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of the town, and shall make monthly reports to the Council
of all taxes so collected, which report shall be entered upon
the minutes; he shall superintend all work upon the streets,
lanes and alleys of the town and shall assist the Mayor in
the enforcement of the ordinances, and to that end it shall
be his duty to make complaint to some justice of the peace
against any and every person violating any ordinance of the
town; he shall be the executive officer of the Mayor and
Council, and shall serve, deliver or post any order or notice
that under any law or ordinance of the town or under this
charter is to be served, delivered or posted; and all returns
made by the policeman to the Mayor, the Council or the
Mayor and Council shall have the same force and effect, and
be entitled to and receive the same credence as a return
of a sheriff to any process in the Circuit Courts of this
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State; it shall be his duty, as a peace officer, to maintain and
preserve peace, good order and good conduct within the
limits of said town and among all persons found therein; he
shall repress, prevent and put down disorderly conduct and
all disturbances of the public peace, breaches of the peace,
gambling of all kinds, the unlawful sale of intoxicating
drinks and any or all other unlawful and criminal acts and
conduct whatsoever within the corporate limits of said town.
Upon the application of the policeman for a warrant of
arrest, and upon the information, on oath, of such officer or
any other person who appears with him, or at the direction
of said officer to lay the information, any justice of the peace
having jurisdiction and authorized to issue such a warrant or
writ shall issue the same directly to said policeman, com-
manding him to make the arrest of the person or persons
named in the information, and said officer shall execute and
return said warrant or writ, but he shall serve no other
process in the case except the warrant of arrest. The fines
imposed in any case, on trial and conviction of a defendant
for any offense committed within the limits of said town,
whether under the general law of the State or under the local
law and ordinances of the town wherein the original warrant
or writ the arrest was directed to the policeman of said town,
shall be paid over by the justice of the peace before whom
said case was tried to the town treasurer, less any part thereof
appropriated by law to an informer; said fine to be a part of
the revenue of the town. If any crime or offense against the
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