Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-04
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facts, which may bc summed up rs fol-
lows: When the policemen found that
their bills were lting closely scrutinized by
tho county auditors and that their fees
were being greatly reduced in cOOso-
quence, they pe,itiOned councils to ill.,
crease their salaries. Councils thcreupOn
passed the following resolution at the
September meeting:
q Res0lrsd, By tho select and common
councils Of the oity Uf Lancaster, that
from and after the lst day Of August, 1882.
the police force III tho city Of Lancaster
shall be paid each fifty dollars (sjO) per
month Tor their services except tho chief
Of said force, who snail bo paid sixty dol
lars (s6O) per m:'nth. payable monthly"
The resolution was approved by tho
mayor, and tho Policemen made out bills
for the back pay a;ni Increased pay duo
them under the resolution.
Tho finance committee declined tO ap-
prove the bills on the ground that the con
stitutiOn Of Pennsy lvania provides, Art.3,
Sec. 13, that "nu law shall extend tho
term of any public officer or increase or
diminish his salary or cmoluments after
his election or appointment And the
act Of Assembly Of 1874 provides P. L.,
a:;,3 2;33, Sec. - that mo ordinance shall he
p'soe0'' OACP'
OOth COUNCILS AM aPpfov0u ~ 'no "'1yoI'
giving any compensation 10 any Puonc
oihcer' &G' "ahont previous ausnOIy
ot law iaymen' was a!so teAuses. y" suo
ground tnat tne appropr'asion ".''uo ~.
Poi,ce purposes way ",sumc'c"' W '"oo'
tho proposed increase OF pay.
Ihe Policemen employed nay brown'
csq 10 push the!f case anu tnat g1ntlc
man IN callca a!tont."n 70 tne case .! "m'
naidwm VIZ. the CITY Oh rh!'S9e'Pn'a' ue-
clueu ~ Gy '''S l, s"p.c.'O .S So"1s S:"se az .,s
sou' WHO 1s"VeteU tno OP'nlOn vi INC
inc luoSt.O" wno'"ei S:o p'""''n
Is puohc Omeer AZ not
essent'a''y e.. hvoivco In 'ne case.
inc error into "n'cn 'no scaIneu y"rsS
oeiow lJuuge huuo"J mauss!'c"''y ~"
""s ~ "pPS S.uE sne 'soO'o S1ot,on rs'o, Va 'uo
cOIsttution O sn's cdoo: ~ 'anE oi
snat instfumon. Is NO t"0 sna". ~, III
~ crease SI,n VI u,I,ln'sn n,s s'.'y Me. lno
wo1u ~. nss = n1c l'''lu e:Sn.is1 J. nc''.'-
InS. n ..s ss.ol" souoo ~ N"Pes "
iu'o VI "o''o" !" sno iaI'.ouI sonoo J"
WHICH we arc ~" GOus'oi'nSS -, " "cns
"'"'o VI c'S" con."cs P.coci'oeu "J .hc
supreme power ., tne state, eomnan1inS
whas ID risht anu ProhlD''"S th"' winch
Is wrong. olackstone.l ne.l
law ID an omenat'on !lCu t"o su-
Premo power anu csnnOc of'snatc c'he.
where' IL RUE "nich every ei''-on o'
inc s's Ssate IN DOunu 10 OOey.
Inc oIulIaoCo VI cOunc's " WHICH I'll"
pl'hnthis salary was lncreaseu' was not il
law, ana therefore does n0e come wishlh
tho c0nssituuohai pronioision. ~ =
mere local reGaiatloh i0r tne ci'y Oi
IhE"eiph@' IL nSs' perhaps Inc 'orce
Oh law III the community 10 10 ehected ny
1t, O"t II IS hos PIcseriDeu w sno supreme
po"ei-H eonSeIhs on'y suDalv'snlu o'
t',o state al" '''es "os r'sc W '"0 o's"''y
o law.
Jodsmene revcrsed anu Judgment Gu
tered IN iavor Oh loo Pinntlns'
omeo tho acove was III tyPe' tne IOi,Ow
ing oplnion u tic CITY soic'tor has Oech
g'sen:
o's ss ~ "'v ". ,.o,,
~. AANcAsrf., Oct. 4tn, loo1'
4" Me rM's"os 'o~"''''eS " '"o O'y ="
LaMcdssef
uENihhMEN-i QUE HnI1Iy !" "nvti
OF no tne resolution passed. Dy cOuncls ~
tno iast 'neeuDg increasing '"o pay Ol Inc
police TO s'O per month commencing "''i"~
August lst' IL iegai: mn,
am Of opinion that the act VI May s1d
lo'"' panipnhs EsWs :os, " sulhcien''y
I'd pfoniDiS eAtre co.n nrn-
sat'On ior SERVICES ienoeIov PEiOr 70 tno
Hass;'ee VI INC feso'St'op, uu'eoS 1J wv"
tnlru vo.c ~ oOtn .' oi''"cnoS ''D' ''io d.
pfotA Vi tho mayor the!eO,
At nfst slahco tnc tes0ius'On seemc"
" "e 10 w III c"nh!ct Win Sno conoti'"-
tsOh anu siefS'Ofo insa'u D"S iuI'ner
mVest's"t"m mas convinced me co THO
con'!aSy. INC CONSTITUTION tartc.o - sec,
tioh lo' lpfos"es tnac no ID" sna'' eA'eh0
tno Term ot any p"o''e cD'eeT or increase Ut
dinnlsil HIS sa'ary Or emo,umenIS a''ef
niS cSec'i"ii vt appointments ina' y"
ncemen are P"ohc omeerS mas ate'y
Deen oec'uea oy the supreme court
Oi tn's S'a'e' ~ IN ooroGsn o Noi-
f.s'o"n vs.. r"zPatrlck' Id NOV.
= - anu ~ .ne'o'oro Sechou n''"t" So
qncncs t.at THESE salaries ccah. not nc IN
crease' M".'"S inc toE" Oi Incl! "plU"~
., .,lcn.I n"t c'oser examination SHOWS
tl,aI ;no ."'niDs Po,n: ~ .ne S.'se - nos
~"osucr s"es "o oPHosee cDsee's' o"e w1o'"o,
.'u 'n.;.,. oi.:" ;" ,..' ;.,.: :" -. '"n" n",'
H., si'o 1..: - .." " 10 n,I.. Ico ''" ":.t:
y. '"n "vo," ~ '''. ny VI" w. ',ty
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Un,'.':N uSo ,,c iS"' ., "uu 'I"s ,'N
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nrcsent one The salary of BALDWIN. chief
commissioner OI hlSnWayS, WAS Increased
during his term Of Of1ico from s:',GOO To
u JU. Controller fattlSOn resisted pay