୮ Two Justices may suspend or dismiss. hereinbefore mentioned, when any case of Incompetency, Negligence, Misconduct or Delinquency shall appear to any Two Justices of the Peace acting within the said City or Limits, and Parishes, against any such Watchman or Patrole, it shall be lawful for the said Two Justices, by Writing under their Hands and Seals, to declare the same, and to pronounce the Man so found incompetent or guilty of such Negligence, Misconduct or Delinquency, to be either suspended for a limited time, or absolutely dismissed from his Office, as they shall think proper; and to give Notice of such Suspension or Dismissal to the Aldermen and Common Council of the Ward if in the City of London, or to the Vestry or other Authority by whom such Watchman or Patrole was appointed; and every such Watchman or Patrole shall be incapable of being reappointed either for the same or any other Ward, Parish or Place while such Suspension or Dismissal shall remain in force; and if no Watchman or Patrole shall be aptices to appoint, pointed by the Aldermen and Common Council of the Ward, or by the Vestry or other proper Authority, at their next Meeting after such Notice shall be delivered to the Deputy of the Ward, or to the Clerk or Secretary of such Vestry or other proper Authority, or left at the House or Office where their Business is usually transacted, the said Justices shall appoint a Successor, who shall exercise and enjoy the said Duties and Powers, and receive the same Pay, Emolument and Allowances as if regularly appointed. Power of Jus when Aldermen and Common Council of Ward do not. Age of Watchmen, &c. Allowance to superannuated Watchmen. Power to Con stables, &c. at Watch Houses to take Bail at Night without Fee. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That no man shall hereafter be appointed within the Limits and Parishes aforesaid by any Authority whatsoever, to be a Watchman or Patrole, who shall be above the Age of Forty Years, unless he shall have been previously and up to the time of such Appointment employed in the said Horse or Foot Patrole. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Alderman and Common Council of the respective Wards in the City of London and Liberties thereof, to make such Allowance to superannuated Watchmen, Beadles or Patroles, as they shall think proper, to be paid out of the Watch Rate to be raised in such Wards respectively. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That for the better Administration of the Police within the Limits and Parishes aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Constable or Headborough attending at any Watch House within those Limits and Parishes, between the Hours of Eight in the Afternoon and Six in the Forenoon, to take Bail by Recognizance, without any Fee or Reward, from any Person who shall be brought into his Custody within the said Hours, without the Warrant of a Justice, charged with any petty Misdemeanor, if such Constable shall deem it prudent to take such Bail for the Appearance of such Person before the Justices at the said Public Office in Bow Street, or at One of the said Police Offices to be specified in the Recognizance for Examination, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon next after such Recognizance shall be taken, unless that Hour shall fall on a Sunday, or on One of the Days of Absence allowed by this Act, and in that case at the like Hour on the succeeding Day; and that every Recognizance so to be taken, shall be of equal Obligation on the Parties entering $ ་ entering into the same, and liable to the same Proceedings for the estreating thereof, as if the same had been taken before One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace; and the Constable or Headborough shall enter in a Book to be kept for that Purpose in every Watch House the Names, Residence and Occupation of the Party and his Sureties entering into such Recognizance, together with the Condition thereof, and the Sums respectively acknowledged, and shall lay the same before such Justice as shall be present at the time and Place when and where the Party is required to appear; and if the Party does not appear In Default of at the Time and Place required, or within One Hour after, the Appearance Justice shall cause a Record of the Recognizance to be drawn Recognizance up, to be signed by the Constable or Headborough, and shall return the same to the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, with a Certificate at the Back thereof, signed by such Justice, that the Party has not complied with the Obligation therein contained, and the Clerk of the Peace shall make the like Estreats and Schedules of every such Recognizance as of Recognizances forfeited in the Sessions of the Peace; and if the Party Time of Hearnot appearing shall apply, by any Person on his Behalf, to post- ing may be pone the Hearing of the Charge against him, and the Justice postponed. shall think fit to consent thereto, the Justice shall be at Liberty to enlarge the Recognizance to such further time as he shall appoint; forfeited. and when the Matter shall be heard and determined, either by On hearing, the Dismissal of the Complaint, or by binding the Party over to Recognizance answer the Matter thereof, at the Sessions or otherwise, the discharged Recognizance for the Party's Appearance before the Justices shall be discharged without Fee or Reward. without Fee. Police. