17-124.Police; power to establish.A second-class city shall have power to establish a night watch and police, and to define the duties and powers of the same.SourceLaws 1879, § 39, V, p. 201; Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195; R.S.1913, § 5018; C.S.1922, § 4187; C.S.1929, § 17-126; R.S.1943, § 17-124.