The herald., 1898-10-31

ueSiSnatr captain or Detectives to ac
as captain over the officers so detailed
Sucn captain OF Detectives shall rank u.
SaPtain OF Police, and his duties shall bt
EenheG zen 1ry by the board and the Chief of Po
tcctive DUTY shall be known and ranked
ss detectives. They may be removed Al
, any time from such detail by being re
OF Police. Their duties shall be defined
py the rules and regulatio of the board
py the orders of the Chief of Police and
oy the orders Of the Captain Of Detectives
Sec. 215. The Police Force OF tho city
exclusive of subordinate officers, shall moi
pc less In number than one police officer
Tor each one thousand Inhabitants thereof
such number of inhabitants to be ascer.
tained by the last census taken either un.
der national, state or municipal author
ity.
Sec. 216 Every police officer shall, upou
the arrest or any person charged with the
commission OF crime, search tho person OF
such offender. and take from him all prop.
eerty and weapons, and forthwith deliver
the sumo to the on-keeper who musi
deliver the same to the Property Clerk
to be by him kept until other disposition
be made thereof according to law.
Sec. 217. All promotions In the depart-
ment shall be from the next lower rank
seniority of service and meritorious public
service being considered.
Sec. 2ls. Any member of the department,
guilty or any offense or violation Of rules
ana regulations, shall be liable to be pun
ished by reprimand, or by fine to be fixed
by the board or by dismissal from the
department.; but no fine shall ever be i'm
posed at any one time for any offense ex-
ceeding one months salary.
Sec. 219. No member of the department
shall be subject to dismissal for any
n q fnv
Of duty or misconduct therein except ar
ter 4. fair and impartial trial .sefore the
board upon verified complaint, filed with
the board setting forth specifically the
acts complained Of and after such reason
able notice to him of the time and place
of hearing as the board may by rule pre-
scribe; provided that any such COM
plant signed by the Chief Of Police or by
the board or member thereof. need not
be verified. The accused shall be entitled
upon such hearing to appear personally,
and such hearing shall be conducted in all
respects In accordance with such gen
cral regulations as the board may, by res
olutions entered upon Its minutes. from
time to time adopt.
Sec. 220. All property or money taken
undcr suspicion of having been stolen, or
feoniously obtained. the result of crime
or constituting the proceeds of crime; and
all property or money taken from intoxi-
Gated or insane persons, or other persons
incapable Of taking care of themselves; !;
or property, or money lost or bandoned,
that may In any way come into the pos
department, or of any Criminal Court of
the city or Judge thereof. shall be deliv-
cred to the Property Clerk, who shall en-
ter In record book, to be kept by him for
that purpose, a full and explicit desctip-
tion of the same. together with the name
Of the person or persons from whom re-
ceived, the names Of any claimants there
to- the time of the seizure and the final
disposition thereof.
Sec. 81. When property or money taken
from any person arrested, or otherwise
under suspicion Of having been feloniously
crime is brought with the claimant there
of and the person arrested. before n court
of the city for examination and adjudica-
tion, and the court shall adjudge that the
person arrested Is innocent of the offense
alleged, and that the property or money
belongs to him. it shall order such prop
erty or money returned to the accused,
and the Property Clerk shall thereupon
deliver such property or money to him
personally, but not to his attorney or
agent If upon such hearing the accused
such property or money shall remain in
the custody of the Property Clerk until
The discharge or conviction of the person
accused.
Sec. 222. All unclaimed property and
money that has been in the custody of
the Property Clerk for one year shall be
sold at public auction after having been
five times advertised in the official news
paper: and the proceeds of such sale shall
be paid into tho treasury to the credit Of
the general fund. In no case shall such
property be sod or disposed of. until the
necessity for the use thereof as evidence
has ceased. The proceeds of property
taken from insane persons shall not be-
come part Of such fund. until after the
expiration OF three years from the time
the same is paid into the treasury: but the
board and the Chief of Police shall dur
ing such period. make diligent inquiry to
ascertain the person or persons to whom
the same should by right be payable.
Sec z23. 1t any property or money In
the custody of the Property Clerk be re-
Quired as evidence in any court, II shall
be delivered to any officer who shall PFC
from such court, and the clerks of such
court shall be responsible for the safe de-
livery OF such property or money to the
Sec. 2A All valuables and money in the
custody OF the Property Clerk. shall be
deposited by him for safe keeping with
the City Treasurer In such manner and
subject to such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the board, and ap-
proved by the Council.
Sec. 225. Upon request, in writing, found
ed upon resolution OF the Board of Trus-
tees of any society incorporated and ex-
listing under the provisions of the Act OF
the Legislature of the State of California
entitled. AN act for the more effectual
prevention Of cruelty to animals" ap-
proved March Goth, 1874, or under the pro-
visions of an Act of said Legislature en-
titled, An act for the Incorporation Of So
cieties for prevention of cruelty to chill
oren, approved April 3rd 1876. the Chief
OF Police shall detail police officer Of the
1epart rtment to be known as the Humane
Ohcer. to perform all of the duties Of
special officer of either or both of the
said societies within the limits OF the City
or Los Angeles: provided, that there shall
not be at any one time more than one Of
f1cer so detailed.
Sec. 226. The said officer shall. under
sucn rules and regulations as the Chief
OF Police shall from time to time provide,
IN the premises, report to and act under
the direction Of the officers of the said
society, OF of either of them, which shall
nave petitioned for hts appointment, as
above provided, and which shall have by
resolution, accepted him as such specipl
officer after such detail and appointment
made by the Chief of Police as aforesaid:
provided that the ultimate authority over
the said officer shall be vested in the
Chief of Police, and in case of
dinerence Of opinion between him >and
tne officers OF such society or societies as
10 the duties to be performed by such
officer or the manner of their perform
ance, the decision Of the Chief OF Police
In such matters shall be final.
Sec 2T The Chief of Police shall hava
from time to time. sole power OF revotr.
ing the detail of such officer ma .,,hoAi