The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
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The Chief of Police.

SECTION 1. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Board or Ponce Commissio- CTS and hold off1ce Tor the term of four years He snail 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 laWrul 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 im- mediately report the same to the Board with the reasons therefor In writing, He shall maintain and enforce law and rigid discipline so as to secure cCy&1 i plete efficiency of the Department 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. g. 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 | mowers that are now or may be con- ! ferred on Sheriffs by the laws of the State.
 Sec. 3. The Chief of Police shall be the chief executive officer of the De-
 
 l 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 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 where he can be found.
 Sec 5. The Chief of Police shall de- tail one or more of the members of the \ 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 10 act as his Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerks 1 Prison Keepers and Property Clerh. Said Chief Clerk and said Property Clerk shall each receive an annual sat- ary of twenty-four hundred dollars;
 Sec. G. The Chief of Police may rom time to time disburse such sums Tor contingent expenses of the DepaIl tIlieHl, , as in his judgment shall be TOT lne pest | interest of the City and county to oe | paid out of the contingent fund alloWeu l the Department The aggregate or all such sums shall not in any one nscai year exceed the sum Of ten llousdiu dollars. Provision shall be nlaue py tne Supervisors for such contingent fund In the annual tax levy. The Commlsslon- CTS shall allow and order palo out or such contingent fund as continsent ex- nenses of the Police Department, upon orders signed by the Chief of Police, such amounts as may be required. l Sec. 2. The Chief of Police snail pos sess powers of general ponce lnspectlon, supervision and control over all pawn l brolxars Deddlers junk-shop Keepers. daoiars ;,, second-hand merchandise, onctionears and intelligence office keep are All nersons engaged in said call | inorc ,,,,Is+ first procure permits from the l Cs,. .,,,;ssiopars Tn the exercise of such ro1,rer tbe Chief may by authority in
 wr;tinp from time to time empower ,nenohers of the Police Department, wben in search of property feloniously 1 obtained or in search or suspected or fanf1ers. or in search of evidence to con- vict any person charged with crime, to | ayauine the books and the premises or l anv such person. Any such member of I the Police Department, when thereunto> | empowered in writing by the Chief of | Police. may examine property alleged to have been pawned, pledged, deposit l ed. lost, strayed or stolen.
 CHAPTER V.
 | Subordinate Officers.