The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-05
,,e Case Of the baltimore Police
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..o Case Of the baltimore Police
commissioners.
from the San Of the I'D.
-. HIS Honor Judge .Martta:
S;r.-Goycvner Swami has commission
= WcssrS. William 7. Valiant and James
\nung a. police commissioners In the
,',orr Of Mcssrs. Hindes and Wood, re-
n,,d Two Of the counsel engaged In
n, case, Mr.. Schley and NJ. Latrobe, are
living Up the form Of the oath to be
,akcn and subscribed. In view Of the
,.reat nuhlic interest involved, We are anx.
snnS that said officers shall qualify before
yonr Honor to-day. Will your Honor do
:. the favor 10 administer the oath Of Of
Ace to those gentlemen before the adjourn
u,rnt Of your court today
Very respectfully,
JoHN NJ. FRAZIER.
In short time after MesSrs. Schley and
iatrobe appeared, Mcssrs. Stockbridge and
Stirling also being present. Judge Martin
;l"n read the following to the counsel:
Ia the matter Of William T. Valiant and
James Young, who have applied to he al
Owed to take the oath prescribed by the
FIST section of the act of 1862, chapter
I&l. In allowing these applicants to take
TIC oaths required by the first section OF
the article of 1862, chapter l3l, desire to
he understood as expressing no opinion on
the question rs 10 the jurisdiction of the
Governor Of Maryland to remove the po-
lice commissioners, who were in the Office
under the appointment of the Legislature,
for official misconduct, or as TO the validity
Of the title of these applicants to the Office
70 which they claim to be entitled under
the appointment OF the Executive. In
directing TO be administered to these APP
plicsnts the oath required to be taken by
Them by the act Of Assembly, 1862, chap
fer l3l, the court performs only ministc-
rial duty, which may be discharged by the
clerk.
II i, no evidence of title in these appli-
,auls TO the Office claimed by them, but
only puts them in a condition to maintain
the validity OF that title. The taking OF
lie oaths prescribed by the police act is
only a compliance with conditions de-
nmrGcd Icy the statute, and without the
Performance of which the applicants could
not be regarded rs entitled to hold the
Office Of police commissioners, or to dis
charge It's duties, even assuming that the
mode in which they have been appointed
was entirely umeXccptionable. The ques-
ton of their title TO this office cannot be
lred in this form.
Mr.. Schlcy said the app0intecS appeared
with their commissions, under the broad
seal of the State.
The Judge remarked that of course this
action did not go behind the commissions.
Nessrs. Young and Valiant then came
forward and took the necessary oaths,
which had been prepared by Mcssrs. La
,robc and Schley, and at once left the
courtroom.
Shortly after 3 o'clock Messrs. Valiant
and Young, accompanied by Mr.. Carter,
Secretary OF State, drove to the office OF
the police board, and were met at the gate
leading to. the Office by Deputy Marshal
Manly and several policemen. AS the
gentlemen were about entering, they were
stopped by the deputy marshal, who in
formed them that the board had adjourned
for the day, and that he had received or
dlrs to allow no one to enter. They grace
fully retired, and on proceeding to the
Mayors Office, in the City Hall, were in
formed that his Honor had gone to dinner.
Tury then reGntcred their carriage and
drove of.
McssrS. Hiudes and Wood, with Mayor
Chapman, it is understood, were in the
Office Of the former when MeSsrs. Valiant,
Young, and Carter called and were re-
fused admittance al the gate.
Tn" newly-appointed board held q
lengthy meeting last night, but we are not
advised Of their proceedings further than
the issuing oil the following order:
BOARD OF POLICE,
BALTIMORE, November 2, 1866.
Having been appointed police commits
>outrS 10y his EXcellency Governor Swami,
vice Messrs. Samuel Hindcs and Nicholas
l.. Wood, removed, We desire to state that,
in the prosecution Of the duties assigned
u, We do not design interfering in any re-
sprct with the police as now organized, or
10 remove any person connected with 1t for
h> political opinions, provided he does not
laws now in force for the government of the
police of Baltimore.
We believe the officers and men in the
department are disposed to be, what the
laws require them TO be, constructors Of
IL. peace; and it is hoped and expected
that they will cheertully aid us in preserv-
Ing the quiet of the city.
We also invoke all good citizens to assist
us 10y their counsel and example, and that
they will use their best cndeavors to pre-
vent any undue excitement, and that they
viii also advise all disposed to act other
wise to quietly and peaceably acquiesce in
the measures now about being inaugurated
by authority Of the Governor.
JAMES You've,
WILLIAM THOMAS VALIANT.
By special invitation, large number of
prominent Conservative gentlemen last
evening met Mayor Chapman and Thomas
). Alexander, ESD, one of the counsel for
Ncs"S. liindes and Wood, at the Mayors
office. They desired on behalf of the old
board TO have presented to them the names
Of responsible Conservative in each pre-
rlnct, i'll view OF their appointment as
Judges OF the next election to take place on
Tuesday next. In all cases the gentlemen
declined naming any one under the exist
ibg circumstances.
NJ. Alexander expressed his desire to
make good his promise during the investi-
sation at Annapolis TO give one Conserva-
live Judge in each precinct. The gentle
men present assured both the Mayor and
Sf. Alexander that even under different
state Of affairs they would decline to name
parties as judges unless every other judge
was man of responsibility and who
lad sufficient property to make him ame-
hsDIc TO the law for dereliction Of duty.
Mr. Alexander intimated to the gentlemen
Present that 1t was designed to hold the
NleCliGn ON Tnn.anr noxf nndor tho reniS-