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall Damaging, &c. wilfully destroy or damage, or endeavour to destroy or damage, Boats belongor be wilfully concerned in destroying or damaging, or endea- ing to Thames vouring to destroy or damage any Boat belonging to or hired or employed by or by the Authority of the Justices appointed to attend at the Thames Police Office, or any Part of the Sails, Oars or other Tackle, Stores, Goods or Furniture contained in or belonging to any such Boat, every Person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every Boat so destroyed or damaged, or attempted to be destroyed or damaged, or of which any of the Tackle or other Contents shall have been so destroyed or damaged, or attempted to be destroyed or damaged, any Sum not exceeding Thirty Pounds, or shall suffer Imprisonment for any time not ex- Penalty or Imceeding Three Months over and above any such Damages as may prisonment. be recoverable by Action at Law against any such Offender. to suspect Felony, may enter on Ves XXX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for Surveyors havevery such Thames Police Surveyor (subject to the Orders of the ing just Cause said Justices appointed to attend the Thames Police Office), having just Cause to suspect that any Felony has been or is about to be committed in or on board of any Ship, Hoy, Barge, Lighter, Boat sels and take up or other Vessel, lying or being in the said River, Docks or Creeks, suspected Perto enter at all times, as well by Night as by Day, into and upon every such Ship, Hoy, Barge, Lighter, Boat or other Vessel, and the Property. therein to take all necessary Measures for the effectual Prevention or Detection of all Felonies which he has just Cause to suspect to have been or to be about to be committed in and upon the said Rive sons and seize Unlawful may be searched 12 G.3. c. 61. Where Boats are suspected to have stolen Ropes, &c. on board, they may be detained. Persons sus pected of having conveyed stolen Articles on board. Proceedings. Constables, &c. may seize Ropes, &c. sus- of Vessels in River, Docks or Creeks, and to apprehend and detain all Persons suspected of being concerned in such Felonies, and also all Property so suspected to be stolen, and the same to produce before some Justice, to be dealt with according to Law. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for every such Thames Police Surveyor, at any time between Sun rising and Sun setting, to enter any Ship or Vessel (except His Majesty's Ships) in the said River, Docks and Creeks, and to search the same for unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder, and also to exercise the same Powers of seizing, removing to proper Places and detaining all such unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder found on board any such Ship or Vessel, and the Barrels or other Packages in which such Gunpowder shall be, as are given to Persons searching for unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder under a Warrant of a Justice by virtue of an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to regulate the making, keeping and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Thames Police Constable or Surveyor, or any other Peace Officer within his Jurisdiction, to stop, search and detain in some Place of Safety any Boat which there shall be Reason to suspect of having any Ropes, Cordage, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Stores, Materials or any Part of any Cargo or Lading, stolen or unlawfully procured from or out of any Ship, Boat, Barge, Lighter or Craft, in the said River, Docks or Creeks, or from any Wharf, Quay or Landing Place, adjacent to the said River, Docks or Creeks; and also to apprehend and detain, or cause to be apprehended and detained, any Person who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying any such Articles in such Boat; and such Person so apprehended shall be (as soon as conveniently may be) conveyed before some Justice of the Peace; and if such Person shall not produce the Party or Parties from whom he or she bought or received such Articles, or some credible Person, to depose upon Oath the Sale or Delivery thereof, or shall not give an Account to the Satisfaction of such Justice how he or she came by the same, then the Person so apprehended shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned; and such Boat, with her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Loading, shall, upon such Conviction, be forfeited and disposed of as is hereinafter directed. XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That every Thames Police Constable and Surveyor, and every other Peace Öfficer within his Jurisdiction, shall and may apprehend and detain, or cause to be apprehended and detained, every Person who may reasonably be suspected of having or carrying any Ropes, Cordage, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Stores, Materials or any Part of any Cargo or Lading, stolen or unlawfully procured from or out of any Ship, Boat, Barge, Lighter or Craft in the said River, Docks or Creeks, or from any Wharf, Quay or Landing Place adjacent to the said River, Docks or Creeks, and also shall and may seize all such Articles and detain them in some Place of Safety, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, convey, or cause every Person so apprehended to be conveyed before some Justice of the Peace; and if such such Person shall not produce the Party or Parties from whom he Proceedings reasonable Cause for suspecting that any of the Cargo of any Vessel or any of His Majesty's Stores, &c. have been unlawfully obtained, and are concealed. XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That if on Information On Information given on Oath it shall appear to any Justice that there is reason- that there is able Cause for suspecting that any Materials, Furniture, Stores or any Part of the Cargo of any Ship or Vessel lying or being in the said River, Docks or Creeks, or any Stores belonging to His Majesty, or consigned to any Person for His Majesty's Service, have been stolen or unlawfully obtained from or out of any such Ship or Boat, Barge, Lighter or Craft, lying or being in the said River, Docks or Creeks, or from any Wharf, Quay or other Landing Place adjacent to the same, or from or in the Way to or from any Warehouse into or from which such Articles had been removing.or removed to or from any such Wharf, Quay or Landing Place, and that such Articles, after having been so stolen or unlawfully obtained, are concealed or otherwise lodged in any Dwelling