An Act Reorganizing the Police Department of the City of Manila

October 31, 1901

ACT NO. 286

AN ACT REORGANIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA

SECTION 1. The Police Department of the city of Manila, from and after the passage of this Act, shall consist of the following officers and men, namely: One chief of police, who shall be paid at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant chief of police and inspector, who shall be paid at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant inspector, who shall be paid at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; one surgeon, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one assistant surgeon, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one chief clerk of class six; one storekeeper and property clerk of class eight; two stenographers and typewriters each of class eight; one interpreter and translator of class eight; three clerks of class nine; three clerks of Class D; two interpreters of Class A; four interpreters of Class D; two messengers of Class K; six captains, who shall each be paid at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; three lieutenants, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; three lieutenants, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; twenty first-class sergeants, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; twenty first-class roundsmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand and twenty dollars per annum; three hundred first-class patrolmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; twenty-eight third-class sergeants, who shall each be paid at the rate of three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; twenty-eight third-class roundsmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum; three hundred and sixty third-class patrolmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum.

SECTION 2. There is also hereby created as a part of such Police Department of Manila a Secret Service Force, consisting of the following officers and men, namely: One Chief of Secret Service, who shall be paid at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum; one detective, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one detective, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; one detective, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one detective, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; six detectives, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one detective, who shall be paid at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; three detectives, who shall each be paid at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum; three detectives, who shall each be paid at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum; six detectives, who shall each be paid at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum; one messenger, who shall be paid at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum; one clerk of class nine.

SECTION 3. There is also hereby created as a part of the said Police Department a river and harbor force, consisting of the following officers and men, namely: One captain, who shall be paid at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; three first-class sergeants, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; three first-class roundsmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of one thousand and twenty dollars per annum; twenty-four first-class patrolmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; three third-class sergeants, who shall each be paid at the rate of three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; three third-class roundsmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum; twenty-four third-class patrolmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum; one sailing master, who shall be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one mate, who shall be paid at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; one engineer, who shall be paid at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one assistant engineer, who shall be paid at the rate of three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; four firemen, who shall each be paid at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum; eight deck hands, who shall each be paid at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; four boatmen, who shall each be paid at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.

SECTION 4. The duties of the Chief of Police shall be as prescribed in section thirty-five of the Charter of Manila. The duties of the assistant chief of police and inspector shall be to act as chief of police in the absence or inability to act of the Chief of Police and under the direction of such Chief to look after the discipline of the police force and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Chief. Section thirty-six of the Charter of Manila, in so far as it conflicts with these provisions, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. The Chief of the Secret Service shall, under the Chief of Police, have charge of the detective work of the Department and of the detective force hereby provided, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Chief of Police or may be prescribed by law or ordinance.

SECTION 6. The several captains, lieutenants, and sergeants hereby provided for shall, under the direction of the Chief of Police, have charge of the roundsmen placed under their command by the Chief of Police, and shall see to the efficient policing of their respective beats and the maintenance of discipline over the men respectively placed in their charge, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief of Police or by law or ordinance.

SECTION 7. The various roundsmen and patrolmen hereby provided for will perform such police duty in maintaining law and order within the police jurisdiction of the city of Manila as is required of them by their superior officers pursuant to law and the ordinances of the city of Manila.

SECTION 8. The special duties of the river and harbor police hereby provided for shall be to see that all laws and ordinances and lawful orders emanating from the Chief of Police, the Collector of Customs of the Philippine Archipelago, the Captain of the Port, and the Board of Health that relate to the policing of the Pasig River and Manila Bay are complied with, and to arrest all violators of the same, and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief of Police or by law or ordinance.

SECTION 9. The sergeants, roundsmen, and patrolmen provided for by this Act are hereby divided into three classes. Those of the first class shall have a thorough knowledge of the English language and be familiar with the duties of a policeman; those of the second class shall have required a sufficient knowledge of the English language to transact ordinary business; those of the third class shall consist of those who do not speak the English language, but speak, read, and write the Spanish language. A second-class sergeant, roundsmen, or patrolman shall be paid twenty-five per cent more than those of the third class, and whenever any sergeant, roundsman, or patrolman of the latter class shall have acquired a fair knowledge of the English language and is otherwise competent, he may be promoted by the Chief of Police to a position in the second class.

SECTION 10. The Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon hereby provided for shall give all requisite medical and surgical attention to the officers and men of the Police Department, and perform such other professional work as may be requested of them by the Chief of Police or by law or ordinance. The clerks, storekeepers, interpreters, and messengers hereby provided for, shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Chief of Police or by law or ordinance. The sailing master, engineers, firemen, deck hands, and boatmen of the river and harbor police shall operate the harbor boat which may be provided for policing the river and harbor, and perform such other duties as may be required of them by the Chief of Police or by law or ordinance.

SECTION 11. Each officer and member of the police force shall be required to pay for his own uniform, which will be supplied to him by the Police Department.

SECTION 12. The appropriation for the current quarter for the maintenance of the existing police force of the city of Manila is hereby declared to be available for the Police Department as reorganized by this Act.

SECTION 13. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SECTION 14. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, October 31, 1901.