The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-01

THI METROPOLITAN POLICE COMAlsskMnS.
Meeting ~ the Board INC Mayor Asks for
,.,.ctx, oa,eers and 10 Refussd-TAe Har~
p,cx C,,uarui. sSoners AAk for the APPOINT
ua.ur Of sneir OhIcers us sY scfa; Police men
deputy Car. enter called for Trial-Ad-
~vurpmsot OF the Case until zussday next
-Tns Tel, era phic ArraDs eweats in Case
Of Fire-Paying ON the sssgular and special
Fosccs-The FIRE Alarm Teiegr~pn-Ihs
Old rorce reporting for Duty, &C.
Boari met yesterday morning precisely al 10 O'Clock
Present, hessrs Nye, Bowen, Srsnahsn Choi~e Powell
and Wood the minutes Of the last meeting were read by
the Slerk and approved.
Mayer wooo ben ssid that before proceeding 70 other
ba.pes, be would like 70 lay before tie Bard commu
nicaron nom The Fl rst Marshal OF his Office
The document read by the Clerk, ~ follows
MAYORS OFFICE July ID 1857.
DEAN Sir According the ri ordinances IL my duty
:, issue all heens under your honor, transition 70, stages
harkpey and driver. Intelligence Offices
1o % .s S sns VS. s
S %s s ss so I, sS .o osqes wss,e
say have officers male arres and serve notices. also
Under he police bad squads of policemen or
and detailed io' Ibis DUTY and Sis my opinion ndis
sIper,eI should be provd-d .ithoas delay
s.ss uesPs.s and ne issysl public .aisrns i
% sses h.s s, sn% Shn nom The
violated ssty without any power N me 70 er.vsn,i re-
some Proyi may Be inside wiAoS, delay A.. Q, which is
Pirs, MARSHA
Upon motion Of Mayor woop, the documen. received
and edered nle, and after brief consultation IN
undertone Tho following resolutions were offered by Mayor
Wood
solved That the Mayor of York be authorized
ect and many special officers temporary pr
sosS.n ss may be under the application 's Of
ssd ordered on de and thai the General Superne
.esnessd 10 Dc ueh cc,r 70 tie office TO do duty
Resolved that THIS Board will under the requskiou of
= he NAY or ma dssisns, not exceeding tw. niy,ve
Gen NYE had undt rsteod his honor the Mayor
the other day the discussion with reference the
power Of the Board 70 appoint special pairolm that
he Mayor desired TO hold his opinion In res 70 the
power Of the Board TO employ these men The question
did not leeitmately come up now. II appeared TO him
that would be better before these men appointed
10 have this question settled.
Mr.. Bowen supposed they hal POWER TO appoint tempo
rAry patrolmen, decicet yesterday
Gen NYE thought would be well 70 whether the
regular force could not supply sne vacancies spoken OF In
NJ BowkS said that there any ,ubt they might
refer the 70 q oommitte TO report TO- morrow.
Mayor WOOD laid that being the frs, OF Au.
gust would be better TO organize possb
He would state that this duty had been performed for
many years by persons qualified for IT, and that
Inexperienced men would be entirely Incompetent to per
form thoee duties. II appeared 70 him TO have been the
policy Of this b1ard 70 exclude the old officers or tho po
hoe force-in his Judgment efficient he had
disposition To Pr this question but public necessity alb
pressed by the demands Of persons who take cen,
They had check or Carmen and the variety or others
were licensed 0y e mayor These men were ae,o
interest and the public treasure As the pay, If this
Board would not pay then the Corporation would pay
them.
