Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-27

in regard to his office. This being ac-
C, rded to him, he, amongst other things,
a. ked the Board to recommend to the
Council that he be allowed another
deputy, as the duties OF his Office were
tco onerous for one man, and the city
was at present losing about $500 per
month owing to his inability to cope
with the demands upon his time and
energies. He stated that at present his
deputy was obliged to serve his own
warrants upon delinquent license and
taxpayers owing to the action Of the
Chief of Police, who refused to allow his
officers to do 80, and that by this means
large portion OF his time was taken up.
Mayor Hazard was very much averse to
the creation Of any more new offices, and
suggested that Chief Burns call in some
of his men from the outlying districts
for the purpose; but the Chief replied
that he could not do this, and the mat
ter was discussed at considerable length.
Finally Mr.. Thompson was instructed to
make known his request in writing, and
on this being done, the matter was
recommended to the Council, on motion
of Mr.. Lindley.
A communication was received from
the Directors of the Boys and Girls
Home, involving resolution adopted at
their last meeting, asking that the Board
appoint Mrs. Watson, the matron of the
Home, on the police force, 80 as to en-
sure her compensation for the work she
was engaged in, so much of which was
in connection the Police Department,
and a document of the same tenor,
signed by number of Superior Judges
and a number of County officials, were
received and read; whereupon Mayor
Hazard asked the Board why Mrs Wat.
son should not be appointed by the Chief
as regular police officer. Mr.. Lindley
promptly replied that according to the
rules no person was eligible for office
who was not duly qualified elector.
After considerable discussion it was ulti.
mately resolved to refer the matter to the
Council, with a recommendation that
that body take favorable action thereon,
as the Charter prohibits the Police Com
missioners from doing SO.
The charges made by Virgil B. Duval
against Chief Burns came up, but before
being read Mr.. Lindley insisted upon
their being laid upon the table, and
stated to the Mayor, who wanted them
read, that it was only necessary to con-
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A communication from the Board oi
| Health was received calling the attention
of the board to the maintenance of nuis-
ances in Chinatown and asking the po
lice to abate them. AS the chief said
that the statements were too indefinite
for him to understand what the nuisances
consisted Of, the matter was referred to
him with instructions to confer with the
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steps.
The West End Board of Trade sent in
communication requesting that Offiel
Weatherman be retained on the force,
whereupon the Clerk was instructed to
notify that body that their fears fol
Weatherman's safety were unfounded.
The regular business before the Board
being disposed of, Mr.. Dexter produced
list OF uamess from his pocket and
moved that as there were several mer
upon the force who were ineligible tC
hold Office, according to the rules and
regulations recently adopted by the
Board, they be suspended at the end o.
the MONTH The first batch to be de-
capitated was as follows: j. N. Mason
B. Hearn, w. T. Leopold, P. J. Flynn
A. Mercer, d. Sharon and f. Schu
macher. Mr.. Dexter suggested that
there were others now on the force who
were also ineligible but that a further
Investigation would be made before they
been unanimously adopted, he moved
that the following men be appointed tc
take the places of the dropped men on
the 1st OF July:
j. E. Fay, H. G. Walker, j. Steven.
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adopted, Mayor Hazard voting for it on
pointments be filled by the Spanish
Americans who were dropped a few
weeks age.
The Chief of Police asked the Board to
recommend to the Council that he be
allowed $3.50 for his secret service fund
in July next, and also that he be allowed
ten special officers for the Fourth of July.
So ordered.
The request of the Chief that his
deputy, F. E. Biles, be reconfirmed, was
laid over for one week. Chief Burns
reported in this matter that Mr.. Biles
had been settling up his affairs in Ne.
braska with a view of settling here per-
manently during the election, and there
fore at the time of his appointment on
the force, was not qualified elector
but at the time of his appointment as
Deputy Chief he was. AS it would
be absolutely impossible to replace him
the Chief asked as special favor that
he be removed and reinstated. He also
asked the Board to appoint a Police
Matron as soon as possible, and sug.
gested the meme of Mrs. Gray for the
position. Mayor Hazard wanted the
Board to act then and there, and sug-
gested that if the others were unwilling
to act in the absence of Mr.. Knox that
he be telephoned for. He said that mis-
desire to get rid of the matter was
simply for his own protection, as he felt
confident that if the matter was published
in the papers as deferred for one week
he would be overrun by candidates be-
fore the next meeting. After some dis
cussion the matter was deferred, in the
absence of Mr.. Knox, and the Board
then adjourned.
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