The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-05

REPORT OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
The following is the report of the Police Com
missioners, which presented to the Legislature
on Thursday by Mr.Wallis:
To the Hon. the General Assembly of Maruland.
The undersigned, Commissioners of Police of the
city of Baltimore, have the honor respectfully to
report:
That from the date of their report made to vour
honorable body in May last, they continued faith.
fully to discharge the duties imposed on them by
the laws of the State, until Thursday morning. the
9th of June At an early hour on that day, Col
George p. Kane, the Marshal of Police, was ar
rested at his residence by body of military acting
under an order of MajorGeneral Banks, IN the SER
vice of the United States and taken to Fort
McHenry, where he is still confined A few
hours afterwards the Board were called on
by Colonel kenly, who read to them an
order of General Banks, appointing him Pro-
vost Marshal, and proclamation by the same Off
Ger, announcing to the citizens of Baltimore that
the Marshal of Police had been arrested. and that
the official authority of the Board of Police was
'superseded."
The Commissioners of Police, having maturely
considered their duties and obligations under the
law by which they held their appointments could
not avoid the conclusion that such action on the
part of officer of the General Government, who,
in point of fact held at the time military possession
OF the city OF Baltimore, at suspended the
tive operation of the Police Law, and put for the
time off duty all the officers and men, who could
nor, WITHOUT uiTecCIy violating DOtn the letter and
the spirit of the law, recognize the authority or be
subject to the control of any other head than the
Board Of Police. Accordingly, the Board unani-
mousy adopted resolution to that effect.
On the following Monday morning, the LIST of
July, about the hour of o'clock, all the members
of the Board, with the exception of the Mayor,
were arrested IN like manner by order of General
Banks. at their respective residences and taken to
fort McHenry. One of them, Mr.. c. ID. Kinks
was after few days confinement allowed to return
to his own house, on parole, upon the representa-.
lons OF his physicians that owing to his state of
ill health, his life would be seriously endangered by
continuance of his imprisonment The other
Commissioners, Messrs. Howard, Gatchell and Davis
have ever since been confined in Fort McIIenry;
but they have been this morning officially notified
that they are to be removed in the steamer AIDE
iaide, to some other place, at 6 o'clock this eve
ming. -
The undersigned, Charles Howard, William H.
"aacheii, and John W. Davis, further respectfully
ont Ia, mat being deprived of their liberty with:
of tba process and the Courts of Justice, as we'll
be;ng nr .eo States as of the State of MARYLAND
farmer en'eo, by the military power of the
dressed To a. anofding them any relief they ad-
memorial ast; congress of the United States a
them miobt ha X that any charges made AGAINST
grievances of greedy Investigated and that the
speedily redressed. To that map p,n might be
pended copies OF the two proclamation were; were ap-
General Banks, in reference to the Road s4sd py
ana OF the preamble and resolutions adnn,oa LIZ,
the Board in reference to the first of said pracia
tons. The undersigned respectfully ask Lave a.
submit herewith, as part of this report comics IF
the above mentioned memorial to Congress, and to
teler to the same, and to the documents appended
'asfeto' for more full information in reference to