The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07
CHAPTER III.

the ayes and noes thereon shall be Ya- l tered therein.
 CHAPTER ILL
 Powers of the Board. | SECTION i. The Board of Police i Commissioners shall have power. 1 1. To appoint, promote, suspeno, qls- rate or dismiss any memper ol l!Ie t1 partment in the manner hereinafter provided ,.,o
 2. To prescribe rules and regulatlons for the government discipline, eQuip- ment and uniform of the Department and from time to time to alIeI naI ~ peal the same, and to prescrloe pI'aL | ties for the violations of any or such rules and regulations. All such rules and regulations must be reaSonaple.
 8. To grant permits to any Person desiring to engage in the sale ol ilquV1 l in less quantity than one quart, anu so grant permits to any person ensaseo bn | the business of selling liquor lo po drunk on the premises, and to revoke any such permit when 1t snail appto eso to the Board that the business o1 Iie person to whom such permit was siseh is conducted in a disorderIy oI t. @ proper manner. Without sucn po. A irs none of such persons shall engage ID the business of selling liquor. IT Ine Board refuse to grant such permit or propose to revoke any permit tnat Ha1 been granted. the person wno is fused such permit or whose permit IL IS proposed to revoke, shall pc entlueu ~ l be heard before the Board In person, or through counsel. and to have, 1ree of charge, all reasonable facilities at 1 the hearing Such permits shall not pe granted for more than three months aI one time, and they shall distinctly state the name of the person to whom ths same Is given, and the descrlptlo? or the premises where such business Hoo be carried on Such permits shall a'sStu times be subject to inspection by any member of the Department com plaints to revoke permits granted Dy the Board must be in writing, signed by the person making the same anu filed with the Secretary of the BoaIu, and a copy thereof certified by tne Secretary must be served upon she party complained against at least nVe days before the time set TOT the nearing | of the complaint ton of any person, firm or corporadon' to appoint, and at pleasure to remove, special police officers. Such oIhcers shall be subject to all the rules ana regulations of the Board.
 ton or sale at annual public auction or all unclaimed property that may co1ne into the possession of the Property Clerk, and to direct the destruction or such property as shall consist or l1n- plements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing useo Ill the commission of crime.
 | G. To appoint Police Matrons TOT the care of female prisoners ana 10 pro- vide rules and regulations for the gov- ernment of the same.
 z. To appoint Police Surgeon who shall receive an annual salary of f1f- teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. g. The President may convene the Board for special meetings. The Secretary of the Board shall be the oft1- cial custodian of all records and official documents of the Board.
 CHAPTER W.
 The Chief of Police. , SECTION 1. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board of Police Commissio CTS and hold office for the term of four years. He shall I\ cetve an annual salary of four thod- !. sand dollars. He shall have control, management and direction of all mem bers of the Department in the lawful exercise of his functions. with full power to detail any of them to such public service as he may direct, and with like power to suspend temporarily any member of the Department. In all cases of such suspension, he snail 1m- 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. He shall, subject to the directions and or 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 Sheriff
 Sec 9 In the suppression of any riot public tumult, disturbance of the public peace, or organized resistance
 ftxy 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.
 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 such 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 Commis- 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 l 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; and , in such case he shall make known to such member of the Department whefs he can be found.
 Sec. 5. The Chief of Police shall de- 5 tail one or more of the members of the Department to attend constantly on the Police Court and to execute it's orders and process. He shall detail at his pleasure members of the Department to $ act as his Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerks. Prison Keepers and Property Clerk . Said Chief Clerk and said Property I Clerk shall each receive an annual sal- l ary of twenty-four hundred dollars. 7 Sec. G. The Chief of Police may from $ contingent expenses of the Department, I as in his Judgment shall be for the best s interest of the City and County, to be