“Nov.2nd, 1863: The city councilestablished a night-patrol ordinance. All males of age 18-60 who were noteligible for Army service were required to perform ‘such duties in relation topatrolling the city and maintaining the quiet and good order thereof under provisionsof the articles relating thereto’” “...Each member of a patrol, while on duty,had full police powers to arrest all persons who commit breaches of the peaceor disturb the quiet and good order of the city.”
Oscar Haas, History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844–1946 (Austin: Steck, 1968) (pg. 193)
