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ORDINANCE NO. 191. AN ORDINANCE DIVIDING THE CITY OF SEATTLE INTO POLICE DISTRICTS AND DESIGNATING AND ASSIGNING THE OFFICERS OF THE POLICE FORCE TO THE SAME. Approved Sept. 5, 1879. The City of Seattle does ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. -- That the City of Seattle be and hereby is divided into two Police Districts bounded and designated as follows, to-wit: All that portion of the city lying south of Mill Street, shall comprise and be designated the First Police District; all that portion of the city lying north of Mill Street, shall comprise and be designated the Second Police District.
SEC. 2. -- [As amended by Ordinance No. 206.] That Policeman J. H. McGraw be and he hereby is assigned as Policeman for the First Police District, until further ordered by the Common Council.
SEC. 3. -- [As amended by Ordinance No. 206.] That Policeman David L. McCowan be and he hereby is assigned as Policeman for the Second Police District, until further ordered by the Common Council.
SEC. 4. -- That said Policemen shall not be allowed to go from one Police District to the other while upon duty except in case of an emergency, or upon call from a police whistle.
SEC. 5. -- That it shall be unlawful for any Policeman while on duty to remain in any saloon or hotel or other house for a longer time than fifteen minutes,
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unless a preservation of the peace, the suppression of riot or the arrest of an offender shall require him so to do.
SEC. 6. -- Any Policeman violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars on conviction thereof, and any citizen may make complaint for the violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance before the Judicial Officer of the city, or before the Common Council.
SEC. 7. -- All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. -- This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after five days after the same shall have been published.
ORDINANCE NO. 192. TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 192 Approved Sep. 5, 1879. (See Ordinance No. 150.)
ORDINANCE NO. 193. TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRADING OF A PART OF MAIN STREET. Approved Oct. 6, 1879. (Repealed by ordinance No. 203.)