ART. 10.] CAMBRIDGE. 985
breast of their coat; and the said board of police commissioners
shall have power and authority to make and pass such by-laws,
rules and regulations governing the police appointed by them as
in their judgment shall best insure the efficiency of the force and
preserve the peace of the town, and direct how the town shall be
patrolled by said police, so that at least one policeman shall be in
the vicinity of Cambridge harbor and bridge over the same; and
the said police commissioners shall allow each policeman, for the
faithful performance of his duties, not less than twenty-five nor
more than thirty dollars per month, and at the expiration of each
month's, service of a policeman the said board of police commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall give to said policeman an
order on the town clerk and treasurer of Cambridge for the
month's pay of said policeman, which said order shall be paid in
cash on presentation to said town clerk and treasurer.
1888, ch. 821.
47. It shall be the duty of the police of Cambridge to faith-
fully perform the duties imposed upon them by this sub-title of
this article, and the duty that may be required of them by the
by-laws, rules and regulations passed by the said police board;
also, to arrest all persons found drunk, or disorderly persons, and
to enter all places where they have reason to believe that gamb-
ling is going on or intoxicating spirits are sold contrary to law,
or places where any other unlawful act is committed, and to
arrest all persons found in such places engaged, or believed to
have been engaged, in said unlawful acts. All persons arrested by
said police on the Sabbath shall be taken to the county jail, and
there placed in the custody of the sheriff, or his deputy, until
Monday morning, when they shall be taken before a justice of
the peace, or a judge of the circuit court. Persons arrested on
other days shall be immediately taken before a justice of the
peace, or judge of the circuit court, to be dealt with according
to law. But nothing contained in this or the preceding section
shall be so construed as to lessen or relieve the town bailiff,
constables or sheriff, of duties imposed upon them by law.
Ibid.
48. The town commissioners of Cambridge shall appropriate
three hundred dollars of the seven hundred dollars paid to them
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