board of Police any “neglect of duty or violation 
 of any of said rules.’* 
 
 The Sergeants shall carefully instruct the members of their 
 respective sections in the operation of the signal system. Any 
 member of the Force who is unable to comprehend such in- 
 struction, or the operations of the boxes, will be reported as in- 
 competent. 
 
 Each officer will be furnished with a key to the Police signal 
 boxes, and will be held responsible therefor. Keys will be in- 
 spected at each roll-call the same as fire keys. Should an of- 
 ficer be unable to produce his key w T hen requested, or fail to 
 promptly notify his station of its loss, complaint will be made 
 against him. 
 
 Patrolmen will be held responsible for any injury to signal 
 boxes, instruments, poles, wires, etc., during their tours of 
 duty, or failing to properly notify the station of any damage 
 to same. 
 
 Patrolmen when visiting that portion of their posts where 
 signal boxes are located will report to the station by signals 
 designated for them, and will be careful before leaving to as- 
 certain whether the Sergeant at the Station-house has any 
 message to communicate. 
 
 When a signal box instrument or line is reported out of 
 order, the officer on desk duty will at once investigate and re- 
 port the result of such investigation to the Telegraph Office, 
 Central Department. 
 
 In order to prevent any tampering with the instruments, the 
 Sergeant and Roundsman on patrol will have supervision 
 thereof, and will during their tours of duty visit, inspect and 
 test as many of them as possible, and notify the Station-house 
 by signal at the time of such inspection. 
 
 Sergeants on desk duty at the Station-house shall promptly 
 answer and repeat all signals in a slow and distinct manner. 
 
 They will also examine the register paper on receipt of each 
 report and make an entry of the same on the Blotter kept for 
 that purpose, showing the number of box, the time, and by 
 whom visited, and will be held responsible for any errors in 
 same. 
 
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 HARBOR POLICE. 
 
 RULE 258. 
 
 A competent person will be assigned by the Board of Police 
 to take command of the navigation of the Police Steamboat, 
 who shall be designated as “Master.” 
 
 The Steamboat and Boat’s Crew shall be under the command 
 of the Master, who shall be responsible for the navigation, 
 management, safe-keeping, condition, and the perfect and com- 
 plete cleaning of the steamboat, engine, boiler, fire-pump and 
 hose, Crew’s quarters, tackle, apparel and furniture; and also 
 for the action and conduct of the Crew. . 
 
 RULE 259. 
 
 The Boat’s Crew, in addition to the Master, is made up as 
 follows, to wit; 
 
 1 Pilot. 
 
 1 Engineer. 
 
 1 Assistant Engineer. 
 
 3 Firemen. 
 
 3 Deck-hands. 
 
 1 Cook. 
 
 1 Steward. 
 
 1 Cabin boy. 
 
 The Captain of Police, in charge, is authorized to employ the 
 Pilot, Engineers, Deck-hands, Firemen and others, subject to 
 the approval of the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 260. 
 
 The Master is to be considered on duty at all times. Any 
 necessary absence to be reported to the Captain, or during his 
 absence to the Sergeant in charge. 
 
 The Pilot and Engineers are considered to be on duty when 
 required by the Master. Absence to be by his consent and ap- 
 proval. The Master and Pilot shall not be absent from the 
 Boat at the same time, except with the knowledge and by the 
 approval of the Captain, or, in his absence, of the Sergeant in 
 charge. 
 
 RULE 261. 
 
 The Captain, Sergeants, Roundsmen, Patrolmen and Doormen 
 on duty in the Thirty-sixth Precinct, shall be designated as 
 “The Police Force,” as distinguished from the Boat’s Crew. 
 The Captain of Police, and Sergeant in command, in the ab- 
 sence of the Captain, are authorized to order and direct the 
 Master, or, in his absence, the Pilot, as to the time of, the 
 
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 route of, and the designation of all movements of the Steam- 
 boat, and the management and movement of all row-boats; 
 and in case of fire (so far as operating with the fire-pump, 
 hose and pipe is concerned), shall have command of the Boat’s 
 Crew and Police Force. 
 
 He shall at all times cause the several members of the Police 
 Force to perform their respective duties, and see that the 
 sleeping-rooms and berths of the Police Force, and the kitchen 
 and mess-rooms, are kept scrupulously clean and in order. 
 
 RULE 202. 
 
 There shall be two messes; one composed of the Captain, 
 Sergeants, Master, Pilot and Engineers, to be called the “Of- 
 ficers’ Mess”; the other, composed of all other members of the 
 Boat’s Crew and Police Force, to be called the “Force Mess.’’ 
 Each mess to be managed by the Captain, and to be served by 
 the Cook and Steward. 
 
 The fuel, oil, waste and supplies for cleaning, for the use of 
 the Boat and Crew, shall be ordered by the Police Captain, on 
 the requisition of the Master. 
 
 RULE 263. 
 
 "The roW-boats attached to the Steamboat assigned to the 
 Police Force shall be painted black on the outside; the word 
 “Police” shall be painted in large white letters on either bow, 
 on the outside, and numbered from one upward; but there shall 
 not be any name, or other distinctive mark, on the said boats. 
 
 RULE 264. 
 
 When a boat shall bring prisoners ashore, it shall be the 
 duty of one or more of the Crew to transfer them, when nec- 
 essary, to the Patrolman on land, who shall convey the pris- 
 oners to the nearest Station-house. 
 
 RULE 265. 
 
 None of the row-boats, under any pretense whatever, shall 
 be used or employed for any purpose except in the business of 
 the Police Department, neither by the Crew, members of the 
 Police Force, or any other person or persons. 
 
 LAUNCHES. 
 
 RULE 266. 
 
 The officer in charge of a Launch will have charge of the 
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 condition of the boat: He will designate all routes and changes 
 in the same. 
 
 The Pilot is charged with the duty of navigating the Launch, 
 and while absent from the dock must not be interfered with in 
 the performance of his duty. He will see that all lights are 
 in place and burning during the night, and that the steering 
 apparatus is in proper condition. He shall be accountable for 
 all accidents occurring while under way. 
 
 The Engineer will see that the engine of the Launch is kept 
 clean and in good order, and that the cock-pit is kept clean and 
 free from water. 
 
 If any defect in machinery or steering-gear is discovered at 
 any time while under way, the Launch shall be returned to the 
 station at once. If entirely disabled the officer in charge shall 
 notify the station by telephone, stating location of Launch and 
 nature of disability. Positively no attempt must be made by 
 the Engineer to repair any defect to the machinery until the 
 Launch is returned to the Station, where repairs will be made. 
 
 All accidents or injuries, whether to or by any Launch, shall 
 be reported in writing, in full detail, and without delay by the 
 officer in charge. 
 
 The officers of Launches will be held responsible for all acci- 
 dents, whether through mismanagement, by negligence or 
 otherwise, and for this reason they are required to be specially 
 vigilant and painstaking in the navigation of their boats. 
 
 No Launch shall be permitted to leave the Station without 
 complete inspection as to supplies and condition of the boat; 
 nor shall a start be made until there is sufficient pressure of 
 power to secure safe management. 
 
 MOUNTED MEN, HOSTLERS, ETC. 
 
 RULE 207. 
 
 Patrolmen doing duty mounted on horses will be required to 
 perform patrol duty on foot when their horses shall be disa- 
 bled or unfit for duty. Each Patrolman must take the entire 
 care of, and will be held responsible for the condition and 
 safe-keeping of the horse and equipments assigned to his use. 
 Mounted Patrolmen will not be required to do regular patrol 
 duty on their posts between the hours of 6 and 8 o’clock A. m., 
 except when directed by the Chief of Police. 
 
 In rural districts, on long posts, distant from the Station- 
 house, the relieving points should be arranged to save unnec- 
 essary travel in reaching the posts of duty. 
 
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 Mounted men, in going to and from their posts, will proceed 
 at a moderate trotting pace, not to exceed the rate of 6 miles 
 an hour. In patrolling their posts they are to proceed at a 
 fast walking pace. They are required to teach their horses to 
 walk at a rapid pace, and under no circumstances are they al- 
 lowed to ride at a canter or running pace, except in cases 
 where the rapid movement is required in the performance of 
 Police duty. 
 
 When any horse shall become so sick or lame as to be unfit 
 for service, the Captain shall report the facts forthwith, in 
 writing, through the Inspector and Chief of Police, to the 
 Board of Police, describing the condition of the horse. 
 
 RUL'E 2G8. 
 
 1st. Mounted Patrolmen, at the expiration of each tour of 
 duty, will clean the soles of their horses’ hoofs with a hoof 
 pick, and during the summer months wash down their horses’ 
 backs, drying them as well as possible with a sponge. 
 
 2d. They will, during their day tours of reserve duty, groom 
 their horses, wash the soles as well as the outside of their 
 horses’ hoofs, and thoroughly dry their horses’ legs, especially 
 the hollow of the pastern. 
 
 3d. They will, on their days off, stuff their horses’ hoofs, 
 being careful to see that the soles are thoroughly clean before 
 stuffing. 
 
 4th. They must immediately report to the commanding officer 
 at the Station-house, loose or cast shoes, any soreness, lame- 
 ness or injury. 
 
 5th. They must not use any water on the legs of their 
 horses from December 1st to May 1st. 
 
 6th. They will, when their horses are sick or rendered unfit 
 for work, place them in charge of the hostlers, who will be- 
 come responsible for the horses until returned to work; and 
 the Patrolman will take entire charge of the horse temporarily 
 assigned to him. 
 
 7th. Hostlers will at all times work in harmony with each 
 other, and will be held responsible for the appearance and 
 cleanliness of the stable, wagons, harness, equipments and 
 borses placed in their charge. 
 
 8th. They will wash the wagons, clean the harness, etc., im- 
 mediately after they have been used, and put nothing away in 
 a soiled condition. 
 
 9th. The hostler on night duty will keep a strict watch of 
 the stable; he will clean such articles as could not be cleaned 
 by the hostler on duty during the daytime, and in case of 
 
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 sickness or injury to any of the horses, he will immediately re- 
 port such facts to the officer in command at the Station-house. 
 
 10th. Inspecting officers will see that the foregoing rules are 
 strictly complied with, and will prefer charges against any 
 member of the Police Force, or employee, who neglects the 
 same, 
 
 11th. Commanding Officers of Precincts and Squads to which 
 horses are attached shall keep a book of accounts for supplies 
 furnished for stables and horses, and a book of disabled horses 
 in form supplied by the Stationery Clerk. 
 
 SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 RULE 269. 
 
 A School is established, at the Central Department, known 
 as the “School of Instruction”; which shall be in charge of 
 such officer and assistants as the Chief of Police may from 
 time to time select. 
 
 RULE 270. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the School of 
 Instruction to instruct the members of the School in all the 
 duties, discipline and exercise of Patrolman, including the 
 special laws governing the Police, the Laws of the State of 
 New York, the Laws and ordinances of the City of New York, 
 and the rules, regulations and orders of the Board of Police, 
 and their powers and privileges under the same. 
 
 He shall give them general and verbal instructions and ex- 
 planations in regard to their powers and duties; and, at the ex- 
 piration of one month of instruction to a member of the School, 
 he shall report to the Board, through the Chief of Police, the 
 name of such member, the proficiency he has made, and his 
 character, adaptation, fitness and capacity to discharge Police 
 duties. 
 
 RULE 271. 
 
 All Patrolmen when employed on probation shall, for the 
 term of one month immediately thereafter, be formed into a 
 class for instruction, according to the provisions of the pre- 
 vious rule. They shall there, and in that manner, and to the 
 extent above stated, be diligently instructed for two hours 
 each day. They shall also, for the same length of time eac^ 
 day, be instructed in the drill and other exercises. 
 
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 They shall be placed on post, for the first tour of duty each 
 night, with a Patrolman, to learn the practical mode of dis- 
 charging patrol duties. 
 
 After a Patrolman has been a member of the School of In- 
 struction for one month, he will be assigned to full duty in a 
 Precinct, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Police. 
 
 SPECIAL PATROLMEN. 
 
 RULE 272. 
 
 Every Special Patrolman appointed by the Board of Police, 
 under and by virtue of the authority conferred by law, shall 
 possess all the powers and privileges of Patrolmen in the 
 Police Force, so far as the laws relative to arrests are con- 
 cerned. 
 
 The form of shield (as per sample in the Chief Clerk’s of- 
 fice) shall be designated as the shield for Special Patrolman, 
 and such officers, when appointed and sworn, shall, on signing 
 an agreement in writing, releasing and waiving all claims 
 whatever against the Board of Police, and the Mayor, Aider- 
 men and Commonalty of the City of New York for pay, salary 
 or compensation for their services and for all expenses con- 
 nected therewith, be furnished by the Chief Clerk with such 
 shields numbered and duly recorded in a book to be kept for 
 that purpose. 
 
 Such Special Patrolmen, when sworn, shall be referred to the 
 Chief of Police for orders, and for such special instructions as 
 may be required. 
 
 RULE 273. 
 
 Persons arrested by Special Patrolmen shall be taken to the 
 Station-house of the Precinct in which the officer making the 
 arrest is located, and entry made in the “Blotter” in the same 
 manner as in all cases of arrest. Special mention shall be 
 made of the place where the officer making the arrest is per- 
 forming duty. If the Courts are closed at the time the pris- 
 oner is brought to the Station-house, he shall be detained for 
 safe-keeping until the opening of the Courts, when the officer 
 shall forthwith take the prisoner before the Magistrate, and 
 report be made at the Station-house of the disposition of the 
 case. 
 
 The arrest shall not be entered on the morning returns with 
 the prisoners arrested by the regular Force, but a separate re- 
 turn of such arrest shall be made on a morning return blank. 
 
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 to be marked “Special,” and sent to the Central Office with 
 the other returns. 
 
 RULE 274. 
 
 Special Patrolmen shall report at the office of the Chief of 
 Police, between the first and fifth days of each month, where a 
 book will be kept in which they shall enter their name, num- 
 ber of shield and place where employed. Said Special Patrol- 
 man shall, at the same time, present a certificate from the 
 person or corporation by whom he is employed, to the effect 
 that such employment is continued. 
 
 Every person or corporation having in their service a Special 
 Patrolman, appointed by the Board of Police, shall file with 
 the Chief of Police, not later than the second day of each 
 month, a certificate showing that the Special Patrolman in his 
 or its service has been paid his salary or compensation in ad- 
 vance for the current month, and said certificate shall be 
 countersigned by the Special Patrolman referred to, to the 
 effect that he has been paid, as indicated in the body of the 
 certificate. 
 
 In all cases where a Special Patrolman has been discharged 
 or removed, the Chief of Police shall require the return of his 
 shield, and make report thereof to the Board of Police. 
 
 LOST AND ARRESTED CHILDREN. 
 
 RULE 275. 
 
 A temporary retreat for lost children is provided at the 
 Central Department; and at 8 o’clock p. m., and each succeed- 
 ing hour of each day until 6 a. m., the officer in command of 
 the Police will send all lost children, who may then be at 
 their respective Station-houses, to the Central Department and 
 place them in charge of the Matron. 
 
 It will be the duty of the officer in command to immediately 
 telegraph to the Central Office the name, if possible, and de- 
 scription of all lost children brought to the Station-house. 
 
 RULE 27G. 
 
 Lost children shall be taken to the Station-house of the re- 
 spective Precincts in which they are found, except as herein- 
 after provided. A record shall be kept at each Station-house of 
 all lost children received thereat, showing the number re- 
 claimed at the Station-house; the number sent to the Central 
 Department; the age, sex and color of each child; the nation- 
 
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 ality of the parents of each child reclaimed at the Station- 
 house by such parents; and on the first day of each month, the 
 officer in command of the Precinct shall make a report to the 
 Chief Clerk, setting forth all tlie above particulars, in relation 
 to children received during the previous month. 
 
 The number and sex of lost children and the disposition made 
 of them at each Station-house shall be entered on the daily 
 morning returns made to the Central Department. 
 
 RULE 277. 
 
 With each child sent from the Station-house to the Central 
 Department shall be transmitted a return in writing, in a form 
 to be supplied by the Chief Clerk. 
 
 RULE 278. 
 
 All lost children received at the Central Department during 
 the day or night, not claimed by some person entitled to their 
 custody, shall be placed in charge of the Commissioners of 
 Charities. 
 
 Whenever any member of the Police Force shall discover a 
 foundling, or have his attention called to the discovery of a 
 foundling anywhere in this city, he shall have such foundling 
 conveyed at once to the nearest Police station, where the of- 
 ficer in charge will enter upon the Blotter, and also upon a 
 blank provided for the purpose (No. 30), a description of the 
 child and of its clothing, and such other available particulars 
 as may be necessary or pertinent to the case, and have the 
 child taken by the shortest possible route to Bellevue Hospital, 
 and there delivered to some person assigned by the Commis- 
 sioners of Charities to receive such children. 
 
 When the discovery, of a foundling is brought to the notice 
 of a member of the Police Force by any person other than a 
 Policeman, the officer will require such person to accompany 
 him to the nearest Police station with the foundling, in order 
 that he or she may make affidavit as to the finding of the 
 child (as per Blank No. 44), and for the purpose of having 
 such affidavit made and sworn to. Inspectors, Captains and 
 Sergeants of Police have the power to administer affirmations 
 or oaths, as provided for in these Rules. 
 
 In every case where a foundling is brought to a Police sta- 
 tion, Blanks Nos. 30, 44 and 149 will be properly filled out by 
 the officer in charge, and disposed of by him as follows, viz.: 
 
 Blank No. 30 will be delivered to the person at Bellevue Hos- 
 pital who receives the child. 
 
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 Blank No. 44 will be forwarded to the Department of Chari- 
 ties through the Central Office. 
 
 Blank No. 149 will be forwarded to the Central Office. 
 
 RULE 279. 
 
 Children rescued from inhuman parents or guardians by the 
 “New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,” 
 may be kept, pending the disposition of their cases by the 
 Courts, in the care of the Matron at Police Headquarters, under 
 such rules as the Board of Police may from time to time adopt, 
 provided the cost of maintaining such children shall be paid 
 by said Society; and that in no case shall any such child be 
 allowed to remain for a greater period than fourteen days. 
 
 RULE 2S0. 
 
 When the arrest of any person under the age of 16 years shall 
 be made, or of any person when the complainant is under 16 
 years, a notice of such arrest, setting forth the name of the 
 person so arrested, and the offense charged, must be imme- 
 diately transmitted to the Society for the Prevention of Cru- 
 elty to Children. 
 
 Every girl under the age of 18 years, who is complainant in 
 a case of rape, must be taken to the above Society for such 
 examination as may be necessary. 
 
 MASKED BALLS. 
 
 RULE 281. 
 
 All permits to hold masked balls shall be subject to the fol- 
 lowing regulations: That the applicant or applicants have per- 
 mission to give sb masked ball, entertainment, or party, under 
 the supervision of the Chief of Police, and with the understand- 
 ing that the officer in command of the Precinct, or the officer 
 who may be in command of the Police at such ball, entertain- 
 ment, or party, shall have the power to cause any person be- 
 fore entering or within the building, during the continuance of 
 the ball, entertainment, or party, to unmask, if, in his opinion, 
 there is cause therefor; and it shall be his duty to stop the 
 same, and cause the various rooms occupied for that purpose 
 to be vacated, whenever any indecent, immoral, or illegal act 
 shall be committed, or any disorder take place which shall 
 furnish cause for such action on his part. 
 
 Permits to hold masked balls in the City of New York will 
 be granted under grades, and on payment for such permits, as 
 
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 follows: 1st Grade, $100; 2d Grade, $50; 3d Grade, $25; 4th 
 Grade, $10; and the Chief of Police will indorse on each ap- 
 plication the grade in which in his judgment the application 
 shall be placed. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall collect fees for masked ball permits 
 when they are granted, and make weekly returns of the same 
 to the Board of Police. 
 
 PARADES. 
 
 RULE 282. 
 
 No procession or parade shall use any street, upon the sur- 
 face of which is a railway track or tracks, by marching upon 
 the said track or tracks; and a free passage of cars upon rail- 
 way tracks shall not be interfered with by the formation, halt, 
 or march of any such procession or parade, or of the persons 
 composing it. 
 
 Whenever any procession shall find it necessary to march 
 across a railway track, the portion of said procession which, 
 in so marching, is likely to stop the passage of any car or 
 cars upon said track, shall come to a halt in order to permit 
 said car to proceed. 
 
 All processions or parades occupying or marching upon any 
 street of any city, to the exclusion or interruption of other 
 citizens in their individual right and use thereof (excepting the 
 National Guard and the Police and Fire Departments, and as- 
 sociations of veteran soldiers), are forbidden unless written no- 
 tice of the object, time and route of such procession or parade 
 be given by the chief officer thereof, not less than six hours 
 previous to its forming, or marching, to the Police authorities 
 of said city; and it may be lawful for said Police authorities 
 to designate to such procession or parade how much of the 
 street in width it can occupy, with special reference to crowded 
 thoroughfares, through which said procession may move; and, 
 when so designated, the chief officer of said procession or pa- 
 rade shall be responsible that the designation is obeyed; and 
 it shall be the duty of the Police authorities to furnish such 
 escort as may be necessary to protect persons and property 
 and maintain the public peace and order. 
 
 All processions and parades on Sunday, in any city, excepting 
 only funeral processions for the actual burial of the dead, and 
 processions to and from a place of worship in connection with 
 a religious service there celebrated, are forbidden; and in such 
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 cannon or firearms, or other disturbing noise. At a military 
 funeral, and at a burial of a National Guardsman, or of a de- 
 ceased member of an association of veteran soldiers, or of a 
 disbanded Militia Regiment, or of a secret fraternal society, 
 music may be played while escorting the body, but not within 
 one block of a place of worship, where service is then being cele- 
 brated. A person wilfully violating any provisions of this sec- 
 tion is punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or 
 imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or by both. 
 
 Every person wilfully violating any provision of the three 
 preceding sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punisha- 
 ble with a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisonment 
 not exceeding ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 Processions and parades of the National Guard, the Police 
 and the Fire Department, are at all times lawful, except on the 
 Sabbath. 
 
 “All (other) processions and parades occupying or marching 
 upon any street * * * to the exclusion or interruption of 
 other citizens in their individual right of use * * * are for- 
 bidden,” except on compliance with the conditions imposed by 
 the statute, in respect to notice to the Police “of the object, 
 time and route of such procession or parade.” 
 
 All processions and parades on Sunday are absolutely for- 
 bidden — except only funeral processions engaged in the actual 
 burial of the dead, and processions to and from any place of 
 worship, in connection with religious services there celebrated— 
 and such processions must conform to the conditions of the 
 statute in respect to notice to the Police authorities of the ob- 
 ject, time and route of the procession or parade. 
 
 Whoever wilfully violates any of the provisions of this law 
 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be arrested therefor, and 
 punished. 
 
 When parties comply with the law, by giving preliminary 
 notice in writing, “of the object, time, and route of such (con- 
 templated) procession or parade” to the Police authorities, as 
 required by the statute, the procession or parade may lawfully 
 form and move on and over such streets and parts of streets as 
 shall be designated by the Chief of Police. In such case a Po- 
 lice escort will be ordered, and the officers and Force will be 
 informed, by special orders, of the object, time and route of 
 the procession, when it will be their duty to enforce the pro- 
 visions of the law, protect persons and property, and maintain 
 the public peace. 
 
 Any procession or parade, which shall attempt to form or 
 
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 move, without such preliminary notice, or without compliance 
 with the law, will be unlawful and should be prevented. 
 
 The notice required by the statute should be in writing, di- 
 rected to the Chief of Police, setting forth the object, time and 
 proposed route of the contemplated procession or parade. 
 
 Captains are required to be diligent in instructing the officers 
 and men of their commands in relation to their powers and 
 duties under this law. 
 
 MATRONS. 
 
 RULE SS3. 
 
 1. There shall be two Police* Matrons appointed for each Sta- 
 tion-house designated to receive women prisoners. 
 
 2. The tours of duty for Police Matrons shall be as follows: 
 For the Matrons on day duty, from 8 A. M. to 6 p. M. ; for the 
 Matrons on night duty, from 6 P. M. to 8 A. M. The Matrons 
 shall change each week from night to day duty by remaining 
 on duty from 8 A. M. Sunday until 8 A. M. Monday. 
 
 3. While on duty the Police Matrons shall be constantly at 
 the Station-house and ready at all times to perform any and 
 all service within their province as Police Matrons; except the 
 Matron on day duty shall be allowed one hour each day to go 
 out for her luncheon. Matrons shall at all times when on duty 
 be subject to the orders of the officer in command of the 
 Station-house. 
 
 4. A suitable room shall be provided for the special use and 
 accommodation of the Police Matrons in each Station-house 
 designated to receive and detain women prisoners. Members 
 of the Police Force are prohibited from trespassing upon the 
 privacy of the Police Matrons during their tours of duty. No 
 visitors shall be received in the Matron’s rooms except by per- 
 mission of the officer in command. The Matrons shall be re- 
 sponsible for the cleanliness and good order of their own 
 rooms. They shall be supplied with apparatus for heating 
 water. 
 
 5. The Officers in command of Station-houses designated as 
 above shall cause women held under arrest to be kept separate 
 and apart from the cells, corridors and apartments of males 
 under arrest, and shall prevent any communication between 
 men and women therein confined, except with the consent of 
 the Police Matron and the officer in command. 
 
 6. When a woman prisoner is brought to the Station-house 
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 duty to make the necessary searches and perform such other 
 service in connection with the arrest as may be required. 
 When a woman prisoner is held, she shall be conducted to a 
 cell by or in the presence of the Police Matron and remain 
 in her charge while so confined. 
 
 7. The locks upon the doors of the corridors and cells of the 
 female prisoners shall differ in size and pattern from all other 
 locks used at the station. The Matron shall have sole access 
 to the keys, and when not in the Matron’s possession shall be 
 kept at the desk of the station. 
 
 8. The Police Matron shall not place two women prisoners in 
 one cell, unless it is necessary for want of room. 
 
 9. The Police Matron on duty shall visit the cells occupied 
 by women prisoners at least once in each 30 minutes, except 
 during the lunch hour, and oftener if the condition of the pris- 
 oner or prisoners shall require it and her other duties permit; 
 and she shall be responsible for the safe-keeping of all such 
 women prisoners, subject to the direction of the officer in 
 command. 
 
 10. The Police Matron on duty shall report daily to the of- 
 ficer in command as to the cleanliness and good order of the 
 cells under her charge. 
 
 11. Any sick, injured or helpless woman prisoner who may 
 he conveyed to the Station-house shall be taken to a room 
 other than the public sitting-room and there be treated and 
 cared for only by a Surgeon and the Police Matron on duty, 
 except in cases where the interest of humanity or justice shall 
 require the attendance of others. 
 
 12. When, in the opinion of the Police Matron on duty, any 
 woman prisoner is ill, or insane, she shall at once notify the 
 officer in command and he shall summon a physician. 
 
 13. The Police Matron on duty shall have charge of all 
 women and girls received in the Station-house as prisoners, or 
 otherwise, and also of lost children. 
 
 14. When the examination of the person or clothing of a 
 woman prisoner, or other female in the temporary charge of 
 the Police, shall be deemed necessary, such examination shall 
 be made only by the Police Matron on duty, under direction of 
 the officer in command, and with the least possible publicity. 
 
 15. Doormen are prohibited from visiting the cells in which 
 women prisoners are confined except upon the call of a Police 
 Matron, or by special direction of the officer in command, and 
 no officer or other person shall visit the cells in which women 
 prisoners are confined unless in the company of the Police Ma- 
 tron on duty. 
 
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 16. Arrests of women shall be reported on the daily morning 
 returns of the Precinct in which the arrest is made, and a rec-* 
 ord shall be made upon the blotter of the Precinct where such 
 women prisoners are confined, showing the name of the pris- 
 oner, name and Precinct of the officer making the arrest, also 
 the time when the prisoner entered and left the Station-house. 
 
 17. The Police Matrons shall keep a written record of all 
 women and children under their charge. 
 
 18. The officers in command of Precincts where Police Ma- 
 trons are employed shall enter (in red ink) upon the face of 
 the morning returns the name and tour of duty performed by 
 each Matron, and their absence from any cause whatever. 
 
 19. Police Matrons, when detained from duty by illness, shall 
 notify the officer in command of their Precinct, and he shall 
 immediately apply for a substitute. 
 
 20. Substitutes shall always be taken from Precincts where 
 the average number of woman prisoners is small, and the 
 women usually received at these Station-houses shall be sent 
 to some other where Matrons are on duty. 
 
 21. No Police Matron shall remain on night duty more than 
 two weeks consecutively. 
 
 22. While on duty the Police Matrons shall wear a neat dark 
 blue or black dress, with skirts two inches from the ground. 
 
 ARRESTS. 
 
 RULE 284. 
 
 The functions of a Police Force are, mainly, the enforcement 
 of law, preservation of the peace, protection of life and property, 
 arrest of all violators of law, and the prevention and detection 
 of crime. Other duties are incidental, and while it is necessary 
 they should be performed with energy, promptness and fidelity, 
 every member of the Police Force must constantly bear in 
 mind that the welfare of the people of the city demands his 
 earnest efforts to accomplish the above enumerated tasks. The 
 following regulations relative to arrests must be strictly ad- 
 hered to in every particular by each and every member of the 
 Force : 
 
 They must make every exertion to arrest any person they 
 may see, or is positively charged with, committing a felony. 
 
