The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-19
GERALD IS
 AGAIN CHIEF Is .ReappOinted by Mayor
 Carr. . AND COUNCIL CONFIRMS Aldermen Sullivan Makes Statement About New aen. Names of Four of Them, Barckley, Duke, Mahler ana Ragland, Re-
 ferred to Police Commit
 tee for Action.

Adolph S. Gerald was reappointed Chief of the Police Department of the city of Montgomery last night by Mayor Carr. The action of Mayor Carr in re. appointing Chief Gerald was confirmed by the Council by unanimous vote.
 The appointment was sent to the Coun- cil by Mayor Carr in a brief message. The message stated that the decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama that the Montgomery Police Commission act was unconstitutional left the matter of the appointment of chief of police under Section 7e of the City Charter. Under that section of the charter the Mayor said he had appointed A. s. Gerald chief of police.
 The appointment was immediately con- derman Kohn.
 Action upon the appointment by Chief Gerald of the ten additional patrolmen for Greater Montgomery immediately followed. It will be recalled that over a month ago the chief announced the ap- pointment of the ten new patrolmen. The confirmation of these patrolmen had been held up by Alderman Sullivan, who stated that he had been informed that one or two of the men appointed were not legal residents of the city of Mont gomery or were not qualified voters un- der the constitution of the State.
 Sullivan's Statement. =-.
 As soon as the matter came before the Council Alderman Sullivan said:
 "The members of the Council will re- member that when the question was be- fore the Council at the last meeting, asked that the confirmation of these ap- pointments be held up, as perhaps, some of the men were not legal voters or resi- dents of Montgomery. Now, in the lan- guage of the street, ,rit Is up to me to make good what I said.' and I propose to do 1t to the satisfaction of every memeber of the Council. -.
 T have carefully examined the regis tration list and the poll tax lists at the Court House, and I will give the Council the results of that examination. The Council should confirm J. A. Watson, Troy Murrell N. P. Huffman, J. A. Thorn and P. T. Boyle. These men are legal residents of Montgomery and quail flied voters. J. A. Pendergrass has a life certificate, but until January ', he had not paid any poll tax In three years. On that date he paid .nree years poll tax. w. w. Barckley has no registration certifi- cate. H. G. Duke has no registration cer- tiflcate, and I am informed that he only moved to Montgomery last August. H. G. Mahler has registration certificate, but he has not paid his poll tax. H. T. Ragland is over the poll tax 9Ge. but If he has a registration certi1cate there Is no record of it in Montgomery
 Mir. Sullivan read from the application blank signed by each man in which he certified that he was a legal resident of Montgomery, and that he was a qualified voter.
 Mir Jackson suggested that W. J. Pen dergrass should not be confirmed as he had certified in his application that he was legal voter, when, in fact. he was not.
 Four Lsft Out.
 MT Gunter objected to the withdrawal of the name of Patrolman Pendergrass. He knew the man, he said, and he knew him to be a. good citizen who would make a good officer. He contended that having a life certificate he was a quali- fled voter and that he had now met all the requirements of citizen by paying his poll tax. Pendergrass's name was added to the list to be confirmed.
 The list with his name added as pre- scented by Alderman Sullivan was con- f1rmed.
 The other four appointees, W. w. Barckley, H. c. Duke, H. G. Mahler and H. T. Ragland were referred to the Po- lice Committee for further investigation.