The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
lOmcial P-roceedings.l

(Oficial P-roceedings)
Regular meeting of the Board of Police
Commissioners held in First Criminal
Present-Al the members.
Minutes of last meeting approved as
printed.
PRESENTATION OF CoMMUN1cA-
TIONS AND PETITIONS.
Communications. etc, were received and
disposed of as follows:-
Communication from Chief of Police,
commencing officers.
ordered spread on minutes
Chiefs Office, Police Dept,
Jersey City, Dec. q. 1898.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen-I would respectfully COM
mend to you the following named officers
for meritorious conduct and would re-
commend they be given honorable men
ton by your honorable body
Patrolman A WolGenauer, Sixth pre-
cfnct, for the capture of an after midnight
burglar, who had entered a dwelling and
went into a bed room. The arrest was
brought about by the officer noticing the
the house.
Patrolman w. ToomaD, First precinct,
Tor Inc capture OF a highway robber, who
had Knocked down a man and robbed him
OF his watch, on Bright street neal Grove.
Your obedient servant.
BENZ. MURPHY.
Chief of Police.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented and referred to
the proper committees as follows:-Pay-
rolls of department for December $29, 213. 81,
$685..
Referred to Committee on Salaries.
Wilson Totten, coal to First Precinct,
Dec, $500; Alex. Watson, meals 10 pris-
oners, City Prison n First Precinct,
Dec, $50; Peter Began. meals to pris-
oners, Third Precinct, Dec, $3.50; Chas.
0Meilli meals e to to prisoners, Fourth Pre-
Shnayn IS, -. p NJ Jensen; morse.
& Menagh, supplies, Dec. 1924; Fred Nun
ger. repairs TO harness, Fifth, Dec,
$i3.65; John F.. Clarke, printing n sta
repairs, Fourth Precinct, Nov, $3.50. Re-
ferred to Committee on General Claims.
go a. a. Smith, groceries to Hospital, Dec.,
Dec, Sl60.1I; A. Post, fish to Hospital,
Dec 1924; J. C. Hickingbotham, milk
to Hospital, Dec. $3.50; N. Y. Condensed
M. Abernethy, medicine to Hospital, Dec,
$66.5S; D. Steele Son, supplies to Hospital,
Dec, $50; Wood 4 Menagh, supplies to
pairs at Hospital, Dec. s95.13. Referred
TO COMMITTEES ON Hospital and Dispen-
Saries.
ported correct by committees to whom
they were referred. and resolutions pre-
sented ordering warrants drawn on City
Treasurer adopted by the following vote,
~@- > ~s~ ~-NJ 40 6SSA NCAS
and taken:-
Yeas-All the members.
Committee on Salaries:-Payro1 of De-
partment. S29,213.94; payroll of Police JUS
tees and court clerks. S6l6.66; payroll of
sick and pensioned, 81, 1885,
Committee on General Claims:-Wilson
Began, ss1; 90; Charles O,Neil, $3.50; S. NJ.
Jensen. 81. 29; Wood & Menagh, S32.s4;
Fred. Unger, slS.e5; John F. Clarke, s15S.70;
Joseph Zumbusch, $3.50.
Committee on Hospital and Dispen-
ten, $45l7 and s166.I7: A. Post, 1924: ]. G.
Milk Co, SIG. Is; NJ. A~bernethy, S66.5S; D.
Steele & Son, $50: Wpod & Menagh, 49, II;
J. E. Cronham. S95.1a.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
On motion Of Commissioner West the
veto of His Hcnor the Mayor on the resp
luton placing Captain NJ. E.. Newton on
the retired list, passed November Is. 1898,
Jersey City, n. J., Dec. Z, 1898.
Honorable Board of Police Commission
Genelemen-I herewith return to your
Honorable Board without my approval
the resolution passed at your meeting,
me for my approval November 30, 1898,
and of which the enclosed is a certified
copy. l have AIKEN this action for the
re reasons Son N stated IN q my ,saS amy f,eatber h ssns
my action upon the personal letter of Mr..
Newton a copy of which letter is here
with submitted TO You.
| think that the carrying into effect OF
resolution means unnecessary waste
of public money and deem it my duty
to withhold my approval of ths
Respectfully.
EDWARD HOGS,
Mayor.
BY Commissioner West
Resolved, That the resolution placing
Moses E.. Newton of this force
on the retired list, passed at the meet
ing OF November Is, 1898, and vetoed by
Honor the Mayor, to wit:-Resolved,
That Captain Moses e. Newton of this
force be and is hereby retired, to take
effect from December l, proXimo, he
having honorably served over twenty
years on the force of this city, and be-
Ing over sixty years of age, as is pro-
for in Chapter 20 of the Laws of
do now pass Notwithstanding the
Mayors objections.
Adopted by the following vote, the
yeas and nays having been ordered and
Yeas-President Abernethy n COM
missioner West.
Nay-Commissioner Walter.
Motion by Commissioner West and
adopted, That when we adjourn it DO
subject to. the call of the chair.
On motion, adjourned.
Clerk.