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2. Twenty-Five per centum of all fines collected in money for violation of any ordinance.
 8. All rewards to members of the Po- lice Department, except such as snail be excepted by the Commissioners.
 g. The Treasurer shall retain from the pay of each member of the Police Force two dollars month, which shall be forthwith paid into the Police Relief and Pension Fund. No other or further retention or reduction shall be made from such pay for any other fund or purpose unless the same Is herein au- thorized
 Sec 12. When a request is made for regular policemen to be detailed at any place of amusement or entertainment, ball, party or picnic, the party or per son making such request shall first de- posit two dollars and fifty cents TOT each man so detailed with the Property Clerk of the Department, who snail give him a receipt for the same, ana such sum shall be at once paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Re- lief and Pension Fund.
 Sec. 13 On the last day of Juno of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Auditor shall make a report to the Supervisors Of all moneys paid out of such Fund during the pre- vious year, and of the amount then to the credit of such Fund. The surplus then remaining in such Fund exceeding the average annual amount paid out of such Fund during the three years next preceding shall be transferred to and become a part of the Surplus Fund, and shall be no longer under the control of the Board, or subject to its order. Pay ments provided for in this Chapter shall be made quarterly upon proper vouchers. When in any one year de- f1ciency shall exist in such Fund, such deficiency shall be provided for and made good by the Supervisors in their next ensuing tax levy.
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to incapacitate him from performing his duty, the Commissioners shall allow his salary during the continuance of such temporary disability.
 Sec. {. The Commissioners shall see that all contracts awarded and work done for the Department are faithfully performed, and shall, upon the award ing of any such contract, exact an ade- quate bond for the prompt and faithful performance of the same.
 The provisions of Article II, Chapter III, of this Charter, in regard to the ad- vertising for proposals, the affidavit and security accompanying the same, the presentation and opening of pro- posale. the aw-rding of contracts and tho security for the performance thereof, shall. so far as the same can be made applicable. apply to all pro- posals and contracts made, awarded or entered into for furnishing supplies to the Fire Department Any contract made in violation of any of the provi- sions of this Chapter shall be void.
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ARTICLE XI.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
Board of Election Commissioners.

Board of Election Commissioners.
 SECTION 1. The conduct, manage ment and control of the registration of voters, and of the holding of elections, and of all matters pertaining to elec- tions in the City and County. shall be vested exclusively in and exercised by a Board of Election Commissioners, consisting of five members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor. and shall hold office for four years. Each of the Commissioners shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars. Each member of the Board must be an elec- tor of the City and County at the time of his appointment and must have been such for five years next preceding such time Those first appointed must, immediately after their appointment, so classify themselves by lot, that one shall go out of office at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, and two at the end of four years.
 The Mayor shall not make any ap- pointment upon the Board at any time before thirty days prior to the time when such appointee is to take office. Two of the five members first appoint ed shall be chosen from each of the two political parties casting in the City and County the highest vote for Governor or Electors of President and Vice President, as the case may De, at the last preceding general election. The fifth member shall be chosen from the political party casting the third highest such vote at such election, if there be such third party. and if not. then at the discretion of the Mayor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any Commissioner. the appointee must be chosen from the same political party as the retiring Commissioner. consistently with the foregoing provisions as to equal representation at all times of the two political parties casting the high est vote at the general election last pre- ceding the appointment in question as prescribed in this section.
 Sec. g. No member of the Board, nor Registrar, nor Deputy Registrar shall, during his term of office, be a member of any convention the purpose of which is to nominate candidates for office: nor be eligible to any other municipal office during the term for which he shall have been appointed, or for one year thereafter; nor act as officer of any election or primary election: nor take part in any election except to vote and when acting as Election Com- missioner, at which time he shall per- form only such official duties as may be required of him by law and by this Charter.
 Sec. 8. The Commissioners shall ox-
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the Police Department shall consist of Captains, who shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; L1eutenants, who shall each receive an annual salary of sixteen hundred and eighty dollars; Sergeants, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; and COrpor- als. who shall each receive an annual salary of fourteen hundred and four dollars.
