The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-19

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compelled BY some judicial PTsSs%ssedR'nss POWELL
The following Is tho order OF tho "DepuV Saperinssa
dert sent Captain Smith and each VI the Police Cap
OvucE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
BEooxLrN. May Is, 1857.
the Ae!ropoi, a Pce ~ furnshed you by tho 'Supssin
JOHN g. FOLK. Deputy Superintendent
The order ot'he perhtendeni not read last eve
prx by Capt Smith OF the First district ,olice The
LcaiioD from The Mayo has probably deferred
other captains from reading that document. II ey find
hard to choose in the present unsettled Of affairs.
THE COMMON COUNCIL AND rHA METROPOLITAN 70
LICE BILL.
The communication Of the Mayor to tho Pvlice Com mis-
sonorsbove cooc-being read AZ or tho orgau,z s,on
Of the Common Council,
AID KAIBFEIscH said that a. this question progressed
he the moro regretted that Committee Of Conference hAd
not been appointed tevise TO meet tiese exgen
cies.
AID, IAN BEusr offered resolution that tho communi.
caonSf {, Mayor, with the cqnisition OF the Csnmis-
siOpers, at the last meeting, b. referred
special committee OF five, to report.
Alderman Fow,tR said they NOT the interpreters Of
the law OF The legislature ana must either recognize
not. He was in favor OF recognizing the law.
Alderman VAN BkusT conended that the law shoald be
obey ed Until repealed invalid the decision Of the Court
Appeals would set right The conn tec BIO proposed
was for the purpose OF taking measures to formally hand
over the station houses aud other police property to tho
CCnmk eioners.
Alder DELyEcMo said If that the object of the
committee he should oppose it, He had supposed the com
mee to take 10 protect the property OF tho
city He denied that the people of the city of Brooklyn
had com ented to the passage OF this law.
Alderman KAIm1ElscH said he was law abiding CID
zen, but there was time when not virtue oboy
certain laws. II he had read the history Of this country
Alright had oLce been deemed vhtue not to obey laws
passed In England and tho same principle he was op-
pofed to laws passed in Albany.
Alderman fowler said the Chief of Police without con
suiing the Mayor hal ahdcated his position Chief of
the Police Of the city OF Bros kyn and had accepted ap
poi amtn rs Deputy Superintendent under tho metropolitan
Police As such he bad issued orders, which. II obcyed,
would lake all control Of the Police DEPARTING OF
hands OF the city. There should be expression aad
hearty one In approval Of the action of the Mayor sus
tain him in it, He pride himself upon being law abiding
citizen but he valued too highly the privileges bclleahed
by his orcthers to submit without legally contesng this
blow at Their rights, aimed directly at the fundamental
principle Of eelfgovernmcpt The Commissioner, sought
to get OF property and what should loS
He regretted they had not Committee of Conference
refer to- but the Commissioners could organize whe
the impeachment in NeS York continued. No Commission
In fact, existed The greatest danger to this city was
they might get possession Oh our property and funds
and a. all the moneys into common fund they might
appropriate il to pay their salaries He glad the
Mayor bad taken such stand, and it tho boanden
At least that his action approved by his fellow legis
leors Tho Chief Of Police had abdcated his posi-.
tiou, and longer officer recognized by our
charter. Ho had committed treason in the camp aud
had applied tho torch OF the incendry to that which had
sheltered hn-not boldly, but under the fence, he had
gone the Commission and tried destroy and
hand Us over, borpa hand and 'oot From the
dents OF thoe who composed that commission he felt
that would be impossible for them to act honestly
behooves not to ct the uns fail into their hands Let
the Common Council do their duty cite the Chief Of Police
before them and break him let him to his employers
q ion ha al aeAlt ttAN
proving Of the orders OF the Mayor and requesting him to
take such further action will insure the protection OF
the property OF the city.
After some discussion tho resolution or Alderman
Fowler was lost by a veto Of 5aycs To II nays.
e resolution OF Alderman Van Brunt, that the
nuncaon Of the Mayor together with the requiition of
tho Commissioners presented at the last meeting, DO refer
red 10 special committee Of five, to report at the next
meeting then put and carried, by vote vi IL ayes
TO Is nays