The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-06
OF the City Council-Reports From
Officers and Committees Receive
Much Attention.
SOME VERY PLAIN TALK.
From Sanitary and Police Commit
tees. s.-Reports Referred.

Beavers presiding and all present
except Cochran and Scoffern. The
most important business was the
receiving Of reports from officers
and committees. Other than this,
there was some financial business
looked after. R. n Murphy was
allowed $3.50 or ten percent Of the
cost of the Sixth ST. bridge and
filter house, the construction OF
which he superintended.
The city clerk was instructed to
confer with the Oklahoma Granite
Co., Granite, o. r.. relative TO Sc
curing granite for curbing, walks
crossings etc., and to report to the
council.
SANITARY REPORT
DR.. Dawson chairman Of the
sanitary committee made a report
in substance as follows:
Section Io ordinance No. o. has
been violated every day Of the
present administration and is being
being violated today. Also sec
tions "a aud 25 Of ordinance No IA
are being violated BY a geat num-
Der Of houses in the business dis
trict. These ordinances may have
been put in the ordinance book as
Joke; it may have been thought
unjust for the property owners toI
comply with them. But; gentle
men, they are in the book and ]
must insist upon their strict en-
forcement or upon their repeal at
once We have enarned the un-
enyisble reputation among our
neighbors Of being dirty town"
| take this as a personal thrust at
me especially, for the reason that
tie mayor and council imposed
sufficient confidence in me more
thau year ago TO take full charge
and keep the city clean. / earn
estly request the mayor and coun-
Gil to take such steps as may be re-
quired 10 enfore these ordinances
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Alderman Burton, chairman OF
tile police committee repor d as
follows:
After careful examination Of
the records and books Of the chief
of-police and the police Judge, we
submit the following:
We find the chief-of- police with
out any records Of arrests, convict
ions, continents or dismissal, in
the face Of positive ordiraucc re-
quiring such records 10 be kept. |
From the book Of the police Judge
only records Of cases where fines
have been imposed, no record Of |
dismissal or acquittal appearing; |
records are futher incomplete in
falling TO account for 6nes imposed.
IIsler the law il is the duty Of
these officers 70 deep a complete
record Of every arrest, ofeuse
charged, name Of party arrested
and result Of investigation or hear
ing,
The failure of the police Judge
to tax costs properly has already !
resulted in the loss of consider
able sum orrevenue to the cits
We think the books futher show
that the fines imposed in many
cases are wholly inadequate, and
futher fail TO disclose the disposi-
ton Of large number Of cases
where information has been fled
for failure to work the streets.
my recommendation is that the
police Judge be ordered BY the
council to impose legal and lawful
cost III all cases as the law directs
and that the chief-of-police keep |
such records as will show the name
of every offense charged and the
disposition made Of each and
every case and that these officers
be required to furnish monthly |
statements and report to the
council the statement Of records
kept
POLICE JUDGES REPoRT
Judge Haight reported S43.I5