Town Police Clauses Act 1847

VI Appointment of Constables.

If any Constables shall have been appointed within the Limits of the special Act under the Provisions of an [2 & 3 Vict. c. 93.] Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act for the Establishment of County and District Constables by the Authority of the Justices of the Peace ; and of another [3 & 4 Vict. c. 88.] Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment of County and District Constables; and if the Justices for the County in which such District is situated, in General or Quarter Session assembled, report to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State that the Constables so appointed ought to be discontinued, and the said Constables be, in pursuance thereof or otherwise, discontinued, or where no Constables shall have been appointed under the Provisions of the last mentioned Act, the Commissioners may from Time to Time appoint and employ a Superintendent Constable and also such Number of Constables as they judge necessary for the Protection of the Inhabitants and Property within the said Limits, and allow the Superintendent Constable and the other Constables such Salaries or Wages as they think proper; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners from Time to Time to remove any such Superintendent Constable, Constables, and Officers as they think fit.