2116 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1887.
Police Force Consolidation.
Police force 4. The existing establishment of Police for the service of the Colony
establishment
and salaries. mentioned in the 1st schedule hereto shall as heretobefore be under the
[ No. 9 of 1862,
s. 2 & s. 4. ] command and control of a Captain Superintendent and the members
[10 Geo. IV.
č. 44, s. 4. ] thereof shall obey all such lawful commands as they may from time to
time receive from the said Captain Superintendent .
Power to 5. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time
.
Governor to
diminish or increase or diminish the strength of the said force as may to him
increase
Police force. appear expedient . Provided always that the ways and means shall be
[Ibid, s. 3.]
considered as heretofore in the estimates laid before the Legislative
Payment of Council and that the supply required for the payment of the said estab
force to be
voted in lishment shall also be voted annually as heretofore and included in the
annual
estimates. annual appropriation Ordinances.
[ Ibid, s. 5. ]
Agents to 6. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint
enlist men
for the force. such agents , with reasonable remuneration for their services, and repay
[ Ibid, s. 6. ]
ment of disbursements , as to him shall seem necessary , for the enlistment
in other portions of Her Majesty's Dominions , of fit and proper men for
service in the Police force for this Colony.
PART II.
Regulation.
Oath of 7. The Captain Superintendent, [ and the : as amended by Ordinance
Captain
Superin No. 20 of 1890 ] deputy superintendent, [ or adjutant: repealed by Ordi
tendent.
Ibid, s. 7. ] nance No. 20 of 1890] shall, previous to entering on the duties of their
respective offices , take before the Governor the oath of allegiance and the
official oath as set forth in Ordinance No. 4 of 1869 sections 2 and 3.
Captain And the Captain Superintendent shall, during his tenure of the
Superintend
ent to be a office , have and exercise all the powers of a Justice of the Peace, with
Justice of the
Peace in regard to the Police force, or any member or members thereof.
relation to
matters of
Police.
Subordinate 8. All subordinate officers and constables shall, before appointment,
officers and
constables to be examined, and approved by the Captain Superintendent and Colonial
be examined.
[Ibid, s. 8.] Surgeon, and having been so examined and approved of according to the
forms in the 3rd schedule hereto annexed shall go before a Magistrate
and answer the questions, and subscribe and take the oath or make the
declaration contained in the 3rd schedule hereto .