 They may demand the services of any one present to assist 
 them in making an arrest for felony. 
 
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 They must pursue a person charged with felony, and have 
 the right to forcibly effect an entrance into any building for 
 the purpose of securing the arrest. 
 
 They may arrest any person found in the street at night 
 and whom they have good reason to believe has committed a 
 felony, though having no positive proof. 
 
 They may forcibly enter a building to suppress an affray oc- 
 curring within their hearing. 
 
 In making an arrest a Policeman is not justified in doing 
 more than the arrest and safe-keeping of his prisoner requires. 
 He must have good reason for every act in connection with the 
 arrest. 
 
 They must arrest all persons found begging in the streets, 
 and all children, under sixteen years, found dancing or play- 
 ing on musical instruments for gain. 
 
 RULE 285. 
 
 The several members of the Police Force shall have power 
 and authority to immediately arrest without warrant, and to 
 take into custody, any person who shall commit, or threaten, 
 or attempt to commit, in the presence of such member, or 
 within his view, any breach of the peace, or offense directly 
 prohibited by act of the Legislature, or by any ordinance of 
 the City; but such member of the Police Force shall, under the 
 penalty of fine or dismissal from the Force, in the discretion 
 of the Board, immediately upon such arrest, convey in person 
 such offender before a Magistrate of the City, that he may be 
 dealt with according to law. If the arrest is made during the 
 hours the Magistrate is not holding Court, such offender shall 
 be detained in the Station-house until the next public, sitting 
 of the Magistrate, and no longer. 
 
 Under section 554, chapter 360 of the Laws of 1882, as amended 
 by chapter 516 of the Laws of 1895, any Captain, Sergeant or 
 Acting Sergeant of Police is authorized to and must take bail 
 for appearance before a competent and accessible Magistrate 
 the next morning, from any person arrested for a misdemeanor 
 between 11 o’clock in the morning and 8 o’clock the next morn- 
 ing, just as soon as the person offers himself as bail for the 
 person or persons arrested. When such Captain or Sergeant 
 of Police or Acting Sergeant of Police takes bail, he must take 
 it by an undertaking in the form of this section mentioned, 
 executed in his presence by the defendant and at least one 
 surety, who must justify under oath, and for that purpose the 
 officer may administer the oath. The amount of bail taken by 
 
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 a Captain or Sergeant of Police or Acting Sergeant of Police 
 under this section must be as follows: 
 
 If the offense be the violation of a corporation ordinance, the 
 amount of bail must be one hundred dollars, except that, if a 
 conviction upon the charge would render the defendant liable 
 only for a fine, the amount of the bail must be double the 
 amount of the largest fine that could be imposed; if the con- 
 viction would render him liable to imprisonment for thirty 
 days or less, the amount of bail must be two hundred dollars. 
 In all other cases the amount of bail must be five hundred 
 dollars. The form of the undertaking must be as provided in 
 said chapter 516 of the Laws of 1895. 
 
 The recognizance must be transmitted with the return to the 
 Court (or Magistrate) the next morning; the facts of the arrest 
 must be entered on the returns, as in all other cases of arrest. 
 
 That all officers already and hereafter temporarily detailed 
 or assigned by the Chief of Police as Acting Sergeants of Po- 
 lice, shall each, during his performance of duty as such Acting 
 Sergeant, be and he hereby is empowered during the continu- 
 ance of such assignment or detail to take bail under the pro- 
 visions of chapter 516 of the Laws of 1895, the same as though 
 such designation had been originally made by the Board of 
 Police. 
 
 RULE 286. 
 
 The following sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure 
 shall govern the Police Force in the execution of warrants: 
 
 Sec. 155. If the warrant be issued by a Judge of the Supreme 
 Court, in the City and County of New York, or by a County 
 Judge, or by a Judge of a City Court, it may be directed gen- 
 erally to any Sheriff, Constable, Marshal or Policeman in the 
 State, and may be executed by any’ of those officers to whom it 
 may be delivered. 
 
 Sec. 156. If it be issued by any other magistrate it may be 
 directed generally to any Sheriff, Constable, Marshal, or Po- 
 liceman in the county in which it is issued, and may be exe- 
 cuted in that county; or if the defendant be in another county, 
 it may be executed therein, upon the written direction of a 
 Magistrate of such other county indorsed upon the warrant, 
 signed by him, with his name of office, and dated at the city, 
 town or village where it is made, to the following effect: 
 “This warrant may be issued in the County of Monroe” (or as 
 the case may be). 
 
 Sec. 158. If the crime charged in the warrant be a felony, 
 the officer making the arrest must take the defendant before 
 
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 the Magistrate who issued the warrant, or some other Magis- 
 trate in the same county, as provided in section 164. 
 
 Sec. 159. If the crime charged in the warrant be a misde- 
 meanor, and the defendant be arrested in another county, the 
 officer must, upon being required by the defendant, take him 
 before a Magistrate in that county, who must admit the de- 
 fendant to bail, for his appearance before the Magistrate named 
 in the warrant, and take bail from him accordingly. 
 
 RULE 287. 
 
 It is the duty of members of the Force to arrest all persons 
 found committing any of the following offenses: 
 
 Selling or offering to sell, giving away, or offering to give 
 away, or having in his or her possession, with or without in- 
 tent to sell or give away, any obscene and indecent book, pam- 
 phlet, paper, drawing, lithograph, stereoscopic picture, model, 
 cast, instrument, or article of indecent or immoral use, or 
 medicine for procuring abortion. 
 
 RULE 288. 
 
 It is not lawful to exhibit to the public, in any building, gar- 
 den, grounds, concert-room, or other place or room within the 
 City of New York, any interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, 
 ballet, play, farce, minstrelsy, or dancing, or any other enter- 
 tainment of the stage or any part or parts therein; or any 
 equestrian, circus, or other dramatic performance; or any per- 
 formance of jugglers, rope-dancing, or acrobats, until a 
 license for the place of such exhibition, for such purposes, 
 shall have been first had and obtained, as provided in said 
 act.” 
 
 It is the duty of Policemen to enter, at any time, such places 
 of amusement, and to arrest any person or persons so offend- 
 ing, and to convey them forthwith before a City Magistrate. 
 
 The proprietor, occupant or lessee of any place where acro- 
 batic exhibitions are held, who permits any person to perform 
 on any trapeze, rope, pole, or other acrobatic contrivance with- 
 out net-work or other sufficient means of protection from fall- 
 ing or other accident, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable 
 for the first offense by "a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars 
 and imprisonment not less than three months nor more than 
 one year. 
 
 Policemen learning or knowing of any commission of these 
 offenses shall immediately arrest, or cause to be arrested, the 
 persons so offending. 
 
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 RULE 289. 
 
 Members of the Police Force possess, in the City of New 
 York, and in every part of this State, all the common law and 
 statutory powers of Constables, except for the service of civil 
 process; and any warrant for search or arrest, issued by any 
 Magistrate of this State, may be executed in any part thereof, 
 by any member of the Police Force. 
 
 Members of the Force must not render any assistance in civil 
 cases, except to prevent a breach of the peace, or to quell a dis- 
 turbance actually commenced. 
 
 RULE 290. 
 
 Members of the Force will particularly notice the following 
 sections of chapter 410, Laws of 1882: 
 
 Sec. 282. It is hereby made the duty of the Police Force at 
 all times of day and night, and the members of such Force are 
 hereby thereunto empowered, to especially preserve the public 
 peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, suppress riots, 
 mobs and insurrections, disperse unlawful or dangerous as- 
 semblages, and assemblages which obstruct the free passage 
 of public streets, sidewalks, parks and places; protect the rights 
 of persons and property, guard the public health, preserve order 
 at elections and all public meetings and assemblages, prevent 
 and regulate the movement of teams and vehicles in streets, 
 and remove all nuisances in the public streets, parks and high- 
 ways; arrest all street mendicants and beggars; provide proper 
 police attendance at fires; assist, advise and protect emigrants, 
 strangers and travelers in public streets, at steamboat and 
 ship landings, and at railroad stations; carefully observe and 
 inspect all places of public amusement, all places of business 
 having excise or other licenses to carry on any business; all 
 houses of ill-fame or prostitution, and houses where common 
 prostitutes resort or reside; all lottery offices, policy shops, and 
 places where lottery tickets or . lottery policies are sold or of- 
 fered for sale; all gambling houses, cock pits, rat pits, and 
 public common dance-houses, and to repress and restrain all 
 unlawful or disorderly conduct or practices therein, enforce and 
 prevent the violation of all laws and ordinances in force in 
 said city; and for these purposes, with or without warrant, to 
 arrest all persons guilty of violating any law or ordinance for 
 the suppression or punishment of crimes or offenses. 
 
 RULE 291. 
 
 At all times and in all places where intoxicating liquors are 
 unlawfully kept for sale to be drank on the premises, if persons 
 
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 call for intoxicating liquors and are served with drinks in re- 
 sponse to such calls, and drink the liquids furnished and pay 
 for them, the circumstances are sufficient to warrant a pre- 
 sumption that the law has been violated, and to justify the ar- 
 rest of the person selling the drinks. 
 
 RULE 292. 
 
 All persons arrested for offenses of any kind during the time 
 the City Magistrates’ Courts are in session, shall, except as 
 otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the service, 
 be taken to a Court immediately after the arrest is properly 
 registered at the Station-house. 
 
 If the Court be not in session, the person so arrested shall 
 be detained at the Station-house till the opening of the Court 
 then next ensuing. When taken to Court, the officers making 
 the arrest must, unless otherwise directed by proper authority, 
 remain in Court until the prisoner’s case is disposed of by the 
 Magistrate. It is the duty of officers in command to take nec- 
 essary measures to insure the attendance of complainants and 
 witnesses in all cases. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Commanding Officers of Precincts 
 and Squads to permit all persons arrested to communicate by 
 letter or messenger with their friends, when the interest of 
 justice will not thereby be defeated. 
 
 Each and every person arrested for any cause whatever shall 
 be taken at once to the Station-house of the Precinct in which 
 the arrest was made, except in cases where arrests are made 
 by Detective Officers of the Detective Bureau and Precincts, or 
 where they are made on or near the boundary lines of Precincts 
 to which the officer making the arrest is attached, and the case 
 entered with full particulars, including the name and address 
 of complainant and witness, if there be any, upon the Blotter; 
 and afterward the case shall be disposed of as provided in the 
 rules and regulations of the service. 
 
 RULE 293. 
 
 When any member of the Police Force shall arrest any per- 
 son for an offense, who, from being intoxicated, or from any 
 other cause, is not in a condition to understand or answer 
 questions, or comprehend the proceedings of the Court, such 
 person shall be taken to the Station-house, and if clearly in- 
 toxicated, detained until sober, and shall then be taken to 
 Court. If the case be not clearly a case of intoxication, but 
 one which may require medical treatment, the Precinct Sur- 
 geon shall be promptly called, and the arrested party treated 
 
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 at the Station-house, or sent to a hospital, as the Surgeon 
 shall advise, and when restored to a fit condition shall be taken 
 to the Court and charged with the offense for which said person 
 was arrested; and while in hospital the arrested party shall be 
 in the legal custody of the Police. 
 
 Wherever any member of the Force shall find an unconscious 
 person, and who is sent to a hospital in such condition, the 
 Commanding Oflicer of the Precinct or Squad will cause in- 
 quiry to be made thereafter, to ascertain whether such person 
 has regained consciousness, and if so, obtain name, age and 
 residence, and such other facts as may be necessary of said 
 person, and forward same to the Chief of Police. 
 
 If the party was arrested for the offense of intoxication and 
 the Surgeon shall decide it not a case of intoxication, but that 
 medical treatment is required, the party shall not be held in 
 custody as a prisoner, but be sent to a hospital, or home (if 
 the person’s home can be ascertained and is not too far dis- 
 tant), as the Surgeon shall advise. 
 
 Every case occurring under this rule, where a Surgeon is 
 called, shall be promptly reported by him to the Board of Po- 
 lice, with all the facts relating thereto, and the disposition 
 thereof which he advised. 
 
 RULE 294. 
 
 Section 1st. All persons arrested in the several Precincts, 
 and by the Sections or Squads named in section first of this 
 rule, or by the members of such commands, shall be conveyed 
 to the First District Magistrate’s Court for judicial disposal, 
 viz.: First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and Thirty- 
 sixth Precincts, and the Squads of Third Precinct and of the 
 Sanitary Company doing duty south of Canal street and west 
 of the Bowery and Catharine street, and tlie Squad attached to 
 the Court. 
 
 Sec. 2d. All persons arrested in the several Precincts, and by 
 the Sections or Squads named in this section, or by the mem- 
 bers of such commands, shall be conveyed to the Second Dis- 
 trict Magistrate’s Court for judicial disposal, viz.: 
 
 Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twen- 
 tieth Precincts, and the Squads of the Third Precinct, and the 
 Sanitary Company doing duty between Canal street and Forty 
 second street, and west of Fourth avenue and Bowery, and the 
 Squad attached to the Court. 
 
 Sec. 3d. All persons arrested in the several Precincts, and by 
 the Squads named in this section, or by the members of such 
 
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 commands, shall be conveyed to the Third District Magistrate’s 
 Court for judicial disposal, viz.: 
 
 Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Pre- 
 cincts, and the Squads of the Third Precinct, and of the Sani- 
 tary Company doing duty south of Fourteenth street and 
 east of the Bowery and Catharine street and north of Canal 
 street, and the Squad attached to the Court. 
 
 Sec. 4th. All persons arrested in the several Precincts and by 
 the Squads named in this section, or by the members of such 
 commands, shall be conveyed to the Fourth District Magis- 
 trate’s Court for judicial disposal, viz.: 
 
 Eighteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, 
 Twenty-third Sub, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Precincts, 
 and the Squads of the Third Precinct, and of the Sanitary 
 Company doing duty north of Fourteenth street and east of 
 Fourth avenue, and north of Forty-second street and south of 
 Eighty-sixth street, from river to river, and the Squad attached 
 to the Court. 
 
 Sec. 5th. All persons arrested in the several Precincts, and 
 by the Squads named in this section, or by the members of 
 such commands, shall be conveyed to the Fifth District Magis- 
 trate’s Court for judicial disposal, viz.: 
 
 Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, 
 Thirtieth and Thirty-second Precincts, and the Squads of the 
 Third Precinct, and the Sanitary Company doing duty north of 
 Eighty-sixth street, and the Squad attached to the Court. 
 
 Sec. 6th. All persons arrested in the Precincts named in this 
 section shall be conveyed to the Sixth District Magistrate’s 
 Court for judicial disposal, viz.: 
 
 Thirty-first, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty- 
 seventh and Thirty-eighth Precincts, and the Squads doing duty 
 in said Precincts. 
 
 All persons arrested by members of the Detective Bureau 
 shall be taken before a Magistrate, as the law directs. 
 
 RULE 205. 
 
 Each member of the Force shall at all times have with him 
 a small blank memorandum book, supplied at his own expense, 
 in which he shall enter the names of persons taken in charge 
 by him, and such particulars in each case as may be important 
 on the trial of the cause. 
 
 RULE 296. 
 
 Members of the Force (except those attached to the office of 
 the Chief of Police and Courts of Justice) will not be allowed to 
 
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 apply for or execute a warrant of arrest, or search, without 
 the consent of their respective commanding officers. 
 
 RULE 297 . 
 
 Where arrests are made of drivers of wagons containing the 
 U. S. Mails, or of other persons in charge of the U. S. Mails, 
 it shall be the duty of any member of the Police Force making 
 such arrest to accompany such driver or other person to the 
 Post Office, or to the destination of the mail wagon, within the 
 city limits, and thence to the Station-house, in order that the 
 mail matter may not be detained. 
 
 Where arrests are made for misdemeanor or violation of Cor- 
 poration ordinance of any omnibus driver, car driver, car con- 
 ductor, or motorman, while he is in charge of such omnibus, 
 car or the horses attached thereto, he shall accompany his 
 prisoner by the usual route of the omnibus or car to such 
 stable or depot previous to taking him before a Magistrate. 
 
 When the arrest is for a felony this rule is not to apply. 
 
 RULE 298. 
 
 If, at the time of the arrest, a pistol of any description shall 
 be found concealed on the person of, or not carried openly by 
 any one arrested, the officer making the arrest shall state such 
 facts to the City Magistrate before whom the prisoner is taken, 
 and shall make a separate complaint against such prisoner for 
 violation of the laws relating to the subject. 
 
 REPORTS TO BE MADE. 
 
 RULE 301. 
 
 Captains will require the Patrolmen of their respective com- 
 mands to report to them daily all violations of corporation 
 ordinances, together with all complaints (by members of the 
 Force or others) of such violations, and the nature of the com- 
 plaint. The name and residence of the complainant in each 
 case shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, and re- 
 ported daily to the Chief Clerk. 
 
 RULE 302. 
 
 Captains shall report, quarterly, to the Chief of Police the 
 location of all houses of prostitution, assignation, bed-houses 
 and suspicious places in their respective Precincts, and the 
 names of the keepers and owners thereof, also all places used 
 for gambling, lottery or policy purposes. 
 
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 RULE 303* 
 
 Captains of Precincts and officers commanding Squads shall 
 keep a special record of all arrests made by the Force under 
 their command, for all felonies, and a special record for all 
 robberies. 
 
 They shall keep themselves informed of the proceedings in 
 each case, and record the result of the proceedings and the 
 disposition of the prisoners; and, if convicted, the term of the 
 sentence and the place of imprisonment, and make, at the 
 close of each quarter, a report in detail of all the arrests made 
 during the preceding quarter, for the offenses above named, 
 upon blanks furnished for the purpose, and transmit it to the 
 Chief Clerk. 
 
 RULE 304. 
 
 The Captains shall promptly report to the District Inspector 
 every case of dereliction of duty, and at the same time notify 
 the Chief Clerk, in writing, of such report, the name of the 
 person reported, and the nature of the charge against him. 
 They shall also report to the District Inspector, who shall 
 transmit the same to the Chief of Police, an account of any 
 special services— deemed meritorious— of Policemen under their 
 command. 
 
 RULE 305. 
 
 It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Force to 
 report, in writing, attested by his signature, to the Chief of 
 Police, whenever there are good grounds (stating the same) 
 for believing any house, room or premises, within the City of 
 New York, is to be kept or used for the purpose of gaming; or 
 to be kept or used for lewd or obscene purposes or amusements; 
 or for the deposit or sale of lottery tickets or policies. 
 
 Patrolmen shall report to their commanding officer all persons 
 known or suspected of being policy-dealers, gamblers, receivers 
 of stolen property, thieves, burglars, or offenders of any kind; 
 and all other information pertaining to their office. 
 
 RULE 306. 
 
 Members of the Force shall forthwith make, personally at 
 the Station-house, report of all dead animals found in the 
 streets or public places, giving location of same. 
 
 RULE 307. 
 
 Inspectors are instructed to cause special reports to be made 
 to the Chief of Police of cases where licensed liquor places are 
 kept open in violation of chapter 182, Laws of 1896, with the 
 
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 location of the places, and the names and residences of the 
 witnesses, to the end that complaint may be made to the proper 
 authorities of such violations. 
 
 RULE 308. 
 
 Whenever any member of the Force has become in any man- 
 ner cognizant of the fact that any person within the City of 
 New York uses, deals In, has on sale, on storage, or in his pos- 
 session for any purpose, any refined petroleum, kerosene, coal 
 or similar oil, or any pioduct of either, or any burning fluids 
 or materials of the same, or any highly inflammable, explosive 
 or dangerous property, in contravention of law, it shall be the 
 duty of such member at once to report the same to the officer 
 in command at the Station-house; and the officer in command 
 shall immediately report the same to the Board of Fire Com- 
 missioners and to the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 309. 
 
 Every officer on desk duty will immediately upon receipt of 
 information of any unusual or important casualty, crime or 
 other Police occurrence, transmit by telephone to the Central 
 Office, and elsewhere, as the circumstances of the case may re- 
 quire, all information relative thereto received by him, and 
 will continue such transmission, from time to time, as further 
 particulars are received, until the case shall be complete. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 RULE 310. 
 
 At any alarm of fire within their Precincts, when their ser- 
 vices may be required. Captains shall forthwith proceed with 
 the Sergeants whose Platoons or Sections are on reserve to the 
 place of fire; and in case of fires out of their Precincts, they 
 will be governed in their actions by the orders that may be 
 given them, from time to time, by the Chief of Police or Dis- 
 trict Inspector. 
 
 RIOTS. 
 
 RULE 311. 
 
 In case of riot, or other sudden emergency, requiring the 
 services of the Police, the Captain shall forthwith proceed to 
 the scene of the riot, or other sudden emergency, with his 
 whole Reserve Force, or such part thereof as he may deem 
 necessary to suppress the riot, or to perform such Police duty 
 as the nature of the emergency may demand.. 
 
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 HACKS AND THEATRES. 
 
 RULE 312. 
 
 In addition to the service rendered by Precinct officers de- 
 tailed at places of amusement, the members of the Police Force 
 attached to the Third Precinct shall be assigned to duty at 
 theatres, halls and places of entertainment, as may from time 
 to time be deemed requisite; the principal duty of the officers 
 so assigned shall be to enforce the City ordinance and regula- 
 tions governing the approach and departure of all conveyances 
 to and from such theatres, halls and places of entertainment. 
 
 The Chief of Police is authorized to regulate the arrival and 
 departure of conveyances at all places of entertainment 
 throughout the City. 
 
 (See “General Information” for location of places of amuse- 
 ment, etc.). 
 
 RECORD OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE. 
 
 RULE 313. 
 
 Captains and Sergeants in command shall report, as often as 
 occasion may require, such acts and deeds on the part of any 
 member in their Force as shall exhibit extraordinary efficiency 
 or personal bravery in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 The Chief Clerk, in preparing the record of any member of 
 the Force, shall mention thereon any acts or reports that have 
 been submitted in compliance with the foregoing, as well as 
 the number, nature and disposition of complaints previously 
 preferred against such member. 
 
 VIGILANCE AND ATTENTION TO DUTY. 
 
 RULE 314. 
 
 Patrolmen are required to be especially vigilant in prevent- 
 ing crime, as this is deemed of the greatest importance. They 
 will carefully note the following regulations: 
 
 They must become acquainted by sight with every person 
 living on their posts. 
 
 They must watch all persons passing over their posts fre- 
 quently at night, and carefully observe everything of a sus- 
 picious nature in connection with them. 
 
 They must, during the night time, carefully examine all 
 doors and low windows of all buildings requiring such exam- 
 ination; also areas and area-gates. 
 
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 They must note and report the movements of all persons of 
 known bad character. 
 
 They must take particular notice of hacks and other vehicles 
 whose movements excite suspicion. 
 
 They must pay attention to all drinking places, reporting all 
 that violate the law and are noisy or disorderly. 
 
 They will observe and report irregularities of servants in ad- 
 mitting persons to, or letting them out, of their employers’ 
 residences, especially when the families are out of town and 
 the houses are left in charge of servants. 
 
 They are justified in stopping persons carrying bags, satchels 
 or parcels, and searching the same, when carried at unseasona- 
 ble hours or in a suspicious manner. 
 
 All officers shall act with energy, promptness and determina- 
 tion in all cases. 
 
 They will report promptly all cases of malignant, infectious 
 or epidemic diseases coming within their knowledge. 
 
 They shall disperse all crowds loitering on the streets, ob- 
 structing the same or the entrance to public or private build- 
 ings. 
 
 They shall become acquainted with the locality of junk-shops 
 and the character of their occupants; also the character and 
 business of all suspicious vessels plying in the harbor. 
 
 RULE 315. 
 
 Each Patrolman must, by his vigilance, render it extremely 
 difficult, if not impossible, for any one to commit crime on 
 his post— (the absence of crime will be considered the best proof 
 of the efficiency of the Police) — and when, in any Precinct or 
 on any post, offenses frequently occur, there will be good rea- 
 son to suppose that there is negligence or want of ability on 
 the part of the person in charge of said Precinct or post. He 
 must acquire such a knowledge of the inhabitants within his 
 post as to enable him at once to recognize them; and he must 
 carefully inspect every part of his post. The regularity of in- 
 spection, above enjoined, shall not prevent his remaining at any 
 particular place, if his presence be required ; but he will satisfy 
 his superior officer that there was sufficient cause for the ap- 
 parent neglect of patrolling his entire post, and, at all times, 
 be enabled to furnish particular information respecting the 
 state of his post. 
 
 RULE 316. 
 
 When any person charges another with the commission of a 
 crime, and insists that the person charged shall be taken into 
 custody, the Policeman shall require the accuser, if unknown 
 
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 to him, to accompany him as a witness along with the accused, 
 to a City Magistrate’s Court or Station-house, as the case may 
 be. He shall then, with as little delay as possible, return to 
 his post and inspect the same with great care, to see that no 
 depredations have been committed during his absence. 
 
 RULE 317. 
 
 Patrolmen must not walk together, or talk with each other 
 when they meet on the confines of their posts, unless to com- 
 municate information appertaining to their Police duties; and 
 in such case they must make the communication as brief as 
 possible. 
 
 Policemen must not walk or talk with citizens while on patrol 
 duty, except on Police business; then he will stand and hear 
 what the business is; if it requires his immediate attention, at- 
 tend to it; if not, he will direct the person or persons seeking 
 the information to the Station-house. 
 
 RULE 318. 
 
 Patrolmen while on Police duty must not enter any house or 
 leave their post until regularly relieved, except in discharge of 
 Police duty. And if required by any person under any circum- 
 stances to leave post in the discharge of Police duty, they will 
 report the same to the first Roundsman or Sergeant whom they 
 may meet thereafter, giving the time and circumstances of 
 such call, and the time of return to post; they will also make 
 such report in writing at the end of the tour of duty to the 
 officer on desk duty at the Station-house, said report to be en- 
 tered upon the Blotter. 
 
 RULE 319. 
 
 Patrolmen detailed for special duty, unless otherwise indi- 
 vidually ordered, will report themselves to the Captain or Ser- 
 geant in command of their respective Precincts or Squads, each 
 and every day. 
 
 RULE 320. 
 
 Any member of the Force or Matron absent from duty with- 
 out leave, shall forfeit all pay for the time of such absence, 
 and be fined, reprimanded, or dismissed from the Force at the 
 discretion of the Board of Police, except in case of sickness, 
 when properly certified by a Police Surgeon. 
 
 RULE 321. 
 
 All persons connected with the Police Department are re- 
 quired to reside in the City of New York. Failure to comply 
 with this rule will be deemed sufficient cause for dismissal. 
 
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 RULE 322. 
 
 No member of the Police Force shall withdraw or resign, ex- 
 cept by permission of the Board of Police, under penalty of for- 
 feiting the salary or pay which may be due him. Any member 
 of the Police Force who shall be absent from duty without 
 leave for the term of five days shall, at the expiration of said 
 five days, cease to be a member of the Police Force. 
 
 Resignations do not take effect until accepted by the 
 Board of Police and official notice thereof has been given the 
 officer tendering his resignation. 
 
 RULE 323. 
 
 Each member of the Force will be deemed to be always on 
 duty, subject to such relief therefrom as shall be allowed by 
 proper authority; and the same responsibility, as to the sup- 
 pression of disturbances and the arrest of offenders, rests upon 
 him when not in uniform. 
 
 RULE 324. 
 
 No member of the Force is liable to military or jury duty; 
 neither is he liable to arrest on civil process; or to service of 
 subpoenas from Civil Courts, while actually on duty. 
 
 RULE 325. 
 
 It shall be the duty of Sergeants, Roundsmen, Patrolmen and 
 Doormen to report all violations of the orders, rules and regu- 
 lations of the service to their respective Captains, whose duty 
 it shall be to report said violation to the District Inspector. 
 
 RULE 326. 
 
 Whenever any person shall come into the charge of the Po- 
 lice by reason of illness or injury, and shall require aid or as- 
 sistance, and the case is one which should be sent to hospital, 
 such person shall be sent to the nearest hospital which will 
 furnish ambulance service and has telegraph connection with 
 the Police Department; unless the sick or injured person should 
 express a desire to be taken to some other hospital, in which 
 event the injured person shall be sent to the hospital indicated. 
 
 If any officer observes in the street anything of a dangerous 
 character, or likely to occasion public inconvenience, or any- 
 thing which seems to him irregular or offensive, he shall re- 
 port the same, immediately on his return to the Station-house, 
 with full particulars of the case, and his action thereon. 
 
 Captains will require Patrolmen of their respective com- 
 mands, in addition to what is already required of such Patrol- 
 
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 men, to report to them daily all accidents that occur on any 
 street, avenue or sidewalk, that may come under their 
 notice whether on or off duty, whether within or without their 
 own post, beat or Precinct. In such case the Patrolman will 
 ascertain and report the name, age, sex, nationality, residence 
 and destination of the person injured; the approximate weight; 
 whether married or single, sober or intoxicated; together with 
 the date and precise place of the accident, the nature of the 
 injury and the full particulars thereof and a general descrip- 
 tion of the person or persons injured. 
 
