Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

meeting read and approved. A communities
ton from the City Attorney was read, and
on motion of Judge Henry the same was
placed on file. 1t ia as follows:
To the Honorable the Board of Police Commits
sioners Of the city of Observation-Disclosures
Your question: "What are the duties and powers of
the Board Of Police Commissioners in the matter of
the detail of members OF the Police Department? !"
| answer as follows: The duties and powers of said
Board are laid down in Sections and OF the Act
of 1872 page So 90 81 of Deylins complied laws of
this ethyl. The Board HIS power TO make all such
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the said
Act, which it may judge necessary for the appoint
ment, employment uniformDg, discipning, trial
and government of the members of said
department l find no provision of the law
empowering the Board to make detail Of officers.
On the contrary, Section Of said Act provides that
the Department Il Police of said city shall be under
the direction of the Chief OF Police This certainly
means that the detail ard general conduct of the
department shall be under the command of the
Chief Of Police
Section Of said Act provides that the Che 81
Police shall designate one member Of the depart
ment to act as Court officer and while the Board
has general power to mske rules for the
Of all, it could not name an officer for the Court
The Chief, by virtue Of his position, is deemed by
the law to be the best qualified to properly station
his men where the hest interests of the public
would be served. The Board can exercise nofurther
powers than those conferred by law.
The Mayor of the city is the executive head of the
municipal government, and can, when eXgencies
require, command the entire Police Department.
On the 10th day of July 1875, the Board Of Police
Commissioners made certain rules with regard to
the detail of the members of the department, which
rules seem to have been abrogated by common con-
sent; but inasmuch these rules dc not affect the
question submitted | will refrain for the present
from expressing opinion upon the validity of the
same.
Chief Karcher moved that the communica-
ton be published in full in the evening ard
morning papers.
Lost. by the following vote Aye, Karcher;
noes, Brown and Henry.
Mayor Brown offered the following order:
That the Clerk OF this Board is hereby in
structed to furnish each policeman, both
regular and special, copy of the following
order:
Mr.. -, police officer: You are hereby or
dered by the Police Commissioners of the city of
Sacramento TO arrest every person engaged in, or
whom you have reasonable cause to believe, carries
on gambling games or lotteries contrary to Law
within the city limits, and you are further notified
that failure to do will determine this Board to
discharge you from the force.
The order was, on motion of Chief Karcher.
unanimously adopted.
No further business appearing, the Board
adjourned subject to call.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT.-Ths following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
18th For Gus Lavenson, 1 box shoes !;
Henry Eekbardt, l case firearms, 2 cases
shells; Capital Furniture Co., boxes marble;
Hale Bros & Co., case shoes; Huntington,
Hopkins & Co., cars nails, l car iron, case
brushes, 3 cases sledges, 3 drums iron-pipe
fittings; Mebius & Co., IA boxes screws A.
A. Van VOORHEES, & Co, 10 bundles enamel
paper Weinstock & Lubin, l case corsets
L. Elkus & Co., l case spool cotton J. w.
Boyer, Jr.. box clothing w. D. Comstock,
l Car furniture J. Booker, 6 bundles willow
baskets &C. ?. R r Co., car engine oil ; Bill
Kingsley & Co., 24bundles, 6 bales broom corn
Hale Bros. & Co., l case shoes. The follow
ing freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on
the 10th: w. d. Comstock, 3 boxes walnut
furniture, boxes marble slabs; Billingsley
& Co., IS bales broom-corn, 10 boxes tacks,
20 boxes glass TASKS; Central Pacific Rail
road Company, SS bundles car-springs, box
machinery, l case, l hogshead and l cask
lanterns; Holman, Stanton & Co., 2 boxes
butts, box locks; Weinstock & Lubin, 2
cases shirts @. Heinrich, l box sausage; W.
