Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-12
A GOOD REPORT
Of the Police Department Made By the Chief.
Fayorably Commented Upon BY the Board
of Police Commissioners.

The board of police commissioners held
a regular meeting last night in their
room in the city building, with the full
board present Chairman Stevens called
the meeting to order and the minutes of
the last meeting were read and approved.
A recommendation from Chief McDon-
aid as to winter uniforms was read.
Chief Mcdonald informed the board
that he had been so pressed for time in
preparing his semi-annual report that
he was not prepared to present his
monthly report, and asked for further
time. Granted
The clerk then read the semi-annual
report of the chief of police, as follows;
Birmingham. Ala, Aug. l, 1896,
To the Honorable Board of Police Commits
sioners, Birmingham, Ala
Gentlemen: L have the honor to submit
herewith my first semi-annual report of
the police department.:
Fines and Fees Assessed-For January,
$2398. SO; for February, $16S5.50; for March,
S23S9.50; for April, $399050; for May,
$1791.50; for June, $2619.25. Total, SIS. rs.
OF this amount the total cash received
was $444450.
Fines Remitted-By mayor, $S69.5O; by
judge, $414,35.
Escaped-The value of time of con-
victs escaped was $9oS5O; value of time
served and being served $S363.40
Taxes-Amount of street tax collected,
$10,4S2; poll tax, $3S1S.50; totals, $14,300.50.
Stolen property recovered--The total
amount of stolen property recovered was
$1457S5.
Pay roll-The amount of pay rolls was
$13,6S719.
Sentenced to hard labor-The number
of .convicts sentenced to hard labor was
1926; RENTED. IA; escaped, 305.
Lunatics-The number of persons turn
ed over to the county to be sent to the
asylum were 6.
Arrests turned over to sheriff-Total
number of prisoners turned over to the
sheriff were is.
Burglary and grand larceny-Total
number of persons arrested for burglary
and grand larceny, 176.
Bound over-The number of prisoners
bound over to the criminal court were
120.
Arrests by months-January, white
males 1871, white females IL, colored males
25S, colored females "a, total 514; Februa :
ry, white males 232, white females IA, col
ored males 270, colored females So total
556; March, white males 235, white fe-
males 20 colored males 255, colored fe-
males 6S, total 578; April, white males TIA,
white females 8, colored males 2lS, colored
females Sc, total 467; May, white males
III. white females ID, eolored males POS,
colored females ia, total 500; June, white
males 1856, white females 20, colored males
total 1881.
Calls-Total number of calls by patrol
wagon, 1884, morning mounted men, 25Oi
evening mounted men, 378; grand total
1859.
Average prisoners-January 1OO at
work 5S; February 81, at work So; March
49, at work So; April 61 at work 43; May
&c. at work 45 June 81, at work 40. Total
in jail $50, total at work 294.
Wanted elsewhere-Total number of
people arrested wanted in other cities IL.
Brought back-Total number prisoners
brought back from elsewhere Z.
Disposition of cases in criminal court
/ Cases sent to the criminal court from the
inferior criminal court were disposed OF
as follows Convicted 81, state failed =,
no bill found 81. awaiting trial 2S, escaped
before trial /, sent to the insane asylum
after indictment /. Total 120.
OF the fifty-seven convicted they re-
ceiVed the following time: One hundred
and three years, 1853 months, 6645 days
one hour. or 143 years, nine months, fif-
teen days and one hour.
Thirty-nine convictS were sent to Coal
burg prison, sixteen to Pratt mines and
two to the county Jail.
The average salary the state and
county receives for these convicts is SO
per month each. The amount the state
and county will receive from these pris-
oners will amount to $14, 629.5O OF pris-
oners turned over to the sheriff their
fines and forfeitures will amount to $4,000.
The state and county will receive from
the prisoners sent from the police court
to the criminal court 500, 629.50
Total assessments and forfeitures OF
prisoners arrested by the police depart
ment--By inferior court, $15015.25 and
1926 days; by county criminal court, $14-
629. so; bonds forfeited, $4,000. Total, $685.
644.75 and 1926 days. Yours very respect
fully, T. G.. MCDONALD,
Chief of Police
On motion of Commissioner Garrett,
seconded by Commissioner Crawford, the
daily press was requested to publish the
same. Carried
The report was very favorably COM
mented upon by the individual members
of the board. The showing of the de-
partment was excellent and the report
as a whole showed that the chief and
his aids were on the lookout for evil
doors.