 Captains shall require the Patrolmen also to collect at once 
 from the bystanders the names and addresses of all persons 
 who saw or know particularly concerning an accident, and to 
 report the same with his report of the accident itself. The re- 
 ports themselves shall be forwarded daily by the Captain to 
 the Chief of Police, who shall forward each morning to the 
 Corporation Counsel the reports received the previous day; but 
 no transcript shall be kept of the details of these reports other 
 than the fact of the accident and the name of the person in- 
 jured. 
 
 In case of danger, arising from any rabid dog or other rabid 
 or infuriated animal, the officer will be justified in killing it, 
 if necessary, to prevent injury; if from an intoxicated or insane 
 person, the officer will arrest and take them to the Station- 
 house; if from any other cause, the officer will take such steps, 
 not inconsistent with law, or the rules and regulations of the 
 service, as may be necessary to prevent danger. 
 
 RULE 327. 
 
 Captains will instruct the Patrolmen and officers of their Pre- 
 cincts to carefully observe whether street-lamps are lighted 
 and burning in the night time. If any are found not burning, 
 which are in condition to burn, they are to be immediately 
 lighted by the Patrolmen. They shall further instruct the 
 Patrolmen to report at the desk, at the expiration of each tour 
 of night duty, all lamps (specifying the location of each) in 
 condition to burn, found not burning in the night time, and 
 the hour when the same was lighted by the Patrolmen; also, 
 all lamps found broken or not in condition to burn, and the 
 cause thereof, and location of each. 
 
 Captains will make report to the Chief of Police on Monday 
 of each week, of all lamps not in condition to burn, and the 
 cause thereof; and all in condition to burn found not burning 
 and lighted by the Police, with the location of each; and the 
 date and time (hour) each lamp was lighted. 
 
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 RULE 328. 
 
 Members of the Force, in their respective Precincts, in case 
 of any break or leakage of the water-pipes in the street, or in 
 connection with any house, store, or other building, or prem- 
 ises, will notify the occupant thereof, as promptly as possible, 
 of the existence of such break or leakage, and that the same 
 must be repaired at once; and at once report the same to the 
 officer in command, who will report the same to the Chief of 
 Police. 
 
 RULE 329. 
 
 Each member of the Police Force shall devote his whole 
 
 TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE BUSINESS OF THE DEPART- 
 MENT, and is expressly prohibited from following ant 
 other calling, or being employed in any other business. 
 Although the members of the Force are by the rules and regu- 
 lations of the service relieved at certain hours from the actual 
 performance of duty on ordinary occasions, yet they are held 
 to be at all times on duty, and must be prepared, while re- 
 lieved as aforesaid, to act immediately on notice that their ser- 
 vices are required. 
 
 CONDUCT AND DEPORTMENT. 
 
 RULE 331. 
 
 Members of the Force will observe the following regulations 
 as to conduct and deportment: 
 
 While on reserve at the Station-house or absent at meals, 
 they shall be allowed to hang up their batons and belts in the 
 sitting-room. 
 
 They are forbidden to solicit or sign petitions for, or engage 
 in efforts, or use influence, in aid of persons seeking appoint- 
 ment on the Police Force. 
 
 They shall report their places of residence with particularity, 
 and every change thereof, within twenty-four hours after such 
 change is made. 
 
 They shall not wilfully maltreat or use unnecessary violence 
 to any person, prisoner or otherwise. 
 
 They must be civil and respectful to their officers and each 
 other, on all occasions. 
 
 While in uniform they shall not carry umbrellas or walking 
 canes. 
 
 They shall not apply for warrants for assaults upon them- 
 selves without written permission of the Chief of Police. 
 
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 All bodies of Policemen when going to, or returning from, 
 any duty, shall be marched in military order. 
 
 They shall not become offended at harsh or abusive language. 
 
 They shall not make arrests in their own quarrels, or those 
 of their families, except under grave circumstances, such as 
 would justify them in using measures of self-defense. 
 
 They are prohibited from influencing, or attempting to do so, 
 by threat or otherwise, the business of any citizen. 
 
 RULE 332. 
 
 No member of the Force shall be permitted to solicit, or be 
 obliged to make contributions in money or otherwise, on any 
 pretext, to any person, committee or association, for any po- 
 litical purpose whatever. 
 
 No member of the Police Force shall be permitted to con- 
 tribute directly or indirectly to any political fund or to join or 
 become a member of any political club or association. 
 
 Commanding officers are instructed to see that this rule is 
 strictly enforced. 
 
 RULE 333. 
 
 The right of every member of the Police Force to entertain 
 political or partisan opinions, and to express the same freely 
 when such expression shall not concern the immediate dis- 
 charge of his official duties, and also the right of the elective 
 franchise, will be deemed sacred and inviolate; but no member 
 of the Force will be permitted to be a delegate, or representa- 
 tive to, or member of any political or partisan convention, 
 whose purpose is the nomination of a candidate or candidates 
 to any political office. He shall not take part in any conven- 
 tion, held for the nomination of candidates for political office. 
 Upon the days of elections for public offices, held under the 
 laws of the State, he shall, whether specially assigned to at- 
 tend the polls or otherwise, do all within his power to preserve 
 the peace, protect the integrity of the ballot-box, enforce the 
 right of lawful voters, and prevent illegal and fraudulent 
 voting. 
 
 Members of the Police Force shall not engage or take part 
 in the public discussion of any question or matter of any kind 
 or character upon which a diversity of opinion exists in the 
 public mind, or which is calculated to create a division of sen- 
 timent in the community. 
 
 RULE 334. 
 
 Every member of the Force, at all times when entering upon 
 duty, must be neat in person; his clothes and boots clean, and 
 
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 his uniform in conformity with the rules and regulations. At 
 all times when in uniform he shall be dressed in like manner, 
 unless on account of the weather or other sufficient cause aris- 
 ing out of the immediate discharge of duty his dress becomes 
 soiled or deranged, in which case it shall be put in proper or- 
 der as soon as circumstances will permit. 
 
 RULE 335. 
 
 The use of tobacco in any form by members of the Force, 
 or probationary Patrolmen, while at the School of Instruction, 
 at any drill room, while attending Court at the Central Office, 
 in the dormitories at the Station-houses, or smoking in the 
 stables of the Mounted Force, is prohibited. 
 
 RULE 336. 
 
 Members of the Force will furnish themselves with good and 
 comfortable beds, for use in the respective Station-houses to 
 which they belong, which they are to keep clean and in good 
 order, and cause to be regularly and carefully made up, once 
 each day. The sheets and pillow-slips to be changed at least 
 once each week. They shall, when retiring for sleep, divest 
 themselves of all garments worn while on duty, and use a 
 night-dress for sleeping; their clothing, meanwhile, to be so 
 placed as to be ventilated and dried. 
 
 Each Patrolman shall have a tag fastened to the foot of his 
 bed, showing his name and the number of his closet. 
 
 They are also to keep their persons well washed and scru- 
 pulously clean. 
 
 RULE 337. 
 
 Members of the Police Force are required to speak the truth 
 at all times and under all circumstances, whether under oath 
 or otherwise (except in cases where they are not allowed by the 
 rules of the service to divulge the facts within their knowl- 
 edge, in which case they will say nothing). Failure so to do 
 will subject the offending member to charges and dismissal. 
 When called upon to give evidence, or make any deposition, 
 they are under the direction of the Court, and in response to 
 questions asked, to state, in a clear and distinct voice, truly, 
 all they know respecting the matter inquired of, without fear 
 or reservation, and without any desire or design to influence 
 the result. 
 
 RULE 338. 
 
 No member shall communicate to any person any information 
 which may enable persons to escape from arrest or punishment. 
 
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 or that may enable them to dispose of or secrete any goods, or 
 other valuable things, stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained. 
 Nor shall he communicate ant information respecting 
 
 ANT SPECIAL ORDERS HE MAT HAVE RECEIVED, EXCEPT 
 WITH THE PERMISSION AND DIRECTION OF HIS SUPERIORS 
 IN OFFICE. 
 
 RULE 339. 
 
 Punctual attendance, prompt obedience to orders, conformity 
 to the rules and regulations of the Department, are required, 
 and will be rigidly enforced. 
 
 Each member of the Force, in his conduct and deportment, 
 must be quiet, civil and orderly. In the performance of duty 
 he must maintain decorum, attention, command of temper, pa- 
 tience, and be discreet. At all times refrain from harsh, vio- 
 lent, coarse, profane or insolent language; and when required, 
 act with firmness and sufficient energy to perform his duty. 
 Whenever a question is put to them by any person they are 
 not to answer it in a short or abrupt manner, but with the 
 greatest possible attention; at the same time they are to avoid 
 as much as possible entering into unnqcessary conversation 
 with any one. They shall, in a respectful manner, give their 
 name and number to all persons who may inquire, and not use 
 their baton except in urgent cases. 
 
 RULE 340. 
 
 No member of the Force shall, in the Station-house or else- 
 where, while on duty, or while in uniform off duty, drink 
 ANT KIND OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR, or SMOKE, or (except 
 in the immediate performance of duty) enter ant place in 
 
 WHICH ANT KIND OF INTOXICATING DRINK MAT BE SOLD OR 
 furnished. No liquor or intoxicating drink shall, upon any 
 pretext, be introduced into the Station-houses, except for medi- 
 cinal purposes, and then only when ordered by a Police Sur- 
 geon; nor shall smoking be allowed at any time in the public 
 office or sleeping-room of a Station-house. 
 
 RULE 341. 
 
 1st. Courtesy in the intercourse between officers and members 
 of the Force promotes discipline, and tends to produce mutual 
 respect. It is hereby ordered, that a Patrolman in full or par- 
 tial uniform, on meeting or passing a Commissioner, the Chief 
 of Police, an Inspector, a Captain, a Sergeant, a Roundsman of 
 his Precinct, or a Captain, Sergeant, or Roundsman of another 
 Precinct, when he is in uniform, shall salute him in the man- 
 ner hereinafter specified. 
 
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 2d. It is the duty of the subordinate to offer first the pre- 
 scribed salutation, and of the superior to return it. 
 
 3d. The salute will be made by raising the hand to the rim 
 of the hat, the elbow to be raised as high as the shoulder. 
 
 4th. Men in the ranks will not salute unless ordered to do 
 so by the officer in command. 
 
 Mounted men, upon the appearance of an officer, will not sa- 
 lute, but will assume the position of “attention.” 
 
 5th. Members of the Force on duty in citizen’s dress are not 
 required to salute. 
 
 6th. Upon entering the office of the Commissioners, Chief of 
 Police, or the Inspectors, members of the Force will salute by 
 removing their hats. 
 
 GENERAL RULES. 
 
 RULE 345. 
 
 The Police Force of the City of New York consists of, and 
 shall rank in the following order: 
 
 Chief of Police, 
 
 Deputy Chief of Police, 
 
 Inspectors, 
 
 Surgeons, 
 
 Captains, 
 
 Sergeants, 
 
 Roundsmen, 
 
 Patrolmen and Doormen, 
 
 to the number of each as shall be authorized by law. 
 
 RULE 346. 
 
 Inspectors, Captains, Sergeants and Roundsmen, each rank, 
 in their respective grades, according to seniority of appoint- 
 ment. 
 
 The Police Force is divided into as many companies as there 
 are Precincts, and such other companies and Squads as the 
 Board of Police may order. 
 
 In case of fire or disturbance in any Precinct, the Captain, 
 or Sergeant, if there be no higher grade of officer present, of 
 such Precinct shall have command of the Force detailed there- 
 to; if the fire or disturbance extends to more than one Precinct, 
 the ranking officer present shall command. 
 
 On all occasions when bodies of the Force are to act in con- 
 cert, Captains, Sergeants, Roundsmen and Patrolmen will obey 
 the orders of such officers as the Chief of Police or District In- 
 spector may have selected as his aids for the time being. 
 
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 RULE 347. 
 
 In case of the death of any member of the Force, the Cap- 
 tain or officer in command of the Precinct to which he be- 
 longed shall immediately report his death, in writing, to the 
 Chief of Police, and transmit to the Chief Clerk the Manual, 
 shield, fire key and transportation certificate of the deceased 
 member. 
 
 RULE 348. 
 
 Any person, except as hereafter mentioned, not provided with 
 the approved badge, must be excluded from and not allowed 
 to pass within the Police lines at fires. 
 
 The fire line badge does not, under any circumstances, author- 
 ize admission to buildings, and any one attempting to use it 
 for that or any other purpose than obtaining admission to the 
 streets within the fire lines, must have the badge taken from 
 him and be ejected from the lines. 
 
 This rule shall not apply to the Mayor, Aldermen, heads of 
 departments, uniformed Firemen and insurance Patrolmen, or 
 to the officials of the Fire Department carrying their badge of 
 office. 
 
 RULE 349. 
 
 No person connected with the Police Force shall be a member 
 of any Fire or Military Company, nor be allowed to go on 
 target excursions, except by permission of the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 350. 
 
 The Chief of Police shall have power to suspend without pay, 
 pending the trial or charges, any member of the uniformed 
 Force; provided, however, that no such suspension shall be 
 continued for a period of more than ten days without affirma- 
 tive action to that effect by the Board of Police. If, on his 
 trial by the Board of Police, any member of the uniformed 
 Force so suspended shall be acquitted of the charges so pre- 
 feired, he shall be entitled to full pay from the date of his 
 suspension, notwithstanding such charges and suspension. 
 
 When, by reason of any extraordinary circumstances, a mem- 
 ber of the Force is unfit to be entrusted with the exercise of 
 the powers of a member of the Force, the commanding officer 
 of the Precinct or Squad to which such member of the Force 
 is attached, will at once report the facts of the case to the 
 Chief of Police, who will suspend such member of the Force in 
 accordance with the provisions of chapter 569 of the Laws of 
 1895, and report such suspension to the Board of Police at its 
 next ensuing meeting. 
 
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 Members of the Force while under suspension shall not leave 
 the Station-house of the Precinct or Squad to which they are 
 attached, unless by special leave of the officer in charge, ap- 
 proved by the Chief of Police or by permission of the Board. 
 
 RULE 351. 
 
 The members of the Police Force are forbidden to play at any 
 game of cards in a Station-house, or to meet at any other place 
 for the purpose of playing cards, while in uniform. The games 
 allowed at the Station-house are chess, dominoes and draughts. 
 The playing of any game of chance for stakes or wagers is 
 positively prohibited, and no game of chance shall be played in 
 any Station-house, except in the sitting-room thereof. Each 
 and every member of the Police Force is required to report 
 any violation of this rule. 
 
 RULE 352. 
 
 All letters or communications relative to Police business, and 
 which are of such importance as to require the notice and ac- 
 tion of the Board of Police, the Chief of Police, or Inspectors, 
 in the interest of the public or Police service, shall be for- 
 warded to the Inspector of the District, and by him to the 
 Chief of Police, in the ordinary course of daily business. 
 
 RULE 353. 
 
 The members of the Police Force shall be drilled in such 
 manner, and at such hours and places, as the Chief of Police 
 may designate, subject to the approval of the Board. 
 
 The penalties for non-attendance at drill, when in the opinion 
 of the Board good and sufficient reasons are not rendered for 
 such non-attendance, shall be as the Board shall deem proper. 
 
 RULE 354. 
 
 The Christian and surname shall be plainly written in full, 
 and the rank affixed in all Police records, reports and com- 
 munications, by members of the Force, officers and clerks. 
 Middle names shall be represented by initial letters. 
 
 RULE 355. 
 
 On occasions of fires, riots, or other emergencies, when the 
 Reserve Force have been on duty, the officer in command, im- 
 mediately on their return to the Station-house, shall call the 
 roll to ascertain who, if any, have been, or are absent. 
 
 RULE 356. 
 
 Members of the Force will carefully keep the manual in their 
 possession, thoroughly examining and studying the same In 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 order that they may become familiar with the rules and regu- 
 lations of the service, and with their respective duties under 
 them. 
 
 RULE 357. 
 
 Members of the Force who may be charged with, or arrested 
 for alleged misdemeanors, shall, in writing, before the Magis- 
 trate, elect to be tried by the Court of General Sessions, to the 
 end that a Grand Jury investigation may be had. 
 
 RULE 358. 
 
 Members of the Force must not compound any offense com- 
 mitted against their person or property, or withdraw any com- 
 plaint, unless permitted by the Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 359. 
 
 Whenever the dead body of an unknown person is found in 
 the water, or in or upon any street, alley, park, pier, public 
 or other place in the City of New York, or comes to the notice 
 or observation of any member of the Force, such member shall 
 immediately ascertain full particulars in connection therewith, 
 and obtain full and complete description of body and clothing, 
 contents of pockets, etc., and any marks by which such body 
 may be identified, make immediate report at the Station-house 
 and cause such body to be removed and deposited at the 
 Morgue. Notice thereof shall be given without delay at the 
 Coroner’s office, and a report of the circumstances of the case 
 made to the Chief of Police. 
 
 RULE 360. 
 
 No member of the Force shall, under any circumstances 
 whatever, borrow money of, or otherwise become indebted, di- 
 rectly or indirectly, to any other member or members of the 
 Force. 
 
 RULE 361. 
 
 Members of the Force are prohibited from applying to Drug- 
 gists or Physicians for medicines to be used by themselves; 
 and from keeping at the Station-houses, or carrying on or about 
 their person, any medicines, unless such medicines are pre- 
 scribed in each case by a Police Surgeon, in writing. 
 
 RULE 362. 
 
 No erasures are to be made in any of the books, reports or 
 documents connected with the duties of the Police Department. 
 If any error be discovered in such books, reports pr documepts, 
 
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 it is to be altered and corrected by drawing the pen neatly 
 across the entry and substituting the correction above it. 
 
 RULE 363. 
 
 The members of the Force shall give efficient aid to the 
 members and agents of “The American Society for the Pre- 
 vention of Cruelty to Animals,” in all lawful efforts to enforce 
 the laws enacted for the protection of dumb animals. It is 
 their duty as Policemen, in every case of cruelty to animals 
 occurring in their view, or to which their attention shall be 
 called, by any person willing to make the charge, to promptly 
 arrest the offending person, and cause such person to be ar- 
 raigned and prosecuted before the proper Magistrate. 
 
 Members of the Force will arrest any person who abandons 
 or attempts to abandon any animal to die, and to report all 
 facts therewith at the Station-house and to the above Society. 
 
 Commanding officers will instruct the members of the Force 
 to render every legal assistance to the above Society and its 
 officers, while engaged in the rightful performance of their 
 duties under the law. 
 
 Officers will promptly report the name and residence of the 
 owners of unlicensed dogs at the Station-house, and forward a 
 written report to said Society without delay. 
 
 RULE 364. 
 
 Every ambulance or other vehicle used for the transportation 
 of sick and wounded persons or animals shall be entitled to 
 the right of way over all other vehicles upon every public 
 street, highway and place. Any person who shall wilfully in- 
 terfere with, or retard, or obstruct, or impede the progress of 
 any such ambulance or vehicle thereon, or who shall wilfully 
 injure the same, or wilfully drive any vehicle into collision 
 therewith, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Members of the Force shall, when called upon, aid the per- 
 sons in charge of such ambulance or vehicle in placing sick 
 or wounded persons or animals therein, and in the enforcement 
 of the provisions of the laws relating to ambulances. 
 
 Nothing in this rule contained shall affect the existing right 
 of way of the United States Mail; or of the officers, men and 
 fire apparatus of the Fire Department or Insurance Patrol. 
 
 RULE 365. 
 
 The ends of justice are often defeated in cases of homicide 
 owing to the insufficiency of evidence. It is the duty of mem- 
 bers of the Force to be particularly careful to note all the dec- 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 larations of persons who have been the victims of murderous 
 assault. Commanding officers of Precincts and Squads are 
 charged with the duty of frequently calling attention to this 
 subject, and giving instructions to the members of their com- 
 mand as to their specific duty in this connection. 
 
 RULE 366. 
 
 It is the duty of any member of the Police Force, who shall 
 discover any balcony or ladder of any fire-escape encumbered, 
 to notify the occupant; or occupants of the premises of which 
 such fire-escape forms a part, to remove such obstructions, and 
 if not complied with, to obtain warrants for the arrest of par- 
 ties so notified, and the officer will, when giving notice for 
 removal of obstructions, take memorandum, setting forth the 
 name of parties notified, the time and date such notice was 
 given, and report the same to the officer in charge of the desk 
 at the Station-house, who will make full entry of the report 
 on the Blotter. 
 
 RULE 367. 
 
 The practice of public employees of selling or assigning their 
 monthly salaries to money brokers, and giving Powers of At- 
 torney for the collection thereof, is detrimental to the efficiency 
 of that branch of the public service in which it prevails. Mem- 
 bers of the Police Department and Force are prohibited from 
 so selling or assigning their salaries; and any member found 
 guilty of the practice herein forbidden will be severely dealt 
 with by the Board of Police. 
 
 RULE 368. 
 
 Whenever a member of the Police Force appears to be under 
 the influence of liquor, or unfit for duty, the officer in command 
 of him at the time shall, if practicable, in addition to other 
 examinations, also procure a medical examination of such 
 member and written report thereon by one of the Police Sur- 
 geons, and, if such examination be had, shall transmit to the 
 Chief of Police the written opinion of such Surgeon and enter 
 the contents of such opinion upon the Blotter. 
 
 RULE 369. 
 
 It shall be the duty of all officers and men of the Police De- 
 partment to co-operate with the officers and men of the Fire 
 Department for the protection of life and property at fires. 
 
 If it shall appear at any time to the officer in command of 
 the Police Force at a fire, or if he shall be notified by the officer 
 in command of the forces of the Fire Department that by rea- 
 
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 son of danger from unsafe or falling walls, spread of fire, ex- 
 plosions, or from any other cause, it is necessary that travel 
 through any of the streets adjacent to the fire shall be stopped, 
 said officers shall at once adopt such measures as may be nec- 
 essary to avert such danger. 
 
 In carrying out this rule care must be taken that the rights 
 and privileges of citizens, business interests or public travel 
 and traffic shall not be interfered with and obstructed any 
 longer than public safety may require. 
 
 RULE 370. 
 
 Members of the Police Force shall not intimidate, advise, 
 suggest or in any way interfere with any person who has been 
 or is to be subpoenaed upon any investigation before the Board 
 of Police Commissioners. Any member of the Force violating 
 this rule shall be deemed guilty of insubordination and con- 
 duct unbecoming an officer, and upon conviction may be dis- 
 missed from said Force. 
 
 RULE 371. 
 
 Members of the Police Force while riding on any surface or 
 elevated car in this city, and in uniform, are forbidden to oc- 
 cupy a seat in such car while any other person is obliged to 
 stand because of lack of seats. 
 
 BICYCLE SQUAD. 
 
 RULE 372. 
 
 Officers detailed for duty in the Bicycle Squad will be held 
 strictly accountable for the bicycle and its equipments en- 
 trusted to their care. They will allow no other person to 
 use the wheel under any circumstances, without authority of 
 the commanding officer of the Precinct to which they are at- 
 tached. All injuries to the bicycle or equipments will be re- 
 ported in writing, through the regular channels, to the Chief 
 of Police, who will keep a record of the wheels purchased for 
 the Department, the officer to whom they are assigned, neces- 
 sary repairs, and other important information. Officers will 
 carefully inspect their wheels before going on duty and imme- 
 diately after they return. Bicycles must at all times be kept 
 clean and well oiled. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 BED-MAKERS. 
 
 RULE 373. 
 
 Commanding officers of Precincts shall report to the Board of 
 Police, for its approval, any proposed action with regard to the 
 discharge or employment of any woman as bed-maker in their 
 respective Station-houses, and no final action shall be taken 
 until such approval is secured. No bed-maker shall be dis- 
 charged save for good cause; and in appointments, where pos- 
 sible, preference shall be given to widows of deceased members 
 of the Force, who receive no pension and who need the work. 
 
 RULE 374. 
 
 Members of the Force while in uniform and on duty are pro- 
 hibited from entering any of the Public Parks of the City ex- 
 cept in pursuit of a person who has committed a crime, or on 
 call for aid by a Park Policeman, in which cases full report 
 must be made at the Station-house at the close of the tours of 
 duty of such pursuit or call. 
 
 PATROL WAGON SERVICE. 
 
 RULE 375. 
 
 1. Members of the Police Force assigned to Patrol Wagon 
 Service shall be known as guards and drivers respectively. 
 
 2. The tours of duty of guards and drivers shall be as fol- 
 lows: From 8 o’clock A. m. to 6 o’clock p. M., and from 6 
 o’clock p. M. to 8 o’clock a. m. The day tour on Sunday shall 
 be divided from 8 o’clock A. M. to 1 o’clock p. m., and from 1 
 o’clock p. M. to 6 o’clock p. M. Guards and drivers shall per- 
 from one week day service and one week night service, alter- 
 nately, making the change each Sunday. 
 
 3. Before each tour of duty guards and drivers will report 
 themselves at their respective Station-houses, and proceed 
 from thence directly to the Patrol Wagon Stables, relieve those 
 there on duty, and at once inspect the horses, wagons and other 
 equipments of the service. 
 
 4. They shall see that the horses are properly fed, groomed 
 and cared for, and that the horses, harness, wagons and other 
 appurtenances are kept clean, neat and in proper condition to 
 promptly answer every call. They shall frequently visit the 
 stalls and carefully note the condition of the horses. 
 
 6. If at any time a horse is found to be injured or sick, or if 
 any damage occurs to Patrol Wagons or other equipments. 
 
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 guards and drivers shall make prompt report, by telephone or 
 otherwise, to the commanding officer of the Precinct, all the 
 facts of the case. In cases of ordinary illness or injury to 
 horses, the commanding officer will at once notify the officer in 
 charge of the horses of the Department. In cases of serious 
 illness or injury to horses, the commanding officer is authorized 
 and directed to send for the nearest Veterinary Surgeon. 
 
 6. Every call for a Patrol Wagon must be answered as 
 promptly and expeditiously as safety will permit. Drivers shall, 
 in responding to a call, proceed to and from the same by the 
 shortest route. 
 
 7. Drivers shall be held responsible for their horses and will 
 not at any time leave them while in active service. 
 
 8. Guards will render all necessary assistance to Patrolmen 
 on post in securing prisoners, and will be held responsible for 
 the safe-keeping of such prisoners while in the Patrol Wagon 
 or in their transfer to other custody. Though the guard shall 
 be in command of the movements of the Patrol Wagon, he is 
 subject to, and must obey, the orders of superior officers. 
 
 9. While on patrol duty superior officers will visit, as fre- 
 quently as may be necessary or advisable, the Patrol Wagon 
 Stables, and exercise the same supervision over guards and 
 drivers as over other members of the Force. 
 
 10. A Blotter shall be kept at each Patrol Wagon Stable in 
 which shall be accurately entered the following: 
 
 The hour of arrival on duty and the hour relieved, by guards 
 and drivers, in their own hand-writing. 
 
 The hour when first inspection is completed, and the condi- 
 tion of horses, wagons, etc. 
 
 The hour when a call is answered, the nature of the call, and 
 the hour of return therefrom. 
 
 The time and circumstances attending every accident to and 
 by the property of the Department, in such detail that com- 
 plete information may be obtained. 
 
 The time any horse may be found sick or injured, and the 
 nature of the sickness or injury, with all the facts in relation 
 thereto. 
 
 11. Any neglect of duty on the part of a guard or driver, and 
 any violation of these rules, will subject the offender to 
 charges, which shall be made by the commanding officers of 
 Precincts. 
 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
 
 BOUNDARIES OF PRECINCTS AND LOCATION 
 OF STATION-HOUSES. 
 
 First Precinct— Battery place, Fulton street, East river, 
 New York Bay and Broadway. 
 
 Station House— C»ld Slip. 
 
 Second Precinct— Battery place, North river, Warren 
 street and Broadway. 
 
 Station House— Liberty and Church streets. 
 
 Third Precinct— Chambers street, Broadway, Centre street 
 and Park Row. 
 
 Station House— City Hall. 
 
 Fourth Precinct— Catharine street, Chatham Square, Park 
 Row, New Chambers street, Centre street, Tryon Row, City 
 Hall Square, Broadway, Fulton street and East river. 
 
 Station House— 9 Oak street. 
 
 Fifth Precinct— Warren street, North river. Canal street 
 and Broadway. 
 
 Station House— 17 and 19 Leonard street. 
 
 Sixth Precinct— Broadway, Chambers street, Howard 
 street, Centre street, Hester street, Bowery, Chatham Square 
 and Park Row. 
 
 Station House— 17 and 19 Elizabeth street. 
 
 Seventh Precinct— Catharine street, East river. Division 
 street, Grand street, Scammel street, Water street and Gouver- 
 neur slip. 
 
 Station House— 247 Madison street. 
 
 Eighth Precinct— Canal street, North river, Houston street 
 and Broadway. 
 
 Station House— 24 and 26 Macdougal street. 
 
 Ninth Precinct— Houston street, North river, Fourteenth 
 street, Sixth avenue, Carmine street, Bleecker street and Cot- 
 tage place. 
 
 Station House— 133, 135 and 137 Charles street. 
 
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 Tenth Precinct — Broadway, Howard street, Centre street, 
 Hester street, Bowery and Bleecker street. 
 
 Station House— 205 Mulberry street. 
 