Ebsrhardt, box billiard-cue racks Thomas
Harper, cases shoes; Henry Fisher, barrel
and case confectionery A. Coolot, 20 boxes
tobacco; Whittier, Fuller l. Co., l box hard
ware, box picture frames. The following
IrelS1C Will arrive ny LIE AICDlSOu. Topeka
aad Santa Fe Railroad: III. Z. Kirk & Co.,
3 boxes and barrel drugs; Lindley & Co., 1
case canned oysters, 3 barrels whisky.
AUcTIoNs.-At half-past 10 o'clock this
morning Bell & CO., auctioneers, will sell in
front of salesroom, No. 9OS J street, between
Ninth and Tenth, without reserve. parlor
sets. chairs. stoves and fixtures complete, ex-
tension tables, spring and top mattresses,
safes, carpenters tools, and large lot OF
glass and woodenwRre. They will also sell
each day clothing and furnishing goods at the
Philadelphia Store, No. Ala K street, at half
past 10 o'clock each morning, and at and
o'clock each evening, until the entire stock is
sold. On Thursday, CONNIE ncing at 1870
o'clock, they will sell at residence, No. $50,
southwest corner of Seventh and NJ streets,
and without reserve, sill the furniture and
household goods of six rooms, consisting of q
fine parlor set, fine walnut bedroom set, COM
mon bedroom sets. with clipper-edge spring
and top mattresses feather pillows, blankets,
spreads, comforts, sheets, marble top center
table, lounges, extension table, ingram and
Brussels carpets, stair and hall carpet. stoves,
chairs, tables, safe, crockery, glass and wood.
enware, and garden tools, and large lot OF
other things too numerous to mention.
SEVERE Yesterday afternoon
the little boy of Charles Hanson, of Wash
ington, while playing during recess at the
school-house in that place, was tripped by an
other boy aud fell, cutting his cheek quite
severely The cut extended from the corner
of his eye about three and quarter inches
downward, laying the eye bare. The child's
mother brought it to this city for treatment.
Just as they reached the corner of Second
and streets the child tainted from pain and
loss OF blood. 1t was taken to a physician
who sewed the wound up. but he could not
give announcement as to the probability of
saving the eye It is feared that the sight of
that eye will be entirely destroyed.
DBcEAsED.-Aceording to telegram re-
eeived here yesterday by f. L. White, Mrs
Sarah Finigan, wife of P. A. Finigan, Di-
ractor of the State Agricultural Society, died
Yesterday morning at San Francisco. The
cause of her death was consumption, of
which she had been i'll for q long time. She
was stepdaughter of William Rippou, and
passed her girlhood 10 this city. She has .
large circle of friends here, who will be panied
to hear of her demise. Mrs. Charles Robin
son of San Francisco and Alrs. +. IL. White
of this city are her sisters.
Observation-Disclosures Council, No.
l, of Royal and Select Masters, installed
their officers last evening for the ensuir g
term. as follows: John W. Barrett, Thrice
Illustrious Master; Cornelius Kellogg, Dep
uty Illustrious Master; Edwin Glover, Prin-
cipal Conductor of the Work; A. Egl.
Treasurer W. B. Davis. Recorder; Joseph
Davy, Captain of the Guard William Z.
Oughton, Conductor VIM. X. Jones, Stew
ard, and George f. Bronner, Sentinel.
BITTEN BY DoG.-Last Saturday little
daughter of Samuel L. Harvey. while play
ing on the sidewalk in front of her fathers
residence. made friends with stray dog.
For awhile the dog was civil enough, but
firing of the attentions of the child, snapped
at her, injuring her quite badly in the face,
though it is thought she is not dangerously
hurt.
SCHOOL HOUSE ROBBED. some
sneak-thief entered the Union school house
at Seventh and G streets, and robbed it of
lead pencils, box of pens and lot Of marbles
that had been taken from the boys by the
school teachers. Nothing was taken Of much
value.
CHRISTMAS FEsTIvTTIEs.-The Sacramento
Turn-Yerein will hold Christmas festivities,
consisting of ball and Christmas tree, on
Monday evening next, at Turner Hall.
"fR. GOLDEN, is this a surprise sale p
&. ~ - INC This Ia our re11llar