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writing desk ; 1 horse ; 1 wagon ; 1 sleigh ; 1 harness ; 1 woolen blan- ket; 1 rubber blanket ; 1 cushion ; 1 whip.
The appraised value of the stock and tools is $7674 44.
All orders for laying service and main pipes have been completed excepting the main upon Walnut street. The hydrants and all fix- tures connected with the works are in good working condition.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM KNOWLES,
Water Commissioner.
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CITY OF WORCESTER.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER RATES. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun- cil of the City of Worcester, as follows :
SEC. 1. The following annual rates shall be assessed, in accordance with Chap. LVI., Sections thirteen and fourteen of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Worcester, by the City Engineer, for the use of water from the City Aque- duct.
SEC. 2. Families of two persons shall be assessed three dollars ; families of three persons, four dollars ; families of four persons, five dollars ; families of five persons, six dollars, Families. and one dollar for each person over five in a family, pro- vided that no family occupying a separate house shall be as- sessed less than four dollars. Boarding houses shall be assessed seventy-five per cent .; families in tenement houses Boarding Houses. containing over two families, supplied by a service pipe in Tenement common, with fixtures in each tenement, ninety per cent .; Houses. and families using water from fixtures not in the tenements occupied by themselves, fifty per cent. of the foregoing rates. Under the foregoing rates the fixtures allowed in constant use shall be one hot and one cold water faucet at two sinks, Fixtures al- and two wash basins. All sinks more than two shall be as- lowed. sessed one dollar each, and all wash basins more than two Sinks. shall be assessed fifty cents each. Water closets in dwellings, Basins. stores and shops shall be assessed ñfty cents for each person Water residing or employed on the premises, provided no water Closets. closet shall be assessed less than three dollars, and where more than one water closet is in use, each additional one shall be assessed one dollar. For each store, office, ware- house, machine or other shop or foundry, fifty cents shall be For stores, assessed for each individual using water in sinks and urinals &c. for sanitary purposes only. provided that no assessment on
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Baths.
Set wash
tubs. Steam boil- ers. Persons counted.
any such premises shall be less than three dollars. Bath tubs in dwellings or tenements shall be assessed seventy-five cents for each person residing in such dwelling or tenement, provided that no bath tub shall be assessed less than three dollars ; and each bath tub more than one in any dwelling or tenement shall be assessed one dollar. Set wash tubs in dwellings shall be assessed fifty cents each. Steam boilers in dwellings, for heating purposes, shall be assessed two dollars each. In ascertaining the number of persons as a basis for assessments provided for in this section, children and servants shall be counted.
Stables.
SEC. 3. Stables where one horse is kept shall be assessed three dollars ; where two horses are kept, five dollars ; where three horses are kept, six dollars ; and each horse more than three shall be assessed one dollar and seventy-five cents. Water will be allowed for washing one carriage for each horse kept, without additional assessment, but each carriage more than one for each horse, shall be assessed one dollar. Truck horses shall be assessed one dollar each, provided that no as- sessment shall be made less than three dollars. Oxen and cows shall be assessed one dollar for each animal.
Carriages.
Truck horses.
Cattle.
IIose.
SEC. 4. Hand hose in general use for washing windows, store fronts, and sidewalks, or for sprinkling streets or gar- dens, shall be assessed three cents per square yard of surface so washed or sprinkled, for the season from May to Novem- ber, and for a less time a proportionate assessment shall be made, provided that no assessment shall be made under this section less than two dollars. "General use " in this section shall be understood as the use of ho-e on the premises as- sessed, averaging not more than eight times per month.
Metere 1 Water.
SEc. 5. Where the quantity of water used is measured by meter or gauge, the assessment shall be at the rate of fifteen cents per 1000 gallons where less than 15,000 gallons per day is used ; and where over this amount is used per day the price may be fixed by special contract with the Joint Stand- ing Committee on Water of the City Council, but no con- tract under this section shall be made for a longer period than three years from the date thereof. Where water is measured by meter or gauge the rates shall be assessed in ac- cordance with such measurement, and not in accordance with the provisions of any other sections of this ordinance.