 Eleventh Precinct— Bowery, Division street, Houston 
 street, Clinton street, Rivington street and Norfolk street. 
 Station House— 105 and 107 Eldridge street. 
 
 Twelfth Precinct— Division street, Norfolk street, Scam- 
 mel street, Water street, Gouverneur slip. East river and Riv- 
 ington street. 
 
 Station House— Attorney and Delancey streets. 
 
 Thirteenth Precinct— Rivington street, Clinton street. 
 East river, Fourteenth street and Avenue B. 
 
 Station House — Union Market, E. Houston and Sheriff 
 streets. 
 
 Fourteenth Precinct— Houston street, Bowery, Fourth 
 avenue. Fourteenth street and Avenue B. 
 
 Station House— 79 and 81 First avenue, cor. Fifth street. 
 
 Fifteenth Precinct— Houston street, Broadway, Bleecker 
 street, Bowery, Fourth avenue. Fourteenth street. Sixth ave- 
 nue, Carmine street and Cottage place. 
 
 Station House— 253 Mercer street. 
 
 Sixteenth Precinct— Fourteenth street, Seventh avenue, 
 Twenty-seventh street and North river. 
 
 Station House— 230 West Twentieth street. 
 
 Eighteenth Precinct— Fourteenth street, Fourth avenue, 
 Twenty-seventh street. First avenue. Twenty-sixth street and 
 East river. 
 
 Station House— 327 East Twenty-second street. 
 
 Nineteenth Precinct — Fourteenth street, Fourth avenue. 
 Fortieth street, Madison avenue, Forty-second street and Sev- 
 enth avenue. 
 
 Station House— 137 West Thirtieth street. 
 
 Twentieth Precinct— Twenty-seventh street, Seventh ave- 
 nue, Forty-second street and North river. 
 
 Station House — 134 West Thirty-seventh street. 
 
 Twenty-first Precinct— Twenty-seventh street, First ave- 
 nue, Twenty-sixth street, East river, Forty-second street, Lex- 
 ington avenue, Fortieth street and Fourth avenue. 
 
 Station House — 160 East Thirty-fifth street. 
 
 Twenty-second Precinct — Forty-second street, Sixth ave- 
 nue, Fifty-ninth street and North river. 
 
 Station House — 345 and 347 West Forty-seventh street. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Twenty-third Precinct— Forty-second street, East river, 
 Fifty-ninth street, Sixth avenue, Madison avenue, Forty-ninth 
 street and Lexington avenue. 
 
 Station House— 163 East Fifty-first street. 
 
 Twenty-third Sub-Precinct— Fortieth street, Lexington 
 avenue. Forty-ninth street and Madison avenue. 
 
 Station House— Grand Central Depot. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Precinct— Fifty-ninth street, Eighth ave- 
 nue, Eighty-sixth street and North river. 
 
 Station House— 150 West Sixty-eighth street. 
 
 Twenty-fifth Precinct— Fifty-ninth street. East river. 
 Seventy-ninth street, Fifth avenue, and Blackwell’s Island. 
 
 Station House— 153 East Sixty-seventh street. 
 
 Twenty-sixth Precinct— Eighty-sixth street, Eighth ave- 
 nue, One Hundred and Tenth street and North river. 
 
 Station House— 134 West One Hundredth street. 
 
 Twenty-seventh Precinct— Seventy-ninth street. East 
 river, Ninety-sixth street and Fifth avenue. 
 
 Station House— 432 East Eighty-eighth street. 
 
 Twenty-eighth Precinct— Ninety-sixth street, East and 
 Harlem rivers, One Hundred and Sixteenth street, Sixth ave- 
 nue, One Hundred and Tenth street, Fifth avenue, and Ward’s 
 Island. 
 
 Station House— 177 and 179 East One Hundred and 
 
 . Fourth street. 
 
 Twenty-ninth Precinct— One Hundred and Sixteenth 
 street, Harlem river, One Hundred and Forty-fifth street. Sixth 
 avenue, and Randall’s Island. 
 
 Station House— 148 East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 
 street. 
 
 Thirtieth Precinct— One Hundred and Tenth street, Sixth 
 avenue, One Hundred and Forty-fifth street and North river. 
 
 Station House— 438 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 
 street. 
 
 Thirty-first Precinct— Harlem river, Cromwell’s creek, 
 Central avenue, Farmers* Bridge, and East along road to Ford- 
 ham. 
 
 Station House— Highbridge. 
 
 Thirty-second Precinct— One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 street, Harlem river, Inwood street and North river. 
 
 Station House— One Hundred and Fifty-second street 
 and Amsterdam avenue. 
 
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 Thirty-third Precinct— Cromwell’s creek, New York Cen- 
 tral & Hudson River Railroad tracks, One Hundred and Forty- 
 ninth street. Long Island Sound, Bronx river. Home street, 
 Union avenue, Jefferson street, One Hundred and Seventieth 
 street and Central avenue. 
 
 Station House— One Hundred and Sixtieth street and 
 Third avenue. 
 
 Thirty-fourth Precinct— One Hundred and Seventieth 
 street, Central avenue, Williamsbridge, Bronx river and Home 
 street. 
 
 Station House— 1925 Bathgate avenue. 
 
 Thirty-fifth Precinct— Inwood street, Harlem river, 
 Kingsbridge road. Central avenue, Williamsbridge, Bronx 
 river, City line and North river. 
 
 Station House— Kingsbridge. 
 
 Thirty-sixth Precinct— H arbor of New York. 
 
 Station House and “Patrol”— Pier “A,” North river. 
 
 Thirty-seventh Precinct— Cromwell’s creek, New York 
 Central & Hudson River Railroad tracks, One Hundred and 
 Forty-ninth street, Long Island Sound, Bronx Kills and Har- 
 lem river. 
 
 Station House— Alexander avenue and One Hundred and 
 Thirty-eighth street. 
 
 Thirty-eighth Precinct— Territory annexed June, 1895. 
 
 LOCATION OF MAGISTRATES’ COURTS. 
 
 First District— Centre street, between Franklin and White. 
 Second District— Corner West Tenth street and Sixth avenue. 
 Third District— 69 Essex street. 
 
 Fourth District— East Fifty-seventh street, near Lexington 
 avenue. 
 
 Fifth District— East One Hundred and Twenty-first street and 
 Sylvan place. 
 
 Sixth District— Corner of One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street 
 and Third avenue. 
 
 PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 
 
 Academy of Music— 2 Irving place. 
 
 American Theatre— 644 Eighth avenue. 
 
 Atlanta Casino— One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street and Eighth 
 avenue. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Atlantic Garden— 50 and 52 Bowery. 
 
 Berkeley Lyceum— 19 West Forty-fourth street. 
 
 Bijou Theatre— 1239 Broadway. 
 
 Broadway Music Hall— 1215 Broadway. 
 
 Broadway Theatre— 1223 Broadway. 
 
 Carnegie Music Hall— 158 to 170 West Fifty-seventh street. 
 Carr’s Third Avenue Theatre— 443 Third avenue. 
 
 Casino— 122 West Thirty-ninth street. 
 
 Central Opera House— 205 to 217 East Sixty-seventh street. 
 Chinese Concert Hall— 5 and 7 Doyer street. 
 
 Columbus Theatre— 114 East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 
 street. 
 
 Daly’s Theatre— 1223 Broadway. 
 
 Eden Musee— 55 West Twenty-third street. 
 
 Empire Theatre— 1426 Broadway. 
 
 Fifth Avenue Theatre— 1187 Broadway. 
 
 Fort George Casino— One Hundred and Ninety-fourth street and 
 Amsterdam avenue. 
 
 Fourteenth Street Theatre— 105 to 109 West Fourteenth street. 
 Gaiety Theatre— 138 Bowery. 
 
 Garden Theatre— S. E. corner Madison avenue and Twenty- 
 seventh street. 
 
 Garrick Theatre— 63 to 67 West Thirty-fifth street. 
 
 Gayety Theatre— 1195 Broadway. 
 
 Germania Theatre— 147 and 149 Clinton place. 
 
 Globe Theatre— 298 Bowery. 
 
 Grand Central Palace— Lexington a\enue, between Forty-third 
 and Forty-fourth streets. 
 
 Grand Opera House— Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue. 
 Hammerstein’s Harlem Opera House— 209 West One Hundred 
 and Twenty-fifth street. 
 
 Hammerstein’s Olympia Theatre and Music Hall— 1514 to 1528 
 Broadway. 
 
 Harlem Museum— S. W. corner One Hundred and Fifteenth 
 street and Third avenue. 
 
 Herald Square Theatre— Corner Thirty-fifth street and Broad- 
 way. 
 
 Hoyt’s Theatre— 8 and 10 West Twenty-fourth street. 
 
 Huber’s Museum— 351 Eighth avenue. 
 
 Huber’s Museum— 106 East Fourteenth street. 
 
 Ice Palace— N. W. corner One Hundred and Seventh street and 
 Lexington avenue. 
 
 Irving Place Theatre— Corner Fifteenth street and Irving place. 
 Knickerbocker Theatre— 1402 Broadway. 
 
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 Koster & Bial’s— 147 West Thirty-fourth street. 
 
 Lexington Avenue Opera House— 145 to 155 East Fifty-eighth 
 street. 
 
 Liberty Theatre— 104 and 106 Bowery. 
 
 London Theatre— 235 and 237 Bowery. 
 
 Lyceum Concert Garden— 302 Bowery. 
 
 Lyceum Theatre— Fourth avenue, between Twenty-third and 
 Twenty-fourth streets. 
 
 Metropolitan Opera House— 1425 Broadway. 
 
 Miner’s Bowery Theatre— 167 and 169 Bowery. 
 
 Miner’s Theatre — 308 and 310 Eighth avenue. 
 
 Murray Hill Theatre— 379 and 381 Lexington avenue. 
 
 Olympic Theatre— 2394 Third avenue. 
 
 Palmer’s Theatre— 1222 Broadway. 
 
 People’s Theatre— 199 and 201 Bowery. 
 
 Proctor’s Pleasure Palace— 146 to 160 East Fifty-eighth street. 
 Proctor’s Theatre— 139 West Twenty- third street. 
 
 Shea’s Concert Hall— Willis avenue and One Hundred and 
 Forty-eighth street. 
 
 Standard Theatre— 1285 Broadway. 
 
 Star Theatre— Thirteenth street and Broadway. 
 
 Steinway Hall— 109 and 111 East Fourteenth street. 
 
 Thalia Theatre— 46 and 48 Bowery. 
 
 Tony Pastor’s Theatre— 145 East Fourteenth street. 
 
 Trocadero Music Hall — 115 West Twenty-third street. 
 
 Union Square Theatre— 56 and 58 East Fourteenth street. 
 Windsor Theatre— 45 Bowery. 
 
 PROMINENT CLUBS. 
 
 Alpha Delta Phi— 35 West Thirty-third street. 
 
 Arion— 106 East Fifty-ninth street. 
 
 Army and Navy— 16 West Thirty-first street. 
 
 Atlantic Yacht— 57 Chambers street. 
 
 Bloomingdale Boat— One Hundred and Second street and Hud- 
 son river. 
 
 Bohemian Athletic— Eighty-first street and Amsterdam avenue. 
 Broadway Athletic— 728 to 732 Broadway. 
 
 Calumet— 265 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Catholic— 120 West Fifty-ninth street. 
 
 Century— 7 West Forty-third street. 
 
 City— 677 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Colonial— S. W. corner Seventy-second street and Boulevard. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Commercial, 90 and 92 West Broadway. 
 
 Commercial Travelers’— 114 West Thirty-eighth street. 
 
 Coney Island Jockey— 173 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Democratic— 617 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Drug Trade— 52 John street. 
 
 Engineers’— 10 West Twenty-ninth street. 
 
 Knickerbocker— 319 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Lambs’— 26 West Thirty-first street. 
 
 Lawyers’— 120 Broadway. 
 
 Lotos— 558 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Manhattan— 1 West Thirty-fourth street. 
 
 Manhattan Single Tax— 119 East Twenty-third street. 
 Mechanical Engineers’— 12 West Thirty-first street. 
 
 Mendelsohn Glee— 113 and 115 West Fortieth street. 
 Merchants’— 108 Leonard street. 
 
 Metropolitan— 1 East Sixtieth street. 
 
 New York— S. W. corner Thirty-fifth street and Fifth avenue. 
 New York Athletic— 102 West Fifty-fifth street. 
 
 New York Maennerchor — 205 and 207 East Fifty-sixth street. 
 New York Yacht— 67 Madison Avenue. 
 
 Notre Dame— 71 Seventh avenue. 
 
 Players’— 16 Gramercy Park. 
 
 Press— 34 West Twenty-sixth street. 
 
 Progress — Sixty-third street and Fifth avenue. 
 
 Racquet— 27 West Forty-third street. 
 
 Reform— 1 East Twenty-seventh street. 
 
 Republican — 450 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Sandy Hook Pilots’— 24 State street. 
 
 Schnorer— One Hundred and Sixty-third street and Eagle ave- 
 nue. 
 
 Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht— 60 Madison avenue. 
 
 Seventh Regiment Veterans’— 751 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Theatrical Managers— 1402 Broadway. 
 
 Turf and Field— Morris Park Race Track. 
 
 Union— N. W. corner Twenty-first street and Fifth avenue. 
 Union League— 1 East Thirty-ninth street. 
 
 University— 28 and 30 East Twenty-sixth street. 
 
 Wool— 260 West Broadway. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 Albemarle— Broadway and Twenty-fourth street. 
 Albert— 50 East Eleventh street. 
 
 Ashland— Fourth avenue and Twenty-fourth street. 
 
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 Astor House— Broadway, opposite Post Office. 
 
 Bancroft, Broadway and Twenty-first street. 
 
 Barrett House— Broadway and Forty-third street. 
 
 Bartholdi— Broadway and Twenty-third street. 
 
 Belvedere— Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street. 
 
 Berkeley— Fifth avenue and Ninth street. 
 
 Beresford— Central Park, West, and Eighty-first street. 
 Brevoort House— 11 Fifth avenue. 
 
 Bristol— Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. 
 
 Broadway Central— 671 Broadway. 
 
 Buckingham— Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street. 
 
 Cambridge— Fifth avenue and Thirty-third street. 
 
 Claremont — Riverside Park. 
 
 Central Park— Seventh avenue and Fifty-ninth street. 
 Clarendon— Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street. 
 
 Colonnade— 35 Lafayette place. 
 
 Colonial— Eighth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty fifth 
 street. 
 
 Continental— 904 Broadway. 
 
 Cooper Union— Third avenue and St. Mark’s place. 
 Cosmopolitan— Chambers street and West Broadway. 
 Delmonico’s— Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street. 
 Devonshire— 30 East Forty-second street. 
 
 Eastern— 62 Whitehall street. 
 
 Endicott— Columbus avenue and Eighty-first street. 
 
 Espanol— 116 West Fourteenth street. 
 
 Everett House— Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street. 
 
 Fifth Avenue— Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street. 
 Gerlach— 55 West Twenty-seventh street. 
 
 Gilsey House— Broadway and Twenty-ninth street. 
 
 Grand— Broadway and Thirty-first street. 
 
 Grand Union— Fourth avenue and Forty-second street. 
 
 Hoffman House — 1111 Broadway. 
 
 Holland— Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street. 
 
 Imperial— Broadway and Thirty-second street. 
 
 Lafayette— 23 Washington place. 
 
 Langham— Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street. 
 
 Lincoln— Broadway and Fifty-second street. 
 
 Madison Avenue— Madison avenue and Fifty-eighth street. 
 Majestic— Central Park, West, and Seventy-second street. 
 Marlborough— Broadway and Thirty-sixth street. 
 
 Martin— University place and Ninth street. 
 
 Metropole— Broadway and Forty-second street. 
 
 Morton— Broadway and Fourteenth street. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Murray Hill— Park avenue and Fortieth street. 
 
 Nevada— Boulevard and Seventieth street. 
 
 New Amsterdam— Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street. 
 New Manhattan— Madison avenue and Forty-second street. 
 Netherlands— Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. 
 Normandie— Broadway and Thirty-eighth street. 
 
 Park Avenue— Fourth avenue and Thirty-second street. 
 Plaza— Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. 
 
 Pomeroy— Broadway and Fifty-ninth street. 
 
 Putnam— 367 Fourth avenue. 
 
 Renaissance— 10 West Forty-third street. 
 
 St. Cloud— Broadway and Forty-second street. 
 
 St. Denis— Broadway and Eleventh street. 
 
 St. Nicholas— 6 Washington place. 
 
 San Remo— Central Park, West, and Seventy-fifth street. 
 Savoy— Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. 
 
 Sinclair— 754 Broadway. 
 
 Smith & McNeills— 198 Greenwich street. 
 
 Stephens House— 23 Broadway. 
 
 Sturtevant— Broadway and Twenty-eighth street. 
 Trainor’s— 1291 Broadway. 
 
 Union Square— 16 Union Square. 
 
 United States— Fulton and Water streets. 
 
 Vanderbilt— Lexington avenue and Forty-second street. 
 
 Ven dome— Broadway and Forty-first street. 
 
 Waldorf— Fifth avenue and Thirty-third street. 
 Westminster— Irving place and Sixteenth street. 
 
 West Shore— Eleventh avenue and Forty-second street. 
 Windsor— Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street. 
 
 LIST OF PRINCIPAL FELONIES. 
 
 Abduction. 
 
 Abortion. 
 
 Aiding felons to escape. 
 
 Arson. 
 
 Attempted suicide. 
 
 Bigamy. 
 
 Blackmail. 
 
 Bribery. 
 
 Burglary. 
 
 Carrying burglars’ tools. 
 
 Conspiracy. 
 
 Counterfeiting. 
 
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 Crime against nature. 
 Embezzlement. 
 
 False pretense. 
 
 Felonious assault. 
 
 Forgery. 
 
 Grand larceny. 
 
 Homicide. 
 
 Incest. 
 
 Keeping gambling house. 
 Libel. 
 
 Manslaughter. 
 
 Mayhem. 
 
 Passing counterfeit money. 
 Perjury. 
 
 Rape. 
 
 Receiving stolen goods. 
 Robbery. 
 
 Seduction. 
 
 Selling pools on races. 
 Sodomy. 
 
 Violations of Election Law. 
 
 LIST OF MOST FREQUENT CASES OF MIS- 
 DEMEANOR. 
 
 Abandonment. 
 
 Assault in the third degree. 
 
 Attempt at pocket-picking. 
 
 Carrying concealed weapons. 
 
 Cruelty to animals. 
 
 Discharging fire-arms of any description. 
 
 Disorderly conduct. . 
 
 Disorderly persons. 
 
 Extortion. 
 
 Gambling. 
 
 Indecent exposure of person. 
 
 Intoxication. 
 
 Keeping disorderly house. 
 
 Malicious mischief. 
 
 Petty larceny. 
 
 Selling lottery or policy tickets. 
 
 Vagrancy. 
 
 Violations of Liquor Tax Law. 
 
 Violations of Sunday Law. 
 
 Violations of Corporation Ordinances. 
 
 Violations of Health Laws and Ordinances. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 PROMOTIONS. 
 
 1st. Promotions of officers and members of the Police Force 
 shall be made by the Board of Police, on grounds of seniority, 
 meritorious police service and superior capacity. 
 
 2d. Promotions shall be made as follows: Captains from 
 among the Sergeants; Inspectors from among the Captains; 
 Deputy Chief of Police from among Inspectors and Captains; 
 Chief of Police from among Deputy Chief, Inspectors and Cap- 
 tains. 
 
 3d. All promotions shall be made from eligible lists, for each 
 grade, prepared at such times as the Board of Police shall di- 
 rect. 
 
 4th. Eligible lists shall contain the names of those candidates 
 who have obtained a rating of 75 or over, out of a maximum 
 of 100. 
 
 The maximum shall consist of the total of the following ele- 
 ments: 
 
 Meritorious Police service and seniority, 65. 
 
 Superior capacity, 35—100. 
 
 5th. The rating for meritorious Police service and seniority 
 shall be determined by the Board of Police, and shall be based 
 upon past records for integrity, efficiency and zeal in the De- 
 partment; ability and success as commanding officers; intelli- 
 gence and discretion in the performance of duty; personal char- 
 acter and standing as private citizens; special gallant or com- 
 mendable service, involving hazard or danger; the successful 
 detection and punishment of criminals; reports of superior of- 
 ficers; length of service in the Department, and in general a 
 full and complete consideration of the officer’s record in the 
 Department, giving in all cases, where other considerations are 
 equal, the advantage to seniority. 
 
 6th. The rating for superior capacity shall be determined by 
 a competitive examination, held under direction of the Police 
 Board. This examination shall be practical in its character 
 and consist of a careful investigation, as to the candidate’s 
 knowledge of the Laws of the State of New York, in regard to 
 the suppression of crime, preservation of the peace, the appre- 
 hension of criminals and practice in the minor courts, the or- 
 dinances of the City, minor military tactics, rules and regula- 
 tions of the Department, and such other practical subjects as 
 may be added from time to time by the order of the Board of 
 Police. No officer shall be promoted who shall not obtain 
 17 y 2 points out of 35. 
 
 In cases where two officers have equally good records, the 
 officer credited with the longest service shall have precedence. 
 
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 QUALIFICATIONS OF DOORMEN. 
 
 Candidates for appointment as Doorman shall be between the 
 ages of twenty-five and thirty-five years only, physical qualifi- 
 cations to be the same as required for Patrolmen. 
 
 SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 The officer in charge of the School of Instruction, or his as- 
 sistant, shall instruct newly appointed Patrolmen in the fol- 
 lowing exercises: 
 
 SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER. 
 
 Position of a Soldier. 
 
 Q. Define the position of a soldier? 
 
 A. Heels on the same line and as near each other as the 
 conformation of the man permits. 
 
 . Feet turned out equally, forming with each other an angle 
 of about sixty degrees. 
 
 Knees straight, without stiffness. 
 
 Body erect on hips, inclining a little forward. 
 
 Arms and hands hanging naturally, backs of the hands out- 
 ward; little fingers opposite the seams of the trousers; elbows 
 near the body. Head erect and square to the front, chin 
 slightly drawn in without constraint, eyes straight to the front. 
 
 Hat setting square on the head. 
 
 Rests. 
 
 Q. How many kinds of rests are there? 
 
 A. Three— rest; at ease; and parade rest. 
 
 Q. What is the meaning of “rest”? 
 
 A. At the command “rest,” the men keep one heel on the 
 alignment, but are not required to observe silence or immo- 
 bility. 
 
 Q. What is the meaning of “at ease”? 
 
 A. At the command “at ease” the men keep one heel in 
 place and preserve silence but not immobility. 
 
 Q. What is the meaning of “parade rest”? 
 
 A. Carry the right foot six inches straight to the rear, left 
 knee slightly bent; clasp the hands in front of the centre of the 
 body, left hand uppermost, the left thumb clasped by thumb 
 and forefinger of right hand, preserving steadiness of position 
 and silence. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Commands. 
 
 Q. How many kinds of commands are there? 
 
 A. Two; the preparatory command and the command of exe- 
 cution. 
 
 The Direct Step. 
 
 Q. How many kinds of “time” are there? 
 
 A. Two— “quick time” and “double time.” 
 
 Q. What is the length and cadence of step in “quick time”? 
 
 A. Thirty inches in length and one hundred and twenty (120) 
 steps to the minute. 
 
 Q. What is the length and cadence in “double time”? 
 
 A. Thirty-six inches in length and one hundred and eighty 
 (180) steps to the minute. 
 
 Q. What is the length of the short step? 
 
 A. Fifteen inches in quick and eighteen inches in double 
 time. 
 
 Q. What is the length of the backward step? 
 
 A. Fifteen inches. 
 
 Q. What is the length of the side step? 
 
 A. Twelve inches. 
 
 Q. How do you mark time? 
 
 A. By making semblance of marching without gaining ground, 
 in alternately advancing each foot about half its length and 
 bringing it back on a line with the other. 
 
 Alignments. 
 
 Q. What are the principles of alignments or dressings? 
 
 A. Keeping the shoulders square to the front, eyes turned 
 toward the dressing-point, placing the knuckles of closed left 
 hand in side above the hip, back of the hand to the front, mov- 
 ing forward or backward in short steps of two or three inches 
 until touching lightly the arm or elbow toward the man on 
 that side and seeing the buttons on the second man’s coat. 
 
 Facings. 
 
 Q. How do you face to right or left? 
 
 A. By slightly raising the right heel and left toe, turning on 
 the left heel to right or left, and replacing the right foot beside 
 the left. 
 
 Q. How do you face to the rear or “about?” 
 
 A. By slightly raising the left heel and right toe, turning to 
 the right on the right heel, facing to rear, and replacing the 
 left foot beside the right. 
 
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 Marching in Line. 
 
 Q. What are the principles of marching in line? 
 
 A. Head and shoulders square to the front, preserving align- 
 ment and interval toward the side of the guide, resisting pres- 
 sure from the opposite side, and yielding to pressure from the 
 side of the guide. 
 
 Q. If in advance or arrear of the alignment, what is re- 
 quired? 
 
 A. To shorten or lengthen the step without changing the 
 time until the alignment or interval is recovered. 
 
 Q. What are the principles of the “oblique step” or “march”? 
 
 A. Making a half face to the right or left and stepping off 
 
 with a full step in the new direction, keeping parallel with its 
 
 original front. 
 
 Wheelings. 
 
 Q. How many kinds of “wheels” are there? 
 
 A. Two; on a fixed pivot and on movable pivot. 
 
 Q. What is a wheel on a fixed pivot used for? 
 
 A. For wheeling from line into column of fours and from 
 column of fours into line. 
 
 Q. What is required of the pivot man? 
 
 A. He turns strictly in his place, looking toward the march- 
 ing flank. 
 
 Q. What is required of the man on the marching flank? 
 
 A. He maintains the full step, moving on the arc of a circle 
 ■with the pivot as the centre. 
 
 Q. What is required of the men in the centre of the four? 
 
 A. They preserve the intervals and alignment, and shorten 
 step in accordance with the distance from the pivot. 
 
 Q. What is a wheel on a movable pivot used for? 
 
 A. For changing direction while marching in column of fours. 
 
 Q. What is required of the pivot man? 
 
 A. He shortens his step one-third, or ten inches in quick and 
 twelve inches in double time, forming a small curve. 
 
 Q. What is required of the man on the marching flank? 
 
 A. He maintains the full step on an arc with the pivot man 
 as a centre. 
 
 Q. What is required of the men in the centre of the four? 
 
 A. They shorten step without changing time, according to the 
 distance from the pivot, and preserve intervals and alignment. 
 
 Turning. 
 
 Q. How many kinds of “turns” are there? 
 
 A. Two; to turn and halt, and to turn and advance. 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Q. What is a “turn and halt” used for? 
 
 A. For moving from line into column of companies, and from 
 column of companies into line. 
 
 Q. What is required of the “guide” or first file? 
 
 A. He stands fast. 
 
 Q. What is required of the next file Or pivot man? 
 
 A. He faces to the right. 
 
 Q. What is required of the other files? 
 
 A. They make a half face to the right or left, move forward 
 without changing time, placing themselves successively upon 
 the alignment established, and dress to the right (or left) with- 
 out further command, the rear rank men conforming to the 
 movements of the front rank. 
 
 Q. What is to “turn and advance” used for? 
 
 A. For changing direction while marching in column of com- 
 panies. 
 
 Q. What is required of the guide? 
 
 A. He makes a full face to the right (or left), moves forward 
 in the new direction, taking the short step without changing 
 the time. 
 
 Q. What is required of the men in line? 
 
 A. They make a half face to the right or left, move forward 
 without changing the time by the shortest line and successively 
 place themselves on the new line, where they take the short 
 step, all resuming the full step at the command “forward 
 march.” 
 
 Q. If the command “double time” be given, what is required 
 of the “guide”? 
 
 A. He makes a full face to the right or left, and steps off 
 with a full step in the new direction. 
 
 Q. What is required of the men in line? 
 
 A. They make a half face to the right or left, move forward 
 in double time, and retake the step and intervals from the 
 guide on the new line. 
 
 BATON .EXERCISE. 
 
 To Draw the Baton. 
 
 At the command “Draw,” throw the hilt slightly forward 
 w r ith the left hand, grasping the hilt firmly with the right, and 
 draw it about six inches. At the command “baton,” draw the 
 baton briskly, extending point of baton at an angle of forty- 
 five degrees slightly to the right for a moment, and bring to a 
 carry. 
 
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 To Carry the Baton. 
 
 Grasp the hilt between the thumb and the forefinger, the 
 other fingers extended along the hilt, bring baton to side, point 
 upward, arm fully extended. 
 
 To Present the Baton. 
 
 At the command “present baton,” bring the baton in front of 
 centre of face, hand clasping the hilt squarely with the thumb 
 up the side, back of the hand squarely to the front, point of 
 thumb as high as the chin, point of baton slightly inclining 
 forward. 
 
 To Return the Baton. 
 
 At the command “return,” bring the baton opposite the left 
 shoulder, pointing upward; at the command “baton,” turn the 
 wrist briskly without lowering the baton, insert the point into 
 the frog, send home sharply and drop hand to side. 
 
 To Salute. 
 
