Section 7
SEC. 7. Article VIII and Sections sixty-five, sixty-six and sixty-seven of the same Act, are amended to read as follows: "Article VIII.—Police Department. "SEC. 65. Powers and duties of chief of police.—There shall be a chief of police, who shall have charge of the police department, and everything pertaining thereto, including the organization, government, discipline and disposition of the city police and detective force; shall investigate, under the direction of the Mayor, any complaints filed against members of the police and report the result of his investigation to the Mayor, making whatever recommendations he may deem pertinent, for such .action as said officer may consider necessary shall quell riots, disorders, disturbances of the peace, and shall arrest and prosecute violators of any law or ordinance; shall exercise police supervision over all land and adjacent waters within the police jurisdiction of the city; shall be charged with the protection of the rights of person and property wherever found within the jurisdiction of the city, and shall arrest without warrant, when necessary to prevent the escape of the offender, violators of any law or ordinance, and all who obstruct or interfere with him in the discharge of his duty; shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all prisoners until they shall be released from custody, in accordance with law, or delivered to the warden of the proper prison; may take good and sufficient bail for the appearance before the city court of any person arrested for violation of any city ordinance: Provided, however, That he shall not exercise this power in cases of violations of any penal law, except when the city fiscal shall so recommend and fix the bail to be required of the person arrested, shall have authority, within the police jurisdiction of the city, to serve and execute processes of any court; shall either in person or by deputy, attend all sessions of the city courts, and shall promptly and faithfully execute all orders of the Mayor, and all writs and processes of the city courts. "SEC. 66. Assistant chief of police.—There shall be an assistant chief of police whose duties shall be to act as chief of police in the absence or inability to act of the chief of police and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance. "The chief of police and the assistant chief of police shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. "SEC. 67. Second assistant chief of police.—There shall be a second assistant chief of police who shall be chief of the secret service and shall have charge of the detective work of the department and of the detective force of the city, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance."