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Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1897/1898 |
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Law Number | 292 |
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Chap. 292.—An ACT to prescribe the powers and duties of the police force of the
cities and towns of the commonwealth of Virginia, and to regulate the same.
Approved February 10, 1398.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia as follows: The
officers and privates constituting the police force of the cities and
towns of the commonwealth of Virginia shall be, and they are hereby,
invested with all the power and authority which now belong to the
office of constable at common law in taking cognizance of and in en-
forcing the criminal laws of the said commonwealth, and the ordinances
and regulations of the city or town, respectively, for which they are
appointed or elected; and it shall be the duty of each and every of such
policemen to use his best endeavors to prevent the commission, within
the said city or town, of offences against the laws of said commonwealth
and against the ordinances and regulations of said city or town; to ob-
serve and enforce all such laws, ordinances and regulations; to detect
and arrest offenders against the same; to preserve the good order of the
said city or town, and to secure the inhabitants thereof from violence
and the property therein from injury.
2. Such policemen shall have no power or authority in civil matters,
but he shall in all other cases execute such warrant or summons as may
be placed in his hands by any justice of the peace for said city or town,
and shall make due return thereof.
3. Such policeman shall not receive any fee or other compensation
out of the treasury of the commonwealth, or the city or town for any
service rendered under the provisions of this act, other than the salary
paid him by the said city or town; nor shall he receive a fee as a witness
in any case arising under the criminal laws of the said commonwealth,
or under the ordinances or regulations of the said city or town. If,
however, it shall become necessary or expedient for him to travel be-
yond the limits of said city or town in his capacity as a policeman or as
a witness, he shall be entitled to his actual expenses, to be allowed and
paid as is now provided by law for other expenses in criminal cases.
4. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as prohibiting a
policeman from claiming and receiving any reward which may be offered
for the arrest and detention of any offender against the criminal laws of
this or any other commonwealth or nation.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.