The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-17
HE KEEPS THE FEES.
The Council Asks Chief Mitchell
a Question.
TIE CITY ATTORNEY RESIGNS.
NJ. AIb~rtsen says He HAS Had Too
Much work and Toe Little Pay
other Matters

a. sse nsEffng 81 The common council last
nAzhs shers xess bat tho rfppaes q erstisz1ent.
ene waA oses sise question Of the right q tAe
chief Of police % appropriate irspsuBdlHg fees
ard the ossaes was 10 tie form Of surprise when
Ctr ATTORNEY AlbeFtson psesentea ais fessg1A-
ttDn. OxherwIse tne couneii hal . very quiet
session. what waz cone IL fiIiy Felase9 below
THs cnExE KExss TIRE FEgA
AE Baya the cowboy. appeared before
the council in petition asking that AZ eaiAEs
he Increased from - % ti0s month. 1has -
aust he Lad made - many times Before fhst
sse eomnriImsB were tired - hearing i Easd
ard Il vas sh0uf 70 be Referred % coEn snlftee
sshen Il aerurFsd II ore Of the eoanciinseu %
ask II tie eowboy do not kesp the fees obtained
from impoundef aairaais
Thss use answered Isl the negative Eiih TIE
TURNER information that al the fees collected
By hlra wers turned over 70 the enict oi posies
~1hen he council woke up. Il wanted 20
AMOS what the chief OF police do with ne fsses
aud he question vas pat s. tkAs sf1elal without
mach Reconsideration ~ several rneza hers
chief Mitchell was rssay 70 answer The 9nes
figsu The letz be said. we're turned oYef 20
him b. The eowioy. ard he had kept tAen
Councilman Jpgss wanted 20 Know ~ HnAs
authority gne cnief Of pcsice kept the fees
TIE ealsf Of f-eilee vas also ready 70 answer
t8sas question he had kept the fees he said, by
vfrtre IL tao provisions 1t al ordinance whieh
made them hlE ressnisltez. He seknowledgec
that thc ordsuaHee should haze been repeaiea
when sssaefal 0f1aer was appointed % 6tsend
H. tis irsponadiag u cattle buf it had net been.
And he sac theFefose eufllied - the fees gfsd
rad kept them. lie was Stout 10 Suggest that
teuaeslrnAn Jenes Should read the ordinances
when Msyar Moran sharply called him to order
and ha xabsided.
A.. esfsst was made 70 determine The amount
A. bat Inc
chief OF police could not furnish the desired IN
formation.
The natsAr was anally referred 20 the Judiciary
euurnstsee with INSTRUCTIONS 20 investigate the
matter anil also q subfnit al ordinance repeal
Ing the ordinance gislng iTnpounding fees % the
ss.s.E af lsslice.
Af,ef the council adjourned the couueiifnen
discussed the question informally. Nearly every
member was OF the opinion that the chief OF
police hheuia be made 10 pay into The city treas
ufy every cent OF tbs fees be had collected.
Further action VII! probably De taken On the
premises at the Friday night session.
CRY ATTORNEY AIHEHFsoE RESIGNS
After reading the ordinances ard just before
The close ct the session city Attorney Albertson
arose aud read the following.
GKxTLKwxx: I believe that frankness is
virtue which the people have right 20 expect
from every oiTines whom they have honored
with public trust ! em snpeiled BY a sense
of that obligation TO tender 10 your honoTab e
besIy nay resignation Of the Office OF city at
torney TO take effect uusa the election Of my
successor u is proper that ia taking mis- step
should submit 10 the public my reasons for
ssirfess.lestng this high and deeply appreciated
honor bestowed upon me by the public favor.
Before entering upon the duties OF my public
ofiee had formed some littls conception OF the
burdens and responsibilities attaching 20 the
position. | assumed the trust determined 10
show nay appreciation Of the public confidence
by faithfully and efficiently administering the
interests committed 20 my oliciai care. fwouid
not seek 70 magnify the valne Of the services
may have been able 70 render by pHrading my
exertlens 10 compass the fun scope OF thAt am
hilton. feel IL Just 20 myself to say, however.
that from The time I took the oath Of ofiloe
have lahoged unFemittingly as public servant.
almost 20 the entire abandonment 81 my private
business. I might say IN this connection that
selnsh considerations alone woafd recommend
20 me the course now persue. II feit justified
tn weighing selfish interests in the same scale
with my obligations Go the public The salary
Of the city attorney. witch the council saw fit
not 10 increase. is only $50 per month, and out
81 this must be paid the expense OF ciercal assis
fancc and other IneIdentais that are necessarily
incurred. The incumbent OF the Office and also
his associates in practice are of course barred
from accepting any business In which the city
Is OF IL likely TO be adversely concerned, and
the extended range Of public ipteresiS thus in
directly causes even the actual salary 60 he
largely Offset
Hut feel conscious OF being animated by no
considerations Of this character in rendering my
resignation would regard no private sacrifice
Too great 81 felt II possible under the cireum-
stances 10 compass, satisfactorily 80 the public
OF myself. the wide range OF ms official eaties.
In report I made 10 your honorable body
shortly after my accession 20 once, 30 which
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extent OF the work then before me- giving de.
tailed account Of the existing status ~ the city
ntigRtiaa / realized then. and sat FORTH in nav
report the fatiiity Of any efforts might make 70
esaprle successfully with the volnsac OF acca-
masaicd business and kesp properly abSceSf u
tbe current and rapidly increasing work OF the
effsec. which aioue az this critical staEe Of our
Sssaictpai development Is more than should
rest upon the shoulders Of any single Individual.
Very nearly hundrA1 suits Of the cts for the
recovery of delinquent street assessments. not =
few Of them dating back many years. Eenain on
the docket and shonid be vigorously pressed. A
raach lsFEef humber 90 such assessments st!ll
remain unsolicited upon which no suits have
been brought then recommended. and now
strongly urge hat lisf % AL these deltnquents
he made cut and that actions be brought on The
same forth wits. The city - new defending sew
esal heavy suits Instituted by the holders q
street. scrip. under the contention taaI the cor
81 pegigcncc In c0lgssttax assessments. and a.
loag A. the funds continue 10 show asi4eit The
city win he cessstaatsy csnfroated with sHch ut
sgngian. If the esafsS shoesd Hph0s1 this eoa
tenticn the liability "a te incurred by the cts
wtii assama alarming proportions. and t~ssA ID
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tae paAisr Interests no efars saessa BE- spsrca
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