CHAPTER 147, LAWS OF 1893. AN ACT defining the name in which actions may be brought to collect the two per centum and forfeitures mentioned in Section 1926, Revised Statutes, as amended. SECTION 1. Actions to collect the two per centum and forfeits mentioned in section 1926, Revised Statutes, as amended, may be brought in the name of the town, city or village in which the fire department therein mentioned is located. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. CHAPTER 102, LAWS OF 1895. AN ACT to amend Section 1987, of the Revised Statutes of 1878, as amended by chapter 328, laws of 1889, relating to paid fire departments in cities. SECTION 1. Section 1987, of the revised statutes for 1878, as amended by chapter 328, of the laws of 1889, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "families" where it occurs in the tenth line of said section as amended, the words "under and in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted by such association and of paying to the representatives or beneficiaries of deceased members such sums of money as they may be entitled to receive in accordance with the constitution and by-laws of the association," so that said section, when amended, will read as follows: Section 1987. The members of the paid fire department of any city now or hereafter organized, are constituted a body corporate in such city, under the name of the Firemen's Relief Association of the city of, for the purpose of giving relief to its sick and disabled members and their families, under and in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted by such association, and of paying to the representatives or beneficiaries of deceased members such sums of money as they may be entitled to receive in accordance with the constitution and by-laws of the association; and in case any member of any such association shall cease to act with the fire department, of which he has been a member, he shall continue to enjoy all the advantages and benefits of the association so long as he complies with the rules, regulations and by-laws of the same and pays his dues; and every such association shall have all the usual powers of a corporation necessary and proper for the purpose of its organization, and may take by gift, grant, purchase or otherwise, real and personal estate not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value, and hold, enjoy, lease, convey and dispose of the same, subject to the by-laws and regulations of such corporation; and such property shall be devoted solely to the purposes of, and objects of such corporation. CHAPTER 163, LAWS OF 1895. AN ACT to amend section 1987, of the revised statutes, relating to fire and police relief associations. SECTION 1. Section 1987 of Sanborn & Berryman's annotated statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "fire" in 14 Name in which action may be brought. 14 66 the second line of said section the words "or police," and by SECTION 2. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, so far as they conflict with this act, and no further. 15 CHAPTER XV. POLICE DEPARTMENT. SECTION 1. The police force of the city of Milwaukee Strength of police shall consist of one chief of police, two lieutenants, and such number of detectives and patrolmen as the common council shall from time to time by ordinance determine and prescribe. See amendment made by Chapter 483, Laws of 1887, in foot note hereto. SECTION 2. The chief of police shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the common council, on the third Tuesday in April, A. D. 1882, and biennially thereafter, and may be removed by the mayor, with the approval of the common council. The chief of police shall nominate, and subject to the written approval of the mayor, appoint all other members of the police force, who shall hold office during the pleasure of such chief of police; and all appointments in the police shall be reported to the common council from time to time as changes are made, and also annually. As amended by Section 3, Chapter 308, Laws of 1882; practically repealed by Chapter 378, 1885, which see post. SECTION 3. The mayor or common council may direct Detailed police. the chief of police to detail any of the policemen to perform such official duties as he or they deem proper, and no extra compensation shall be allowed therefor. SECTION 4. The mayor and aldermen, and the harbor master and bridge tenders of the city, and the commissioner of health and his assistants, the meat inspector, and the special assistants appointed by said commissioner of health for quarantine service while engaged in such service, shall severally and respectively have and exercise, within said city, all the powers of policemen of said city, without any compensation or claim to compensation therefor. As amended by Section 44, Chapter 324, Laws of 1882. men. SECTION 5. The members of the police force shall Duties of policeperform such duties as shall be prescribed by the common council, for the preservation of the public peace, and the good order and health of the city; they shall possess 15 Officers of the peace. Penalty for disobeying officers of peace. Chief of police to annually report names of liquor dealers. License for selling liquors. the powers of constables at common law, and all powers given to constables by the law of this state, and may within the county of Milwaukee execute all process issued by the municipal court of Milwaukee county or any justice of the peace of said county in criminal cases, but shall not serve civil process except when the city is a party. As amended by Chapter 216, Laws of 1882. SECTION 6. The mayor or acting mayor, the sheriff of Milwaukee county, and each and every alderman, justice of the peace, policemen, constable and watchman shall be officers of the peace, and may command the peace, and suppress in a summary manner all rioting and disorderly behavior within the limits of the city; and for such purposes they may command the assistance of all bystanders, and, if need be, of all citizens and military companies; and if any person, bystander, military officer or private, shall refuse to aid in maintaining the peace when so required, each such person shall forfeit and pay a fine of fifty dollars; and in cases where the civil power may be required to suppress riotous and disorderly behavior, the superior or senior officer present, in the order above mentioned in this section, shall direct the proceedings. SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of the chief of police, on or before the first day of May in each year, to report to the clerk and attorney the names and places of business of all parties selling or dealing in spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors, and to give notice to such parties that they are required to pay the city treasurer such license money as may be fixed by law for the selling or dealing in spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors; and from time to time the chief of police shall report the names and places of business of all other parties who, subsequent to or not embraced in such report, shall be, or may have been engaged in the selling or dealing in spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors. Every license for the sale of such liquors shall expire on the first day of May following the date of its issue; and in case such license shall be issued prior to the first day of November, the fee for a full year shall be paid therefor; but if issued on or after the first day of November, one-half the fee for a full year shall be paid therefor. SECTION 8. No extra compensation shall be paid the chief of police for the performance of the services specified in the foregoing section. SECTION 9. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to prosecute all persons whose names are embraced in such annual report, who shall not have taken out the proper license on or before the fifteenth day of May, and he shall prosecute all parties not embraced in such reports, who shall not have taken out their licenses within two weeks from the time they shall have been notified by the chief of police. 15 City attorney shall prosecute viola tion of license ordinance. CHAPTER 204, LAWS OF 1875. SECTION 1. The authority of the police department of the city of Milwankee, is hereby extended so as to embrace the county of Milwaukee, and policemen of said city shall have like authority to make arrests and serve process within the county of Milwaukee as are now possessed by them within the city of Milwaukee. SECTION 2. In order to facilitate the transactions of business and performance of duty by policemen in the county of Milwaukee, beyond the limits of the city of Milwaukee, the county board of the county supervisors of the county of Milwaukee may supply the police department of the city of Milwaukee with sufficient authority and conveyance to travel through the county of Milwaukee. CHAPTER 56, LAWS OF 1880. police. SECTION 1. The salary of the chief of police of the city of Salary of chief of Milwaukee is hereby fixed at three thousand dollars per annum, on and after the second Tuesday of April, A. D. 1880, which salary shall be in full of all demands for his services as chief of police and for collecting delinquent taxes on personal property. SECTION 2. The said chief of police shall collect with the delin- Shall pay over. quent taxes on personal property, put into his hands for collection, the same collection fees now established by law, and shall pay the same into the treasury of said city. SECTION 3. No police officer or other officer of said city shall receive any fees for travel or attendance as a witness in any case in which said city shall be a party tried in any court sitting in said city, but in all such cases, when such fees are properly taxable in favor of said city, they shall be taxed and collected with the other costs in the case and be paid into the treasury of said city. Fees now estab lished by law. When officers of city not to receive fees. SECTION 4. All acts and parts of acts contravening the provis- Repealed. ions of this act, in so far as they conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after the second Tuesday of April, A. D. 1880. |