The San Francisco call., 1898-04-12
CHAPTER ".
The Chief of Police

SECTION 1. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board or Iouce Commissio- CTS and hold office for the term of four years. He shal! re- ceive an annual salary of four tnou- sand dollars. He shall have control. management and direction of all mem. bers of the Department in the lawru! exercise of his functions, with 1ulI power to detail any of them to sucn public service as he may direct, ana with like power to suspend temporar1ly any member of the Department. In all cases of such suspension, he shall inn mediately report the same to the Board with the reasons therefor in writing. He shall maintain and enforce law ana rigid discipline so as to secure com plete efficiency of the Department lie shall. subject to the directions and or ders of the Commissioners. have con- troI of such of the prisons of the City | and County as are not by the general | law under the control of the Sheriff. Sec g. In the suppression Of any 1 riot. public tumult, disturbance or the l public peace, or organized resistance against the laws or public authority, the Chief of Police shall in the lawful exercise of his functions, have all the powers that are now or may De con | ferred on Sheriffs by the laws Of the l State.
 Sec. 3. The Chief of Police shall be I partment. He shall be chargeable with and responsible for the execution of all laws and ordinances and the rules and regulations of the Department. He shall see that the orders and process issued by the Police Court and such other orders and process as may De placed in his hands are promptly exc | cuted. and shall exercise such other powers connected with his office as
 may be provided for in the general rules and regulations of the Commls- sioners
 Sec. 4. The Chief of Police shall keep a public office In which he shall nave
 the Statutes of this State and of the United States, and all necessary works
 on criminal law. In case Of his tempo
 rary absence some competent member
 of the Department, by him designated
 for that purpose, shall be in attendance
 at all hours of the day and night; ana
 in such case he shall make known to
 such member of the Department where
 he can be found.
 Sec 5. The Chief of Police shall de-
 tail one or more of the mempe[s oI tL .he
 Department to attend constantly on ens
 Police Court and to execute us s,,s and nrocess. He shall detail at nls
 nIaa si,re members of the Department 10
 ao+ as bis Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerks, Prison Keepers and Property Cierk.
 Said Chief Clerk and sald fToperty
 Clerk shall each receive dTad nn aIe1s dnlars sai The Chief of Police may from
 4,,oa +o time disburse such sums for
 en-t,neert expenses of the Department, es in his judgment shall be Tor the best is+arast m of the City and County, to be naid ort of the contingent fund allowed
 Enc Department. The aggregate of all
 such sums shall not in any one fiscal
 yaar exceed the sum of ten thousand
 Soiiars. Provision shall be made by the
 Suneryisors for such contingent fund In
 Inc annual tax levy. The Commission
 ers shall allow and order paid out of
 such contingent fund as contingent ex-
 nenses of the Police Department, upon , orders signed by the Chief of Police, such amounts as may be required.
 Sec. r The Chief of Police shall poe- sess powers of general police inspection, supervision and control, over all pawn . brokers, peddlers, junk-shop keepers.
 dealers in secondhand merchandise, auctioneers and intelligence office keep
 CTS. All persons engaged in said call
 ings must first procure permits from the
 Commissioners. In the exercise of such . power the Chief may by authority in
 writing from time to time empower
 members of the Police Department. when in search of property feloniously
 obtained or in search of suspected of . lenders, or in search of evidence to con- vict any person charged with crime, to , examine the books and the premises of any such person. Any such member of ? the Police Department, when thereunto empowered in writing by the Chief of
 Police, may examine property alleged } to have been pawned, pledged deposit ed, lost, strayed or stolen.
 CHAPTER V.