The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-19
POLICE PAY ROLL SIGNED
HOARD OF FINANCE HEARS FROM
 SUPERINTENDENT WRINN.

"o AhterPrets the Statute-Alderman Rourke and Councilman Brown Acqui- esque-Views of R City Father on Sum day Beer Drinking at the shore-More Police Required.
 The members of the police depart ment will receive this morning their regular stipend, as Alderman Rourke and Councilman Brown, the members of the board of finance who refused to sign the pay roll on Thursday, have acquiesced to the payment of the &C., count and placed their signatures upon the order.
 The ground of objection upon which the refusal to sign the pay roll was based was that on Sunday, June 13, Ser geant Bradley, Patrolmen Ward, Flynn, and Gilligan went to Scanlon's saloon at Morris Cove and made a raid, as ordered by the superintendent of police, and while being paid for doing duty for the city. This Alderman Rourke claimed was dead wrong" He did not believe the taxpayers of the city of New Haven should be obliged to pay for raiding liquor saloons at Morris Cove or anywhere else outside the boundaries of the city,
 The special meeting was called in order that the matter could be ex- plained by the superintendent of police.
 Mayor Farnsworth presided at the meeting. The only absent member was Councilman Fuller, who is out of the city. When the president had an- nounced the object of the meeting AL derman Rourke said that he had ob- jected to the pay roll and he was not sufficiently satisfied that 1t was right to send the taxpayers money for the pur- pose of paying men while making raids outside the limits of the city The su- perintendent of police had just read to him the statute and also the ordinance governing the matter and he could see nothing to do but to sign the pay roll
 Alderman Clarke said that he felt just as his colleague from the Seventh ward did. There was no door open by which there could be any escape, but he wished to say then and there that he
 
 He went to the shore occasionally on wrong to drink a glass of beer there.
 You are violating the law though" chimed in three member simultaneous ly.
 T can't help it," replied the alder man, those are my sentiments"
 Superintendent Wrinn, at the sugges- Af Nfax L%o ipp That he had no choice in the matter The statute required that he should ex- ecute warrants placed in his hands by the prosecuting agent. The city court has criminal Jurisdiction over the town and as long as this was the case there was nothing left for him to do but to obey the law.
 Alderman Rourke asked if the town constables could not make these ar- rests. to which the superintendent re- piled they could, but would that save the city anything? The constables would get their fees, which would be much greater than the pay of police man.
 That would come out of the man who was convicted" said Alderman Rourke.
 PS~SSAA rested Is not always convicted"
 Alderman Clarke-"The city gets nothing out of these arrests, does it?" asked Alderman Clarke.
 "The pension fund Is raised in this way. replied the superintendent.
 Alderman Rourke-"But this does not go into the ctiy treasury"
 Superintendent Wrinn-"If that fund O of council would be asked to make up the deficiency and provision is made TOT re- quests being carried out.
 The $9.50O deficiency which was re- ported to the court of common council by the board of police commissioners must have been brought to Councilman Browns mind by the suggestion of a possible lack of funds in the pension bureau, for he reached for a pen Tn front of him and signed the pay roll.
 Alderman Rourke did the same and as there was no further business, a motion to adjourn was made. Before this was put Alderman Rourke sug- sested that in view of the crippled con- Cttion of the police department it would be we'll to pass vote requesting the prosecuting agent to place warrants for raids inside the city limits in the hands of town constables. There was some discussion on the motion by mem bers of the board. It was withdrawn upon the suggestion of Superintendent Wrinn.
 The board adjourned and New Ha- ven will pay her police department this morning.
 It came out in the hearing that the police department should have fifty more men and that eight beats in the central precinct were without patrol men.