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SEC. 6. Where several tenants are supplied with water by a service or supply pipe in common, the water from which is Terants held. measured by meter or guage, each tenant shall be held to pay a proportionate amount of the whole assessment, according to tlie fixtures in use by each, unless the whole assessment is paid by the landlord. Where several tenants are supplied with water by a service or supply pipe in common, the water Landlord from which is measured by meter or gauge, the landlord shall h.ld. be held responsible for all water used on his premises, pro- vided notice be given said landlord under direction of the Joint Standing Committee on Water, thirty days previous to the first day of April or October, that he will be so held responsible.
SEC. 7. Water supplied to the various departments of the Used by city. City, shall be assessed at the rate of fifteen cents per 1000 gallons, the amount to be charged to the deaprtment so sup- plied. Hydrants set by the City shall be assessed twenty- Hydrants. five dollars each, but hydrants and fixtures set and main- tained by individuals at their own expense, for the protection of their own property against fire only, shall not be assessed.
SEC. 8. Water supplied for the purpose of watering streets, Watering shall be furnished by special contract with the Joint Stand- streets. ing Committee on Water, and no contract shall be made under this section for a longer period than one year.
SEC. 9. For water supplied to hotels, eating saloons, pub- Hotels, &c. lic bathing rooms, steam boilers for heating purposes only, and all other places not elsewhere enumerated in this ordi- nance, and not measured by meter or gauge, the assessment shall be established by estimate of the City Engineer, in ac- cordance with the spirit of the foregoing sections. All waste Waste. of water shall be assessed at three times the usual rates, the quantity wasted to be estimated by the Water Commissioner.
SEC. 10. Water Fixtures on all occupied premises at- Fixtures. tached to any service or supply pipe, shall be considered to be in use ; and whenever any fixture is removed and not as- Removed. sessed, and is afterwards replaced, notice must be given of the date at which the fixture was replaced, or the party lia- ble to assessment shall be held responsible for the full time they have been in possession of the premises.
SEC. 11. An inventory for the assessment provided in this Inventory.
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ordinance shall be taken by the Water Commissioner during the months of December, January and February of each Abatement. year. The assessment shall be based on this inventory and no abatements shall be allowed, except to correct mistakes, or in compliance with such notices as may be filed in accord- ance with Chap. LVI., Sec. fifteen of the Laws and Ordi- nances of the City of Worcester.
SEC. 12. This Ordinance shall take effect on and after its passage.
March 9, 1868,
Passed to be ordained.
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Commissioner of Highways.
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Highway Commissioner's Report.
To the Hon. City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Commissioner of Highways herewith presents his Annual Report of the receipts and expenditures of the Highway Department for the year ending on the thirty- first day of December last, together with a schedule of the property belonging to the Department, with the ap- praised value of the same.
The past year has in many respects been such as to call for an unusual expenditure upon the avenues of our city. The terrific snow storms of January and February last made travelling impossible for several days in the suburban districts, and nearly so in the center.
Every available team, in the suburban districts, was employed to break out the roads, and in the centre to remove the snow from many of our streets rendered im- passable from the heavy fall, together with that thrown from the sidewalks. The amount of expenditure was ($5200) fifty-two hundred dollars.
There has been a change in the teams of the Depart- ment from oxen to the use of horses, the latter being considered the most useful, and best adapted to the greater part of labor required, at an expense of sixteen hundred ninety-eight dollars and seventy-five cents, ($1698.75), including a new cart built to use the horses from the Fire Department.
The freshet of August last damaged the streets in va- rious parts of the city to an amount not less than two
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thousand dollars in some places, making them utterly impassable.
The season as a whole has been extremely wet, mak- ing it very difficult to keep the streets in passable repair from the continual washing of the frequent rains.