 Sec. 2. There shall be one Captain for each one hundred police officers. The duties of Captains shall pc oenned by the rules and regulations Of the Commissioners and by the orders of the Chief of Police.
 Sec. 8. There shall be one Lieutenant for every fifty police officers. The du- ties of the Lieutenants shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, by the orders of the Chief of Police, and by the orders of their respective Captains.
 Sec. 4. There shall be eS many Ser geants as in the judgment of the Com ntssioners may be advisable, not to ex- ceed one Sergeant for every ten police officers The duties of Sergeants shall ba defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, the orders of the Chief of Police, and the orders of their respective Captains and Lieutenants.
 Sec. 5. There shall be as many Cor porals as in the judgment of the Con- Inissioners may be advisable. The du- ties of Corporals shall be defined b. the rules and regulations of the Commis- sioners, the orders of the Chief of Po- lice, and the orders of their respective Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants.
 Sec. $. The Chief of Police may detail for detective duties such members of the Department as he may select, not to exceed twenty-five. He shall desig- nate @ Captain of Police to act as Cap tain over the officers so detailed who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Such Captain shall rank as Captain of Detectives, and his duties shall be defined by the Commis- sioners and by the Chief of Police. The members so detailed shall be known and ranked as Detective Sergeants Each of said Detective Sergeants shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. They may be re- moved at any time from such detail by the Chief of Police. Their duties shall be defined by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners. by the orders ot the Chief of Police. and by the orders Of the Captain of Detectives.
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CHAPTER VT.
Police Officers.

SECTION 1. The Police Force of the City and County shall not exceed one Police Officer for each five hundred in- habitants thereof. Police Officers shall receive an annual salary of twelve hun dred and twenty-four dollars.
 Sec. 2. Every Police Officer shall, upon the arrest of any person charged with the commission of crime, search the person of such offender, and take from him all property and weapons, and forthwith deliver the same to the prison keeper, who must deliver the same to the Property Clerk, to be kept by him until other disposition be made thereof according to law,
 Sec. 3. Police Officers shall be health officers by virtue of their office.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Unclaimed and Stolen Proper

SECTION 1. All property or money taken under suspicion of having been stolen or feloniously obtained. the re- suit of crime or constituting the pro- ceeds of crime, and all property or money taken from intoxicated or in- zane persons, or other persons incapa- ble of taking care of themselves, or property or money lost or abandoned that may in any way come into the possession or custody of any member Court or Judge of the City and County, shall be delivered to the Prop erty Clerk, who shall enter in a Record Book, to be kept by him for that pur- pose, a full and explicit description of the same, together with the name of the person or persons from whom re- ceived, the names of any claimants thereto, the time of the seizure, and the final disposition thereof.
 Sec 2. When property or money taken from any person arrested, or otherwise under suspicion of having been feloni- pusly obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, is brought with the claimant thereof and the person arrested. before a court for examination and adjudica- ton, and the Court shall adjudge that the person arrested is innocent of the offense alleged, and that the property or money belongs to him, 1t shall or der such property 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 shall be held for trial or examination. such property or money shall remain in the custody of the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the person accused.
 Sec. g. 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 newspaper; and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of the Police Relief and Pen sion Fund Tn no case shall such prop erty be sold or disposed of until the ne cessity for the use thereof as evidence has ceased. The proceeds of property taken from insane persons shall not become part of such Fund until after the expiration Of three years from the time the same is paid into the treasury; but the Commissioners and the ChIef of Police shall, during such period. make diligent inquiry to ascertain the person or persons to whom me saine Ehould by right be payable.
 Sec. f. If any property or money Tn Inc custody of the Property Clerk De re. uuired as evidence in any Court, It shall be delivered to any ofncer Wno shall present an order in writing to that effect from such Court, and the Clerks of such Court shall be responsi- ble for the safe delivery Of sucn prop erty or money to the Property Clerh.
