The record-union., 1894-01-10
MAYOR SFEINMAN'S APP0INllRRBBSS.
The Trustees Hold They Were a
Little Previous.
Some Alleged to be Ineligible-The Old
Policemen May Remain ON
Duty Next Week. s..@- --


Outside the Police Court muddle all is
not yet plain sailing between Mayor
Steinman and the City Trustees. The
latter held a meeting last night, and de-
cided that the Mayors police appoint
ments will not be regularly before that
body until after he approves the ordl-
nance passed on Monday night creating
police force.
AS the board adjourned until next
Monday evening. and the Mayors list
cannot come before it uutil then, 1t viii
be the end of next week before the APP
pointments can be acted upon. under the
five-days rule.
All the members were present last
night, and after the board had been called
to order, DR.. T. W. Huntington appeared
as the representative of the City Board OF
Education, and made u tender OF the
Perry Seminary building TO lhe trustees @
for use as a City Hall, at rental OF SO
per month.
DIR. Huntington said the body he repre-
sented regarded this as an opportunl ty TO
economic in the matter OF pubic ex-
penditure, and at the same time aid the
School Board to the extent OF the moder-
ate rental asked.
School Director Crouch, who was also
present, corroborated what Or. Huntlng-
ton had said, and believed the School
Board would be willing TO expend some
money. perhaps $500 or so. III preparing
the building for the use OF the trustees.
The proposition was referred TO the
special committee on the selection or
quarters for the city officials, and will be
reported in connection with other propo-
sltions.
OFFER OF a TYPEWRITER,
A proposition was received from the
agent of typewriter company offering
liberal terms for the sale OF one OF his III
struments TO the city. Placed on hle
SALOON KEEPERS BOND.
The bond of Hermann Fisher. pro-
prietor of a saloon at iwenty-eighth and
81 streets, was filed in the sum OF 500,
with Fred Ruschen and Frank Ruhstaller
as sureties. Laid over.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
President Lawton announced the
standing committees as follows:
Finance-To ozer, Bragg aud Davis.
Auditing-W acLhorst, Tozer aud De-
vine.
and Wachhorst.
Water Works = Davis, Leonard and
Kent.
Streets and Parks-Devine. Kent and
Tozer.
Levees-Kent, Davis and Pennish.
Sewerage and Drainage = Pennish,
Leonard and Bragg.
Public Buildings Wachhorst
and Devine.
CLERK FLINT's BOND.
The bond of Oscar Flint, Clerk of the
board, was filed in the sum OF $4,000,
with Lee Stanley, K. c. Irvine, +. >.
Smith, Alfred Olsen and w. E. brown as
sureties. The bond was approved.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
The Committee on Order of Business
and Rules made partial report covering
the order of business, and were granted
further Time in which to prepare rules Tor
the guidance of the board.
THE MAYORS APPOINTMENTS.
President Lawton stated that he had
seen MayOr Steinman i'll regard to the
appointment of police officers. and said
Tie Mayor was quite firm in the belief
that the matter Of the selection of Cap
tain of the Police did not come under the
provision providing Tor fifteen policemen
in other words, that Captain Simmons
being already an officer, it was not neces-
sary 10 include his name in the list of tif-
teen submitted to the board. City Attor-
ney Brown was then engaged in inquir-
ing into the matter, and u report from
him was momentarily expected.
Mr.. Brown soon entered aud suggested
that the list of names submitted by the
Mayor be returned to him until the ordi-
nance passed on Monday night, creating
a police force, shall 60 into effect. He
was also informed that but one OF the
men appointed had complied with that
requirement of the charter regarding the
filing OF a physicians certificate OF physi-
cal SoundneSS.
Mr.. Brown also said that the old police
force had nothing to do with the present
charter, and in his opinion the selection
of Captain must be made from the list of
policemen submitted by the Mayor
Trustee Leonard said he understood
that one of the new appointees for police
men admitted that he was not a citizen
and therefore not eligible. Hence the
list was incomplete, and for this reason
alone should be returned to the Mayor
for correction.
Trustee Deyine said he had heard that
among the Mayors appointments of po-
licemen were sonIe-he did not know how
many-whose physical condition was
such as TO incapacitate them for the per-
formance of the duties of policemen.
On motion of Trustee Kent, Clerk
Flint was instructed to wait upon the
Mayor and explain to him the circum-
stances under which the list of appointees
were returned to him-namely, that the
board cannot act on it until alter the or
dinance creating police force goes into
effect.
Trustee Leonard here made the discov-
cry that there is no City Physician las
named by the charter) to examine appli-
cants for policemen. Such officer must
be appointed by the Board of Health, but
there has been no Board of Health ap-
pointed as yet.
City Attorney Brown expressed the
opinion that Acting City Physician Terry
would be competent to examine appli-
cants and issue the required certificates.
There being no further business, the
board adjourned until Z o'clock next
Monday evening.
ALL FOR CHARITY.