The age-herald., 1901-09-19
OFFICER WILL
 WATCH CLUB DOOR
Police Commission Adopted
 Committees Report
TO STAND BELOW STAIRS
Alabama Club Offers to Let Police or Ministers Visit It's Apartments. Board Not Unanimous In
 Action.

The Police Commission held meeting in the office of Commissioner Rudulph yes- terday afternoon to consider the report of the special committee on the Alabama Club matter. Present at the meeting were Chairman McCary. Commissioners Mobley, Stratford, Rudulph and Parker. MT. Stratford was appointed acting sec- retary.
 The committee presented the report printed below, which was adopted upon motion of Commissioner Rudulph, sec- onded by Commissioner Mobley. The vote stood: Ayes-McCary, Mobley and Rudulph Noes-Parker and Stratford The report follows;
 We, your undersigned committee heretofore appointed to investigate the complaint of the Peerless saloon on ae- count of stationing police officers In front of the entrances to the Alabama Club in Nineteenth street, near the rear door of the Peerless saloon, would report as follows:
 We have made such examination as might be expected and interviewed dne officers of the Alabama Club, and enough we find no just and reasonable grounds for the complaint made, yet as the Ala bama Club, through It's officers, has pro- posed and agreed that an officer be sta tioned on the Inside of the building upon the landing to the entrances Of the cluo, and shall at any and all times give Tree and uninterrupted access without alarms of any kind being given to the persons or members in the club, and shall immedi- ately upon presentation by the officer Of his badge have the door to said club room opened at once without any alarms of any character being given, and that all other entrances to the said Alabama Club rooms shall be locked and the key to said entrances be given to the officer and that no hindrances or interferences at any time shall be interposed by the club members or It's officers, agents or porters in the free and uninterrupted in- spection of said club rooms by an officer bearing a police badge of the city of Bir- mingham; and further, that any preacher officer of the law or other rep utable citizen of the city of Birmingham who may believe that there is viola tion of the law being committed in the said Alabama Club rooms, shall, In com pany with police officer, be allowed to examine and Inspect fully and uninter- ruptedly said club rooms. being admitted along with said officer upon presentation of his badge without hindranoe or alarm or notice to the officers or occupants in the said club rooms and rooms on the top
 
 the said Alabama Club. We therefore recommend that the said proposition be accepted if carried out in the letter and spirit of the proposition that an officer be removed from the street and be given as his beat Nineteenth street. between Second and Third avenues, with the di- rection that he perform his duties in connection with and in accordance with the above proposition with as little inter ference to the Peerless saloon as is pos sible in the lawful discharge of his duty. Respectfully submitted"
 The report was signed by c. W. Aus tin, R. " Mobley and z. T. Rudulph.
 There was some discussion before the report was adopted. Commissioner Strat- ford wanted the officer on duty at the club rooms to also patrol beat to be made from First avenue to Fourth ave- nue in Nineteenth street. Chief Austin did not think an officer could cover a beat and do duty at the club rooms Finally the matter was left entirely in the hands of the chief as to what terri tory the officer should cover