 Sec. 5. All Valuables and money III the custody of the Property Clerk snail be deposited by him for safe keeping with the Treasurer in such manner ana 90 subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board.
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CHAPTER VI.
Fire Wardens.

SECTION l. The Chief Engineer As- sistant Chief Engineers, Battalion Chiefs and the Fire Marshal shall con stitute a Board of Fire Wardens, with power to inspect and report to the Board of Public Works as to the safety of buildings and other structures within the City and County.
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Cavn Service examination, but all new appolntments and all promotions made sL.er this Charter shall go into effect S,an pc subject to and governed by Article XIII of this Charter.
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ders and requirements made by ordi- nance of the Supervisors in regard to the inspection and supervision Of elec- trical wires and appliances, and the currents for furnishing light, heat or power in and upon streets and build ings in the City and County.
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CHAPTER TX.
Present Police Force.

SECTION 1. All members of the present Police Force in good standing fn the Department at the time this Charter goes into effect, and the Park Police. shall continue therein without
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INDIANS WISH TO ENLIsT.


Companies Being Raised by Those
who Have Seen Service.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellisencer.
SPOKANE. Apri, 1i.-Billy Nolan. the
well-known Indian interpreter. Is at the
head of a movement to organise several
companies OF Indian troops to enlist In the
United States army, In the event OF war
with Spain. From the tribes of the Spo-
kanes. Colviile and Nespelum Indians No
Ian says there Is good material for at least
three companies OF sixty men each. The
Indians. he says. are eager for the fray
and are anxious to enlist. John Alexander
and Louis Savey. two full-blooded Spo-
kanes. have previously each served a
number of years with the Indian troops In
the United States army, and are well up
In the tactics. as Is also Jim Andrews,
chief OF the Indian police on the Colville
reservation. These three are now busily
engaged in recruiting companies from
among the tribes mentioned. and in a few
days will be ready to o9er their services
to Uncle Sam.
In the present mode OF warfare. a. con-
Quoted by the Cuban insurgents these In
dams are perfectly at home. and could
even give the insurgents some valuable
pointers in the art OF ambushing and
shooting down the enemy. and as sharp
shooters they would be invaluable. The
savage instincts OF the two great and aged
chiefs, Joseph and Moses. which for 60
many years have lain dormant, has been
reklndled by the news OF prospective war.
and they are most active In stirring UP tho
sentiment of war In the breasts of their
followers, and would even enjoy leading
on their braves to battle for the govern
ment. were It not that their advanced age
forbids II.
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already died and that many OF those ie's
will die. and moes of these are women ana
children. l ar, Informed that an ofusf Hss
been Issued I'm some parts OF the i11shu
sitSpendinG the disposition Of reccESentTa-
dos The condition Of these people II sim
ply terrible l hear Of much suffering w
thu Spanish hospitals Ter want cl toNN-
hear also that the Spanish merchaass va
some PARIS OF the island are placing thetf
establishments in the names % foreigners
tc AVOID having their rrovtsssns parctAiseh
OF credit by the military adninsssraaos';
In sonEs parts ef the Island. am tosa
tAsrr Is scarcely any feod FOR soldiers and
cssisenS. ard that even cats are ns~c Tor
iced purposes. selling for ~ cents AbSA.e-
II IS a fatr inference TO draw from exist
.cs coalitions that Il Is not possible Tor
the governor genera 10 relieve the present
situation with the means AT his disposal
Autonomy = Failure.
