The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-18
POLICE INVESTIGATORS
 SUBMIT REPOGTS
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 lates the constitution because it creates an office and establishes rules as to Eeligibility, which is in addition to that prescribed by the fundamental law.
 We do not say that this charter pro- vision is void. We cannot and, there- fore, will not predict the decision of the fcourt. Courts are reluctant. and espe- eially the supreme court of Connscti- cut, to set aside a legislative act.
 The report then gives a long state Ement concerning the legal aspect of the situation both in this state and elsewhere. r<s~.@s
 The next matter discussed in the re-t port Is commissioners business rela- tions, and the commission recommends, in case a sipgle-headed commission is Inot established. that section 6S of the charter be amended so as to read:
 NO commissioner on said police board, excepting licensed druggists, shall, either as principal, agent, or en- ploye. be engaged in, or directly or in directly interested in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, bottled drinks, cigars, or other saloon supplies, at wholesale No commissioner afore- said shall directly or indirectly furnish any materials whatsoever to be used in any saloon in the city of New Haven, or be directly or indirectly employed to do any work for the owner or lesee Of the same in connection therewith,'
 The next subject discussed is the chief of police. The report says in part:
 The present chief has been a member of the force for thirty-seven years, and has been chief for six years. He has | had the reputation among our citizens of being an honest man and good of | lfieer. But there Is needed a younger and more vigorous man at the head Eof the department. Under the law In the state of New York he would have been retired eight years ago, and If he Ihad been an officer in the army of the Limited States, four years ago. Whether
 our recommendation in Favor of a I tsingle-headed commission and the abo- Hilton of the present office of chief is \ sadopted or not, the time has come when tthe interests of the department will be l promoted by having a younger and more active man, in the position The salary paid to the chief is $2,5OO a
 year. A similar salary is paid at Al.
 bany, Denver, Louisville. Newark and St. Paul. @&
 In case the office is abolished in ac-
 cordance with our recommendations we
 suggest that the salary of the superin-
 tendent be fixed at $2,000. That off.
 cial would not be clothed with the au.
 thority and responsibility of the present
 chief, and on that account the reduc.
 tion is proposed. He would then re.
 ceive as large salary as in 1902 wal
 paid to the chief in Alleghany, Co
 lumbus and Indianapolis, all of which
 cities had population larger thar
 New Haven; and in Fall River, Omaha
 Paterson and Worcester, where the population is about what it is here.
 Next in order comes statement re. | garding appointments to the. force. This part of the report is very lengthy and
 embraces a lot of testimony which was submitted at the hearings, and which
 has already been published. The report says in part; ."r@ #3 v No claim has been advanced, and nc evidence has been presented which
 shows that the letter of the civil ser l vice law has been transgressed. We are convinced that the method l which the commissioners pursue in
 making appointments is objectionable, l and contrary to the spirit of the civil
 service law. In, determining the mean- ing of any law thereason for and spirit
 of the law must be regarded, and not
 merely it's letter. a