The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
CHAPTER ".
The Chief of Police.

SECTION L The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board of Pollce Commissio. CTS and hold office for
 the term of four years. He shall 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 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 shall tm- 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 Sher1ff. Sec. 9 Tn 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. 8. 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 such other orders and process as may be placed in his hands are promptly exe-: 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. s.-.=- Sec. 4. The Chief of Police shall keep 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 member I*of the Department, by him designated flor that purpose, shall be In attendance | at all hours. of the day and night; and I in such case he shall make known to such member of the Department where | he can be found. ~: s:.~l. l. .-
 Sec. 5. The Chief of. Police shall de- 1 tail one or more of the members of the l Department, to attend constantly on the Police Court and to execute its orders
 and process. He shall detail at his ] pleasure members: of the Department to I act as his. Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerks, l Prison Keepers and: Property Clerk | Said Chief F Clerk. and said Property + Clerk shall each receive an annual sal l ary of twerty-four hundred dollars E Sec. 6 The Chief of Police may from l time to time disburse such sums for Icontingent expenses of the Department, I as. in his Judgment shall be for the best Interest of the City and County, to be r maid out of the contingent fund allowed ] the. Department.+:. The aggregate of all Esuch sums shall not in any one fiscal l year. exceed the sum of ten thousand
 dollars: :. Provision. shall be made by the # Supervisors for such contingent fund in 1.-the annual tax levy The Commission CTS shall allow and order paid out of Esuch. contingent fund as contingent eX-
 penses of the Police Department, upon l orders signed by the Chief of Police. 1 such amounts as may be required.
 Sec. T. The Chief of Police shall pos
 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- l ings must first procure permits from the
 Commissioners. Tn 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.
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