The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-14
POLICE UNIFORMS
 MUST COME SOON
Board of Commissioners Issue
 an UItimatum
HAVE VERY BUSY SESSION
Several Petitions From Officers and PatroImen Are Considered and Passed Upon-Two Patrol.
 me Tried on Charges.

At the regular monthly meeting of the board of police commissioners of Bir- mingham, which was held in the office of the chief of police last night, 1t was ordered that the tailors under contract to furnish summer uniforms for the patrolmen be notified that if the suits are not delivered by Saturday. June IT, the order would be countermanded and all suits received thereafter would be refused.
 The order for the suits was awarded to the Pettibone Manufacturing company of Cincinnati a little more than two months ago, and the uniforms were to have been delivered, within thirty days from that time. The only part of the uniforms that has been received is the hat.
 The board meeting was called to order at o'clock by Chairman T. F. Parker. The following members were present: Sid B. Jones. George G. Phillips, Lucian C. Brown and Ed Warren, Jr
 After the reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting and two special meetings that have been held during the month by Secretary Jones' the matter of the summer uniforms for the patrolmen was taken up.
 By request of Mayor Ward. presented in the form of letter to Chairman Parker, the Mayors private secretary. B. A, Pepperman, was elected as spe- cial officer without pay and given police authority.
 Officer R. H. Stokes presented a peti- tion asking that he be allowed half pay for time lost on account of illness, which he claims was the result of exposure while in the discharge of his duties as patrol man. It was ordered that the petition be referred to the Board of Aldermen with the recommendation that it be granted. Officer Stakes claims that he lost eighty one days on account of rheumatism and | other ailments contracted during and | on account of service in severe weather. A petition from twenty-three men on the morning shift of police patrolmen asking that the morning and evening shifts be aIternated once each month was presented A counter petition from thirty-seven men on the eevning shift asking that the first petition be not al lowed and that the matter of changing the men be left with the chief and his subordinate officers was also presented. Both petitions were disallowed. Chairman Parker said that he thought the chief | of police should be allowed the right 1 to assign the men for the best interest of the department
 The report of the chief of police for the month of May was read and adopt ed. He was instructed to include in these reports the number of convictions as well as the number of arrests made during each month.
 Police Officer A. G. Matthewson was tried on a charge of characterization and was suspended for ten days. He was ordered by Captain Johnson to do special work a few nights ago in guarding the wedding presents at the Kinney-Exum wedding and refused to obey. He ex- plained In his defense that he did not understand that this special work was under the supervision of the police offi- cers and did not intend to disobey offl- cial orders.
 Officer J. H. Jones was tried for con duct unbecomng an officer and the judg- ment of the board was that he be re- primanded by the chairman. The following supernumerary police men were elected by the board: w. C. Burson, w. A. Smith, c. LaRue, J. l.. Gates, P H. Dougherty, P. Turney and | ! W. Smith. These elections were per I manent