House, Warehouse, Yard, Garden or any other Place, it shall be Proceedings. lawful for such Justice, by special Warrant under his Hand and Seal, directed to any Thames Police Constable or Surveyor as aforesaid, or other Constable within his Jurisdiction, to cause every such Place to be searched at any time of the Day, or by Night, if Power for that Purpose be especially given in and by such Warrant; and the said Justice, if it shall appear to him necessary, may moreover empower such Constable or Surveyor, with any such Assistance as to the said Justice may appear or by such Constable or Surveyor may be found necessary (such Constable or Surveyor having previously made known such his Authority), to use force for the effecting of such Entry, whether by breaking open Doors or otherwise; and if upon Search thereupon made any such suspected Article shall be found, then to convey the same forthwith to and before a Justice, or to guard the same on the Spot while the Offenders are taken before a Justice, or otherwise dispose thereof in some Place of Safety, subject to the Orders of a Justice in manner above mentioned; and moreover to apprehend and convey before the said Justice the Person or Persons in whose House, Lodging or other Place, the same shall so have been found, as also every other Person found in such House, Lodging or Place, who shall appear to have been privy to the depositing of such Article in such Place, knowing or having reasonable Cause to suspect the same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained; and if such Persons re- Proceedings spectively shall not immediately, or within some reasonable time thereon. to be assigned by the Justice, make it appear, to the Satisfaction of the Justice, by what lawful Means such Article or Articles came to be deposited or situated in such Place as aforesaid, without any Default on the Part of such Persons respectively, or that they respectively did not know that the same were, or. by what Means the same were deposited or situated in such Place, then and in such case the Person or Persons in whose House, Lodging 1 & 2 GEO. IV. I i or Constable, &c. may break open Goods; Doors and seize and apprehend Persons having the same in Custody, &c. or other Place, any such suspected Article was found, and also every other Person so appearing to have been privy to the depositing thereof, knowing or having Cause to suspect the same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, shall be deemed and Misdemeanor. adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned. Party from whom Good, bought to be examined by the Justice. • If Goods are found to be unlawfully obtained, Mis demeanor. sels between Westminster Bridge and Blackwall, having on board Guns loaded with Ball, or discharging Guns befoi e Sun rising or after Sun set ting. Penalty, Heating of Tar and other com bustible Mat ter on board of XXXV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any Person, on being so produced before any Justice to give an Account of any Articles seized and detained, in any of the Cases aforesaid, shall declare himself or herself to have bought, received or otherwise obtained such Articles of some other Person, such Justice is hereby authorized and required to examine every such other Person, and also every other prior Purchaser or pretended Purchaser; and if upon the whole of the Evidence, it shall appear to the Satisfaction of such Justice, that the Party so suspected at the time of his or her receiving such Articles into his or her Possession, did believe or had reasonable Cause to believe that the same were at any time and by any Person unlawfully come by or obtained, it shall be lawful for such Justice to adjudge such Party to be guilty of Misdemeanor, and the Party so convicted shall thereupon suffer as hereinafter mentioned. XXXVI. And for the more effectual Prevention of Accidents by Fire and other Mischiefs upon the said River, be it further Masters of Ves- enacted, That if any Master or Commander or other Officer of any Ship or Vessel (except His Majesty's Ships) shall, while such Ship or Vessel shall lie or be in the said River between Westminster Bridge and Blackwall, keep any Gun on board such Ship or Vessel shotted or loaded with Ball, or cause or permit to be fired or discharged any Gun on board such Ship or Vessel, before Sun rising or after Sun setting, such Master, Commander or other Officer shall for every such Gun so kept shotted or loaded forfeit the Sum of Five Shillings; and for every Gun so fired or discharged, the Sum of Ten Shillings; and if any Master, Commander or other Officer of any such Ship or Vessel, or any other Person on board of the same, or any Person on board of any Barge, Lighter, Boat or other Craft or Vessel, shall, while such Ship, Barge, Lighter, Boat, Craft or Vessel shall lie or be in the said River between Westminster Bridge and Blackwall, heat or melt, or cause or permit to be heated or melted by Fire, Logger heat Shot, or any other Means, on board any Ship, Barge, Lighter, Boat, Craft or Vessel whatever, any Pitch, Tar, Rosin, Grease, Tallow, Oil or other combustible Matter, every Person so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds; and any One of the Justices appointed to attend at the Thames Police Office, or any other Justice within his Jurisdiction, is hereby authorized and required, upon any Information exhibited or Complaint made in that Behalf, within Ten Days next after any such Offence shall have been committed, to summon the Party accused, and also the Witnesses on either Side, or after Oath made of the Commission of any of the Facts above mentioned by One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to issue a Warrant to apprehend the Party accused, and upon the Party's Appearance or Contempt in not appearing (upon the Proof of Notice given) such Justice shall proceed to the Examination of the Witness or Witnesses on Vessels, Penalty. Justice may summon Party accused, and Witnesses; or Issue War rant. Oath, |