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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 215. 1866. 213 perform such other duties as the major, by direction or with the approval of the commissioners, may prescribe; twenty sergeauts, and fifty patrolmen or privates. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the sixth_ A¤fP<>FiW ¤¤d section of the act of July sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, author- -];;;;‘§:l°§§°SI;i€gS izing the selection of justices of the peace by the board of police, to of - Orme peace. Hciute at the respective statiomhouses, be construed to provide for the V°}· Xii· P- 580- hearing of all cases of offbncc against statutory, corporation, or common law, of which the said board is charged by law with the execution ; and Ifines,to whom all times imposed by any justice within either of the jurisdictions of the £IE“dé aI:‘;;€°d° metropolitan police district shall be, by the justices imposing the same, P y paid imo the hands of the treasurer of the board of police, on the first Thursday after the same shall have been collected, who shall duly receipt therefbr, in duplicate, to the credit of the city or county within which the ofence was committed; and such justice shal1,iu each casa, return the original receipt to the treasurer of the same jurisdiction; and the treasurer of the police board shall pay over such sums monthly to the proper officers of said cities or county, upon proper receipts, except as hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the expiration Licenses 101- 0f licenses already granted it slmll be unlawful {br any person or persons ;'*“l°é’Yi‘1;*°Xi°°"‘ keeping au ordinary, restaurant. saloon. or ozhcr place where spirituous g liquors are sold within the District of Columbia, to give, sell, or dispose of any intoxicating drinks without a license approved by the board of police; and lremzxfter 110 such license shall be considered legal by any of the authorities having jurisdiction within said district, until the same shall have been approved by the board of police and so certified by the secretary thereof under the office seal. S1-1c. 4. And be it futher enacted, That the board of police shall Qniformofrha provide specific rules for uniform clothing of the police force, which shall P°h°°' bc procured by auch of the members tlmreuf respectively, strictly in conformicy with such rules, at his own expense and risk, and be shall be removed From such Force {br not complying with such rules. Sec. 5. And be it /Zerther enacted, That from and after the passage of I’r<fp€r?’iT€rk this act the property clerk of the metropolitan police district shall be vested gogzggf 30;;:; with all the powers now conferred by law upon notarics public in the public. District of Columbia. He may administer oaths and certify depositions powers and which may be necessary to establish the ownership of any property or dutiesmoney losn, abandoned, or returned to him under the directions of the board of police, other than such as may be so returned as the proceeds of crime; and upon sutistlxctory evidence of such ownership he shall deliver Lhc same to said owner, his heirs and legal representatives, and to him or them only, except in be proven impracticable for such owner, heirs, or reprc>emarivus to appear, when the same may be delivered and rcceiptcd for upon such proof of ownership and the filing in the office of said property clerk, of a duly executed power of attorney from said owner or his heirs or legal representatives. And any property or money rc- Property ¤r turned to the >1·0{e—rtv *1erk as the roceeds of crime and which shall m°"€Y*th°.p‘ ° I r .» L P ’ cccds of crime not be called thr as evidence by any proceeding in the courts 0F the Dis- not qa11m for Qs trict within one mar from the date of such return, may, unless specially €‘ id€¤°€ " i°hi” . * . . . one xear to bc claimed by the owner within that txmc, be th€I €2I{SCY treated us other uu- waged gs Rbmb claimed, abandoned, or lost; property or money, as provided in the act of doued. July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 6, And be it fart/»er enacted, That where animals or articles of Animals, or property, other than money, are returned to tlre property clerk as tre {’;§g“£g n‘;3:‘*‘ proceeds of crime, when shown by suficxent cndence to be necessary for when and how the current use of the owners and not for sale, (except perishable proper- mfy if Plgczdiv ty that may be delivered to the owner on ample security being taken by ° t ° the committing magistrate for his appearance at the criminal court to §e;§;ab1e P P ~