Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-20
THE FREEHOLDERS.
The City to be Divided into
Nine Wards.
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
The Officers to be Elected by the
People and Those to
be Appointed.

DAY, mayor WOfkfnhH III tho chui, anu
Messrs. Moore, Robinson, Book, Mackey, |
Estudillo, Mansfield, Thorn, Dunkel.
berger, Bonebrake, Brown, Scott and DR..
Kurtz present.
A communication was received from
John o. Wheeler in relation to the sec
ton Of the charter making provision for
the streets. Laid on the table until that
section OF the charter be reached.
The Secretary then read Article ii, re-
lating to the officers Of the municipality.
General Mansfield offered an amendment
providing for an alternative provision to
be presented to the people. Some par
ties had suggested that ten Councilmen
would be better than five, as provided
for in the defeated charter. He there
fore proposed to give the people the choice
of either five or ten. As for himself,
he thought that five would be better than
ten, and would vote for five, but the peo
pie ought to have the choice. Mr.. Book
suggested that the number be eleven,
two from each ward and one at large.
General Mansfield accepted Mr.. Book
suggestion. He favored the election OF
five Councilmen, and would at the right
time move that they be paid a good sal
ary. II ten were TO be elected then thcy
shonld draw only one-half the salary that
would be drawn by each member were
there only FIVE. Major Bonebrake said
that at the proper time he would move
to increase the number OF wards in the
city.
Mr.. Dunkelberger was in favor OF in
creasing the number o! wards. Mr..
Scott said that one OF the greatest
objections to the defeated charter
was that it provided for only
FIVE Counclmen. He thought that
the city should have no less than IL
or IL Councilmen.
Mr.. Robinson thought that the Coun-
Gil should have no less than Is members.
Ten years ago Is Councilmen were re-
quired and the city needs fully that num-
ber at the present time.
Mr.. Estudillo said he believed in pay
ing everybody for what they did whether
fol. the public or not He thought that
five Councilmen with two at large would
be enough if they were paid to do the
work of the city. Councilmen OF this
city 81 ould be paid $3.50 per month. A
good man was worth that. Sacramento
had never been so prosperous as at pres
ent, and there are but three trustees.
Col Moore was OF the opinion that
the city should have nine wards.
The city would then have nine Council
men and ii they were paid 800 per
month that would be about right. DIR.
Kurtz thought the city should be divided
into at least nine wards and that would
give nine Councilmen, but he was in fa-
vor OF paying them $3.50 per month. Mr..
Mackey moved that the provision relat-
ing to the number OF Councilmen be
made one for each ward and then the
number of wards could be fixed later
when that part of the charter was
reached.
Mr.. Scott said he should not vote for
any proposition for less than twelve
Councilmen. Mr.. Mackey's motion was
carried
Major Bonebrake thought there were
too many officers provided for in the re-
iected charter. He thought that the of
fees OF CityAssessor, Take Collector and Ii
cence Collector could be combined in one.
He moved that the offices OF City Collec-
tor, and CRY Tax Collector be stricken
out, and provision be made for Tax
and License Collector. Carried.
Major Bonebrake thought it was un-
necessary to have Clerk OF the Council
and City Clerk too. He moved to COM
bine the two offices under the title Of City
Clark. Carried.
Mr.. Robinson moved that the Board OF
Education consist of one member from
each ward.
General Mansfield said he was opposed
to the election OF one member Of the
Board of Education from each ward.
The position was one where the men
should be selected without regard to pol
itics, and they should be paid.
DIR. Kurtz said that five members of the
Board were enough, but seven or nine
that the members should be paid. But
after consideration, he thought it might
be we'll to elect one for each ward.
Major Be n 1brake moved TO have them
elected by the city-at-large. with
Mr.. Robinson's motion to elect one
member from each ward was carried.
Dr. Kurtz moved that there be five
members Of the Directors Of the Los An
geles Public Library.
Mr.. Mackey did not think that the
number should be nine, as provided for
in the defeated charter.
Mr.. Brown moved to amend the mo-
tion by electing one from each ward
Lost
DIR. kurtz' motion was carried.
The matter OF the number OF police
judges came up. Captain Thorn moved
that the number be limited to two. Car
ried.
When the matter of the Police Com
mission was reached, General Mansfield
said that he believed that here was the
center OF all the scandal in the city. The
impression was prevalent that there was
"divy" going on, and that all the mem
bers were anxious to have finger in it.
He proposed that the office be
abolished and that the Chief OF
Police be placed on the same
platform as the Sheriff. If this was done
i would do away with the quarreling
that was going on now. Mr.. Book
thought it would be a great mistake for
the Chief OF Police to be elected by the
people for the reason that in municipal
affairs the people would not turn out and
vote and combination could be formed
and an Objectionable man could be elect
ed before the people walked up.
Mayor Workman said that il the Chief
was not member OF the Commission
the matter could be fixed now.
DR.. Kurtz said he favored Police
Commission and the appointment of the
Chief by them. There had always been
cry against the Police Department and
il there was only q Chief of Police the
cry would be greater against it.
Captain Thorn was in favor OF Police
Commission to which the Chief would