§ 24. Arrests; requiring aid of bystanders.

Be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the chief of police or any police officer of said city to arrest without warrant all disorderly and turbulent persons within the corporate limits of said city who will not desist on command, and confine them in the guard-house until they can be brought before the municipal court to answer for their misconduct. And said officers are authorized and empowered to arrest, with or without warrant, any person or persons within the corporate limits of said city who at the time of said arrest or before that time have been guilty of violating any of the laws or ordinances of said city, and to hold such person so arrested until a hearing of the matter before the municipal court can be had, in all such cases where the offense was committed in the presence of the arresting officer, or if the defendant is endeavoring to escape, or if for any other cause there is likely to be a failure of justice for want of an officer to issue a warrant; and to this end said arresting officers are authorized to imprison and confine persons arrested by them in the guard-house of said city for a reasonable length of time.

The chief of police and police officers of said city are authorized, to the same extent as sheriffs of this state, to execute warrants placed in their hands, charging any persons with violating the criminal laws of this state. The chief of police and police officers of said city are also authorized anywhere within this state to arrest any person charged with violating the laws or ordinances thereof; provided, when the arrest is not made within twenty-four hours after the offense is committed, said officers are not authorized to arrest the offender outside of the corporate limits of said city, except in obedience to written warrant signed by the mayor, mayor pro tem, or acting mayor. Said chief of police and police officers of said city may take bonds for the appearance before the municipal court for trial, and all such bonds may be forfeited as provided in this Charter.

And said City Council of Cumming shall have power and authority to authorize and require the chief of police and police officers of said city to summon any and all bystanders to aid in the arrest of any person or persons violating any ordinance of said city, or any criminal law of this state, and to provide punishment for any person or persons failing or refusing to obey such summons.