New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-04
Gov. Seymour and the Police Commits
stoDcre.

tpo recent 10 require M'htiOb.
Gov. seymour and the Police Commits
stoncrs.
Gov. Seymour seems determined 10 have a
sensation At eas: year. just twclyemon,h ago
'his New Years having scarcely donnoi his robes %
once TIC Governor sent notice 20 the Police Comml.
soners to vsoato their Office To he more precise N
particulars Gov seyrrv-. -sas sworn in on the Grs,
day Of January. 1868 at noon. ana ,-madin,ciy dis.
patched messenger 10 this city with tie notification to
the Commissioners This messenger reached The resi-.
dence Of President Actor, In Toryseyenth street ut
nlno oci.ok the same evening. II appears. however
TIM, Governor on having his attention called nor.
particularly to tho statute. found be had been acting
little too fast. Thu. tic matter rested FOR fa~ d-y-
when the Governor cano out with an article IN the
newspapers under his own signature. saying hs be
would appoint early day for tie trial Of the Conis
s.oners. This ostons.by a communication for the
Board Of Police. but II never officially presented
to them. Nearly six months thereafter be again sent
down charges az. spccidca,ions With these aud the
reply OF tie Commissioners tie public is familiar
Now at the lac, hour Of Tic year is2, We aro tele
grapied from Albany TINT:
The Governor has removed The Metropolitan Police
Commissioners ard appointed In their places Joseph ;
Boswoith and William McMnrray 81! New.iork and
the ground that sincvhcr g. the charges made
agains, them there were good grpinds for their re-
ino,a bit ho unwilling 10 make any change during
the exct.mcnt oi the pat season hut mat lie oei
repor, lsEy made to bin by the Commissioners about
the riots In July Ia scctarnn and partisan, and shows
that the Commissioners have departed from a.. impair
taI and dipassoEnte position 81 public Officers aud
oct their usefulness TIE passage complained OF = 49,
follows:
The.' violent proceeding; b., political de'rn and diIec
tion and received nom ueN'psps ini pat
Of influence and in,ris,ncc Tie besd 4 Po'e had
to Immediately Membsr' q the force de.fd hc
and there l.csus inanres 81 rsnbodina'o
OF tho n.,ionAliy AID political and religions faith
Of the riosou' mob"
Late Nev.ycars Afternoon the following notice %
supersedurc served upon President Acton;
The pso;L Of ne Sat, Of ysr York ~ ne Gracs Of God
free and inGspcadenf
To THOMAS &. A,ToS. Whereas, you gerc appointed
Commissioning OF the Metropolitan Police II the Metro
poIitan Police District Of the state Of New York aud
whereas charges u official misconduct have herr ofora
been made before re. on the oath Of Henry X. Bhuvet
npainstsyou. and copies ~ such chalges were duly
served upon You personrlly, and an opporinn,, Nas
offered yon 10 be heard in yonr defense which charges
an answer was made by YOU and whereas. by such
answers facts fully establishing material portion
alleged official misconduot-sas submitted whereby
such ssags' wsrs nd sS% Know entirely %
s,ys and discharged and by these presents
10 superssde and discharge you, the said Ihomn,
Acton. OF aud from the sad Office and do he,eL, com
nand and direct you To and rboar furthrf acting
In sIecutlng tie said once.
In witness whereof have caused these letters,
made patent and tie great seal of our State affixed
Witnessed, Horntio Seymour Governor ~ our state ~
City Of Albany the Goth day ~ December n the
year Of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
si1ty.three HoWsfIo SEYMOUR
Aitesi,d by HoRATo BALLARD. Secretary of State.
4 similar notification was served Commissioner !
Bergen the following morning. and third was directed
10 james Bowen formerly President Of the Board but
now Brigldier General and Provost Marshal OF the
Gulf Department.
About Il o'clock Saturday morning. Mcssrs Jo' |
scph s. BoswoIth. VIM. McMurrsy. and Wri H. Lewis |
accompanied by Supervisors Little and Briggs called !
on Prcscn, Acton at his room IN Police headquarters
They presented their official documents Judge Bos'
worth remarkn g that he believed the gentleman whose
place be III absent from The city Tie rI,s
dent reminded the judge thai his appointment read To
ell a vacancy occGsouod by the rsn0rG! of Commits
soner Bowen. and not by his resignation and Its ynij.
ity would therefore require TO be adJudicaed upon by
the Courts In tue Of the President aud Treas
urer. Judge Bosworth remarked on leaving that he
thought he would So down TO his office and practice law
The Commissioners. acting under the advice Of coun
sci Immediately forwarded tho following reply ~ the
Governor:
Nrw YORK. Jan. 2, 1864.
Ms Frolercy HoRAro SEYMOUR Gorernor. So
SIR; We advised by our counsel that you hive no
CATION Of the charges against US AZ required by the
Revised Statutes.
We viii therefore continue TO act as Commissioners
Of Police unit your powers and rights shall have been
jldically settled
In your communication % the 81 day Of Jnne. 1863
presenting the charges against us you said When
your answers are Received VIII make the proper IN
quiIy into the truth of the charges made"
You will not be surprised that we expect fulflment
~ the promise thus made. and insist upon trial
Our conise Is adopted for the sake Of tho public. be-
cause u is importnn in our opinion that the people
should know whether tho law atoriacs the removal Of
Police Commissioners without fair opportunity TO bc
heard. Ii 3d. they may deem it necessary. by ngila
ton. to introduce better rule that the Police De
partment may be subject the absolute control Of
the Executive f0nis respectfully.
THos. C. ACTON President Board u Police.
ions g. BERGEN Treasurer.
The Governor in his communication Of June J. re.
peated his ASSURANCE that the Commissioners reply
would not bc regarded concluding the maiter--m
other words. hearing" provided for by the
statute.
The telegram above, containing what parpors to be
extract from the Annual Report Is calculated to de-