Section  16.  All  boroughs  employing  policemen  within  the  Com-
monwealth of  Pennsylvania,  shall  pay  to  all  such  policemen  a  fixed
or  stipulated  salary;  and  that  hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for
any  such  policeman  to  charge  or  accept  any  fee  or  other  compensa-
tion, in  addition  to  his  salary,  for  any  service  rendered  or  performed
by  him  of  any  kind  or  nature  whatsoever  pertaining  to  his  office
or  duties  as  a  policeman,  except  public  rewards  and  the  legal  mile-
age allowed  for  traveling  expenses.
Section  1,  Act  of  July  14,  1897,  P.  L.  266.
Section  17.  Any  person  employed  as  a  policeman,  violating  any
of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  of  this  act,  shall  be  deemed
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  sen-
tenced to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  and  costs,  or  undergo
imprisonment  in  the  jail  of  the  proper  county  not  exceeding  thirty
days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court.
Section  3,  Act  of  July  14,  1897,  P.  L.  266.
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Section  18.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  policeman  residing  in  any
borough,  who  shall  be  duly  appointed  or  elected  to  the  office  of  con-
stable in  said  borough,  or  any  ward  thereof,  to  hold  and  exercise
said  office  and  to  demand  and  receive  all  costs,  fees  and  emoluments
pertaining  thereto,  as  allowed  by  law.
Section  1,  Act  o,'  April  25,  1905,  P.  L.  309.
