The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14
Police coMmISsEoNERs.
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VOu1cldl proceedings
REGULAR meeting Of the Board Of Poliess
Court room, Tuesday, December q, 1898.
Present-All the members.
Minutes of last meeting approved as
PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICA-
TiONS AND PETITIONS.
communications, etc, were received and
disposed of as follows
Communication from thief of Police,
commencing officers.
Ordered spread on minutes.
Chiefs Office, Police Dept,
Jersey City, Dec. 81, 1898.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen-I would respectfully COM
mend to you the following named officers
for meritorious conduct and would re-
ton by your honorable body
Patrolman A. Woldenauer, Sixth pre-
cinct, 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
burglars actions after he came out of
the house.
Patrolman w. Tooman, First precinct,
for the capture of a highway robber. who
had Knocked down a man and robbed him
of his watch, on Bright street nearSGrove.
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, 81. "a,
payroll of Police Justices and Court clerks
S616.66.
Referred to Committee on Salaries.
Dee, $50; Alex. Watson, meals 10 pris-
oners, City Prison and First Precinct,
Dee, $S7.75; Peter Began, meals to pris-
oners, Third Precinct, Dec. $3.50; Chas.
cinct, Dec, 1890: S. N. Jensen. horse
sheeing, FIRST PRECINCT, Dec. S1l.29;;. Wood
& Menagh, supplies, Dec So 81; Fred Nun
$3.50; John F, Clarke, printing and sta
ticnery, Dec, Sl5S.70; Joseph Zumbusch.
repairs: Fourth Precinct, Nov, $50. Re-
ferred to COMMITTEES on General Claims.
A. A. Smith, groceries to Hospital, Dec,
s254.74; Wilson Totten, green groceries to
Hospital Dec. SELL; meat 70 Hospital,
Dec, s35,24;' ]. C. Hickingbotham. milk
to Hospital, Dec. $3.50; N. Y. Condensed
Milk Co., milk to Hospital, Dec, .s116.75;
NJ. ADernethy, medicine to Hospital. Dec.,
$66.5S; y. Steele Son, supplies to Hospital,
Dec. $50; Wood q Menagh, supplies to
Hospital Dec. s3572; ]. F. Cronham, re,
to Committee IN Hospital and Dispen-
saries.
The following claims having been re-
they were referred. and resolutions pre-.
scented ordering warrants drawn on Ci1y
Treasurer adopted by the following vote.
the yeas and nays having been ordered
Yeas-Ali the members.
Committee on Salaries:-Payroll of De-
ices and court clerks, S616.66; payroll OF
sick and pensioned, s1,26S.64.
Committee on General Claims :-Wilson
Began, $3.50; Charles OsNeii, $3.50; S. NJ.
Jensen. 81. 20; Wood & Menagh, S32.S4;
Fred. Unger, $is.65; John F. Clarke, s15s-ao;
Joseph Zumbusch, $3.50.
Committee on Hospital and Dispen-
saries-A. A. Smyth. S254. "a; Wilson Tot
ten, s45.1l and $l60.17; A. Post, S35. "a. ]. G.
Milk c., Sif6.T Is; M. A~bernethy, $685.; D.
Steele & Son, $50: Wood & Menagh, sS5.72;
J. E. Cronham, $9a ID
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
On motion of Commissioner West the
veto of His Honor the Mayor on the reso-
luton placing Captain M. E. Newton on
the retired list, passed November Is, 1888.
Jersey city, N. j., Dec. 7, 1898.
Honorable Board of Police CoCmmission-
Genclemen-I herewith return to our
Honorable Board without my approval
the resolution passed at your meeting,
me for my approval November 50, 1898,
n of which the enclosed is a certifled
copy. I have taken this action for the
reasons stated IN my communicable sent
to you November %, 1893, and further base
my action Upon the personal letter OF MI.
Newton. a copy of which letter Is mere
with submitted to you.
1 hin that the carrying into effect or
this resolution means Unnecessary waste
oil public money and deem it my duty
therefore to withhold my approval of the
same.
Respectfully.
EDWARD HOGS,
Mayor.
BY Commissioner Vest
Resolved, Tha the resolution placing
Captain Moses E. Newton of this force
on the retired list passed at the meet
ing of November 2S, 1898, and vetoed by
His Honor the Mayor, to wit:-"Resolved,
That Captain Moses b. Newton of this
force be and is hereby retired, to take
effect from Deecmper / proximo, he
years on the force of this city, and be-
ing over sixty years of age, as Is pro-
vided for in Chapter 10 of the Laws Of
1857" do now pass notwithstanding the
Mayors objections.
Adopted by the following vote, the
yeas and nays having been ordered and
taken
Yeas-President Abernethy and Com
missioner West.
observation-disclosures Walter.
Motion by Commissioners West and
adopted, That when we adjourn it be
subject to the call of the chair.
On motion, adjourned.