The age-herald., 1900-09-12
THE COMMISSION
 OF THE POLICE Discovers a Parliamentary Rule as Old as ParIiaments. NEGATIVE DOESN'T AFFIRM Receipts ofthe Police Department Game Within Less Than One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ot Paying
 Departments Expenses
NEGATIVE DOESN'T AFFIRM

The Police Commission has at last settled a point in parliamentary law, which for several weeks past has caused consider able argument among the members in the matter of the rulings of Chairman J. II. McCary in cases of tie votes.
 It was decided that the chairman shall be entitled to vote on all questions, and in case of tie the motion shall be lost This is according to the rules of the United States House of Representatives, but the question had never been decided In the rules governing the deliberations of the Police Commission. The question arose recently when Chairman McCary voted on question as member of the Commission When the result was announced the vote stood tied and the chairman then voted again, as chairman, and declared the mo- ton carried. It was argued that this gave hlm two votes, while he was entitled to but one The question was settled last night at the request of the chairman, he making the motion, which was carried MT. Bridges was the only Commissioner voting in the negative
 At last nights meeting little business of importance was transacted except the reading and filing of Chief Austin's report Tor the month of August. It is as follows: To the Honorable Board of Police Commis- soners, Birmingham, Ala:
 Gentlemen:-I have the honor to present herewith report of the Police Department for the month of August, 1900:
 To amount of fines and fees collect
 gu .......... ......... .............. .$2 7S9 80 Increase over August, 1899 ....... - SSS. .69 Amount of stolen property recov-
 ereu ....... ...... ........... 445. 50 Arrested for grand larceny and
 burglary ...... ............ 2S Bound over to criminal court. IA Number of trips made by morning
 mounted men ....... ............ 93 Numper or trips made by evening
 noulleu men-... ......135 Number of runs made by patrol
 wagon ........ ........... .......222 Total number of arrests. sts.......,...969
 Respectfully submitted,
 c. w. AUSTIN,
 Chief of Police. This Is regarded as one of the best re- ports ever turned in by a chief of police in the city of Birmingham. It will be noticed that the amount of increase In fines and fees over that of August, 1S99 is $SSS.6 the total amount being g, ,7S9SO.
 This amount will come near paying the entire expenses of the police department for the past month. The entire pay roll of Au- gust amounted to s2,936S4. The difference be- tween the amount collected on fines and fees lacks only sl474 of paying the entire expenses of the police department
 There is probably no city in the United States which make such a showing After examination of several of the annual reports of the police departments of other southern cities for last year, 1t was found that not one came anywhere near paying expenses. In fact in most of these cities the expenses of the department was four times as large as the amount of fees and fines collected.
 The only business outside of the chiefs report before the commission was the con- sideration of several claims for rewards for criminals who had been apprehended by the police. In most cases these were allowed and after settling the parliamentary ques- tion the commission adjourned.