United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 184
Chap. CLXXXIV.—An Act to establish an auxiliary watch for the protection of public and private property in the city of Washington.
Guard to be established.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established an auxiliary guard or watch for the protection of public and private property against incendiaries, and for the enforcement of the police regulations of the city of Washington,To consist of a captain and fifteen others―their pay. consisting of a captain, to be appointed by the Mayor of said city, at an annual salary of one thousand dollars; and fifteen other persons, to be employed by the captain, five of whom shall receive a compensation of thirty-five dollars per month, and the remaining ten, a compensation of thirty dollars per month.
Place of rendezvous.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said auxiliary guard shall occupy, as a rendezvous, such building or part of a building belonging to the United States, or furnished by the corporation of Washington, as shall be directed by the President of the United States, and shall be subject to such rules and regulationsRules to be prescribed, how. as may be prescribed by a board to consist of the mayor of the city of Washington, the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, and the attorney of the corporation of the said city of Washington, with the approbation of the President of the United States.
Appropriation.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the compensation of said auxiliary guard, and for the purchase of the necessary and proper implements to distinguish them in the discharge of their duties, the sum of seven thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 23, 1842.