December is-S1r: have the honor
% make the following report; The contest
Ter and against autonomy Is most un-
equal. For IL there are Eve or SIX OF the
head cffeers ~ the palace and twenty or
thirty persons here In the city. Against it
srss are the Insurgents. with and without
arms. and the Cuban ncc-counhasants
secegd. the sreSas mass q the spaniards
bearing or noa>AcAr.nE arms. the latter
decided. II there must be change. upon
annexation 10 tho United States. Indeed
there - the greatest apathy concerning
autonomy In Any form, 30 ore Asks what
Il Nil Sc or whea or hcw il viii come. i
dc nos see Row II can even he ptst into
operation by force. because as long as the
tssasstnss decline TO acweps h. 50 hong. the
Spanish authorities say. the war must cos-
ttaue."
pecsmher II Gen. Lee sens another corr
taunseaston- saying thai sne fetal number
- seconcentradns Ia Havana provinces VIII
neecA asAeA and that ths deaah rate frum
sfafvAtton alone viii b. over - per c<nt.
~ rsee9 y thses pseoae - eags m
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ARE ORDERED GET READY
All Troops In Department OF the
Columbia Prepare TO Move
ON SHIRT Notice.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiiigencer.
VANCOUVER. April u---Orders we're re-
cesved here today by Gen. Merriam from
the secretary OF war. directing him TO no
tify the commanders OF the troops In this
department 10 prepare 10 move on short
notice. b
The comm aaders OF the different posts
were accordingly notified today. In this
department there Is now serving the S.x-
tenth infantry. Col. Hugh A. Thacks9
commanding. Sixth cavalry. Col C.. Il.
Compton commanding: four companies Of
tho Fourteenth Infantry. Major Robe COM
mAnding. and Battery ~. Third artillery.
Mater lanes Chester commanding.
SPOKANE. April lf.--9ev<saI members
obefnnns Nen1A ~ Wero - oD9knne -.
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EMILIO casrELLAR EXCITED.
The spanish Statesman Makes VIC
lent Attack on This C0untPy.

VIENNA. April u.-senor Emilio Casfe.-
lar, the distinguished Spanish HepubEean
leader. has contributed an article 10 Inc
Neus Weiner Tagebla,f. which. wni'e iaI-
nishing evidence Of bis ardent love ior
his country, proves that little More .aan
a high patcH OF excitement prevails AMONG
al classes In Spain.
Senior Castelar, reports 10 she ainef.easi
crittr who attributed the Spanish meth
oax and style OF today to the untnterrupt-
ed intellectual decline Of that people. For
his part senior Castelar, regards the action
OF the Americana. % wnom he ressfs
throughout a Yankees. - estdcnee 9
the decay Of the once glorious American
people. re charges them With dtplonAtsc
tricks ana articles. with the ob3ect e
nan16g - ssa1e1lsle g - - a!
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the Maine. and that the desire OF both gov
ernments IS 10 proceed tremendously with
the work.
At THE point the correspondence between
Gen. Lee and the state department con-
corning the Maine disaster abruptly ter
inmates 50 far az the report submitted To
congress is concerned
insurxent Victories.
February 10. he teiegraphei the state de-
rarimeni as follows:
Captain general returned yesterday.
Aaet wita no success OF any sort Span
tSrfs everyw here unfriendiy Runors of
coming demonstration against him here. I
unfortunate position Three serious com
pats reported within a week. in each insar-
gents Victorious
TIE same day he sent 20 the department
statement oc the condition in the towns
IN the nesghoorhood OF the city OF Hs-
Sana. mace ay person he had sen; 20
those piSces for the purpose az inspecting
the number and condition OF the starving,
me statement covers four towns In shs
neigaoorhood Of Havana. and h largely
repetition OF the awfu! tale OF xafyeriny
which came from the other portions of the
island
letter From Comes.
Or February Is Gen Lee transmitted "a
me department letter with it's trars;a-
doa. signed by the Gnsurgsn, Commander
in-chses, Gen. GENES. addressed TO prSss-
aent mckinley Gen- Lee ssys the letter
was Delivered BY messenger who at once
departed before he saw or haa snv enn.-
snunicas:on With him. The letter Is an fol-
lows.
To William Mckinley. PRECEDENT az fAe
United statee-6ir: The hereac Cuhan NJ
pc pcDess characteristics QuaaIfy of
ssA eelnG Ness1soea - = hiGA 6aSrsA
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ARMISTICE PROCLAIMED
BY GOVERNOR GENERAL.
