ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES.

Preamble recites 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93., 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88., 5 & 6 W. 4. c. 76.

Where a Constabulary is not already established for the whole of a County, Quarter Sessions to cause the same to be established; Sect. 1.

Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, require separate Police Districts to be constituted in Counties; 2.

Her Majesty in Council, on Representations from Boroughs, may arrange Terms of Consolidation with Counties; 3.

County Constables to have the like Powers, &c. in Boroughs as Borough Constables have in Counties; 4.

Constables to perform Duties connected with the Police as directed by the Justices or Watch Committee or by Regulations; 5. Provisions of 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93. s. 3. as to Secretary of State's making Rules for Government, Pay, &c. of County Police extended to Borough Police; 6.

Borough Constables disqualified from voting at certain Elections; 7. Chief Constable to make such Reports to Secretary of State as he may require; 8.

Power to grant Superannuations to Chief Constables; 9.

Her Majesty may appoint Inspectors for inquiring into Efficiency of Police, &c.; 10.

On Establishment of an efficient Police, One Fourth the Charge for Pay and Clothing to be paid by the Treasury; 11.

But no Payment to be made to the Police of Boroughs with a Population under 5,000 not consolidated with County Police; 12. Agreements for Consolidation not to be determined without the Sanction of Secretary of State; 13.

3 & 4 Vict. c. 88. s. 24. repealed; 14. Interpretation of Terms; 15.

Act to be construed with 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93. and 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88. ;16.

Act not to extend to Metropolitan Police District or City of London; 17.

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BILL

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Render more effectual the Police in Counties and
Boroughs in England and Wales.

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HEREAS an Act was passed in the Session holden in the Preamble. Second and Third Years of Her Majesty (Chapter 2 & 3 Vict. Ninety-three), "for the Establishment of County and c. 93. "District Constables by the Authority of Justices of the Peace,"

c. 88.

5 which Act was amended by an Act passed in the Session holden in 3 & 4 Vict. the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eightyeight: And whereas a Police Force has been established under the Authority of the said Acts in several Counties and Parts of Counties in England and Wales: And whereas by the Act of the

10 Session holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of King William the 5 & 6 W. 4. Fourth (Chapter Seventy-six), "to provide for the Regulation of c. 76. Municipal Corporations in England and Wales," Provision is made

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for the Appointment of Constables in all Boroughs in England and Wales which are subject to that Act: And whereas, under the said 15 secondly-mentioned Act, Power is given to Justices of Counties and Councils of Boroughs to agree for the Consolidation of the County and Borough Police Establishments: And whereas, for the more effectual Prevention and Detection of Crime, Suppression of Vagrancy,

Where a Constabulary is not already es

tablished for the whole

of a County, Quarter Sessions to cause the same to be

and Mainteuance of good Order, it is expedient that further Pro-
vision should be made for securing an efficient Police Force through-
out England and Wales: Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present 5
Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

Day of

I. In every County in which a Constabulary has not been already established for the whole of such County under the said Acts of the Second and Third and Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, or either of them, the Justices of such County at the General or Quarter 10 Sessions holden next after the One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, shall proceed to establish a sufficient Police Force for the whole of such County, or where a established. Constabulary is already established in Part of such County, then for the Residue of such County, and for that Purpose shall declare the 15 Number of Constables they propose should be appointed, and the Rates of Pay which it would be expedient to pay to the Chief and other Constables, and shall report such their Proceedings to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and upon the Receipt from the Secretary of State of such Rules as are mentioned in Section 20 Three of the said Act of the Second and Third Years of Her Majesty, the Justices of such County in General or Quarter Sessions assembled, or at any Adjournment thereof, shall proceed to appoint, subject to the Approval of the Secretary of State, a Chief Constable as directed by the said Act of the Second and Third Years of Her 25 Majesty, and the Chief Constable shall forthwith appoint the other Constables to be appointed for such County, according to the Provisions of the said Acts of the Second and Third and Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty; and the Clerk of the Peace shall give such Notice of the Business to be transacted under this Act at the 30 said Court to be holden next after the said Day

Her Majesty may,

by Order in Council, require sepa

rate Police Districts to be consti

tuted in Counties.

of
as is required by Section Five of the said first-
mentioned Act, whether the Requisition mentioned in such Section
has or has not been made.

upon

II. In case it be made to appear to Her Majesty in Council, 35 the Representation of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, that a Distinction should be made in the Number of Constables to be appointed to keep the Peace in different Parts of the same County, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by the Advice of Her Privy Council, to order and require the Justices of such County 40 to exercise the Powers given by the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, for the Division of such County into Police Districts; and the said Justices shall thereupon, in manner directed by

such