554.
No Head Constabable, Constable, or Sub-Constable, is to marry without permission from the Inspector -General ; and this indulgence will only be granted to well conducted men, after two years service, and on the production of satisfactory references as to the conduct, character, and respectability of the famale to whom the Constable or Sub-Constable may wish to be united.
555.
The number of married men that shall be allowed in each county is not to exceed the proportion of one in every five of the county force, but as the number of married men in most counties is now considerably over that quota, the following rule must be observed until they are reduced to it, when the proportion alluded to exceeds one in four, one man may be allowed to marry for every three vacancies amongst the married men,
and when such proportion shall be under one in four, one man may be allowed to marry for every two vacancies amongst the married men in the force of each county, county of a city, or county of a town.
556.
Applications for leave to marry are to be made through the Chief Constables and Sub-Inspectors, on Form No.19, and these officers are directed to pay strict attention to the points of information required by that document, which they are to fill up with great care, and forward in a perfect state to the Inspector General.
557.
A return on Form, No.30, showing the number of married and single men in each county or riding, and the number permitted to marry since last return, is to be transmitted monthly to the Inspector General by the respective Sub-Inspectors of counties and ridings.
(Ed- Note - Two years service, before being permitted to marry.)
No Head Constabable, Constable, or Sub-Constable, is to marry without permission from the Inspector -General ; and this indulgence will only be granted to well conducted men, after two years service, and on the production of satisfactory references as to the conduct, character, and respectability of the famale to whom the Constable or Sub-Constable may wish to be united.
555.
The number of married men that shall be allowed in each county is not to exceed the proportion of one in every five of the county force, but as the number of married men in most counties is now considerably over that quota, the following rule must be observed until they are reduced to it, when the proportion alluded to exceeds one in four, one man may be allowed to marry for every three vacancies amongst the married men,
and when such proportion shall be under one in four, one man may be allowed to marry for every two vacancies amongst the married men in the force of each county, county of a city, or county of a town.
556.
Applications for leave to marry are to be made through the Chief Constables and Sub-Inspectors, on Form No.19, and these officers are directed to pay strict attention to the points of information required by that document, which they are to fill up with great care, and forward in a perfect state to the Inspector General.
557.
A return on Form, No.30, showing the number of married and single men in each county or riding, and the number permitted to marry since last return, is to be transmitted monthly to the Inspector General by the respective Sub-Inspectors of counties and ridings.
(Ed- Note - Two years service, before being permitted to marry.)