The receipts of the Department have been as follows : Appropriation for streets,
$18,000.00
sidewalks,
8,000.00
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snow,
5,200.00
McAdamizing,
5,000.00 -- $36,202.00
Balance unexpended, 1866,
2,529.21
Total Appropriations,
$38,729.21
Street scrapings sold,
$1543.01
Labor and material "
1220.33
Paving stone
772.20
Labor, &c., for Water Department,
680.65
School
101.48
Sewer
1913.61
Manure, &c., for Poor
186.25
Labor, bricks, &c., furnished private parties for sidewalks,
5690.01-$12,107.54
Total receipts,
$50,836.75
The expenditures of the Department have been as fol- lows :
Pay Roll of Men :
Paid 1st quarter,
$2829.38
" 2d
4669.50
" 3d
5447.80
4th
5170.67-$18,117.35
Salary of Commissioner,
1,200.00
For 4 horses,
950.00
For 2 double harnesses,
220.00
For altering two carts,
278.75
For 1 new cart,
250.00 ---- $1,698.75
For 1 pair of oxen,
350.00
For hay and straw,
2057.01
For grain,
1994.58
For horse shoeing,
176.60
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For ox shoeing and blacksmithing,
543.54
For tools and hardware,
464.19
For lumber,
1509.30 --- $6,745.22
For extending boiler at crusher,
422.50
For coal powder fuse, &c.,
210.50.
For repairing tools, &c.,
446.48
For refuse stone on Grove street, 132.50-1,211.98
For fire department, use of horses,
643.50
For C. C. Riley, grading Central street,
105.00
For curbstone, flagging, &c.,
2,058.70
For brick,
2,024.67
For paving stones,
605.39
For paving,
3,648.50-$8,337.26
For sundries, (items in Treasurer's Report,)
5,379.74
For A. Pike, rock excavating on Edward street,
577.00
Total expenses,
$44,355.80
Balance unexpended, $6,480.95
The extraordinary expenses incurred by the Depart- ment during the year, are as follows :
Extension of Mower street to Pleasant street, near Pax- ton line,
$290.75
New Pound at City Stables,
73.50
Cutting and grading Edward street,
622.50
Improvements at Grove dam,
907.60
Grading sidewalks on Grove street, and railing at Salis- bury Pond,
111.75
Grading Central street,
105.00
Expense caused by freshet,
2,000.00
Amounting to
$4,111.14
To the above amount add ---
Expense upon sidewalks,
$8,559.57
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5,200.00
McAdamizing,
3,747.45
Cleaning streets and cess pools,
1,833.82
Cost of teams bought,
1,698.75
Excess of stock on hand,
7,788.01
Amounting to
$39,938.70
which, being deducting from the sum of $44,355.80, the total amount expended by the department, leaves for the repairs of streets and bridges the sum of $11,417.10
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Repairs on Bridges have been as follows :
Stafford street bridge, new covered, costing $50.75
Union street bridge at N. A. Lombard & Co.'s shops, ten new stringers, and covering, costing 272.13
Union st. bridge at Court Mill, 7 new stringers, and cov- ering, 115.00
Thomas st. bridge, new covered,
Grove st. bridge at J. Doyle's, covered over with 2 inch plank,
$32.62
Tatnic bridge on Paxton road, covered with 2 inch plank, 60.88 Holden road, 30.13
Bridge near Patch's Mills,
61.23
Long Pond bridge,
52.75
Southbridge st. " at So. Worcester,
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102.30
Lovell st. bridge at Webster Park, new covered,
47.25
Hardy's shop, 40.75
Washington st. bridge, two stringers, partly new covered,
34.25
Southbridge st. (2d bridge) at So. Worcester, cov'd 2 in. plank,
49.75
May st. bridge at Lovell's sand pit,
34.00
Garden st. " near W. & N. R. R., new covered,
44.60
Temple st. new covered,
82.00
Green st.
202.49
Central st.
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91.88
Lamartine
sundry repairs, private parties paying $38
of expense, 41.19
Total expense upon bridges, $1531.05
SIDEWALKS.
The sidewalks which were in very bad condition have been greatly improved during the past season by the abutters paying the net cost of material and labor fur- nished. There have been seventy-six different walks furnished in whole or part to abutters, using 47,315 pressed brick, and 99,388 hard brick, amounting to $5,690.01.
The response has in most cases been very prompt and cheerful by the abutters, they deeming it for the inter- est of their estates and the travelling public alike. Sur-
43.50
Jamesville bridge, covered with 2 inch plank,
41.60
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face, covered, 3442.88 square yards of brick, and 344.94 square yards of passage ways.
