1. SECTION I.—Be it ordained, etc. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, there may or shall be erected a sufficient number of watch houses, in such parts and places in the district as the commissioners may determine.

2. SECTION II.—That there shall be appointed a captain of the watch, and a sufficient number of able bodied men as watchmen, as may be deemed necessary from time to time; and it shall be the duty of the said captain to aid the watchmen in preventing burglaries, robberies, and other outrages and disorders within the district. And to that end, be and they are hereby empowered and required to arrest, apprehend and confine all persons whom they shall find disturbing the peace, or shall have cause to suspect of any unlawful or evil design, or persons discharging or firing off any hand gun, pistol or other firearms, or shall cast, throw or fire any squibs, rockets or other fireworks, or make or assist at making bonfires within the regulated parts of the district in the night time; and shall take the person or persons so apprehended, as soon as conveniently may be, before the police or other magistrates, as may be from time to time directed, to be examined and dealt with according to law; and the said captain shall once or oftener, at convenient hours of the night, go about such parts of the district, as may from time to time be prescribed by the board of commissioners, to take notice if the watchmen perform their duties, in their several stations, according to the order or regulations which are or shall be made, and to do and perform all the duties heretofore enjoined (by ordinance or otherwise) upon the superintendent of lamps; and in case any watchman shall misbehave, neglect or refuse to do his duty, the said captain shall, as soon as may be convenient, give notice to the lamp and watch committee, or some of them, The said captain and watchmen shall receive such compensation for their services, as the board of commissioners may from time to time determine; and that the captain of the watch and watchmen shall be elected annually hereafter, to enter upon their duties on the first Monday in April.