The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-04

desmed completed until the boari shall have
filed with the city clerk statement declaring
the same has been completed.
Sec. IL. Any funds remaing In the treasury, De-
longing to any local improvement district after
the payment OF the whole cost and expense OF
such improvs ment. shall be transferred to the
district fund the cost for the work in which
has not been paid.
Sec Il The board shall let all contracts Tor
street lights, and no contract shall be let FOR
longer term than one year. The lights small DC
OF such kind and placed at such places a. the
city council may by ordinance prescribe
Sec. Is The members of the board shall re-
ceire sch compensation as the city council may
by ordinance provide, and. in case OF any va
cancy In the board, the mayor. by and with the
advice OF the board of aldermen, shall appoint
competent person to fill such vacancy Tor the
unexpired term so vacant
Sec l6 No WORK shall be done by the city or
any department.. cfis er or employe thereof, on
any legal holiday or Sunday by way of construc-
ton or repair of any public work, nor shall any
work be done on any such day or at night by
any corporation or other person, by way OF con-
Stfuction. repair or removal OF any structure
upons over under or along any alley or other
public place within the city or under control OF
the city, except IN case of extraordinary emer-
gency, and then only upon the written PERMIT OF
the mayor. wherein the fact of such emergency
and the nature thsreof shall be specified. and in
case OF violation OF any provis on OF this sec
ton by any person or corporation owning,
holding or claiming any franchise in, over. un-
der or along such street. alley or other public
plscs, all his or its right, title and interest in
such franchise shall thereby be forfeited and
instantly reverted to the city
At the conclusion of the reading, Judge
Rochester gave notice that he would move
to amend so as to make the Offices elective,
and the city work to be done directly and
not by contract.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
At the morning session Judge Lewis had
called up the article on the police depart
ment, saying that by the ruling of the
The point was that no provision had been
made for q deadlock.
Mr.. Andrews said he would like to see
the matter left over, as the chairman OF the
reporting committee was not present.
Judge Greene approved of this. He was
so unfortunate as to be absent when the
article was discussed. He found that in
this department. wherein there should be
the utmost activity. there was the greatest
amounts of inertia. The service would be
failure if the commission were left as pro-
posed. They needed some provision that
would prevent deadlock. A chief of po-
lice having got into Office he would be prac-
ticaIly the board.
Mr.. Donworth said he felt that some
change must be made. He moved that it
be niaie special order for o'clock. This
Was aEreed to.
Judge Greene moved as an amendment
that the. police commission consist of the
mayor and four police commissioners. His
onion& va IN rvouopt a doodlocE
Judge Rochester seconded the motion.
That provision was in the original report.
When that bad been agreed to, Judge
Rochester moved to amend by providing
that all the com missioners shall be elected
Judge Greene moved to amend by max
ing the mayor the chairman of the COM
mission.
Judge Rochester. in support of his mo-
ton, said it embodied fundamental prin-
ciple. 1t was question whether they
should say to the people that they could
not be trusted to elect their heads Of de-
partments or whether they should say they
trusted to the integrity of the people. He,
as one of the people, was jealous of the
privilege of choosing his own officers. If
this provision were kept in the charter,
making one-power, he should oppose it
with all the force he was capable of exer-
cising.
Judge Lewis defended the proposition to
appoint He said if the police commission
ers were left to election the force would be
worse than ever.
Judge, Greene said he had concurred in
the report fayoring an elective commission,
yet he did prefer for this department of the
government appointment rather than
election He believed that he. as one of the
people,wou be better governed by putting
the responsibility of appointing the polio e
board upon the mayor. He should vote in
favor Of the article as it stands.
Mr.. Firth said, as matter of exper-
ience;it had been shown that a better po-
lice force was obtained where the commits
sion was appointed.
Mr. Calligan said this changing around
was amusing to him. The report had pro-
vided for aboard consisting of the mayor
and four commissioners, all to be elected.
The mayor had been taken out, and now
he was to be put back as an elected officer.
He thought if that was good they lad bet
ter go further and elect all. If they elected
all the commissioners, they had five
chances of getting one good man, but if
they elected a bad mayor they had no
chance to get even one good commissioner.
Judge Rochester in reply, said he agreed
with Judge Lewis that if they had an i'm
macuiae mayor appointment might do
well enough. He agreed that the people
were more likely to be honest and desire
good government than any one MANTLE
chances were greater. He should propose,
if there we're no other way to settle it, to
submit to the people the question whether
they will have this board elected or APP
pointed
The yeas and nays we're called on Judge
Rochester's amendment forthwith The
result:
Yeas Calligan, Rochester. Young.
Nays-Colins, Smith, Greene, Lewis,
Sheafe, Jacobs.
Judge Lewis moved to put the article on
its final passage. The vote was:
Yeas-Co!lins, Furth, Greene Lewis,
Sheafe, Jacobs.
Nays-Calligan. Rochester, Young.
Judge Lewis changed his vote to "no,"
and gave notice to reconsider 1t takes
eight votes to place an article on final pass
age. and without the motion to reconsider
the article would have been lost.
On the motion TO adjourn Judge Greene
said rs he understood the law or deliber-
alive assemblies, any action was valid upon
an adjournment to a time at which cali
would be binding. but if they took action
on national holiday they were liable to
| have their work upset.
Judge Rochester suggested that they
could consider on the Fourth and adopt on
the following day