The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31
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The Chief of Police.

SECTION 1. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board or Polce Commissio CTS and hold off1ce TOT the term of four years. He snal! re- ceive an annual salary of four thou sand dollars. He shall have control management and direction Of all mem bers of the Department in the laWIuI exercise of his functions. with 1ul power to detail any of them to such nublic service as he may direct, and with like power to suspend temporarily any member of the Department. In all cases of such suspension, he shall 1n- 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 Hes shall. subject to the directions and or-1 ders of the Commissioners. have con- trol of such of the prisons of the City and County as are not by the general law under the control of the Sner1f.
 Sec. 2. In the suppression of any riot, public tumult, disturbance of the 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 be con- ferred on Sheriffs by the laws of the State.
 Sec. B. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive officer of the De- 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 sucn other orders and process as may be 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 have 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 memDer of the Department, by him designated for that purpose, shall be In attendance at all hours of the day and night; and in such case he shall make known 10 such member of the Department where he can be found.
 Sec. 5. The Chief of Police shall de- tail one or more of the members or the Department to attend constantly on the Police Court and to execute It's orders and process He shall detail at ms pleasure members of the Department to act as his Chief Clerk, Assistant CIerhs' Prison Keepers and Property CleIA. Said Chief Clerk and said Property Clerk shall each receive an annual soi ary of twenty-four hundred dollars
 Sec. 6. The Chief of Police may rom time to time disburse such sums Loi contingent expenses of the Department, as in his judgment shall be for the oIse interest of the City and County eo o paid out of the contingent fund anoMeu the Department. The aggregate oa all such sums shall not in any one nsed. year exceed the sum of ten .liIuaaiiu tl. dollars Provision shall be maue oy tiie Supervisors for such contingent IulIo ln. HI the annual tax levy. The CohilllsSioh CTS shall allow and order paIa out ol such contingent fund as conthseAl eA- penses of the Police Department, 1 upon orders signed by the Cher or Foilce' such amounts as may pc IequI,e eu-
 Sec The Chief of Police shall pos- sess powers of general police inspection, supervision and control, over all pawn" hrolxers neddiers. junk-shop keepers, daa1ars in second-hand merchandise. auctioneers and intelligence orflce keep CTS. All persons engaged III sald cali ings must first procure pernats rom tle CoInn,;ssioners. In the exercise of such ,,o,,,a,. tha Chief may by authority in 1.i+ine from time to time empower roa,nbere of the Police Department. tpba,, in search of property feloniously ohtainad or in search of suspected of fanders ar in search of evidence to con- vict any person charged with crime, to ayar,1ine 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.
 Subordinate Officers. | ~