HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1187

57-A. Appointment of Special Policemen Authorized.
Upon the application of the Governor of any State owning
or having an interest in, or any of whose political sub-divi-
sions, departments, agencies, or districts, owns or has an in-
terest in any property situated wholly or partly in this State,
the Governor of this State or any officer, council, or agency to
whom or which he may delegate his powers and duties under
this act, hereinafter referred to as the appointing authority,
may appoint and deputize as special policemen, with the pow-
ers and duties hereinafter prescribed, such number of persons
designated in the application as may be deemed necessary
for the additional protection of such property.

57-B. Applications. Applications under this act shall be
made in writing upon forms prescribed by the appointing au-
thority and shall contain the name, age, nationality and resi-
dence address of each person for whom an appointment as
special policeman is sought and such other information con-
cerning such person as the appointing authority may require.

57-C. Certificates of Appointment. The appointing author-
ity shall issue a certificate of appointment to each person
appointed hereunder in such form as it may prescribe. Such
certificate shall constitute the appointee's authority for exer-
cising the powers of carrying out the duties conferred and
imposed upon him by this act.

57-D. Qualifications. Each person appointed under this
act shall, within fifteen days after his certificate of appoint-
ment has been issued, and before entering upon the duties of
his office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office
and file it in the office of the appointing authority. No person
shall be appointed a special policeman under this act unless
he is a citizen of the United States, of good moral character,
and has not previously been convicted of a felony.

57-E. Powers and Duties. Each person appointed as a
special policeman under this act shall be charged with the
duty of protecting and preserving the property described in
the application for his appointment. He shall have power to
arrest all persons trespassing or committing offenses or crimes
thereon. He shall have and may exercise the powers of a
peace officer, but only upon the property or in connection with
the property described in the application for his appointment.
When on duty he shall wear an appropriate metallic badge
upon which shall be inscribed the words "special policeman. "
He shall have power to possess and carry such firearms and
other weapons while on duty as may be prescribed by the
appointing authority. Whenever he shall change his residence