 At the command “Squad” or “Company” “salute,” raise the 
 right hand briskly until forefinger touches rim of hat above the 
 right eye, fingers extended, thumb close to the fingers, palm of 
 hand to the left, rest there a moment and drop to side. 
 
 In saluting while passing a superior, salute with hand fur- 
 thest from person to be saluted, six paces before passing, keep- 
 ing hand in place until salute is answered or person saluted 
 has passed. 
 
GENERAL INDEX 
 
 Rules 
 
 Department and Board of Police 1 to 6 
 
 Chief Clerk 11 to 18 
 
 Chief and Deputy Chief of Police 21 to 34 
 
 Inspectors 35 to 41 
 
 Captains 45 to 63 
 
 Sergeants 65 to 68 
 
 Roundsmen 71 to 77 
 
 Doormen 81 to S2 
 
 Surgeons 85 to 106 
 
 Pay-Rolls and Bills Ill 
 
 Rewards and Testimonials 112 to 114 
 
 Supplies 115 
 
 Bonds 116 
 
 Blotters 117 
 
 Sick Time 118 to 119 
 
 Leaves of Absence 120 to 123 
 
 Grades 124 
 
 Transfers and Details 125 to 128 
 
 Appointments 129 to 132 
 
 Charges, Trials and Judgments 133 to 146 
 
 Clothing and Equipments 151 to 158 
 
 Uniforms 161 to 184 
 
 Station Houses and Central Department 188 to 191 
 
 Pr isoners 192 to 194 
 
 Detective Bureau 195 to 200 
 
 Bureau of Elections 201 to 203 
 
 Court Squads 204 to 209 
 
 Sanitary Company— Boiler and Health Squads 210 to 228 
 
 House of Detention 231 to 236 
 
 Property and Property Clerk 237 to 250 
 
 Telegraph, Telephone and Signal System 251 to 257 
 
 Harbor Police 258 to 266 
 
 Mounted Men, Hostlers, etc 267, 268 
 
 School of Instruction 269 to 271 
 
 Special Patrolmen 272 to 274 
 
 Lost and Arrested Children 275 to 280 
 
INDEX. 
 
 135 
 
 Masked Balls 281 
 
 Parades 282 
 
 Matrons 283 
 
 Arrests 284 to 298 
 
 Reports to be Made 301 to 309 
 
 Fires 310 
 
 Riots 311 
 
 Hacks and Theatres 312 
 
 Records of Members of the Force 313 
 
 Vigilance and Attention to Duty 314 to 329 
 
 Conduct and Deportment 331 to 341 
 
 General Rules 345 to 374 
 
 Patrol Wagon Service 375 
 
 General Information : Page 
 
 Precinct Boundaries and Location of Station Houses. 118 
 
 Magistrates’ Courts 121 
 
 Places of Amusement 121 
 
 Prominent Clubs 123 
 
 Hotels, location of 124 
 
 Principal Felonies 126 
 
 More Frequent Misdemeanors 127 
 
 Promotion, relative to 128 
 
 Qualifications of Doormen 129 
 
 School of the Soldier 129 
 
SPECIAL INDEX. 
 
 ABSENCE— 
 
 leave of, in Chief Clerk’s office, 11, 12. 
 without leave, by members of the Force, penalty for, 118, 
 139. 
 
 pay while on leave, 118, 122. 
 general rule as to, 120, 121, 122. 
 five days, without leave, 141, 322. 
 
 without leave, by members of the Force and Matrons, 320. 
 of Steamboat’s Crew', 260. 
 from duty, pay deducted, 118. 
 
 Inspectors to grant leave of, 41. 
 leave of, to Captains, 45. 
 
 Chief of Police to grant leave of, 21, 45, 120. 
 of Chief of Police, 28, 30, 120. 
 application for leave of, 120, 121. 
 from Post, to be reported, 318. 
 
 ACCIDENTS— 
 
 to be reported, 326. 
 
 ACROBATS (Rope Walkers, Trapeze, Tight Rope, etc.)— 
 rule relating to, 288. 
 
 AFFRAYS— 
 
 rule relating to, 284. 
 
 AMBULANCES— 
 
 rule relative to, 364. 
 
 AMUSEMENTS, PLACE OF— 
 
 duty of Chief of Police relating to obscene, 23. 
 must be licensed, 288. 
 
 duties of Policemen in case of violations, 288, 290. 
 arrival and departure of conveyances at, 312. 
 APPLICATIONS— 
 
 for full pay, 118. 
 
 for advancement to grades, 124. 
 
 for detailments, transfers, etc., 127. 
 
 APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS— 
 qualifications for, 130. 
 no compensation allowed Surgeons, 93. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 137 
 
 APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS (Continued)— 
 
 must be examined by Board of Civil Service Examiners, 
 130. 
 
 no Surgeon to‘ examine any applicant who has been under 
 his medical charge, 105. 
 
 APPOINTMENTS— 
 
 of Commissioners of Police, 1. 
 
 of Officers and Members of the Force, 1, 129. 
 
 Chief Clerk to report to Chief of Police, 14. 
 qualifications necessary for, 130. 
 re-examinations by Surgeons to be made, 131. 
 
 Members of Force not to sign petitions for, 331. 
 name of, to appear on eligible list of Civil Service Board 
 of Examiners, 130. 
 of Special Patrolmen, 272. 
 
 Surgeons not to pass applicants in certain cases, 105. 
 AREAS, Etc.— 
 
 to be examined by Patrolmen, etc., 314. 
 
 ARRESTS— 
 
 duties connected with, 117, 284. 
 
 homicides, burglaries, etc., undiscovered, 142. 
 
 by Detective Squad, 197. 
 
 information that will allow persons to escape* from, not 
 to be communicated, 338. 
 
 as to, by members in Precincts other than one in which 
 he is assigned to duty, 292. 
 warrants of, rules relating to, 286, 289, 296, 331. 
 of persons in charge of U. S. Mail, 297. 
 to be made for violations of certain laws, 288. 
 general principles of law relating to, 285 to 298. 
 powers of members in the State, 284 to 298. 
 when made without a warrant, 284, 285. 
 duties of members thereat, 284. 
 
 to convey arrested persons before a Magistrate, 285, 292. 
 as to, for felony, 284. 
 
 when resistance is made, to require persons present to 
 assist, 284. 
 
 when doors may be forced open to make, 284. 
 members of Force not to make, in their own quarrels or 
 those of their families, 331. 
 nor in civil cases, 289. 
 by Special Patrolmen, rule relating to, 273. 
 of persons under 16 years old, rule relating to, 280, 284. 
 by warrants, rules relating to, 286, 289. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 138 
 
 ARRESTS ( Continued )— 
 
 Policeman’s record and history of, 151. 
 of persons wanted in other States, 200. 
 
 ASSIGNATION HOUSES— 
 
 record of, to be kept, 27. 
 
 Captains to report location of, 302. 
 
 ASSIGNMENTS— 
 
 made by Chief of Police, 21, 125. 
 
 Chief of Police to report to Board of Police, 21, 28. 
 to Detective Force, how made, 195. 
 
 (See also Detailment.) 
 
 ATTENDANCE— 
 
 punctual, required, 339. 
 
 BAIL — 
 
 Magistrates authorized to take in certain cases, 286. 
 Captains and Sergeants to take in certain cases, 285. 
 BALLOT-BOXES— 
 
 To be protected, 333. 
 
 BATON— 
 
 rules relative to, 152, 164, 331. 
 to be numbered, 178. 
 
 to be used only in urgent cases, 152, 339. 
 billy and baton, size of, 164. 
 
 BED-HOUSES— 
 
 to be reported by Captains, 302. 
 
 BED-MAKERS— 
 
 employment or discharge of, to be approved by Board of 
 Police, 373. 
 
 widows of deceased members to have preference, 373. 
 BEDS AND BEDDING— 
 
 rules relating to, 52, 336. 
 
 BEGGARS (Street)— 
 
 rules relating to, 284, 290. 
 
 BICYCLES AND BICYCLE SQUAD— 
 rule relating to, 372. 
 
 BELTS— 
 
 rules relative to, 152, 154, 163, 331. 
 
 BLOTTER— 
 
 certain charges to be entered in, at Station-house, 68, 135, 
 136, 137. 
 
 Captain to enter tour of Roundsmen in, 77. 
 time when Captain or Sergeant retires or leaves Station- 
 house to be entered in, 59. 
 what entries to be made in, 117, 125, 136, 137, 278. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 139 
 
 BLOTTER (Continued)— 
 
 to be kept in Detective office, 198. 
 
 record of persons arrested, to be entered in, 117, 292. 
 
 property taken as procedure of crime to be entered in, 244. 
 
 arrests by Special Patrolmen, to be entered in, 273. 
 
 reports of Patrolmen to be entered in, 318. 
 
 reports of incumbered fire escapes to be entered in, 366. 
 
 service of subpoenas to be entered in, 48. 
 
 Names of sick members of the Force to be entered in, 100. 
 larcenies, burglaries, property lost or recovered, violations 
 of rules, etc., to be entered in, 117. 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH— 
 
 Surgeons to advise, of serious diseases, 104. 
 general rules Sanitary Company, 210 to 228. 
 
 Chief of Police to enforce ordinances of, 23. 
 
 BOARD OF POLICE— 
 
 how composed and appointed, 1. 
 governs and controls Police Department, 2. 
 territorial jurisdiction and authority of, 3. 
 establishes subdivisions of territory, 35. 
 divides Force into companies, 346. 
 meetings of, 4. 
 
 makes rules, orders, and regulations, as to Police Force, 5. 
 judgments of, authenticated by Chief Clerk, 133. 
 power of, to issue subpoenas and compel attendance of 
 witnesses, 134. 
 
 may cause examination of sick members of the Force, 100. 
 
 charges against members, proceedings, 5, 134, 135. 
 
 judgments of, how treated, 138. 
 
 penalties inflicted by, 139. 
 
 to issue orders to Chief of Police, 22. 
 
 Chief of Police to enforce rules and regulations, etc., 21. 
 and abate gaming-houses, etc., 21, 250. 
 resolutions of, to be reported by Chief Clerk to Chief of 
 Police, 14. 
 
 counsel allowed in suits against members, 16. 
 books of record kept in Chief Clerk’s office, 15. 
 trials by, on charges, 140. 
 
 examinations not made except by order of, 93. 
 annual report to, by Board of Surgeons, 95. 
 
 Surgeons to report to as to Station-houses, 95. 
 bills and demands against, mode of payment, 111. 
 
 Police service for Board of Health, how secured, 211. 
 to approve forms and blanks of Steam-boiler Squad, 228. 
 
140 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 BOARD OF POLICE ( Continued )— 
 
 report to be made to, as to location and inspection of 
 steam-boilers, 216, 220, 221. 
 
 report to be made to, as to violation of rules relating to 
 steam-boilers, 226. 
 
 records of Steam-boiler Squad to be kept, 227. 
 absence from City of Detectives, to be reported to, 195. 
 to employ competent person to take charge of Police Boat, 
 258. 
 
 shall provide a House for Detention of Witnesses, 231. 
 appoint a Purveyor, 232. 
 appoint Property Clerk, 237. 
 
 Property Clerk to report to, 245. 
 telegraph lines, subject to order of, 251. 
 rules relative to children rescued by New York Society 
 for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 279. 
 while trials are pending before, penalty for causing any 
 person to interfere, 143. 
 
 may allow reward or gift to members of Force, 112, 113, 
 114. 
 
 bond to be given to, by Chief of Police, Deputy Chief, In- 
 spectors, Captains and Property Clerk, 116. 
 returns of fees for masked balls, to be made to, 281. 
 
 Chief of Police subject to orders, rules, etc., of, 21. 
 Captains to read and explain decisions of, 47. 
 to authorize Property Clerk to deliver property, 240. 
 to approve hours and place for drill, 353. 
 to appoint Surgeons, 85. 
 
 to be admitted to examination of applicants, 91. 
 
 Board of Surgeons to meet when required by, 94. 
 to allow full pay in certain cases of sickness, 118, 122. 
 telegraph journals to be subject to inspection of, 252. 
 to establish Bureau of Elections, 201, 202. 
 location of steam-boilers to be reported to, 216. 
 regarding supplies furnished to House of Detention, 236. 
 sick and disabled horses to be reported to, 267,- 
 Special Patrolmen appointed by, 272. 
 not liable for salary, etc., of Special Patrolmen, 272. 
 Discharge of Special Patrolmen to be reported to, 274. 
 officer in command of School of Instruction to report to, 
 270. 
 
 violations of rules to be reported to, 146. 
 permission to resign to be granted by, 322. 
 rule relating to suspensions, 350. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 141 
 
 BOARD OF POLICE ( Continued )- 
 
 communications requiring action of, to be reported to 
 Chief of Police, 352. 
 
 persons subpoenaed before, must not be intimidated, 370. 
 report to be made to, of dangerous or inflammable prop- 
 erty, 242, 308. 
 
 detailments, transfers, leaves of absence to be reported to, 
 21, 28. 
 
 loss of books from Precinct libraries to be reported to, 46. 
 Surgeons to report deaths of members of the Force to, 97. 
 leaves of absence granted by, 120, 121. 
 discharge or employment of bed-makers to be approved by, 
 373. 
 
 BOARD OF SURGEONS- 
 
 general rules relating to Surgeons, Committees and Board 
 Surgeons, 85 to 106. 
 
 BOATS AND VESSELS— 
 
 members of Force to make themselves acquainted with 
 character and business of, etc., 314. 
 
 BOOKS (Of Record, etc.)— 
 
 to be kept by Chief of Police, 27. 
 
 of suspicious persons and places, 27. 
 
 of robberies, expenses, bed-houses, etc., 27. 
 
 by Chief Clerk, 15. 
 
 of judgments, 15, 138. 
 
 of Inspectors, 38. 
 
 at Station-houses, 36, 51, 115. 
 
 of complaints, etc., of Detective Bureau, 196. 
 
 by Detective Bureau, 196, 197. 
 
 in Property Clerk’s office, 238. 
 
 in telegraph office, 252. 
 
 of lost children at Station-house, 276. 
 
 in charge of and accessible to, 15. 
 
 of General Orders, by Chief of Police, 24. 
 
 of violation Corporation ordinances, by Captain, 301. 
 
 of Special Patrolmen, 272, 274. 
 
 of houses of prostitution, gambling houses, etc., 27. 
 Policeman’s record and history of arrests, 151, 295. 
 of supplies furnished for horses and stables, 268. 
 
 BREACH OF DISCIPLINE- 
 ground for complaint, 139. 
 
 BREACH OF THE PEACE— 
 as to arrests for, 284. 
 
142 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 BUILDINGS— 
 
 doors, low windows, areas, etc., to be examined and se- 
 cured, 314. 
 
 leakages of pipes, occupants of buildings to be notified, 328. 
 BUREAU OP ELECTIONS— 
 
 general laws relating to, 201, 202, 203. 
 how conducted, 202. 
 
 Chief of, appointed and removable by Board of Police, 202. 
 information furnished by Captains to Chief of, 203. 
 
 Chief of, to be accorded use of Police telegraph and Tele- 
 phone system, 203. 
 
 BURGLARS— 
 
 suspected, to be reported, 305. 
 
 carrying housebreaking implements in bags, satchels, etc., 
 rule as to, 314. 
 
 (See also Arrests.) 
 
 BURGLARY— 
 
 ground for charges against members for not discovering, 
 while on post duty, etc., 142. 
 
 BUTTONS— 
 
 how and where obtained, 17, 151, 154. 
 to be clean and bright, 180. 
 
 CANDIDATES (For Appointment, etc.)— 
 rules relative to, 130, 132. 
 
 CAPTAINS— 
 
 to establish patrol posts, 6. 
 with approval of Chief of Police, 6. 
 subject to alteration, 6. 
 
 to indorse applications for assignments, detailments, etc., 
 127. 
 
 not required to make oath to charges, 134. 
 power to administer certain oaths, 134, 278. 
 charges of Sergeants and Roundsmen, how treated, 135. 
 when complaints against members of Force are made, to 
 make specifications, 136. 
 
 to request persons making complaints to appear and make 
 oath to, 137. 
 
 to communicate orders of Chief of Police to Force, 22. 
 to keep record and have supervision and inspection of 
 pawnbroker shops, etc., 25, 55. 
 to prefer charges against members carelessly losing their 
 shields, etc., 162. 
 rule as to full dress of, 168, 170. 
 summer uniform, 174. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 143 
 
 CAPTAINS {Continued)— 
 
 overcoat of, 176. 
 
 of wearing uniforms and exemptions, 177. 
 authorized to grant permission to members of Force to 
 wear civilian’s dress, 177. 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 to read reports of dismissal of Force, 138. 
 to report sick members of Force to Surgeons, 100. 
 Inspectors to receive reports of, 36. 
 to preserve peace and order in Precincts, 54. 
 to report violations of rules, 146, 325. 
 to assign tours of duty to Roundsmen, 77. 
 and enter on Blotter, 77. 
 
 to report derelictions of duty to Inspector, 45, 304. 
 and notify Chief Clerk, 304. 
 to report special and meritorious services, 304. 
 to certify pay-rolls, etc.. 111. 
 
 make requisitions for supplies for Station-houses, 115. 
 have charge of Station-houses and Precincts, 52. 
 responsible for their good order, etc., 52. 
 require members to be properly dressed and cleanly, 56. 
 have command of Sergeants, Roundsmen, Patrolmen, 
 Doormen and Matrons, 57. 
 
 * rule establishing Platoons and Sections, 58. 
 
 . call roll and designate posts, 59. 
 in command at Station-house, 69. 
 enter in Blotter when retiring to rest, 59. 
 when in command, to call the roll, 69. 
 time of roll-call, 69. 
 
 Precinct divided by, 58. 
 
 to direct route of members, and designate relieving points, 
 60. 
 
 responsible for prisoners, 61. 
 proceedings with, 193. 
 keep Blotter, and what to contain, 117. 
 to examine reports of Sergeants and Roundsmen, 45. 
 to report violations City ordinances, 301. 
 duties in case of fire, 310. 
 in case of riots, etc., 311. 
 in regard to libraries, 46. 
 read and explain general orders, etc., 47. 
 cause letters, messages, subpoenas, etc., to be promptly 
 delivered, 48. 
 
 report to Chief of Police infectious diseases, etc., 60, 
 
144 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 CAPTAINS ( Continued )— 
 
 change of residence reported, 51. 
 report marriage of members, 51. 
 
 to assign Sergeants, in rotation, to inspect beds, habits, 
 etc., 52. 
 
 report absence five days without leave, 141. 
 make charges against Patrolmen for undiscovered homi- 
 cides, burglaries, etc., 142. 
 
 make daily report of lost, stolen or abandoned property, 
 248. 
 
 duty of, concerning stoves and pipes, 53. 
 to report bed-houses, houses of prostitution, assignation 
 houses, and suspicious places and owners of, 302. 
 in case of transfer, to report time served and lost, grade, 
 etc., 125, 249. 
 
 inquiry into character of applicants, his duty thereto, 132. 
 vacancy in office of, Sergeant to perform duty of, 65. 
 to make weekly reports on street-lamps, 327. 
 directed to certain duty, 29. 
 
 Chief of Police to grant leave of absence to, 45. 
 to give prisoners transcript from Blotter of articles taken 
 from them, 192. 
 
 to make record of and report felonies, 303. 
 duplicates of qharges to be forwarded to Chief of Police 
 and Chief Clerk by, 137. 
 to report detailed Patrolmen, 319. 
 
 to require Patrolmen to report all accidents, also descrip- 
 tion of parties injured and names of witnesses, 326. 
 of Thirty-sixth Precinct to employ engineers, etc., 259. 
 absence of Sailing Master to be reported to, 260. 
 of Thirty-sixth Precinct to manage messes, 262. 
 to report sick or disabled horses, 267. 
 to instruct members of their command in relation to their 
 powers in regard to parades, 282. 
 to enforce laws relating to lottery, pool and policy shops, 
 gambling, etc., 49, 63. 
 
 to keep record of residences of officers in his Precinct, 51. 
 lost children, relative to, 275 to 278. 
 
 of Thirty-sixth Precinct to have command of Boat Crew, 
 261. 
 
 to order fuel, etc., for Boat, 262. 
 march men in military order, 331. 
 
 applications for leave of absence to be made through, 120. 
 may make detailments to special duty, etc., 126. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 145 
 
 CAPTAINS ( Continued )— 
 
 report death of members, 347. 
 
 to report meritorious acts and deeds of members of his 
 Force, 313. 
 
 Report of furniture to Treasurer’s Bookkeeper, 249. 
 residence of members of Force to be reported to, 331. 
 salute to, 341. 
 
 to give indemnity bond, rule relating to, 116. 
 to give personal attention to use of gas and fuel at Sta- 
 tion-houses, 62. 
 
 deliver to Chief of Police all letters relating to Police 
 business, 352. 
 
 to cause members charged with intoxication to be exam- 
 ined by Surgeon, 368. 
 to grant a night off duty, 123. 
 in charge of Detective Bureau, 195, 196, 198. 
 information to be furnished to Chief of Bureau of Elec- 
 tions, by, 203. 
 
 rule as to taking of bail, 285. 
 
 CARDS— 
 
 playing of, prohibited, 351. 
 
 CARS- 
 
 members not to occupy seats on surface or elevated, 371. 
 CARTS, OMNIBUSES, Etc.— 
 
 suspicious vehicles to be reported, 314. 
 carts for Police service, how paid, 224. 
 
 CENTRAL DEPARTMENT— 
 books to be kept at, 15. 
 committee of Surgeons to attend at, 90, 93. 
 examinations by Surgeons not to be made elsewhere, 93. 
 Surgeons to answer calls at, 98. 
 retreat for lost children at, 275. 
 
 children rescued from inhuman parents may be kept at, 
 279. 
 
 lost children in charge of Matron at, 275, 279. 
 rule relating to foundlings, 278. 
 rule relating to use of tobacco at, 335. 
 rule relating to Janitor at, 191. 
 
 School of Instruction at, 269. 
 office of Police Telegraph at, 251. 
 fire-arms not to be discharged at, 158. 
 messages to and from to be entered on telegraph Blotter 
 252. 
 
 information regarding strikes, riots, burglaries, robberies, 
 etc., to be sent forthwith to, 253, 309. 
 
146 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 CERTIFICATES— 
 
 of judgments, how verified, 133. 
 
 Surgeon’s certificates, as to sick time, to be kept in office 
 of Chief Clerk, 102. 
 
 of engineers, when and how issued, 213. 
 form of certificate, 228. 
 
 to be approved by officer in command, 213. 
 penalties in certain cases, 213. 
 rules relating to renewals, 213, 214. 
 to engineers, when and how granted, 218. 
 steam-boilers, not to be used, without, 225. 
 to be given in case of steam-gauges, 223. 
 for carts,, etc., where obtained and paid, 224. 
 to be attested by, 96. 
 of steam-gauges, how signed, 223. 
 
 each Surgeon of Committee to make personal examination 
 of candidates before signing, 92. 
 of Special Patrolmen, rule relating to, 274. 
 transportation, rule relating to, 156. 
 
 transportation, to be returned upon death of members, 347. 
 CHARGES- 
 
 must be made in writing and on oath, 134. 
 except in certain cases, 134. 
 must be filed in Chief Clerk’s office, 136. 
 may be made by Commissioners, Chief of Police, Inspec- 
 tors, Captains, Surgeons, or Chief Clerk, not on oath, 
 134. 
 
 by Sergeants and Roundsmen, 135. 
 to whom to be delivered, 135. 
 
 Captains to transmit transcript to Chief of Police, 135, 136. 
 specification, notice, trial, service, etc., 136. 
 
 Chief Clerk to frame, on complaint against members, 137. 
 for contracting debts under false and fraudulent pre- 
 tences, 139, 145. 
 
 names of members dismissed to be read at Station-house, 
 
 138. 
 
 for non-payment for Police uniforms and making thereof, 
 
 139. 
 
 trivial, 135. 
 
 trials on, mode and manner, 140. 
 
 Chief of Police to charge delinquent Surgeons, 93. 
 to be transmitted to Chief of Police by Inspector, 37. 
 for violations, rules and regulations, 146. 
 by Chief of Police for absence without leave, 141. 
 for homicides, burglaries, etc., not discovered, 142. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 147 
 
 CHARGES ( Continued )— 
 
 must be made against members of the Force borrowing 
 money of each other, 360. 
 
 involving obscene acts, etc., may be tried privately, 144. 
 members under care of Surgeons leaving their residences 
 without permission of same subject to, 100. 
 to be made for simulating sickness, 103. 
 untruthfulness a cause for, 337. 
 for violations of Surgeon’s orders, 106. 
 for losing shield, 162. 
 
 CHARITABLE LODGING INSTITUTION- 
 
 applicants for lodging may be sent to, 194. 
 
 CHEVRON— 
 
 how and by whom worn, 170. 
 
 CHIEF CLERK— 
 
 to authenticate judgments, 133. 
 
 may prefer charges against members of the Force, 134. 
 authorized to administer oaths, 134. 
 charges to be filed with, 136, 137, 304. 
 
 to cause charges and specifications to be framed upon 
 complaints against members, 137. 
 
 Chief of Police to deliver copies of all general orders to, 
 24. 
 
 office hours of, 11. 
 
 Clerks to leave on permission only, 11. 
 
 Deputy Clerks under charge of, 12. 
 duties of First Deputy Clerk, 12. 
 duties of Second Deputy Clerk, 12. 
 may grant leaves of absence to Clerks, 12. 
 to have charge and issue shields, Manuals, fire-keys and 
 transportation certificates and keep record thereof, 13, 
 156. 
 
 to report to Chief of Police resolutions, appointments, dis- 
 missals, etc., 14. 
 
 may refer to Counsel to Corporation, suits against mem- 
 bers of the Force, 16. 
 to keep books of record, etc., 15. 
 
 to furnish list of persons appointed to keeper Cloth-room, 
 etc., 17. 
 
 to record and report violations of ordinance to Corpora- 
 tion Attorney, 18. 
 
 Captains to make daily reports of ordinance violations, to, 
 301. 
 
 to take affidavits of complaints against members of the 
 Force, 145. 
 
148 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 CHIEF CLERK (Continued)— 
 
 Surgeons to report sick time of members of Force, 102. 
 Captains to notify of dereliction of duty of members of 
 Force, 304. 
 
 duty of, as to pay-rolls. 111. 
 
 supplies for Station-houses, requisitions for, to be made 
 to, 115. 
 
 error in morning returns to, to be corrected, 45. 
 duty in regard to library books lost, 46. 
 
 Captains to notify of change of residence of members of 
 Force, 51. 
 
 also of marriage of any member, 51. 
 
 stoves and pipes at Station-houses, not to be removed 
 without order of, 53. 
 
 report to be made to, from House for Detention of Wit- 
 nesses, 233. 
 
 report to be made to, of lost children, 276. 
 to be notified of death of any member of Force, 347. 
 to mention meritorious acts in preparing record of Force, 
 313. 
 
 also complaint against, 313. 
 information to be given by order of, 15. 
 
 Captains to make felony reports to, 303. 
 
 to be admitted to examination of applicants, 91. 
 
 Surgeons to report visits to Station-houses, 99. 
 sample of shield of Special Patrolmen to be kept in office 
 of, 272. 
 
 to furnish shields for Special Patrolmen, 272. 
 shields, Manuals, etc., of deceased members to be returned 
 to, 347. 
 
 CHIEF OF POLICE — 
 
 shall assign one Inspector to attend, in rotation, night and 
 Sunday duty at Central Department, 29. 
 to make assignments, transfers and detailments, 28, 125, 
 128, 195. 
 
 to issue all orders of Board of Police, 22. 
 chief executive officer, 21. 
 to repair to riots, serious fires, etc., 26. 
 to enforce laws and ordinances of the State and City, 
 21, 23. 
 
 and regulations of Board, 21, 23. 
 
 and abate gaming-houses and other improper places, 23. 
 and places kept for sale of lottery tickets and policies, 23. 
 promulgate orders, 24. 
 supervision of pawnbrokers, etc., 25. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 149 
 
 HIEF OF POLICE (Continued)— 
 
 disposition of gaming implements coming into possession 
 of Police, 250. 
 
 to keep books of record in his office, 27. 
 authorized to detail any member of Force for Police 
 duty, 28. 
 
 full dress, rules, 166, 170. 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 rules relating to dismissals, 139. 
 
 to prefer charges against members charged with fraudu- 
 lently contracting debts, 145. 
 
 Inspectors to transmit charges to, against members of 
 Force, 37. 
 
 houses of ill-fame and suspicious places to be reported to, 
 302. 
 
 to designate route of processions and parades, 282. 
 may direct Captain to night or Sunday duty, 29. 
 to enforce ordinances of the Board of Health, 23. 
 complaints of laxity or misconduct of members to, 39. 
 to grant leave of absence to Captains, 45. 
 diseases to be reported to, 50, 122. 
 to make details, 125, 128. 
 may make charges without oath, 134. 
 
 all charges against members of Force to be transmitted 
 to, 135, 136, 137. 
 
 may permit furniture at Station-houses, 190. 
 
 Captains to report sick and disabled horses to, 267. 
 
 Special Patrolmen to be referred to, 272. 
 employers of Special Patrolmen to report to, 274. 
 
 Special Patrolmen to report, 274. 
 