Gen. NIs desired simply TO have the question set
he'd He supposed that record kept of all licences
granted OF whatever character they might be- He sup
pscd the City Marshal had charge and he brought de-
tDquepts 70 the notice OF the officers acting, shos
Tag ~hat was not license, or what .
sreschl OF the ci.yI ordinances and he accordingly
supposed that the duty vas not very intricate The
only objection be had was this that which they met ,ery
sep they took-f Is appointed a special he thinks
10 must have preference for the permanent appoint
s ,Sey nave an claim On mi. sosrd o% he
labor and responsibility which they have voluntarily
taken upon themselves In the defence Of the ciw-the
strongest and best guarantee that they would perform
their duties well. The only obecuon he ths-he
eel Of there rested solely with the Mayor. he
from their places policemen by this Board The ques
eoa was whether they could be pointed again uadcr
any oonsideraton He had no disposon 70 com NIT him
demi sed II they had been properly dismissed he d. not
vfh by appointing them pecal policemen 70 hold o0s cay
judgment that this requisitiop should be ~ ..
with they had better speedily as thsy corld an All
vacancies In department and n the regular Soe 49,
nG any capable Of pe rormns this dutv hsv e
lcarp. He made this suggestion ''
Mr.. srRasAHas raid seemed to hi-, ts., ,ss,s me,
xee 10 be seecied and sworn In by a. ~, .orId
be remembered that q committee ~ n nyw. ~.
since mace report in favor OF v,s,n ACKNOWLEDGEMENT q, ne
InnNeh'n 1919 nous sroosiy scruuaised and the
oo,ectps THIS r'cutou eis entirely in the hands Of
49, .rrSN eight be well, but II MD not square with
rsS the Board day or two since with regard 70
latromcn. he no; sure that his all wen,
he would suggest that The subject be deferred until
nifty With The understanding bet~ecr the Chairman and
The eaurer for special patrolmen he had no doubt OF
men IN hs Judgment there could not be more than one
hundred Of the old force that had been cmssed accord
ing 70 as. o1t Of The Twelve hundred nese we're 20,
receive their pay and be had no doubt that that
would be eventually decided By the oourts Therefore,
obviae Of the difficulty, he had proposed 70 DO
ngnA,e some OF them special or temporary policemen,
and n this Board would no, pay them, the Corpo.
from ' the 0' rr., m.,ns, sho wing he great ncces
sity for there men, and was for the Board 70
he, would moi be mus, look for sYistance in some
other quarter Whether this Board would do what he
deemed 70 be their duy-passpg the reeoluso giving
the officers 10 him-wss for them cay. he had OBJ
jecion " laying the matter over for day .-.
Mr. Bowrs undersio' that the Mayor made requs
ton for the sp OF special patromen the
The Commissioners Of Emigration or Quarantine Com mis-
s,oucrs He dsposes receive that application "a
TIA, he public irieresI required It, But he proposed that
they should be placed precisely upoo the same plan
any requisron from any o'ber public ONCE. there wa
. difference of opinion would no, be oeuer refer ~
MAYOR woop had no objecnon provided they had re-
cen NYrsad that IN his suggestions be did not mean 10
cay hat the number ofmen desrcd By the Mayor were not
requisite Without expressing any opinion In answer TO the
OF hs Honor the Mayor the legality ofthe ds
issas be would simply say this question should
In Ne proper shape be should be ready 70 discuss
H. and might appear that by their volion, and not
by his Board, had these men been discharged. To
What committee should The resolution be REFEREED
The docu nents were finally referred 70 the Committee
On Appointments and Usmisgsk.
Mr. srRASAHsx presented the petition Of scrgeants Of
Bookyn claiming the pay Of inspectors vas referred
70 the appropriate committee
Mr. Bowpy then said he had received the following
municaton, which he would lay before The Bard
PILor COMMISSIONER, OvrIcE. 90 sOrrH srREEr,l
INV NoRK, July 80 lssl. \
TO BoARD MHrnoroLfrAS PolicE COsNisstOfERs;-
sHrrIHxES-At = meeting Of the Board n hubOr Comms
s,opers held day resolved that the Metropolitan
be respectfully requested 70 direc The
the Harbor Comm soners ~ thesr oos 81
houh Of nfrscuone Of the law 70 establish reg
OF rev York particularly In relation 20
throwing uishi soil into the slips and thai they Re also
ques,sd be door superntebd~n scnr IN
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