SIDE-WALKS, CURBSTONES, GUTTERS, AND CROSS-WALKS.
Cr. By appropriation, $8,000.00
By balance unexpended, 1866, 1,359.49
Total, $9,359.49
Dr. To 5037 lineal feet of curb-stone, 3455.66 square yards of gutters and cross-walks, also 66.47 sq. yds. of brick paving, costing 8,559.57
Balance unexpended, $799.92
The above has been distributed upon the several streets as follows:
SOUTHBRIDGE STREET.
196 lineal ft. curbstone and 57.33 sq. yds. gutter at Scott's, 45.37 sq. yds. cross-walk, Burnside Court, 75.91
$208.66
49.6 ¥ re-søt at Junc. of Main, 39.75.
$324.32
MAIN STREET.
47.58 sq. yds. brick walk at Scott's square,
$87.44
37.9 sq. yds. cross-walk, Burnside Court, 61.88
84.91 sq. yds. cross-walk at Scott's,
106.37
199 lineal ft. curbstone and 79.6 sq. yds. gutters at Brinley Row,
182.72
72 lineal ft. curbstone and 24.17 sq. yds. gutters at Central Exchange, reset,
26.15
114.15 sq. yds. gutter across Benefit, Oread, and Allen sts., 124.75
59.33 sq. yds. cross-walk across Myrtle street, 76.75
140.5 lineal ft. curbstone and 73 sq. yds. gutters at W. W. Rice & Co.'s block, 213.47
100 sq. yds. gutter at C. Taft's,
98.85
14 cross walk reset at Pearl st.,
7.00
$985.38
EXCHANGE STREET.
67.9 lineal feet curbstone and 51.83 sq. yds. gutters at N. T. Bemis's,
124.08
HARVARD STREET.
348 lineal feet curbstone and 179.71 sq. yds. gutters and cross walks at south end, 512.56
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CROWN STREET.
479 lineal feet curb-stone and 254.44 sq. yds. gutter and cross-walk whole length of west side of street, 669.85
AUSTIN STREET.
North side-937.8 lineal feet curbstone and 619.85 sq. yds. gutters and cross walks, 1458.96
LINCOLN STREET.
East side-829 lineal ft. curbstone and 599.44 sq. yds. gutter and cross walk, 1404.62
LAUREL STREET.
Across Carroll-68.5 sq. yds. gutter, 73.75
BOWDOIN STREE.
North side-167.6 lineal ft. curbstone and 73.33 sq. yds. of gutter, 231.71
WILLIAM STREET.
North side-873.6 lineal ft. curbstone and 478.83 sq. yds. gut- ter and cross-walk, 1534.79
SUMMER STREET.
From Prospect st. north-443 lineal ft. curbstone, 237.58 sq. yds. gutter and cross-walk, and 18.89 sq. yds. sidewalk, damage done by freshet, 514.02
SCHOOL STREET.
Corner of Summer st .- 12.2 lineal ft. curbstone and 19.5 sq. yds. gutter, $32.07
PARK STREET.
279 lineal ft. curbstone and 333.23 sq. yds. gutter, 152.54
SUNDRY EXPENSES.
Drawing paving stones, screening gravel, &c., $529.57
Whole amount expended by the City, $8,559.57
MACADAMIZING.
This method of surfacing the streets of the Center district, commenced last year upon Trumbull street, has been continued to considerable extent the past season.
There have been permanent improvements made by extending the boiler and admission of the city water to the stone crusher, and grading around the same, to the
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amount of $684.59, which, added to the first cost of ap- paratus of $3498.25, amounts to $4182.84.
The crusher has been in operation forty-four days, breaking 3131 cubic yards of stone at a cost of $1.27 3-4 per cubic yard, including all expense of labor, quarrying, crushing, and hauling to the several streets. Also, ten per cent. on the whole cost of apparatus of $418.28 for the wear of machinery.
The greatest amount crushed in one day was 95 cubic yards, averaging 71 cubic yards per day.
The cost of quarrying the rock increases, while the quality of the stone grows better.