 Special Patrolmen to present certificate of payment of 
 salary to, 274. 
 
 Shield of Special Patrolmen to be returned to, 274. 
 to report to Board of Police discharge or removal of 
 Special Patrolmen, 274. 
 
 to grant to members of Force permission to withdraw com- 
 plaints, 358. 
 
 Special reports to be made to, of licensed liquor places 
 open in violation of law, 307. 
 to report accidents to Corporation Counsel, 326. 
 reports of special or meritorious services of any member 
 of Force to be transmitted to, 304. 
 to approve rules and regulations established by Captains, 
 54, 57. 
 
 make charges for absence without leave five days ; 141. 
 
150 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 CHIEF OF POLICE ( Continue d)— 
 
 may, by order, allow persons to visit prisoners In cells 
 at Station-house, 189. 
 
 Captains to report to, as to street lamps, 327. 
 also as to leakages in water pipes, 328. 
 permission of, must be had by member of Force, before 
 being permitted to apply for warrant of arrest for as- 
 sault upon himself, 331. 
 
 applications for leave of absence, transfer, detailment, 
 etc., must be made to, 120, 127. 
 to be notified of death of member of the Force, 347. 
 may suspend members of Force from duty without pay, 
 350. 
 
 salute to, 341. 
 
 to give indemnity bond, form of, 116. 
 all letters on Police business to be sent to, 352. 
 to fix hours and places for drill, 353. 
 violations of rules to be reported to, 146. 
 officer in command of Detective Bureau to report to, 198. 
 officer in command of School of Instruction to report to, 
 270. 
 
 rule relative to masked balls, 281. 
 gambling-houses, etc., to be reported to, 305. 
 fo report to Board of Police suspensions of members, 350. 
 to report his absence from City to Board of Police, 28. 
 absence or disability of, 30. 
 
 May grant leaves of absence for five days, 120. 
 may administer oaths, 134. 
 
 important messages to be telegraphed forthwith to, 253. 
 Superintendent of Telegraph to make report to, 255. 
 to select officer to take charge of School of Instruction, 
 269. 
 
 finding of unknown dead bodies to be reported to, 359. 
 to keep record of bicycles, repairs thereto, etc., 372. 
 CHILDREN — 
 
 retreat for lost children, 275. 
 
 relative to, rescued by Society for Prevention of Cruelty 
 to, 279. 
 
 CITIZENS— 
 
 treatment of, by members of Force, 331. 
 may be required to aid in cases of resistance, etc., 284. 
 CITY OF NEW YORK— 
 
 all persons connected with Police Department must reside 
 in, 321. 
 
 failure to, cause for dismissal, 321. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 151 
 
 CIVIL CASES (Processes, etc.)— 
 
 members, not to interfere in, except, 289. 
 members cannot execute civil processes, 289. 
 members are not liable to arrest in, 324. 
 
 CIVILITY— 
 
 to be shown to all persons by members of the Force, 339. 
 and to each other, 331. 
 
 CLAIMANTS— 
 
 as to, for stolen, lost or abandoned property, 239, 240. 
 CLAIM BILLS — 
 how paid, 111. 
 
 CLERKS, EMPLOYEES— 
 
 office hours in Chief Clerk’s office, 11. 
 to leave on permission only, 11, 12. 
 
 to give full names in all reports and communications, 354. 
 CLOTH— 
 
 issued by Chief Clerk, 17. 
 
 where and how obtained, 17, 151, 153, 154. 
 
 to be stamped, 153. 
 
 CLOTHING— 
 
 worn during the day, to be divested of, on retiring to 
 sleep, 336. 
 
 CLUBS- 
 
 rules relative to, 152, 154, 163, 331. 
 to be carried in sockets, 152. 
 
 not to be used on a citizen except in self-defense, 142. 
 COCK PITS— 
 
 laws against, to be enforced, 290. 
 
 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE— 
 
 rules relating to execution of warrants, 286. 
 COMMANDING OFFICERS— 
 
 to authorize members of Force to execute warrants, 296. 
 to enforce rule relating to political clubs and contribu- 
 tions, 332. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES— 
 lost children sent to, 278. 
 foundlings to be sent to, 278. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE- 
 number of, 1. 
 how appointed, 1. 
 
 make charges against members of Force, 134. 
 
 Chief of Police to promulgate orders of, and furnish 
 copies, 24. 
 
 may grant leave of absence to Clerks, 11. 
 to hold trials, 134, 140. 
 
152 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE {Continued)— 
 
 may allow visits to prisoners in cells, 189. 
 penalty for causing any person to interfere while trials 
 are being held before, 143. 
 may try certain charges in private, 144. 
 salute to, 341. 
 may administer oaths, 134. 
 
 (See also Board of Police.) 
 
 COMMITTEE OF SURGEONS— 
 
 detailed rules relating to, 89 to 94. 
 
 Surgeon first named to be Chairman of, 90. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES— 
 to approve requisitions for supplies, 115. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON RULES AND DISCIPLINE- 
 copy charges to be furnished to, 135, 140. 
 COMMUNICATIONS— 
 
 all relating to Police business to be sent to Chief of Po- 
 lice, 352. 
 
 full name to be given in all Police Reports, 354. 
 COMPANIES— 
 
 Police Force to be divided into, 346. 
 
 COMPENSATION (Other than Salaries)— 
 
 Surgeons not to receive, 86, 93. 
 to members when allowed, 114. 
 
 COMPLAINTS— 
 
 of citizens inquired into by District Inspector, 39. 
 of laxity or misconduct of members, 39. 
 against members, decisions, etc., to be read, 47. 
 calling for services of Detective Force, where kept, 196. 
 members must not withdraw, 358. 
 
 Chief Clerk to notice disposition of, in making up reports, 
 313. 
 
 trivial, 135. 
 
 against members made at Station House to be entered on 
 Blotter, 136, 137. 
 
 (See also Charges.) 
 
 CONCEALED WEAPONS— 
 
 Separate complaint to be made for carrying, 298; 
 CONSTABLES— 
 
 members of Force possess statutory powers of, 289. 
 CONTRIBUTIONS— 
 
 political, not to be solicited or made, 332. 
 CONVERSATION— 
 
 rule relating to, 205. 
 
 at house for Detention of Witnesses, 235. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 153 
 
 CORONERS’ OFFICE— 
 
 notice of dead bodies to be given thereat, 359. 
 CORPORATION ATTORNEY— 
 
 violation City ordinances to be reported to, 18. 
 accidents to be reported to, 326. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE— 
 
 with persons confined in House for Detention of Witnesses, 
 rule relating to, 234, 235. 
 
 COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION— 
 
 suits against members of the Force referred to, 16. 
 
 COURT GENERAL SESSIONS— 
 
 members of Force arrested for misdemeanor must elect to 
 be tried by, 357. 
 
 COURT RETURNS— 
 
 officers to examine, 45. 
 
 to be delivered to Court Clerk, 204. 
 
 COURT SQUADS- 
 
 officers in command of, to deliver returns, 204. 
 duties of, 207, 208, 209. 
 
 conversation between prisoners not allowed, 205. 
 
 under command of, 207. 
 
 members of, must not be absent, 209. 
 
 COURTS— 
 
 disposition of cases by, to be returned, 45. 
 persons to be taken to, as witnesses, 316. 
 property, stolen or lost, desired as evidence, to be deliv- 
 ered to, 193, 243. 
 
 prisoners to be taken to, when in session, 292. 
 rule relating to arrest by Special Patrolmen, 273. 
 warrants issued by, how executed, 286. 
 hours of City Magistrates, 206. 
 
 CRIME— 
 
 prevention of, most important object, 314, 315. 
 persons charging another with commission of, if unknown, 
 must accompany accused as witness, 316. 
 property, as proceeds of, what to be done with, 237, 240, 
 241. 
 
 duty of Force as to prevention of, 285, 290, 314. 
 duty of Force when arrests are made for, 286. 
 
 CRIMINAL PROCESSES— 
 
 to be served by members of the Court Squad, 207, 208. 
 to be delivered to Sergeant in command, 207, 208. 
 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS— 
 duty in regard to, 363. 
 to aid Society for Prevention of, 363. 
 to arrest persons abandoning any animal, 363. 
 
154 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 CRUELTY TO CHILDREN — 
 
 rule relative to sending children to care of Society for 
 Prevention of, 279. 
 
 DANGEROUS PROPERTY— 
 
 if found, Fire Commissioners to be notified of, 242, 308. 
 DEAD ANIMALS— 
 
 to be reported, 306. 
 
 DEAD BODIES (Of Unknown Persons)— 
 rule relative to, 359. 
 
 DEATH— 
 
 of members of Force to be reported to Chief of Police* 
 Chief Clerk, and Police Board, 97, 347. 
 
 DEBT— 
 
 penalty for refusing to pay for uniforms, 139. 
 penalty for failure to pay a debt, for which judgment has 
 been filed, 145. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT— 
 keeper to be furnished with names of appointees, 17. 
 to supply on written order of Chief Clerk, 151. 
 cloth, hats, buttons, wreaths, etc., 151, 153. 
 to report monthly, to Board, 151. 
 clothing to be stamped on lining, 153. 
 cloth for uniforms must be obtained at, 153, 154. 
 suits or garments cut separately, 154. 
 
 wreath and numbers can be purchased at Department, 155. 
 shields, Manuals, fire keys and transportation certificates, 
 supplied by Department, 156. 
 but remain property of Department, 156. 
 on leaving must be returned, 156. 
 
 Clubs and belts may be purchased at, 163. 
 
 DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE— 
 
 rules relating to, 30, 116, 166, 170, 176. 
 
 DEPUTY CLERKS— 
 office hours of, 11. 
 as to leave of absence of, 11, 12. 
 
 First Deputy to act in absence of Chief Clerk, 12. 
 
 Second Deputy to act in absence of Chief and First 
 Deputy Clerk, 12. 
 to administer oaths, 134. 
 
 DETAILMENTS — 
 
 to be made by Chief of Police, 125, 195. 
 
 Chief of Police may make for five days, 28. 
 
 may also make, out of city and report to Board, 28. 
 
 Chief of Police to report detailments to Board, 28. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 155 
 
 DETAILMENTS ( Continued )— 
 
 in cases of emergency. Captains may make, 126. 
 rule regarding, 128. 
 
 applications for, to be made to Chief of Police, 127. 
 DETECTIVE BUREAU— 
 
 under supervision of an Inspector or Captain, 195. 
 of whom to consist, 195. 
 to be assigned to detective duty, 195. 
 record of complaints to be kept, 196. 
 
 Inspector or Captain to have charge of, 196. 
 record of arrests, where and how kept, 197. 
 
 Blotter to be kept, and what to contain, 198. 
 daily morning returns to be made, 198. 
 rule relating to likenesses, 199. 
 where prisoners are to be taken, 294. 
 rule relating to arrests, 197, 292. 
 
 persons arrested for crimes committed in other States, to 
 be turned over to, 200. 
 
 also cases involving extradition to this State, 200. 
 to be notified of robberies, burglaries, murders, etc., 253. 
 DETECTIVE FORCE AND SERGEANTS— 
 
 under direct orders of Inspector or Captain, 195. 
 to leave City when on, 195. 
 number of, 195. 
 
 absence from City to be reported to Board, 195. 
 DISCIPLINE — 
 
 of Police Department, 2. 
 penalty for breach of, 139. 
 
 Inspectors to report quarterly, 36. 
 
 Inspectors responsible for, 36. 
 
 duties of officer in command of School of Instruction, 270. 
 DISEASES— 
 
 name and character reported by Surgeons, 104. 
 caused by improper habits, conduct, etc., 103, 119. 
 feigned diseases, charges to be made for, 103, 119. 
 malignant, etc., to be reported, 50, 104, 122, 314. 
 duty of Patrolmen as to, 314. 
 
 DISMISSALS— 
 
 absence of Clerks without leave, 11. 
 
 to be reported by Chief Clerk to Chief of Police, 14. 
 
 general rules relating to, 139. 
 
 absence without leave, ground of, 320, 322. 
 
 failure to reside in the City of New York cause for, 321. 
 
 for untruthfulness, 337. 
 
156 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 DISMISSALS ( Continued )- 
 
 for not taking arrested persons at once before Magistrate 
 or to Station-house, 285. 
 
 for intimidation of persons subpoenaed before Board of Po- 
 lice upon any investigation, 370. 
 
 DISORDERLY HOUSES AND PLACES— 
 
 Chief’s duties, relating to, 23, 27. 
 
 Patrolmen’s duties relating to, 290, 314. 
 duty to restrain and repress, 290. 
 
 DISORDERLY PERSONS— 
 
 laws against, to be enforced, 290. 
 
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY— 
 
 on order of, stolen property may be given up, 240. 
 DIVISIONS OF FORCE— 
 
 number and constitution of, 346. 
 
 DOORMEN— 
 
 uniform prescribed for, 173. 
 wearing uniform while on duty, 173. 
 
 to keep Station-houses and prisons clean and in order, 81. 
 
 to split wood, kindle fires, etc., 82. 
 
 general duties of, 81. 
 
 charge of prisoners, 82. 
 
 must report violations of rules, 325. 
 
 tours of duty, 81. 
 
 must visit prison and report condition, etc., of prisoners, 
 81. 
 
 DOORS OF HOUSES— 
 
 Patrolmen to examine, 314. 
 
 DRILL— 
 
 rule relating to, 353. 
 
 use of tobacco, prohibited at, 335. 
 
 penalties for non-attendance at, 353. 
 
 DRUGGISTS— 
 
 members of Force prohibited from applying to, for medi- 
 cines except, 361. 
 
 DUTY— 
 
 Chief Clerk to report appointments, etc., to Chief of Po- 
 lice, 14. 
 
 absence from, without leave, penalty for, 139, 320, 322. 
 members at all times on, 323, 329. 
 while on, members must maintain decorum, 339. 
 relief from, how obtained, 323, 329. 
 
 while on, members must be clean, and uniform in con- 
 formity to the Regulations, 180, 334. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 157 
 
 DUTY, SPECIAL— 
 
 Patrolmen detailed to, to report to officer in command, 310. 
 of Sanitary Company, 210. 
 
 ELECTION DISTRICTS— 
 
 Patrolmen to be detailed to, 333. 
 duties thereat, 333. 
 
 ELECTIONS— 
 
 order to be preserved at, 37. 
 duties of Captains, 333. 
 ballot-boxes to be protected, 333. 
 duties of members of Force at, 333. 
 fraudulent voting to be prevented, 333. 
 preservation of order at, 290, 333. 
 
 ELIGIBLE LIST— 
 
 names of candidates to appear on, 130. 
 
 EMIGRANTS (Strangers, Travelers, etc.)— 
 members of Force to advise and protect, 290. 
 ENGINEERS— 
 
 certificates, rules relating to, 213, 218. 
 
 certificate denied, in certain cases, 213. 
 
 renewals, how granted, 213. 
 
 expiration of certificate, 213, 214. 
 
 proceedings under examination of boilers, 214, 221. 
 
 rule relating to insecure or dangerous boilers, 219. 
 
 proceedings in regard to, 220. 
 
 rules relating to steam-gauges, 222, 223, 224. 
 
 certified, only can use or manage boilers, 225. 
 
 on Police Boat, by whom appointed, 259. 
 
 on duty when required, 260. 
 
 to belong to “officers’ mess,” 262. 
 
 duties of, on Police Launches, 266. 
 
 EQUIPMENT CLERK— 
 
 to be furnished with list of appointments, 17. 
 duties of, 151, 154. 
 
 ERASURES— 
 
 not to be made on books and reports of the Department, 
 362. 
 
 EVIDENCE— 
 
 must be given truly and distinctly, 337. 
 duty of Force in relation to, 337. 
 in cases of homicide, 365. 
 
 EXAMINATIONS— 
 
 of applicants by Surgeons, 90, 91, 92, 93, 105. 
 persons not admitted to, by Surgeons, 91. 
 
158 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 EXAMINATIONS ( Continued )— 
 
 except as provided in rule, 91. 
 
 of crimes, casualties, nuisances, etc., by Surgeons, 94. 
 of engineers, how and by whom done, 212, 213. 
 penalties in certain cases, 213. 
 
 certificates and renewals denied in certain cases, 213. 
 notice of, how given, 214. 
 
 reports of, to be made to commanding officer, 215. 
 certificates, when and how granted, 218. 
 notice of, inspection of Boilers, 214. 
 rule relating to examinations, 221. 
 charges as law directs, 224. 
 
 records of to be kept in office of Civil Service Board, 89. 
 of applicants by Civil Service Board, 130. 
 
 EXCISE LAW— 
 
 presumptive evidence of violation of, 291. 
 duty of Inspectors relative to, 307. 
 
 Captains to enforce, and report violations, 49. 
 members to enforce, 290. 
 
 EXCURSIONS— 
 
 members not allowed to go on target, except, etc., 349. 
 EXPENSES (Payments, etc.)— 
 of Chief’s office, 27. 
 emergency bill of, 115. 
 
 FALSE PRETENCES— 
 
 contracting debts under, breach of discipline, 139. 
 FELONIES— 
 
 persons charging commission of, may be required to 
 make affidavit, 134. 
 
 special powers of members relating to, 284. 
 when outer doors, etc., may be forcibly opened, 284. 
 when inner doors, etc., may be forcibly opened, 284. 
 persons suspected of, rule relating to, 284. 
 cautions to be observed in making arrests for, 284. 
 must not use unnecessary violence, 284. 
 execution of warrants, 286. 
 
 arrests of car drivers, motormen and conductor, 297. 
 Captains to keep special record of arrests for, 303. 
 FEMALE PRISONERS— 
 treatment of, 283. 
 
 FINANCE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 duplicate bills to be transmitted to, 111. 
 
 FIRE-ARMS— 
 
 where to practice with, 157. 
 
 not to be discharged at Central Department, except, 158. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 159 
 
 FIRE COMMISSIONERS— 
 
 notice to be sent to, of inflammable or dangerous prop- 
 erty, 242, 308. 
 
 FIRE COMPANY— 
 
 no member of Force to belong to, 349. 
 
 FIRE-ESCAPES— 
 
 incumbered, rule, 366. 
 
 FIRE KEY— 
 
 Chief Clerk to issue, 13, 156. 
 
 to be returned upon death of members, 347. 
 
 FIRES— 
 
 Chief of Police to be present at, 26. 
 
 Captains in command at, in certain cases, 346. 
 ranking officer in other cases, 346. 
 
 Inspectors to be present at, 26. 
 
 Inspectors to provide adequate Police Force at, 37. 
 at any alarm of, Captains to proceed to, with Reserve 
 Force, etc., 310. 
 
 in case of. Roundsmen’s duty, 74. 
 
 rule as to Reserve Force on duty at, 355. 
 
 on returning from, to answer roll-call, 355. 
 
 persons to be present at, 348. 
 
 must wear regulation badges, 348. 
 
 in Station-houses, stoves, etc., rule, 82. 
 
 Police attendance to be provided at, 290. 
 co-operation of Police with Fire Department, 369. 
 duty of operator, upon receipt of an alarm of, 254. 
 officer in command to stop travel in case of danger, 369. 
 FOUNDLINGS— 
 
 may be sent to Commissioners of Charities, 278. 
 blanks in regard to, to be filled by officer in charge, 278. 
 FUEL (and Gas.)— 
 
 excessive or earless consumption of, rule, 62, 76. 
 FURNITURE— 
 
 what is allowed in Station-houses, 190. 
 report of, to Treasurer’s Bookkeeper, 249. 
 
 GAMBLERS— 
 
 persons suspected of being, to be reported, 305. 
 
 GAMBLING AND GAMBLING-HOUSES— 
 
 implements used in, as to disposition of, 250. 
 as to property taken on making arrests for, 243. 
 laws against, to be enforced, 49, 290. 
 
 Chief of Police to abate, 23. 
 
 Chief of Police and Inspectors to keep record of, 27. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 1*50 
 
 GAMBLING AND GAMBLING-HOUSES ( Continued)— 
 
 Police Force to report, 305. 
 
 Captains to report, 302. 
 
 GAMING IMPLEMENTS— 
 rule relative to, 250. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS— 
 
 rules relating to, 24, 47. 
 
 GRADES— 
 
 application for advancement to, rule, 124. 
 
 GRAND JURY— 
 
 members of Force arrested for misdemeanors, investiga- 
 tion to be bad by, 357. 
 
 HACKS— 
 
 Patrolmen to notice, etc., 314. 
 
 regulation of, at places of amusement, balls, etc., 312. 
 HARBOR POLICE— 
 
 Captains’ uniform, 168, 170, 176. 
 
 Sergeants’ uniform, 168, 170, 176. 
 
 Patrolmen’s uniform, 171, 174. 
 
 all uniforms to conform to sample, 171. 
 
 Master to be appointed by Board of Police, 258. 
 to command Police Steamboat, 258. 
 
 Master responsible for all matters pertaining to Steam- 
 boat and Crew, 258. 
 
 Boat’s Crew, bow constituted, and by whom employed, 259. 
 absence, bow and when allowed, 260. 
 
 Harbor Police Force, bow constituted, 261. 
 officers of Tbirty-sixtb Precinct, command Steamboat and 
 Crew, 261. 
 
 general duties defined, 261. 
 
 rule relating to messes, 262. 
 
 rule relating to color of rowboats, 263. 
 
 prisoners brought on shore, bow disposed of, 264. 
 
 rowboats not to be used except on Police business, 265. 
 
 launches to be in charge of an officer, 266. 
 
 duties of Pilot, and Engineer, 266. 
 
 accidents or injuries to be reported, 266. 
 
 Master, to be assigned by Board of Police, 258. 
 to have command of navigation of Police Boat, 258. 
 member of officers’ mess, 262. 
 to be considered always on duty, 260. 
 and Pilot not to be absent same time, 260. 
 to be under command of Police Captain, 261. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 m 
 
 HATS— 
 
 how and where to be obtained, 17, 151. 
 
 HEALTH ORDINANCES— 
 
 Chief of Police to enforce, 23. 
 
 HEALTH SQUAD- 
 
 how composed, duties of, 211. 
 
 HOMICIDES— 
 
 as to charges for not discovering, 142. 
 evidence in cases of, 365. 
 
 HOSPITAL— 
 
 what persons to be sent to, 293, 326. 
 rule relating to persons ill or injured, 326. 
 
 HOSTLERS— 
 
 duties of, 268. 
 
 HOUSE FOR DETENTION OF WITNESSES— 
 
 Inspector to inspect, 40. 
 its object, 231. 
 
 its officers and how appointed, 232. 
 
 Sergeant in charge to report daily, 233. 
 rule relating to correspondence with persons confined in, 
 234. 
 
 as to conversations, interviews, etc., at, 235. 
 duties of officer in command, 235. 
 duties of Purveyor, 236. 
 supplies for, how furnished, 236. 
 
 Board of Surgeons to report as to sanitary condition, 95. 
 HOUSES— 
 
 when policemen may enter to make arrests, 284. 
 
 HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION (Bad Fame, etc.)- 
 laws against, enforced, 290. 
 
 IMMORAL CONDUCT— 
 penalty for, 139. 
 
 charge for, to be tried in private, 144. 
 
 INCAPACITY— 
 
 ground for dismissal, 139. 
 
 INFORMATION— 
 
 Patrolmen to communicate, of a suspicious nature, 314. 
 as to certain Police business, etc., not to be given, 338 
 certain messages sent to Bureau of, 253. 
 of an important crime or casualty, to be telephoned forth- 
 with to Central Office, 253, 309. 
 
 INSPECTION— 
 
 of members of Force, 36, 59, 75. 
 of Station-houses, 36, 52 . 
 
m 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 INSPECTION i Continued)- 
 
 garments to be inspected before being worn, 161. 
 of posts by Patrolmen, 315, 316. 
 
 by Steam-Boiler Squad, of steam-boilers and appliances, 
 212, 215, 217, 222. 
 
 of key to telegraph signal-box, 257. 
 of pistols, to be frequently made, 157. 
 
 INSPECTION DISTRICTS — 
 
 City of New York divided into, 6, 35. 
 subject to alteration, 6. 
 number and name of districts, 35 
 of what Precints each is composed, 35. 
 
 Inspectors assigned, 35. 
 
 INSPECTORS, DISTRICT— 
 number of, 35. 
 
 assignments to certain duty, 29. 
 
 to attend to night and Sunday duty at Central Depart- 
 ment, 29. 
 
 Captains to report to, on pawnbrokers’ shops, junk-shops, 
 etc., 55. 
 
 applications for transfer, detailment, etc., to be trans- 
 mitted through, 127. 
 
 to indorse applications for assignments, transfers and de- 
 tailments, 127. 
 
 make charges without oath, 134. 
 
 trials, mode and manner of, and service of papers for, 136. 
 to request persons making complaints against members of 
 Force to make oath to, 137. 
 
 to receive orders from Chief of Police and issue to Force, 
 
 22 . 
 
 possesses general Police Supervision over licensed or un- 
 licensed pawnbrokers, etc., 25. 
 full dress rules, 167, 170. 
 summer— undress— overcoat, 174, 176. 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 responsible for his District, 36, 39, 
 must inspect Station-houses, 36, 39. 
 receive reports of Captains, etc., 36. 
 see that laws and ordinances are enforced, 37. 
 provide adequate Police Force at fires, 37. 
 transmit to Chief of Police charges, etc., 37. 
 make quarterly reports to Chief of Police as to Station- 
 houses, 36. 
 
 keep book of records, 38 
 
INDEX. 
 
 163 
 
 INSPECTORS, DISTRICT (Continued)— 
 
 see that Station-houses are in good order, and books 
 properly kept, 36, 77. 
 
 visit portions of his District and Station-houses at uncer- 
 tain hours, etc., 39. 
 
 to examine House for Detention of Witnesses, 40. 
 officers assigned to, for office duty, etc., 41. 
 to report violations of rules and prefer charges therefor, 
 77, 146. 
 
 Captains to report to, derelictions of duty of Force, 304. 
 Captains to report special services of members of Force to, 
 304. 
 
 to approve rules and regulations established by Captains, 
 54, 67. 
 
 may allow visits to prisoners at Station-houses, 189 
 to make special reports as to licensed liquor-selling places, 
 307. 
 
 violations of rules to be reported to, 325. 
 to give indemnity bonds, rule relating to, 116. 
 to repair to riots, serious fires, etc., 26. 
 to report to Chief of Police, 36. 
 to grant leave of absence, 41. 
 how assigned, 35. 
 
 to inspect uniform, duties therewith, 161. 
 may permit furniture, etc., at Station-houses, 190. 
 Detective Bureau to be under the supervision of, 195. 
 rules relating to, 195, 196, 198. 
 
 Captains to report sick and disabled horses to, 267. 
 to command company in certain cases, 346. 
 salute to, 341. 
 
 to inquire into complaints of citizens against members of 
 the Force, 39. 
 
 to administer oaths in certain cases, 134, 278. 
 
 INSURANCE PATROL— 
 
 to be allowed at fires, 348. 
 
 INTOXICATED, UNCONSCIOUS OR INSANE PERSONS— 
 arrested, how treated, 244, 293, 326. 
 
 INTOXICATING LIQUORS— 
 
 rule as to licensed places for sale of, 307. 
 members of Force not allowed to drink or enter places 
 where sold while on duty, 340. 
 unlawful sale of, 291 
 
 not allowed in Station-houses, except on order of Police 
 Surgeon, 340. 
 
164 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 INTOXICATING LIQUORS {Continued)— 
 
 members of Force under influence of, to be examined by 
 Surgeon, 368. 
 
 INTOXICATION— 
 
 proceedings relating to, 293. 
 punishment for, 139. 
 
 JANITOR (Central Office)— 
 duty of, 191. 
 
 JUDGMENTS (of Board of Police)— 
 
 records to be authenticated by Chief Clerk, 133. 
 rules relating to, 134, 138. 
 
 records of, kept in Chief Clerk’s office, 15, 138. 
 to be rendered by majority of Board of Police, 134.- 
 JUNK-SHOPS— 
 
 members of Force tt> make themselves thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with, 314. 
 supervision of, 25, 55. 
 
 JURY DUTY— 
 
 members not liable to, etc., 324. 
 
 LAMPS- 
 
 rules relating to street, 327. 
 
 LANGUAGE— 
 
 coarse or violent, not permitted to be used, 339. 
 LAUNCHES— 
 
 rule relating to, 266. 
 
 LAWS OF ARRESTS (General Principles of)— 
 members possess certain powers in State, 285. 
 general duties of members in New York City, 290. 
 when arrests may be made without warrants, 290. 
 special powers of, in case of felony, 284. 
 in case of resistance, may require aid of bystanders, 2S4. 
 when and how outer doors, etc., may be forcibly opened, 
 284. 
 
 when ancHiow inner doors, etc., may be forcibly opened, 
 284. 
 
 persons suspected of felony, rule relating to, 284. 
 rule relating to affrays, 284. 
 arrests for felony without malice, rule, 284. 
 caution to be observed, 284. 
 
 to be carefully explained to members of School of Instruc- 
 tion, 270. 
 
 LAWS OF THE STATE— 
 
 Chief of Police to enforce, 21, 23. 
 
