Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-03
THE POLICE BOARD.
Delinquent SalOOn.KeepersH Hauled
Over the Goals.

A meeting of the Police Commissioners
was called for yesterday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. M. Lindley and Mr.. Knox
were not present. The other three Com
missioners decided to put up with their
absence and go on with the business in
hand.
Several applications for saloon licenses
and for transfers of licenses were read
and eturned to the petitioners, as they
were not in proper fern. 1t was de-
cided to adopt a regular blank form for
the applications, and the Chief read
proposed statement which all appli
cants should be required to make. 1t
was in the form of an affidavit which
should be sworn TO and subscribed be-
fore notary. The applicant states his
name, residence, period Of residence in
the city, that he has never been convicted
of crime, and such ether facts as are of
import in the matter, even including that
of whether he has wife or not. To this
is appended form fer the signature of
two-thirds of the taxpayers of the block
in which the business will be carried on.
OF this form 1000 copies we're ordered
printed, and it was decided that all
parties now in the saloon business
should be required TO file with the Chief
of Police filled out copy Of the blank
before the 18th of May on pain of having
their licenses revoked. That part of the
blank relating to the consent of the tax
payers of the blcak was net required to
be filed out by those now doing busi-
ness.
Major Furrey then took the floor, and
delivered a spirited harangue on the
subject of the delinquent licenses which
are turned over to the police department
to be collected He said that there was
apparently too much waiting and too
nuch dunning necessary. Ii was merely
matter of coartesy that any city officer
called on delinquents at all. They were
expected to pay, and ii they failed to do
30 the licenses should be Immediately
taken away. Now it took all the time
of one poliee officer to look after the col
lection, and was an unnecessary expense
to the city. In some cases the money
was never collected when the holders OF
licenses left town or went out of business.
Major Furrey was OF the opinion that
heroic measures should be adopted. The
Collector should call Just once, and is the
money was not paid Immediately the
Chief should be instructed to close Gown
on the business.
Mr.. Bilderrain did not want 10 take
any step which gan the risk of illegality
If holders of licenses did not pay ap they
should be proceeded against by the City
Attorney.
Mr.. Burns said that legal action wal
all right as q background to what SHOULD
be done by the Commission, but If de
cided stand was taken there would b
no need of going to the City Attorne.
except with the most extreme cases.
Mr.. Thompson, the City Tax Collector
was sent for and taken into the discus
sion. The parley lasted for nearly al
hour. In the course of it the origins
question of the treatment of the delin
quents who were handed over to the pc
lice department was quite forgotten an
the Commissioners took shy at the Ia
Collectors part OF the business. A forr
was recommended which should be pre-
sented to each holder of license, VIII
failed to respond when called upon, i
which he was threatened with the terror
of the law if he failed to pay within
certain time. AS to what was to be don
by the police with the old DELINQUENT
' nothing was decided.