There have been 196 loads of McAdam used in place of gravel for common repairs upon several streets, the effect of which has proved very satisfactory.
There have been 8716 square yards macadamized at a cost of $3747.45, as follows :
Green and Park streets have been macadamized from the Western Raiload to Washington street, a surface of 1459 square yards, to an average depth of twenty-two inches, at 67 cents per square yard, by 210 loads of cin- ders at the bottom, costing $163.25 ; 480 loads of brok- en stone cost $817.60; amounting in all to $980.85.
Grove street has been macadamized from Lincoln Square to the Wire Mill, a surface of 6620 square yards, to an average depth of 12 inches, by 367 loads of refuse stone at the bottom, costing $258.96; 1392 loads of broken stone cost $2371.04; amounting in all to $2630.00, at an average cost per square yard of 39.43 cents.
Church street has been macadamized from Front to Mechanic streets, a surface of 637 square yards, to an average depth of about six inches, costing 21 cents per square yard, amounting to $136.60.
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SUMMARY.
Cr. By appropriation,
$5,000
Dr. To Green and Park streets,
$980.85
¥ Grove street,
2630.00
Church “
136.60
Amounting to
-$3747.45
Balance unexpended.
1252.55
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All of which is respectfully submitted.
D. F. PARKER, Commissioner of Highways.
· Worcester, Jan. 6, 1868.
City Marshal's Report.
Report of the City Marshal.
OFFICE OF THE CITY MARSHAL, Worcester, Jan. 1, 1868.
To the Honorable Mayor, and City Council.
Herewith I present a Report showing the operations, and also the condition of the Police force for the year ending December 31, 1867.
Whole number of arrests for the Fourth Quarter, 1867,
403
Males,
366
Residents,
292
Females,
37
Non-Residents,
111
Americans,
136 Minors,
69
Foreigners,
267
Committed, 101
Whole number of Lodgers for the Fourth Quarter, 1867,
518
Males,
464 Residents,
6
Females,
54
Non-Residents,
512
Americans,
131
Minors,
21
Foreigners,
387
EXPENSES OF THE DEP'T FOR THE FOURTH QR., 1867.
Salary of Marshal and Assistants,
$887 50
Pay Roll of Police,
4.972 60
Incidental Expenses,
169 87
$6.027 97
EARNINGS OF THE DEP'T FOR THE FOURTH QR., 1867.
Warrants served by Assistant Marshals, $800 10
Witness fees of Police Officers, -
224 20
Extra services of "
20 00
$1,044 30
Whole number of arrests for the year 1867, not including 444 arrests made by the State Constabulary, and in many cases assisted by the Police, 1709
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Males.
1556
Residents,
1241
Females,
153
Ron-Residents, 468
Americans,
601
Minors,
284
Foreigners,
1108
Committed,
434
Whole number of Lodgers for the year 1867,
1661
Males,
1390
Residents,
25
Females,
271
Non-Residents.
1636
Americans,
427
Minors, 422
Foreigners,
1234
Adults,
1239
Whole number of Arrests and Lodgers for the year 1967,
3370
Whole number of Complaints made by the Marshal and
Assistants for the year 1867,
1762
Discharged from custody without complaint,
154
The following are the offences for which arrests were made during the year 1867 :
Drunkenness, 815, assault and battery, 171, larceny, 112, disturbing the peace, 95, vagrancy, 66, keeping unlicensed dog, 56, Trespass, 51, fornication, 38, adultery, 24, threatening, 17, insane, 15, drunkenness, second offence, 15, violations of City Ordinance, 16, truancy, 14, play- ing cards on the Lord's Day, 14, obtaining money by false pretence, 9, larceny from the person, 9, assault with a dangerous weapon, 9, com- mon drunkards, 8, neglect to support family, 8, embezzlement, 8, sus- picious persons, 7, assault on officer, 6, burglary, 6, comman nuisance, 5, stubborn and disobedient, 5, selling liquor, 5, evading railroad fare, 5, ran away from Reform School, 5, breaking glass, 5, liquor nuisance, 4, fast driving, 4, fraud, 4, highway robbery, 4, bastardy, 4, common loafer, 4, receiving stolen goods, 3, disorderly conduct, 3, malicious mis- chief, 3, working on the Lord's Day, 3, common railer and brawler, 3, ran away from home, 3, resisting an officer, 3, deserters, 3, hitching horse to shade trees, 2, hacking without license, 2, lewd and lascivious cohabitation, 2, keeping liquors with intent to sell, 2, contempt of court, 2, carrying concealed weapons, 2, selling adulterated milk, 2, selling by auction without license, 2, peddling jewelry without license, 2, gland- ery horses loose in the highway, 2, keeping open shop on Lord's day, 2, indecent exposure of person, 2, murder, 2, accessory to procuring abortion, 1, lewd and lascivious in speech and behavior, 1, defiling a building, 1, noisy and disorderly house, 1, assault with intent to ravish, 1, polygamy, 1, mahem, 1, forgery, 1, hunting on the Lord's day, 1, ran away from State Almshouse, 1, selling wood without measurement, 1, selling meat short weight, 1, selling leased property, 9, driving team to
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the right in passing another team on the public highway, 1, keeping intelligence office without license, 1. Total 1709.