 Inspectors to enforce, 37. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 165 
 
 LAWS OF THE STATE {Continued)— 
 
 Policemen to be instructed in, 270. 
 to make arrests for violations of, 285. 
 
 LETTERS— 
 
 Captains to deliver, 48, 352. 
 
 rule relative to, to persons detained in House for Deten- 
 tion of Witnesses, 234, 235. 
 
 LIBRARIES— 
 
 rule respecting, 46. 
 
 LICENSE— 
 
 for any place of amusement, must be had, 288. 
 
 LICENSED LIQUOR PLACES— 
 
 kept open in violation of law, to be reported, 307,. 314. 
 also noisy or disorderly, 314. 
 
 LIQUORS— 
 
 as to sale of, in violation of law, 307. 
 
 drinking of, not allowed by members of Force on duty, 
 etc., 340. 
 
 arrests for unlawful sale of, 291. 
 
 members of Force under influence of intoxicating, 368. 
 LODGING-HOUSES AND APPLICANTS FOR LODGINGS— 
 may be sent to “charitable lodging institution,” 194. 
 Board of Surgeons to report as to sanitary condition, 95. 
 LOST CHILDREN (Abandoned, etc.)— 
 to be sent to Central Department, 275. 
 when found to be taken to Station-house, 276. 
 records to be kept thereat, 276. 
 report of, to be made to Chief Clerk, 276. 
 returns to be made with each child, 277. 
 member, and sex, and disposition made of, to be kept at 
 Station-house, 276. 
 
 At Central Office to be in charge of Matron, 275. 
 
 when to be placed at Charities, 278. 
 
 rule relating to foundlings, 278. 
 
 relating to children taken by S. P. C. to C., 279, 280. 
 
 LOST TIME— 
 
 deduction for, rule, 118. 
 report of, by Surgeons, 101, 102. 
 
 LOTTERIES— 
 
 to be abated and reported, 23, 49, 250. 
 places for sale of, to be reported, 305. 
 law relating to enforcement of laws against, 290. 
 disposition of lottery tickets or policies, 250. 
 
 Captains to report places used for lottery purposes, 302. 
 
160 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 MAGISTRATES— 
 
 stolen property, etc., to be delivered on order of, 239. 
 arrested persons to be taken before, 285, 292 
 authorized to take bail, etc., 286. 
 
 Sergeants of Court Squads to deliver Court returns to, 204. 
 to issue warrants, 286. 
 
 warrants issued by, may be executed by Police Force, 289. 
 may determine court hours, 206. 
 
 MANUALS— 
 
 Chief Clerk to have charge of, and issue, 13. 
 to be carefully kept and studied, 356. 
 of deceased members to be returned, 347. 
 rule relating to, 156. 
 
 MASKED BALLS— 
 
 rule relating to, 281. 
 
 MATRON (at Central. Office)— 
 lost children in charge of, 275. 
 
 , children rescued from inhuman parents, in charge of, 279. 
 MATRONS-^Rule, 283. 
 
 MEALS- 
 
 to be furnished witnesses, 236. 
 
 MEDICINES— 
 
 rule relating to, 361. 
 
 MEETINGS— 
 
 of Board of Police, rule as to, 4. 
 of Board of Surgeons, relating to, 89, 94. 
 
 MESSES OF BOATS’ CREW— 
 designation of, 262. 
 how managed, 262. 
 
 MILITARY COMPANY— 
 
 no member of the Force allowed to belong to any, 349. 
 MILITARY DUTY— 
 
 members of Force not liable to, 324. 
 
 MILITARY ORDER- 
 
 men to be marched in, while proceeding to perform duty, 
 331. 
 
 MISDEMEANORS— 
 
 members of the Force arrested for, must elect to be tried 
 by Court of General Sessions, 357. 
 of what misdemeanors consist, 290. 
 when arrests may be made without warrants, 285, 290. 
 connected with processions and parades, 282. 
 when arrests are made with warrant for, 286, 289. 
 of driver, motorman or conductor for, 297. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 167 
 
 MONEY— 
 
 alleged or supposed to be stolen, taken from prisoners, 
 rules relating to, 237 to 244. 
 
 members of Force not allowed to collect for political pur- 
 poses, 332. 
 
 members of Force prohibited from borrowing from each 
 other, 360. 
 
 MORGUE— 
 
 dead bodies of unknown persons to be conveyed to, 359. 
 proceedings connected therewith, 359. 
 
 MORNING RETURNS AND REPORTS— 
 rule relative to, 45. 
 
 to be made by officer in command of Detective Bureau, 
 198. 
 
 relating to lost children, 276. 
 
 arrests by Special Patrolmen, rule relative to, 273. 
 MOUNTED FORCE— 
 
 rules as to, 267, 268. 
 salute by, 341. 
 
 smoking prohibited in stables of, 335. 
 
 MOUNTED PATROLMEN— 
 uniform of, 172. 
 rules relating to, 267, 268. 
 salute by, 341. 
 
 general duties of, in regard to treatment and care of 
 horses, 267, 268. 
 
 relieving points of, to be arranged so as to save unneces- 
 sary travel, 267. 
 
 MOUNTED ROUNDSMEN— 
 uniform of, 170, 172. 
 
 NAME— 
 
 Christian and surname to be given in full in all reports, 
 etc., 354. 
 
 NEGLECT OF DUTY— 
 
 grounds for complaint and dismissal, 139, 146, 162. 
 
 NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO 
 CHILDREN— 
 
 notice to be sent to, of arrested person or complainant, un- 
 der 16 years of age, 280 
 rule relative to children rescued by, 279. 
 girls under 18, who are complainants in case of rape, must 
 be taken for examination to, 280. 
 
168 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 NIGHT DUTY— 
 
 Inspector or Captain to be assigned to, at Central De- 
 partment, 29. 
 
 night off, rules relative to, 67, 123. 
 
 NOTICES— 
 
 from Central Department, Captains to cause to be served, 
 
 48 . 
 
 NUISANCES— 
 
 Inspectors to cause to be removed, 37. 
 removals of, 290. 
 
 NUMBERS— 
 
 how and where obtained, 17, 151, 155. 
 
 OATHS— 
 
 rule relating to, 134. 
 
 OBSCENE ACTS, Etc.— 
 
 members charged with, may be tried in private, 144. 
 OBSCENE AND LEWD PURPOSES— 
 
 houses kept for, to be reported, 305. 
 houses kept for, to be abated, 23. 
 
 OBSCENE LITERATURE, PICTURES, ETC.— 
 rule relating to, 287. 
 
 OFFENDERS— 
 
 same responsibility of members for arrest of, when not, as 
 when in uniform, 323. 
 to be arrested, 284, 290. 
 
 OFFENSES— 
 
 penalty for certain, 139. 
 not to be compounded, 358. 
 
 OFFICER IN COMMAND— 
 to report, 36. 
 
 to enter charges in Blotter, 135, 137. 
 and file original charge, 135. 
 
 of House for Detention of Witnesses, duties of, 232 to 235. 
 Manuals, shields, etc., of members returned by, 156, 347. 
 to file duplicate charges, 137. 
 
 to send lost children to Central Department, and telegraph 
 description of, 275. 
 
 of School of Instruction, duties of, 270. • 
 duties of, concerning prisoners, complainants and wit- 
 nesses, 193, 292. 
 
 death of members, relative to, 347. 
 to frequently inspect pistols, 157. 
 of Steam-boiler Squad, duties of, 213 to 227. 
 to report' dangerous or inflammable property, 242. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 169 
 
 OFFICER IN COMMAND {Continued)— 
 
 to make daily report* to Property Clerk, 248 
 to transmit inventory of furniture, 249. 
 
 OMNIBUSES— 
 
 rule as to misdemeanors in stopping, 297. 
 
 ORDERS— 
 
 Board of Police to issue from time to time, 5. 
 rule relating to, 22. 
 all orders to be promptly obeyed, 339. 
 special, not to be divulged, 338. 
 promulgated by Chief of Police, 24, 27. 
 
 ORDINANCES— 
 
 to be enforced, 23, 37. 
 
 violations of, to be reported to Corporation Attorney, 18. 
 to be explained in School of Instruction, 270. 
 arrests for violations of, ,290, 297. 
 
 amount of bail required in arrests for violations of, 285. 
 violations of, to be reported daily to Chief Clerk, 301. 
 PATROL POSTS— 
 
 how and by whom established, 6 
 subject to alteration, 6. 
 must be inspected by Patrolmen, 315, 316. 
 and patrolled at all times except in certain cases, 315. 
 PATROL WAGONS— 
 
 duties of guards and drivers, 375. 
 calls to be answered promptly, 375. 
 damages to or by, to be reported, 375. 
 
 Blotter to be kept at stables, 375. 
 
 PATROLMEN— 
 
 qualifications for, 130. 
 rule as to charges, etc., 134, 135, 136. 
 rules as to dress, etc., of, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 176. 
 convicted of losing his shield, to be fined, 162. 
 not permitted to sign petitions for appointment on Force, 
 331. 
 
 rule relating to resignations, 322. 
 
 as to neglect to pay for Police uniforms and making there- 
 of, 139. 
 
 general duties and powers, 290. 
 
 trials, mode and manner of, 140. 
 
 when sick, to report to Station-house, 100. 
 
 Surgeons to receive no pay for medicine for, 93. 
 is under command of Surgeon when sick, 106. 
 always to be properly attired and cleanly, 180, 334. 
 
170 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PATROLMEN ( Continued )— 
 
 under command of Captain, 57. 
 
 Captains to designate route of, 60. 
 charges for absence five days without leave, 141. 
 for homicides, burglaries, etc., not discovered, 142. 
 Sergeants and Roundsmen to see that Patrolmen properly 
 perform their duty, and that their uniforms, etc., are 
 clean, 66, 73, 75. 
 
 mode of call by whistle and by raps, 152. 
 general duties of, on post, 290, 314, 315. 
 use best exertions to prevent crime, 314, 315. 
 must make himself acquainted with persons living on his 
 post, 314, 315. 
 
 will be held responsible for injury to signal-boxes, etc., 
 257. 
 
 to examine doors and low windows, etc., 314. 
 report suspected persons, gamblers, policy dealers, thieves, 
 etc., 305, 314. 
 
 messages regarding missing persons or property to be 
 communicated to, 254. 
 
 require accuser to accompany person accused of crime to 
 Police Court, 316. 
 
 must not enter Public Parks while on duty, except, 374. 
 in night time to notice hacks, cabs and vehicles, 314. 
 must not talk or walk together or with citizens while on 
 duty, except, 317. 
 
 must not leave post until regularly relieved from duty, 
 318. 
 
 or enter any house, except in discharge of Police duty, 318. 
 pay particular attention to public houses, drinking places, 
 etc., 314. 
 
 to report dead animals, 306. 
 
 on special duty to report to officer in command, 319. 
 absent from duty without leave forfeits pay, 320. 
 duty of, as to things dangerous in streets, 326. 
 justified in killing any rabid or dangerous animal, 326. 
 to report infectious and epidemic diseases, 314. 
 duty of, as to street lamps, 327. 
 as to water pipes, 328. 
 to disperse crowds, 314. 
 
 duties of, as to unlawful sale of liquors, 291. 
 on West and South streets, to repair to Police Boat when 
 signals are displayed to aid Society for Prevention of 
 Cruelty to Animals, 363. 
 
 duty in regard to prisoners of Harbor Police, etc., 264. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 171 
 
 PATROLMEN (Continued)— 
 
 Police Force to be armed with pistol on duty, 157. 
 duties of, in School of Instruction, 270, 271. 
 to do first tour night duty only, while in School of In- 
 struction, 271. 
 
 full duty after one month, 271. 
 
 penalty for causing any person to interfere in behalf of, 
 while on trial, 143. 
 always on duty, 323, 329. 
 must devote whole time to duty, 329. 
 not allowed to follow any other avocation, 329. 
 must be punctual, prompt, civil, and attentive to duty, 
 etc., 339. 
 
 when questions are asked, civil answers must be given, 
 339. 
 
 not allowed while on duty or in uniform to drink liquor 
 or smoke, 340. 
 
 duty of, as to lost or abandoned children, 276, 278. 
 not allowed to accept any gratuity or reward, 114. 
 nor any compensation for damages sustained in discharge 
 of duty, 114. 
 
 except with consent. Board of Police, 114. 
 not permitted to apply for warrant for assault upon him- 
 self, without first reporting case to Chief of Police, 331. 
 when arrested for misdemeanor, must elect to be tried by 
 Court General Sessions, 357. 
 must not compound offenses, 358. 
 to execute warrants, 286. 
 
 to report to Roundsman or Sergeant, when leaving post, 
 318. 
 
 to report accidents, etc., 326. 
 
 to make themselves acquainted with localities of junk 
 shops, also character of boats and vessels plying in 
 harbor, 314. 
 
 to report inflammable or explosive materials, 242, 308. 
 uniforms, to be worn on duty, 177. 
 duties of, in School of Instruction, 271. 
 details of instruction in School, 270, 271. 
 nor communicate Police information, 338. 
 to keep memorandum book, 151, 295. 
 to report violations of rules, orders, etc., 325. 
 rules relating to warrants of arrest, search, etc., 286 289 
 296. 
 
 duty as to arrest for violating law as to opening places of 
 amusement without license, 288. 
 
172 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PATROLMEN {Continued)— 
 
 must act with promptness, energy and decision, when 
 called upon, 314. 
 
 when unknown dead body is found to be reported forth- 
 with, 359. 
 
 untruthfulness a disqualification, 337. 
 deductions from pay, when made, 118. 
 to be drilled at certain hours, 353. 
 penalty for non-attendance at, 353. 
 general powers of, and duties as to arrest, 284 to 298. 
 must not become offended at abuse, 331. 
 not to make arrests in their own family quarrels, 331 
 duty as to arrest of street-car conductors and drivers, and 
 drivers of U. S. Mail wagons, 297. 
 
 Probationary, to be re-examined, etc., 131. 
 PAWNBROKERS, VENDERS, JUNK SHOPS, CARTMEN. IN- 
 TELLIGENCE OFFICES AND AUCTIONEERS— 
 under supervision of Chief of Police, Inspectors and Cap- 
 tains, 25. 
 
 Captains to inspect, keep records of and report, 55. 
 
 PAY (Pay Day, etc.)— 
 
 forfeiture of, for certain offenses, 139, 322. 
 absence without leave forfeits, 320 
 deductions for lost time, rule as to, 118. 
 applications for full, how made, 118. 
 
 PAY-ROLLS— 
 
 general rule as to, 111. 
 
 paid monthly, subject to deductions for fines, etc., 118. 
 
 deductions from, for lost time, 118. 
 
 to be examined, etc., in Chief Clerk’s office, 111. 
 
 PEACE— 
 
 breaches of, arrests to be made for, 285. 
 to be preserved at elections, 333. 
 
 PENALTY— 
 
 for absence without leave, 320, 322. 
 
 for resigning or withdrawing from Force without leave, 
 322. 
 
 for non-attendance at drills, 353. 
 for feigning sickness, 119. 
 
 for interfering with persons subpoenaed before Board of 
 Police upon any investigation, 370. 
 
 PENSIONERS— 
 
 of Police Pension Fund, etc., duty of Surgeons to, 86. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 173 
 
 PERSONS— 
 
 Patrolman to make himself acquainted with, on his post, 
 314, 315. 
 
 and to fix impressions in their mind as to enable them to 
 recognize, etc., 315. 
 
 suspicious, whom Patrolmen frequently meet at night, 
 carefully watch, 314. 
 
 and report movements of all persons of suspected or 
 known bad character, 314. 
 
 accusing others of crime, to be taken to Station-house as 
 witnesses, 316. 
 
 Patrolmen not to converse with, while on duty, 317. 
 applying for lodging at Station-house, may be sent to 
 charitable lodging-houses, 194. 
 rights of, to be protected, 284, 290. 
 
 found in the streets at night, suspected, may be arrested, 
 284. 
 
 ill or injured to be sent to hospital, 326. 
 
 Subpoenaed before Police Board not to be intimidated, 
 etc., 370. 
 
 PHOTOGRAPH OR LIKENESSES— 
 
 collected for use of Detective Force, how kept, 199. 
 
 PILOT ON POLICE BOAT— 
 how appointed, 259. 
 to be on duty when required, 260. 
 member of officers’ mess, 262. 
 duties of, on Police Launches, 266. 
 
 PISTOL— 
 
 each member of Force to be armed with, while on duty, 
 157. 
 
 not to be discharged at Central Department, except, 158. 
 not to be drawn on a citizen except in self-defense, 142. 
 may be procured at Bureau of Clothing and Equipment, 
 151. 
 
 to be stamped with shield number, 157. 
 
 PISTOL PRACTICE— 
 
 Rules relating to School of Instruction in, 157. 
 PLATOONS— 
 
 how and by whom established and commanded, 58. 
 duties in case of fire, 310. 
 
 POLICE BOAT— 
 
 who to command, 258. 
 
 Captain of, how designated, 258. 
 boat under command of, 258. 
 
174 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 POLICE BOAT ( Continued ) — 
 
 responsible for, and for action of crew, 258. 
 crew of, how constituted, 259. 
 
 Captain to employ pilot, etc., 259. 
 
 Master considered on duty at all times, 260. 
 
 Master and Pilot not to be absent at same time, 260. 
 Captain and Force of Thirty-sixth Precinct designated as 
 “The Police Force,” 261. 
 
 Captain of, to order and direct Master, 261 
 \ see that sleeping and mess rooms are kept in order, 261. 
 
 Officers’ mess, who compose, 262. 
 
 Force mess, who compose, 262. 
 row boats, rule relative to, 263. 
 
 prisoners brought on shore, to be transferred to nearest 
 Station-house, 264. 
 
 not to be used for any purpose but for Police business, 
 265. 
 
 supplies for cleaning, how obtained, 262. 
 
 POLICE BUSINESS— 
 
 certain information not to be given, 338. — " “ 
 letters or communications relating to, to be sent to Chief 
 of Police, 352. 
 
 POLICE COURTS— 
 
 prisoners to be taken to, 193. 
 
 persons to be taken to, as witnesses, 316. 
 
 property needed as evidence to be taken to, 193. 
 
 list of Precincts connected with, 294. 
 
 to what courts prisoners are to be conveyed, 294. 
 
 POLICE DEPARTMENT— 
 how composed, 1. 
 
 Board of Police, head of, 2. 
 government of, 2. 
 territorial jurisdiction of, 3. 
 
 persons connected with, to reside in City of New York, 
 321. 
 
 POLICE FORCE— 
 
 how appointed, 1. 
 jurisdiction and authority of, 3. 
 posts established by Captains, 6. 
 of what the Force consists, 345. 
 divisions into companies and squads, 346. 
 
 Board of Police make orders, rules and regulations for 
 government of, 5. 
 
Resolved, That Rule 49 be amended by adding the following new 
 paragraph : 
 
 x. Members of the Police Force, and emploj^ees of the Police 
 Department, are prohibited from bringing any legal proceedings 
 against the Police Department, or against any Commissioner of said 
 Department, or against The City of New York, for any legal or 
 equitable relief, without first submitting a statement of the relief 
 demanded and the facts upon which such relief is claimed, to the 
 Police Board, and receiving from said Board a decision denying such 
 application. Such application must be in writing, signed by the 
 member of the Force making it, and must be submitted through his 
 commanding officer. In no case shall such application be made through 
 an attorney. Applications of employees of the Department must be 
 made through the head of their Bureau. A violation of this rule shall 
 subject the offender to dismissal from the Force, or Department, as the 
 case may be. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 175 
 
 POLICE FORCE ( Continued )— 
 
 charges against members, how made, etc., 134, 135, 136, 137. 
 specifications, notices, trials, services, etc., 136. 
 orders to be issued by Chief of Police, 22. 
 
 Chief of Police the Chief executive officer of, 21. 
 
 Chief of Police to command in serious fires, riots, etc., 26. 
 Chief of Police to promulgate orders, 24. 
 
 Shields and Manuals furnished on order of Chief Clerk, 13. 
 suits against members to be defended, 16. 
 uniforms must accord to regulations, 161, 180. 
 
 Police uniforms, wreaths, not to be worn or had by others, 
 182. 
 
 Manuals, shields, fire-keys and transportation certificates 
 supplied by Department, 156. 
 full dress rules, 165 to 172. 
 
 not permitted to sign petitions for appointments, 331. 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 relating to resignations and withdrawals, 322. 
 penalty for absence without leave, 320, 322. 
 may be punished for doing certain acts, 139, 143, 145. 
 rules relating to dismissals, 139, 145, 320, 321, 322. 
 relating to non-payment Police uniform clothing and mak- 
 ing thereof, 139. 
 
 trials, mode and manner of, 140. 
 
 violations of rules and regulations, charges to be made 
 for, 146. 
 
 pay-rolls, how made up and treated, etc., 111. 
 rules requiring to be always cleanly and in good attire, 
 180, 334. 
 
 violations city ordinances to be reported, 301. 
 duties in case of fires and riots, 310, 311. 
 to disperse crowds, 314. 
 
 to make themselves acquainted with junk shops, etc., 314. 
 to notify Fire Commissioners of any inflammable or dan- 
 gerous property, 242, 308. 
 members of, always on duty, 323, 329. 
 not allowed to follow any other business, 329. 
 members of, to be civil, quiet, punctual, etc., 339. 
 drinking and smoking not allowed while on duty, or in 
 uniform, 340. 
 
 not to interfere with or intimidate persons subpoenaed 
 before Board of Police, 370. 
 
 acceptance of presents not allowed, except, 112, 113, 114. 
 not permitted to apply for warrant without, etc., 296, 331. 
 
76 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 POLICE]FORCE ( Continued )— 
 
 prohibited from entering Public Parks while on duty, ex- 
 cept, 374. 
 
 cloth for uniforms, caps, hats, clubs, etc., where pur- 
 chased, 154, 155. 
 
 rules in regard to pistol practice, 157. 
 uniforms, when worn, 177. 
 
 dispositions of lost or stolen property coming into pos- 
 session of, 244, 247. 
 
 while riding in cars, not to occupy seats, 371. 
 members charged with misdemeanor must elect to be tn 
 by Court of General Sessions, 357. 
 offenses must not be compounded, 358. 
 
 Police information not to be communicated, 338. 
 each member always to have a memorandum book, 151, 
 295. 
 
 what entries to be made on, 295. 
 
 while marching in a body, men to march in military 
 order, 331. 
 
 must be civil to officers and each other, 331. 
 not to render assistance in civil cases, except, etc., 289. 
 carrying of umbrellas or canes not allowed while on duty, 
 331. 
 
 death of members tQ be reported, 347. 
 not allowed to wilfully maltreat or use unnecessary vio- 
 lence to a prisoner, 331. 
 
 not allowed to belong to military or fire company, 349. 
 when by reason of extraordinary circumstances member 
 is deemed unfit for duty, may be suspended, etc., 350. 
 member not permitted to belong to, be a delegate, or con- 
 tribute to any political organization, 332, 333. 
 salary of, paid monthly, 111. 
 rules as to deductions of pay, 118. 
 
 Board may permit presents or rewards for meritorious 
 services, etc., 112, 113, 114. 
 meritorious acts and deeds to be reported, etc., 313. 
 not allowed to make presents to each other, 113. 
 not allowed to collect money or sell tickets for charitable 
 or other purposes, 113. 
 
 use of tobacco at drill-room, School of Instruction, dor- 
 mitories, etc., prohibited, 335. 
 persons connected with, to reside in the City of New York, 
 321. 
 
 members to report their place of residence, 331. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 177 
 
 POLICE FOJRCE [Continued)— 
 
 to furnish their own beds, and to keep them clean and in 
 good order, 336. 
 
 garments worn during the day to be divested when re- 
 tiring, 336. 
 
 who may be allowed to be present at fires, 348. 
 members not liable to jury or military duty, 324. 
 gaming-houses, policy shops, etc., to be reported, 305. 
 when unknown dead body is found to be conveyed to 
 Morgue, 359. 
 
 } not allowed to borrow money from each other, 360. 
 certain charges may be tried in private, 144. 
 prohibited from applying to druggists for medicines, 361. 
 unless prescribed by Surgeon, 361. 
 prescribed mode of salute, 341. 
 not to converse with prisoners, 189. 
 
 members on duty at House of Detention not allowed to 
 board at, 236. 
 
 duties of members at elections, 333. 
 
 of Thirty-sixth Precinct, how constituted, 261. 
 
 general rules of Police telegraph signal boxes, 257. 
 
 and shall rank, 345. 
 
 number of, authorized by law, 345.. 
 
 books lost, to be paid for, 46. 
 
 change of residence, marriages of single men to be re- 
 ported, 51. 
 
 sickness and death of paembers to be reported, 97, 100, 
 
 101 , 102 . 
 
 general powers and duties of members, 290, 314. 
 duty of member of Force while under suspension, 350. 
 rule as to arrests of U. S. Mail or car drivers and car 
 conductors, 297. 
 duty of, at masked balls, 281. 
 rules relating to persons ill or injured, 326. 
 attempt to influence business of citizens prohibited, 331. 
 to aid Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 363. 
 duty in relation to ambulances, 364. 
 duty in relation to evidence, 365. 
 duty in relation to incumbered fire-escapes, 366. 
 card playing or any game of chance for stakes not al- 
 lowed in Station-houses, 351. 
 
 Sleeping sections in dormitories, to be examined and in- 
 spected, 76. 
 
 duty in regard to lost or abandoned children, 276, 278. 
 rules relating to letters on Police business, 352. 
 
178 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 POLICE FORCE (Continued)— 
 
 irregularity of servants in admitting persons in houses at 
 unseasonable hours, to be reported, 314. 
 each member expected to act with promptness, energy, 
 etc., 314. 
 
 must speak the truth at all times, 337. 
 justified in stopping persons carrying satchels at unusual 
 hours, 314. 
 
 members prohibited from selling or assigning salaries, 367. 
 
 drill at certain hours, 353. 
 
 penalty for non-attendance at drill, 353. 
 
 Christian and surname to be written out in full in all re- 
 ports, 354. 
 
 erasures not to be made on books and reports, 362. 
 general rules as to arrests, 284 to 298. 
 should not become offended at abuse that may be applied 
 to them, 331. 
 
 and not make arrests in their own quarrels, or those of 
 their families, 331. 
 as to obscene literature, 287. 
 under influence of liquor, 368. 
 to co-operate with Fire Department, 369. 
 qualifications for appointment on the, 130. 
 prohibited from recommending counsel to prisoners, 205. 
 power to regulate processions and parades, 282. 
 while under suspension, must not leave Station-house, 
 except, 350. 
 
 rules to be carefully studied by members, 356. 
 
 POLICE PENSION FUND— 
 
 Surgeons to take surgical charge of members of, 86. 
 deductions from rewards, gifts, etc., to be made to, 112. 
 POLICY DEALERS— 
 
 Chief of Police to abate places kept by, 23. 
 as to disposition of property taken on making arrests for, 
 243, 250. 
 
 Captains to report, 49, 302. 
 suspected to be reported, 305. 
 law relating to, etc., 290. 
 
 POLITICAL CLUBS— 
 
 members of Force not allowed to belong to, 332. 
 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS — 
 
 members of Force not allowed to solicit or make, 332. 
 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS— 
 
 members of Force not allowed to be delegates to, 333. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 179 
 
 POLITICAL OPINIONS— 
 
 each member, right of, to entertain, 333. 
 
 POSTS AND POST DUTY— 
 
 Captains to designate, 54, 58, 59. 
 rules relating to, 314 to 318. 
 
 PRECINCTS— 
 
 by whom established, 6. 
 how subdivided, 6. 
 
 Captains have command in, 346. 
 in transfers of Squads, Surgeon’s duties, 101. 
 
 Captains responsible for good order in, 39, 54. 
 to be divided in tours of duty, 77. 
 
 of arrests by members in other than one he is assigned 
 to duty in, 292. 
 
 of arrests by Special Patrolmen in, 273. 
 what courts persons arrested in various, are to be taken 
 to, 294. 
 
 disposition of persons arrested in, for crimes committed in 
 other States, 200. 
 
 PRISONERS— 
 
 Captains responsible for, 61. 
 proceedings with, 193. 
 to be conveyed to Police Court, 193. 
 property of, to be receipted for, 192. 
 
 members of Force not allowed to converse with— except, 
 189. 
 
 when arrested by boat’s crew, to be taken to nearest Sta- 
 tion-house, 264. 
 
 separate complaint to be made against, for carrying con- 
 cealed weapons, 298. 
 how treated and disposed of, 292, 293. 
 intoxicated, etc., how treated, 293. 
 insensible, how treated, 293. 
 what Courts prisoners are to be taken to, 294. 
 list of Precincts connected with Courts, 294. 
 not to be wilfully maltreated, 331. 
 
 to be kept safely and not use unnecessary violence to, 284. 
 nor language used as will exasperate, 284. 
 who may bail, 286. 
 
 condition and wants of, to be reported at the desk by 
 Doormen, 81. 
 
 conversation not allowed between, 205. 
 arrested by Special Patrolmen, disposition of, 273. 
 
 female, how treated, 283. 
 
180 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PRISONS — 
 
 Surgeons to report as to, 95. 
 
 cells of, to be kept clean and neat, 81, 189. 
 
 visits of doormen to, 81. 
 
 persons allowed to visit, 189. 
 
