Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-02
DECLARED HlMSELF ABSENT
Commissioner Coin Could Not Agree
With BIS Colleagues
Aud LrnNss tn- urrtirE nf the Tire
nuI EutIrr rHHr", when ''r'
tain uuits Are uIuuzhttp.

tain uuita Arc uIuu4htt ~.
when last niehps moetIng Of the
fifs AMI police uostd oommcno7i,therc
were three members ptr'eri--NHren'
Nob'e and Cshu--but at o certain
siege OF tho Proceedings tho latter
toltri through the Joor ana declared
him.elt atsonl. Tho pcculiar move
On the part Of Mt. Conn was brought
about in tDis way!
Avis VOL known ~ the public,
teadl,cs las ciist,d 10 the b an 90
come weeks par, ud TO coustqucno'
thereof business requiring Gu" alien
ton OF The commandment hns Teen
rgmewhal retarded. Particularly ha'
this been tho case In the adoption OF
rules TOT tue government ut tue chttis
VI both departments, Aui ts Mt' Jtn'
hinge, the Uthut member Of the board,
was not present last night, thus ufcib'
ing tue deadlock, the two momUUfs
VIM were IN tue uaJ 0rlty, apparently
thought % the most Upp3rtunc inns ~
take seton on Ctftsiu proposed
rules nnd ItoCccdcd according
". rheu 10 was that Comm gslJntr
IOhn LETT the fUUm, his views nos De.
log DO hafmJuy with ihJlU % hi' c1l'
lcAsuCF, aud uis object being 10 break
tue quorum anu render All busincs'
tfaurncttu uon.ttleciive. The rules ne
proposed were extracted from tho
pOgaot " CUmmilBigntr Noble anu read
ry the cleik 10 follow:
10 ls ordered by tho board Of police aud
no commissioners that tho following
rules aud regulations be-, aud tho tnmg
is hereby established, pursuant 60 tho
direction ot section 10 uf au nee OF tho
Legislature Of tho state OF Juh, APP
proved March 30, 1900, entitled can act
providing Tor the appointment anu duties
" the board of police and hrO uummis-
siunors, olc.," Tor the government uf tho
chief 81 police and chiui engineer OF tho
lire department Tor Salt Lake Cuy3
Nuiu Tho chief u police aud chief
engineer, respectively, for any violation
OF any rule ~ discipline mace by him
boy authority of law Tor tho securing OF
discipline M his department, may i'm.
pose fuo % sum not exceeding q
upon any tiurcr or member or Cm-
piuJo violating such rule Tor tho hIst
uluusU.
Rulo For tho second or any subsg.
qurut violation oi tho same uIu or rules
at mentioned ln TulO ], such chief may,
iu hi. diHHfutiuu, lmpu.D % huo oi % sum
not exceeding $40, ur may suspend the
uil.uIHr without Jay fUr % period mot OK
uJoiIng thirty days,
Rule J-UU0u conviction OF crm0 iu
ans court having Jurisdiction ~ any
subordinate uilcor or member, tho chief
may dismiss tho offender.
kuIo i--rhu foregoing rulos do not np-
ply 20 The captain " police OF tho ussist-
ant engineer.
Eu!o 5-For all other onousoa Iu,oly-
Ing moral tutplluio or when arc pro.
judicial TO the discipline good order or
welfare Of either department not Oin-
braCOd Wlihlu the foregoing rules, the
respective Chiofs shall prefer charges 10
tho board against tho offender, whom
proceedings suall bo lakon a. provided
by section II ofiho act IN rule cited.
A vote was taken on the proposed
rules Just o. Commissioner Conn was
cTltting tho portals leading into the
street, ana ~ Chairman Nafiau aud
Commissioner Noble favored them hud
no voted, the chairman declared the
rules adopted.
Before tho occurrence ~ the above
noted non'COugonial Incident, other
busintss was transacted a. follows!
Chairman Na:lan called attention 10
Chief Pfalpa action In 6cnuing Cap.
tain Donovan ana Detective Janney
iutO another state 10 hunt down u
criminal. lie characterized the Chiei'e
move ns tvitg entirely without Au.
tnOfiiy aud thought the board should
diso5uuteuanco such a mode Of pro.
cedute.
Chitf Pratt IN his own tohAlf, eX.
plainei that the matter came up IN
quite hurry anu that hu had time
only 10 consult Commissioner Coin
who seemed 10 favor HE proposed nc.
ton IN sending tue men out, which he
accordingly di1.
After some further talk Commlsslon.
or COhn was requested TO draw up q
rule which wound prevent such nL oc.
cufIenoe being repeated.
The Western Hardware company Of
nj asked that all police power Do takou
from those poTsOna who have hofsto.
fore been considered bicycle police.
mon,As the exercise OF police power by
private citizsns was prsludlciAl 10
wheelmpn. Filed.
&. n. Butler, OF the l.. A. W, In.
formed the board that no proposition
locking 10 the payment OF a special
bicycle polloeman's talaTy had been
authorized by tho officers OF the Uiah
division. Flied.
MI. Cohn introduced the following
which was adopted:
Resolved that Il DO the sense OF This
board that In tho future tho chief OF Ia t.
hro department shall not present for
confirmation TO this board tho unmo of
any per'on Tor permanent appointment
Ia tho hro department until such person
has worked sixty days ON probation la
said department and proves l. mscll In
every way worthy OF appointment.
Siss r. Smith was confirmed as
dock sergeant, the board Amending the
provision us TO the height Of such
0iilcors, by reducing the same to fvo
q go ~ 4.