Blanco Gives Notice Of the Govern
ment's Orders That HOSTILE
ties Must Cease.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE state de-
partment today received Gen.. Blanco's
proclamation ordering cessation OF hos
tilities In Cuba. 1t was cabled to the
Spanish minister here. and by him deliv-
cred to the department. The proclama-
ton Is as follows:
His majesty's government, yielding ia
the reiterated wish expressed by his holl-
ness. the pope. has been pleased to decree
a suspension OF hostilities, with the object
of preparing and facilitating the restora-
ton 81 peace on this island, In virtue
whereof believe it convenient to order.
Article I. From the day following the
reception in each locality Of the present
proclamation. hostilities are ordered to be
suspended in all territory on the island Of
Cuba.
'The details for the execution of, the
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OF the detective manning Of their neot ~
the negligence Of the oiacers OF The In1nS
senior CASTELAR, proceeds 70 argua 49,
nothing but the height az lpcoKesph1nrl1E
arrogance would say thar vne MalnS -
blown up by dynamite" He declare ~
never was a more thcushtless aceuaaiIIr
raised by American naval oiicsrs, e ~
their own inccmpetency. a. the sln1K
iact ID that the omcers were not q o.
posts on the critical night"
He describes Prastdent NoRlnaaSra -
sponsibillty as awful" and ruuil1o N
OF the French convention wh~re mln1s
ity overruled the majority. b 5000.
ing Senior Castellar Says:
There 10 no Justification To- tAo -.
ference Of America In Cuba. 4 d 1pS1Goa
ternational law. The AynosieSn sSmy n
ma us ready to defend the gF1vS q =
fathers At the altar Of indep1 11anco.
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Of NON. nam ho faY N
Cor. Second Avenue ana Madison

the country. and drench it with the blood
Of non.combatantS"
Mr.. Barker devoted much space to the
suffering and mortality OF the people Of
his province He places the mortality fig-
ures for six Of the principal cities Of his
district for the period beginning January
l and ending November Is. 1897. at So.S1.
He says this Is the official record, and that
fully IS per cent. should be added TO cover
deaths Of which no record wac kept.
Two-Thiras Of the Population GONE.
The reports % the condition OF affairs in
Santiago de Cuba are made by Consul P.
vember last On November Is Mr.. Hyatt
says:
Tho text OF the new autonomy. a. pub
ushed here. Is not meeting VITA favor by
the most ardent friends OF Spain. There
s e however ,s feeling Of relief and safety
ship"
writing on the December Ne. Hyatt
says:
"The reconcentrado order Is relaxed. but
not removed. bat many people have reach
indifference to them whether 1t is removed
or not. for they have lost all interest in
the problem OF existence. A census Of the
island taken today. as compared with one
would show that two-th1rde OF the resi-
dents are missing and the Spanish army
would make no better showing"
In his communication OF the 18th of jan
uary Mr.. Hyatt continues the presentation
of the sad features Of affairs In the east
ern provinces. saying:
1.-THE military situation Is completely
overshadowed In importance by the starv.
INK. struggling people. whose cry is bread
or perish This consulate Is besieged to
an extent that blocks the entrance and
greatly retardS business. They have
heard that the people OF the United States
are giving funds for their relief. and have
not the patience to wait. / could name
theee Americans here who contribute
monthly over $500 toward feeding the peo-
pie. but 1t is nothing compared with the
necessity. Men. women and children,
homeless and almost naked, walk the
streets begging Of every one they meet or
at every door they pass, and sleeping any
where they can find place to lie down.
II the present death rate should be contin-
ued there would not be soul left in this
city at the end Of five years. For the
masses 1t - speedy help or sure death"
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immediate erection Of a battery and the
statioping Of a garrison at Santa Cruz.
either Of regulars or national saarjsalen.
This precautionary measure IL deemed
advisable. owing 10 the fact that the
powder plant near that town would other
wIss be without protection against an
enemy.