 PROCESSIONS AND PARADES— 
 general rule relating to, 282. 
 
 PROPERTY— 
 
 lost, stolen or abandoned, rules 237 to 248. 
 inflammable or dangerous, 242. 
 
 PROPERTY CLERK— 
 
 to give indemnity bond, 116. 
 by whom appointed, 237. 
 duties of, 237. 
 
 to keep record of money and property received, names of 
 claimants, etc., 238. 
 to deliver property to claimant, 239, 243. 
 not to deliver without consent of Board of Police, 240. 
 to advertise lost or stolen property, 241. 
 to deliver property needed in Court as evidence, 243. 
 lost or stolen property to be transmitted to, 244. 
 reports to be made to Board of Police by, 245. 
 may direct sale of perishable property, 246. 
 reports of Captains to be preserved by, 248. 
 implements of gaming, lottery policies or lottery tickets 
 to be sent to, 250. 
 
 and delivered by, to Chief of Police, for destruction, 250. 
 PROSTITUTION (Houses op Assignation, etc.)— 
 record of, to be kept, etc., 27. 
 to be* reported by Captains, 302. 
 laws against to be enforced, 290. 
 
 PUBLIC HOUSES, SALOONS, Etc.— 
 
 Patrolman to pay attention to and report such as violate 
 the law, 314. 
 
 and are noisy or disorderly, 314. 
 
 PUBLIC PARKS— 
 
 members of Force not to enter while on duty, except, 
 374. 
 
 PUBLIC PEACE— 
 
 members of Force to especially preserve, 290. 
 
 PUBLIC POUND— 
 
 estray horses, swine and cattle to be sent to, 247. 
 PUNISHMENT— 
 
 offenses for which members are liable, 139. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 181 
 
 PURVEYOR OF HOUSE FOR DETENTION OF WITNESSES— 
 duties of, 232, 236. 
 
 RANK- 
 
 rules relating to, 345, 346. 
 
 to be affixed in all Police reports, records, etc., 354. 
 
 RAT PITS — 
 
 laws against, to be enforced, 290. 
 
 RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS, PROPERTY, ETC.— 
 to be reported, 305. 
 
 RECORDS— 
 
 to be in charge of, 15. 
 
 books of, to be kept by Chief of Police, 27. 
 list of record books to be kept in Chief Clerk's office, 
 etc., 15. 
 
 of examination of applicants by Surgeons, kept in office 
 of Civil Service Board, 89. 
 
 of proceedings of detailed Committees of Board of Sur- 
 geons, 89. 
 
 of lost and sick time, etc., to be forwarded when member 
 of Force is transferred, 101. 
 to be kept by Inspectors, 38. 
 of Steam-boiler Squad, 227. 
 pertaining to arrests by Detective Force, 197. 
 to be kept of lost children, 276, 278. 
 full name to be given in all Police, 354. 
 of meritorious acts and deeds to be kept in Chief Clerk’s 
 office, 313. 
 
 of arrests for felonies, and for robberies, to be kept by 
 Captains, 303. 
 
 to be kept of lost, stolen or abandoned property, 238. 
 names of claimants to be recorded, 238. 
 of violations of corporation ordinances to be kept in 
 office of Chief Clerk, 18. 
 
 of complaints and applications at Detective Bureau, 196. 
 of disabled horses, and supplies for horses and stables, 268. 
 of female prisoners to be kept by Matrons, 283. 
 RELIEVING POINTS— 
 
 Captains designate, 60. 
 duties connected therewith, 60. 
 
 to be arranged as to save unnecessary travel for Mounted 
 Force, 267. 
 
 REPORTS (Quarterly, etc.)— 
 
 of Chief of Police in regard to suspensions, 21, 350. 
 to Corporation Attorney, violations of ordinances, 18. 
 
182 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 REPORTS (Quarterly, etc.) (Continued)— 
 
 by Surgeons and Board of Surgeons, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 
 
 101 , 102 . 
 
 by Inspectors, 36, 77. 
 
 by Captains, 36, 45, 46, 49, 51, 55, 132, 301, 302, 303, 304, 326, 
 327. 
 
 to be carefully examined by Captains, 45. 
 
 in regard to steam boilers, 213, 215, 216, 220, 221, 226. 
 
 by officers in command, 36, 45, 347. 
 
 to be made to Property Clerk by Captains, 248. 
 
 of employers of Special Patrolmen to Chief of Police, 274. 
 
 by Special Patrolmen, 273, 274. 
 
 by Detective Bureau, 198. 
 
 from House for Detention of Witnesses, 233. 
 
 in regard to dangerous and inflammable property, 242, 308. 
 
 by Property Clerk, 245. 
 
 by Superintendent of Telegraph, 255. 
 
 of lost children, 276, 278. 
 
 by officer in command of School of Instruction, 270. 
 
 reports under rule, 293, 305. 
 
 full name and rank to be given in all, 354. 
 
 erasures on reports, not permitted, 362. 
 
 of deaths of members of Force, 97, 347. 
 
 to Treasurer’s Bookkeeper, 249. 
 
 of unknown dead bodies, 359. 
 
 REPRIMAND— 
 
 offenses punishable by, 139. 
 
 REQUISITIONS (Books and Orders.)— 
 books, how and where kept, 115. 
 orders, book of, to be kept, 115. 
 to be returned with bill to Treasurer, 115. 
 for supplies, how made, 115. 
 of supplies for Police Boat, 262. 
 
 RESERVE FORCE— 
 
 duties in case of fires and riots, 310, 311. 
 roll to be called on return of, from duty, 355. 
 RESIDENCES— 
 
 of members must be in the City of New York, 321. 
 to be reported to Captain, 51, 331. 
 also any change, 51, 331. 
 record of, to be kept at Station-houses, 51. 
 RESIGNATIONS— 
 
 rules relative to, 322. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 183 
 
 RESISTANCE TO ARRESTS— 
 
 when made, members of Force to require persons present 
 to assist, 284. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 of Board, to be reported to Chief of Police by Chief 
 Clerk, 14. 
 
 REWARDS OR PRESENTS— 
 
 Surgeons not to receive, 93. 
 to members, when allowed, 112, 113, 114. 
 compensation, when allowed, 114. 
 not to be made to members, without, etc., 113, 114. 
 RIOTS— 
 
 duties of officers in cases of, 26, 74, 152, 311. 
 duty of members to suppress, 290. 
 
 Chief to be present, if necessary, at, 26. 
 information regarding, to be sent forthwith to Central De- 
 partment, 253. 
 
 ROBBERIES— 
 
 special record to be kept of arrests for, 303. 
 ROLL-CALL— 
 
 rules relating to, 59, 355. 
 
 ROUNDSMEN— 
 
 charges against members, how treated, 135, 136. 
 
 full dress, rules, 169, 170. 
 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 
 to report violations of rules, 146, 325. 
 
 tours of duty, 77. 
 
 to be assigned by Captain, 77. 
 
 under command of Captain and subject to, etc., 57. 
 Captain to examine reports of, 45. 
 
 to set example of sobriety, skill and promptness, etc., 71. 
 duty to see each Patrolman on duty, etc., 72. 
 not to call until he has gone over his post, 152. 
 mode of call by whistle, 152. 
 
 is responsible for good order of men under his command, 
 73. 
 
 carefully study rules and regulations, 73. 
 must constantly patrol their post while on duty, 73. 
 duty of, in case of fire, burglary, etc., 74. 
 in relation to inspection of men, 75. 
 
 march men when proceeding or returning from duty, in 
 military order, 331. 
 
 rules relating to warrants of arrests, search, etc., 296. 
 as to salute, 341. 
 
184 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 ROUNDSMEN ( Continued )— 
 
 to inspect sleeping sections in dormitories at Station- 
 houses, 76. 
 
 members to report to, when leaving post, 318. 
 to report delinquencies, violations of rules, etc., 73. 
 to have supervision of signal-boxes, instruments, etc., 257. 
 ROWBOATS (Police)— 
 
 use of, not allowed except for Police business, 265. 
 how marked, 263. 
 
 (See Police Boat). 
 
 RULES AND DISCIPLINE— 
 
 Chief of Police to forward to Chairman of Committee on, 
 charges against members, 140. 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS— 
 
 Chief of Police subject to, 21. 
 
 Chief of Police may issue orders not inconsistent with, 24. 
 
 penalty for violation of, 139. 
 
 books to be in accordance with, 36. 
 
 of Board of Health to be enforced, 211. 
 
 conformity to, required, 339. 
 
 to be carefully studied by members, 356. 
 
 Chief of Police and Inspectors to enforce, 23, 37. 
 violations of, by Surgeons, to be reported to Chief of Po- 
 lice, 93. 
 
 violations of, to be reported to Captains, 325. 
 
 Surgeons may adopt by-laws not inconsistent with, 88. 
 violations of, ground for complaint, 146. 
 
 Squads to be governed by, 209, 210, 211, 212. 
 to be explained to members of School of Instruction, 270. 
 SALARIES— 
 
 general rules as to payment of, 111. 
 members prohibited from selling or assigning, 367. 
 SALUTES— 
 
 general rule relating to, 341. 
 
 SANITARY COMPANY— 
 
 how composed, powers and duties of, 210. 
 general duties of, 210, 211. 
 
 general rules relating to inspection of steam-boilers, 212 
 to 228. 
 
 SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION— 
 
 where and how established, 269. 
 
 in charge of officer, selected by Chief' of Police, 269. 
 duties of officer in charge, 270. 
 reports, how and where made, 270. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 185 
 
 SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION ( Continued )— 
 
 Patrolmen’s duties in, rule relating to, 271. 
 use of tobacco prohibited in, 335. 
 details of instruction in, 270, 271. 
 for pistol practice, 157. 
 
 SEARCPI WARRANT— 
 rule relating to, 296. 
 may be executed by Policemen, 289. 
 
 SECTIONS— 
 
 how and by whom constituted and commanded, 58. 
 duties in case of fire, 310. 
 
 inspection by Sergeants and Roundsmen, 75, 76. 
 SERGEANTS— 
 
 charges by, against members, must be in writing, 135, 136. 
 
 service on, for charges, 136. 
 
 uniform of, 168, 170, 176. 
 
 rules relating to rank, 345, 346. 
 
 to correct errors, 45. 
 
 change of residence and marriage to be reported by, 51. 
 sickness of members of Force to be reported to Surgeons, 
 100 . 
 
 to instruct members of sections in use of telegraph signal 
 boxes, 257. 
 
 to receive and enter signals, 257. 
 
 general rules thereto, 257. 
 
 members to report to, when leaving post, 318. 
 
 to report violation of rules, 146, 325. 
 
 have charge of Station-houses in certain cases, 52. 
 
 under command of Captain, etc., 51. 
 
 command sections, 58. 
 
 one to be at Station-house at all times, 58. 
 call roll in absence of Captain only, 59. 
 reports of, to be examined by Captain, 45. 
 to sign morning returns, 45. 
 
 give to prisoners transcript from Blotters of articles taken 
 from them, 192. 
 duties in case of fire, 310. 
 
 duty of, as to inspection of bedding, uniforms, etc., 52, 75. 
 in absence of Captain, powers and duties of, 59, 65. 
 in turn to patrol Precincts, 66. 
 
 responsible for proper performance of duty by their Pla- 
 toons or Sections, 66. 
 to take bail, 285. 
 
 relieved from duty, and when, 66, 67. 
 
186 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SERGEANTS ( Continued )— 
 
 to report delinquencies of violations of rules, 68. 
 as to call by whistle, or raps, 152. 
 march body of men in military order, 331. 
 rules relating to warrants of arrests, etc., 296. 
 salutes, rule relating to, 341. 
 
 in charge of Court Squads, duties of, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209. 
 to make record of and report felonies, 303. 
 entries to be made in Blotter by, 117. 
 power of, to administer oaths, in certain cases, 134. 
 to use discretion in giving tickets of “Charity Organiza- 
 tion Society,” 194. 
 
 to transmit important information to Central Office, 253, 
 309. 
 
 SERGEANTS IN COMMAND— 
 
 their powers and duties, 59, 65, 100. 
 
 to report meritorious acts and deeds of personal bravery 
 of members of their Force, 313. 
 
 SHIELDS— 
 
 Chief Clerk to have charge of, issue, and keep record 
 of, 13. 
 
 shield for Surgeons, 162. 
 
 of Special Patrolmen to be numbered and recorded, 272. 
 of Special Patrolmen to be returned to Chief of Police, 274. 
 rule relating to, 156, 161. 
 
 when off duty, shield should be worn on left breast, 177. 
 form of, to be worn by Special Patrolmen, 272. 
 where and how worn, 181. 
 of deceased members to be returned, 347. 
 
 SICK MEMBERS OF FORCE— 
 
 Surgeons to visit members reported sick, 100. 
 
 Captains to notify Surgeons, giving place of residence, 51, 
 
 100 . 
 
 particulars of notice, 100. 
 
 Surgeons to visit at once, 100. 
 
 when sick Patrolmen are transferred, Surgeons to be no- 
 tified, 101. 
 
 Surgeons to keep records of, 102. 
 sick time, time lost, etc., 102. 
 
 when transfer is made. Surgeons to report sick time of 
 member, 101. 
 
 feigned sickness, how treated, 103, 119. 
 
 # or caused by improper conduct, 103, 119. 
 under control of Surgeon, 106. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 187 
 
 SICK TIME— 
 
 to be reported in case of transfer, 101. 
 to be kept by Surgeons, 102. 
 and reported to Chief Clerk, 102. 
 deductions to be made for, 118. 
 full pay may be allowed, 118. 
 
 SIGNAL BOXES- 
 
 rule relating to, 257. 
 
 SMALL-POX— 
 
 rule relative to, 122. 
 
 SMOKING— 
 
 rules relating to, 335, 340. 
 
 SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS— 
 members to aid, 363. 
 
 residences of owners of unlicensed dogs to be reported to, 
 363. 
 
 SPECIAL ORDERS— 
 
 members of Force not to communicate, 338. 
 
 SPECIAL PATROLMEN— 
 
 to release Board of Police, etc., from all liabilities as to 
 salary, etc., 272. 
 
 Chief Clerk to furnish shields to, 272. 
 uniform to be worn by, 184. 
 
 to be referred to Chief of Police for orders, 272. 
 
 employers of, to report to Chief of Police, 274. 
 
 rule relating to arrests, 273. 
 
 to report monthly to Chief of Police, 274. 
 
 powers of, 272. 
 
 badge to be worn by, 272. 
 
 to be paid monthly in advance, 274. 
 
 in case of discharge, shield to be returned to Chief of 
 Police, 274. 
 
 SQUADS— 
 
 where prisoners are to be taken, 294. 
 of what they consist, and how composed, 346. 
 
 Court Squad, 207, 208, 209. 
 
 commanding officers of, to report to Property Clerk, 248. 
 in transfers of. Surgeon’s duties, 101. 
 relating to Pay-Rolls of, 111. 
 
 Health Squad, rule, 211. 
 
 Steam-boiler Squad, rules 212 to 228. 
 
 Bicycle Squad, rule 372. 
 
188 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 STATION-HOUSES— 
 
 belts and clubs allowed to be hung up in, 331. 
 
 Surgeons to report as to, 95. 
 to answer calls from, 98, 100. 
 cases of illness at, reported by Surgeons, 99. 
 
 Inspectors to visit, 36. 
 
 must be kept clean and neat, 52, 81, 82. 
 
 rule relating to, 188. 
 
 beds, bedding, etc., reported on, 52. 
 
 cells at, to be kept clean and ventilated, 189. 
 
 keys of cells to be hung up behind desk, 189. 
 
 how persons may visit cells in, 189. 
 
 persons accusing others of crime to be taken to, as wit- 
 nesses, 316. 
 
 lost children to be taken to, 276, 278. 
 record of lost children to be kept at, 276. 
 drinking liquor or smoking not allowed, 340. 
 persons arrested to be taken to, 292. 
 
 when reserve Force returns to, from duty, roll to be 
 called at, 355. 
 
 persons arrested by Special Patrolmen to be detained at, 
 273. 
 
 members furnish their own beds and bedding, and keep 
 them clean and in good order, 336. 
 indigent persons may be given tickets to “Charity Or- 
 ganization Society,” 194. 
 
 medicines must not be kept at, except, etc., 361. 
 
 card playing not allowed in, 351. 
 
 what games may be played in, 351. 
 
 what furniture and pictures may be allowed in, 190. 
 
 when persons are arrested to be taken to, 284, 292. 
 
 stoves, pipes, etc., to be preserved, 53. 
 
 Surgeons to attend at, 87. 
 
 sickness of members of Force to be reported at, 100. 
 charges to be posted in, in certain cases, 136. 
 members under suspension to remain in, 350. 
 
 Telegraph Blotter to be kept at, 252. 
 
 messages received at, in regard to missing persons or 
 property, 254. 
 
 duties of officers in charge of telegraph and telephone at, 
 254. 
 
 use of tobacco prohibited in dormitories of, 335. 
 
 STEAM BOILERS AND STEAM GAUGES— 
 
 Inspection Squad, how constituted, etc., 212. 
 examining engineers, rule relating to, 213. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 189 
 
 STEAM BOILERS AND STEAM GAUGES ( Continued )— 
 
 certificates of engineers denied in certain cases, 213. 
 also renewals, 213. 
 
 holders of certificates must apply to officer in command 
 of Sanitary Company for renewals, 213. 
 notice of examination, when and how given, 214. 
 officer in command to detail men to inspect boilers, and 
 test and report, 215. 
 
 owners of, to report location or change of location of 
 boiler, 216. 
 exempt, 216. 
 
 notice of examination of boiler, 214. 
 examination by pressure, 217. 
 limit of pressure, 217. 
 certificates, when and how granted, 218. 
 forms of certificate and blanks to be approved by Board 
 of Police, 228. 
 
 proceedings in case of insecure or dangerous, 219, 220. 
 form of notice in such case, and how served, 219. 
 owners of, not complying with notice, rule, etc., 220. 
 order to be made prescribing changes, 220. 
 use of boiler not allowed, 220. 
 proceedings under notice of examination, 221. 
 steam-gauges to be tested by mercury column, 222. 
 if defective, proceedings, 222. 
 if correct, certificate to be given, 223. 
 
 Steam-boiler Squad have power to control when gauge is 
 defective, 222. 
 charge as law directs, 224. 
 certified engineers only to use or manage, 225. 
 reports of violations, etc., how and to whom made, 226. 
 records of inspection to be kept, 227. 
 reports to be made, 226. 
 records of proceedings to be kept, 227. 
 
 STEAM-BOILER SQUAD— 
 
 rules relating to, 212 to 228. 
 
 STOLEN PROPERTY— 
 
 rules relating to, 237 to 244. 
 
 STORES— 
 
 Patrolmen to examine doors and low windows of, 314 
 SUBPOENAS— 
 
 Captains to cause to be served, such as are sent them, 48. 
 members of Force not liable to service of, while on duty 
 324. 
 
 Board of Police may issue, 134. 
 
190 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SUITS— 
 
 against members of Force, may be referred by Chief Clerk 
 to Counsel to the Corporation for defense, 16. 
 
 SUNDAY DUTY— 
 
 by Inspectors or Captains at Central Department, 29. 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE TELEGRAPH— 
 how appointed, 251. 
 to have general supervision, 251. 
 to keep Telegraphic Journal, 252. 
 what entries to be made in Journal, 254. 
 to report monthly to Chief of Police, 255. 
 to be notified of absence or sickness of operators, 256. 
 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS— 
 
 to be made, of disposition by Courts of cases not reported 
 on prior morning returns, 45. 
 
 SUPPLIES — 
 
 records of, where kept, etc., 115. 
 
 rule as to payment of bills. 111. 
 
 for Station-houses, how made, 115. 
 
 for House for Detention of Witnesses, 236. 
 
 for Police Boat, 262. 
 
 SURGEONS— 
 
 not required to make oath to charges made by, against 
 members of Force, 134. 
 
 to report to Chief of Police, members whose families are 
 afflicted with small-pox or other contagious diseases, 
 122 . 
 
 probationary Patrolmen, rule relating to, 131. 
 
 Surgeons appointed by Board of Police, 85. 
 to take charge of pensioners of Police Pension Fund, 86. 
 not required to perform any duty outside district of, ex- 
 cept in cases of emergency, 87. 
 to elect annually a President and Secretary of Board of 
 Surgeons, and to fill vacancies, 88. 
 majority of Board to form a quorum, 88. 
 records of proceedings of meetings of committees detailed 
 to examine applicants to be kept in office of Civil Ser- 
 vice Board, 89. 
 meetings of, to be held, 94. 
 
 detailed committees of, to meet to examine applicants, 90. 
 no person to be admitted to examination rooms, except, 91. 
 must make personal examination of applicants, 92. 
 only to examine such applicants as are authorized by 
 Board of Police, 93. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 191 
 
 SURGEONS {Continued)— 
 
 and only at Central Department, 93. 
 
 to make annual report to Board of Police, on transac- 
 tions of the year, 95. 
 
 and on sanitary condition of Station-houses, etc., 95. 
 to answer calls from Station-houses and Central Depart- 
 ment, 98. 
 
 and make no charge therefor, in addition to salary, 98. 
 keep record of all cases attended to by them, etc., 99. 
 and make written report thereof to Chief Clerk, 99. 
 visit and treat all sick and disabled members of Force in 
 his district, 100. 
 rule relating to visits, 100. 
 
 when transfers are made, to send sick time of member 
 transferred, 101. 
 
 to whose district sick member is transferred, to take 
 charge of, 101. 
 
 keep record of sick time of members of Force, 102. 
 and report the same to Chief Clerk, 102. 
 make charges against members of Force feigning sick, 
 103, 119. 
 
 report to Board of Health any malignant or contagious 
 diseases coming under their notice, 104. 
 not to pass on physical qualifications of candidates who 
 have been under their medical charge, 105. 
 nor receive pay for medicine furnished to, or medical at- 
 tendance upon any member of Force, 93. 
 charges to be preferred against Surgeon, offending, 93. 
 when a Policeman is on sick list, is under control and 
 command of, 106. 
 
 medicines for use by members at Station-houses must be 
 prescribed by, 361. 
 
 no liquor allowed in Station-house, exception order of 
 Surgeon, 340. 
 
 to report hospital cases, etc., 293. 
 
 to make rules not inconsistent with rules of Board of Po- 
 lice, 88. 
 
 detailed for examination of applicants, 89. 
 to pass a candidate, the concurrence of three required, 92. 
 to report deaths of members of Force, specifying time, 
 cause, etc., 97. 
 
 shields, how and when worn, 162. 
 
 Force under influence of liquor, to be examined by, 368. 
 committees of, detailed by President of the Board of Sur- 
 geons, 90. 
 
192 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SURGEONS {Continued ) — 
 
 must receive no compensation for official examinations, 93. 
 leaves of absence of, 121. 
 
 to be notified of sickness of, and visit telegraph opera- 
 tors, 256. 
 
 SURGEONS’ DISTRICTS— 
 by whom made, 6 
 subject to alteration, 6. 
 
 SUSPENSIONS FROM DUTY— 
 rule relating to, 350. 
 by Chief, 21, 350. 
 
 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS AND PLACES— 
 
 duties of Chief of Police relating to, 23, 27. 
 
 Captain to report, 302. 
 
 Patrolman to watch and report, etc., 314. 
 carrying satchels at unseasonable hours may be arrested, 
 314. 
 
 SWINE, NEAT CATTLE AND HORSES- 
 estray to be impounded, 247. 
 
 TAILORS— 
 
 violating rules of Equipment Bureau to be reported, 151. 
 purchase of cloth by, 154. 
 
 ' TELEGRAPH, POLICE— 
 
 telegraph lines subject to exclusive use and orders of Po- 
 lice Department, 251. 
 under Board of Police, 251. 
 
 supervised by a “Superintendent of Police Telegraph,’’ 251. 
 Telegraph Journal to be kept, 252. 
 
 subject to inspection and control of Board of Police, 252. 
 rule relating to tours of duty of operators, 256. 
 general duties of operators and officers in charge of, 254. 
 absence and return of Superintendent to be entered in 
 Journal, 255. 
 
 also all business or duty done by him during his absence, 
 255. 
 
 monthly reports to be made of lost time, absences, etc., 
 255. 
 
 to be transmitted to Treasurer, 255. 
 initials of operators to be on messages, 252. 
 operators must not leave, except, etc., 256. 
 rules in case of sickness, 256. 
 
 leave of absence, to be granted by Chief of Police, 256. 
 notice to be given to Surgeons in case of sickness of oper- 
 ators, 256. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 193 
 
 TELEGRAPH, POLICE {Continued) - 
 
 fire alarms received at Central Department, how treated, 
 254. 
 
 signal box, use of, to be explained to members of sections 
 by Sergeants, 257. 
 rules relating thereto, 257. 
 important messages to be reported to, 253. 
 rule relating to Fire Telegraph keys, 257. 
 rules shall apply to telephone, 251. 
 
 Chief of Bureau of Elections to be accorded use of, 203. 
 TERRITORY— 
 
 of Board of Police, 3, 35. 
 
 THEATRES— 
 
 must be licensed, 288. 
 duties of Police Force at, 312. 
 
 THIEVES— 
 
 suspected, to be reported, 305. 
 
 TIGHT-ROPE EXHIBITIONS— 
 
 to be protected by net-work, 288. 
 
 TOBACCO— 
 
 use of, in any form, where not allowed, 335. 
 
 TOURS OF DUTY— 
 
 Captains to assign Roundsmen to, 77. 
 
 charges to be made against Patrolmen who do not dis- 
 cover burglary committed while on their, 142. 
 TRANSFERS— 
 
 by whom made, 21, 125. 
 
 Chief of Police to report to Board, 21, 28. 
 
 sick and lost time to be reported in case of, 101, 125. 
 
 duties of Captains in case of, 125, 249. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION CERTIFICATES— 
 
 supplied to members, remain the property of the Depart- 
 ment, 156. 
 
 of deceased members, to be returned, 347. 
 
 TRAPEZE— 
 
 rule relative to performance of, 288. 
 
 TREASURER— 
 
 payments, how made and authenticated, 111. 
 to pay cart tickets for transportation of pumps of steam- 
 boilers, 224. 
 
 duties of, relating to rewards or presents to members, 112. 
 TREASURER’S BOOKKEEPER— 
 
 verify footings of pay-rolls, 111. 
 
194 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 TRIALS— 
 
 notice of, to be served, 136. 
 witnesses, examined at, 134. 
 against members, when held, 140. 
 rules relating to, 140. 
 
 for violation of orders of Surgeons, 106. 
 penalty for causing any person to interfere while member 
 of Force is on, 143. 
 in private, 144. 
 
 UMBRELLAS AND WALKING CANES— 
 rule relating to carrying of, 331. 
 
 UNIFORM— 
 
 cloth for, how and where to obtain, 151, 153, 154. 
 
 rules relating to, 161, 165, 171. 
 
 of officers, described, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170. 
 
 summer dress, 174. 
 
 when may be worn, 175. 
 
 overcoat described, 176. 
 
 baton to have number on, 178. 
 
 gloves to be worn, except during tours of night duty, 179. 
 kind of, etc., to be changed by general orders, 179. 
 to conform to rules and regulations, 180, 334. 
 always to be clean and neat and in order, 180, 334. 
 same responsibility on members when not in unifcfrm as 
 in, 323. 
 
 purchase or wearing of another Policeman’s, prohibited, 
 except, 182. 
 
 members may be relieved from wearing, 183. 
 
 of Special Patrolman, 184. 
 
 of bicycle Patrolmen, 169. 
 
 of Harbor Patrolmen, 171, 174. 
 
 of Mounted Police, 172. 
 
 of Doormen, 173. 
 
 •to be always worn on duty, 177. 
 
 UNITED STATES MAILS— 
 
 persons arrested in charge of, to be taken first to post- 
 office, 297. 
 
 VIOLATION OF RULES— 
 
 grounds for complaint, 139. 
 to be reported, 68, 146, 325, 351. 
 to be entered on Blotter, 117. 
 
 VIOLENCE— 
 
 no member to use unnecessary, to prisoner or citizen, 331. 
 (See also Rules and Regulations.) 
 
INDEX. 
 
 195 
 
 VOTING— 
 
 rights of lawful voters to be enforced, 333. 
 fraudulent and illegal, to be prevented, 333. 
 
 WARRANTS (Of Arrest, Search, etc.)—. 
 
 no member of Force permitted to apply for, except, etc., 
 296, 331. 
 
 of arrest, rules relating to, 286, 289, 296. 
 powers of members in State, 286, 289. 
 when arrests may be made without, 284, 285, 290. 
 to be obtained for occupants of premises having incum- 
 bered fire-escapes, 366. 
 
 WATER PIPES— 
 
 rule relating to, 328. 
 
 WHISTLES— 
 
 Rule 152. 
 
 WITNESSES— 
 
 Board of Police power to subpoena, 134. 
 power to administer affidavits of, 134. 
 testimony of, bow taken, 134. 
 
 House for Detention of, to be inspected, 40. 
 persons accusing others of crime to be taken to Station- 
 house as witnesses, 316. 
 
 House for Detention of, 231 to 236. 
 
 WREATHS— 
 
 bow and where to obtain, 17, 151, 155. 
 
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