NATIVITY OF CRIMINALS ARRESTED IN 1867.
Ireland 887, American 616, Canada 70, England 64, Germany 24, African 17, Scotch 10, France 9, Sweden 2, Nova Scotia 2, Mexico 1, Prussia 1, Belgium 3, New Brunswick 1, Denmark 1, Italy 1. Total 1709.
NATIVITY OF LODGERS FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Ireland 687, American 545, English 170, Canadian 70, Scotland 63, German 60, French 10, Swiss 8, American Indian 8, African 7, Swe- den 6, Welch 5, New Brunswick 5, Prussia 4, Nova Scotian 3, Hol- land 2, Norwegian 2, Austrian 1, Italian 1, Spanish 1, Bavarian 1, Belgium 1. Total 1661.
TOTAL EXPENSES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Pay Roll of Officers, $20,088 25
Salary of Marshal and Assistants,
3,242 74
Special Police July 4th, and Regatta,
301 25
Incidental expenses, poor lodgers, &c., 579 98
$24,212 22
TOTAL EARNINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Fees on warrants served by Asst. Marshals Wilson and Washburn,
3,318 00
Witness fees of Police Officers,
844 80
Extra duty of Police at theatre, &c.,
112 00
Received from Overseers of the Poor for lodgers,
89 93
4364 73
Appropriation for 1867,
22,000 00
Earnings
4,364 73
Balance in favor of Department,
2,152 51
Actual cost of the Department,
19,847 49
THE FORCE NUMBERS AS FOLLOWS :
1 City Marshal,
1 Policeman and Constable, (Clerk of Police Court at Office.)
2 Assistant Marshals,
1 Captain of Day Police,
18 Patrolman,
1 Night Police, Total 25.
1 Truant Officer, detailed as such,
DUTIES OF THE FORCE.
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to be placed in detail before the Board. From the very few complaints of citizens against officers the past year, and those being of a trivial nature, it is fair to say that in the performance of their onerous duties they have given general satisfaction.
INSTRUCTION.
The force are instructed in the Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board for the government of the Police ; such general orders as from time to time apply to them from the Board; and the ordinances of the city; and such portions of State Laws, as define crime and pre- scribe the mode of arrest and detention of prisoners. Each member of the force is expected to answer promp- ly and accurately, all questions which may arise in rela- tion to his Police duties.
The force are also instructed in the school of the sol- dier. The positions necessary for movements by com- pany, and the proper use of the club, with some gymnas- tic exercises.
This mode of discipline was somewhat new and dis- tastful at first, but at present the force take much inter- est in qualifying themselves for their business. And so long as a strict compliance with rules and orders are re- quired, so long the discipline of the force will be good.
STATION HOUSE.
The accommodations for officers and prisoners at the station house are very good at the present time. It will not be long before another station will have to be estab- lished in the vicinity of the Junction depot. The turbu- lent element formerly located and confined to the circle of Pine Meadow and Washington square, has spread it- self in a south-westerly direction, and the officers find much to do on Millbury street, on the Island, and in the vicinity of the Adriatic Mill.
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