§ 56. Arrest without warrant; swearing out of warrants of arrest.

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The sergeant [chief of police] and the police officers of the town shall have the power to arrest without warrants and carry before the justice of the peace [magistrate] of said town or other property authority, to be dealt with according to law, any and all persons who shall violate any ordinance of the town or laws of the state in their presence and it shall be their duty to swear out warrants of arrest for any person where they have reason to believe any offense has been committed.

                    
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