The Jersey City news., 1906-09-24
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONS
ERS.
(Omcial Proeeedings.)

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ERS.
Official Proeeedings.)
Regular meeting or the Board of
Police Commissioners, held in First Dis
trict Court Room, City Hail, on Thurs
| day evening, May 81, 1906.
Professionalism Potts. Nc
Nulty and Mitchell
/ Absent-None
| Minutes of previous meeting approved
PRESENTATION OF COATMUNICA-
TIONS AND PETITIONS.
Communication from The Reilly Repair
and Supply Co., requesting special police
power for their watchmen Michael Sulli-
van and John Marney
1 Rerferred to Chief with power.
| TRIALS.
The Board then proceeded with the
trials of officers against whom charges
had been preferred as follows:=
No. SO, Patrick Costigan. First pre-
cinet; charge, neglect of DUTY.
| No. 80, Vincent Ricco, First precinct;
charge, neglect of duty.
| No. 81, Frank Bhem, Sixth precinct:
| charge, neglect of duty
| No. 81, Charles A. Negrave, Seventh
| precinct; charge neglect of duty.
| No. 93, Samuel Wiley, Seventh pre-
! cinct; charge, absence without leave.
| No. 81, Frederick Scheibe, Fifth pre-
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| No. 80, Frederick Sheibe, Fifth pre-
| cinct; charge, untruthfulness.
FINDINGS.
| The Board, having heard the pIeadings
and testimony, reired for deliberation,
| and ON reassembling sentenced the ac-
| cuSed officers that were found guilty as
No. 80, Patrick Costigan, Acting Pa
| trolman, First precinct, found guilty, and
sentenced to be fined 1 days pay.
No. so, Vincent Riceo, Acting Patrol
man, First precinct. found guilty. and
| sentenced to be fined l davis pay.
No. III, Frank Bleim, Patrolman, Sixth
precinct, found guilty, and sentenced to
be fined days pay.
No. 1Z, Charles Negrayel, Acting Pa
l trolman, Seventh precinct, found guilty
| and sentenced to be fined 1 days pay
No. 93, Samuel Wiley, Acting PATROL
man, Seventh precinct, found guilty, and
sentenced to be fined 2 days pay.
No. "a, Frederick Scheibe, Patrolman,
Fifth precinct found guilty, and sentenc
| ed to be dismissed from the Department
| No. 80, Frederick Scheibe, Patrolman,
| Fifth precinct, found guilty, and sentenc-
ed to be dismissed from the Department.
| Resolution by Commissioner Potts. and
adopted by full voter
| Resolved, That Patrolman Frederick
| Scheibe be and he is hereby dismissed
| from the police force of Jersey City.
having been found guilty of untruthful-
ness and also the charge of being off post.
| MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Resolyed, That warrant number 1000,
Police lab ,drawn in favor of Charles
Mason for $3.50 be ordered cancelled, and
warrant be ordered drawn on the City
Treasurer in favor of Charles Mason for
| $l2l, being % days pay for services as
| Clerk Second Criminal Court, for month
of May. 1906.
On motion by Commissioner Mitchell,
Board adjourned to meet subject to call
of chair.
F. A. VAN WINKLB.
| Clerk.
Regular meeting of the Board of
Police Commissioners, held in First Dis
| trict Court Room, City Hail. on Mon
| day evening, June IS, 1906.
l Present-Commission Potts, Me
! Nulty and Mitchell
| Absent-NOne
Minutes of previous meeting approved
as printed
1 Resolution by Commissioner Potts, and
| adopted by full vote:-
Resolved, That on account of the i'll.
ness of the Clerk of this Board, Detec-
tiye-S Sergeant William E. Robinson be
aappoIiI1ted dc CLERK protein Of this Board
| TIONS AND PETITIONS.
| Communications We're received and dis
posed of as folloWs:-
| Communication from his Honor, Mark
| NJ. Pagan, Mayor, received and ordered
spread in full on the minutes.
Mayors Office, City Hall,
Jersey City, N. j., June IS, 1906
To the Honorable Board of Police Com
missioners of Jersey City,
| Gentlemen-I have followed with a
great deal of interest the first application
of the new Civil Service Law in the Sc
lection of policemen. The examinations
have been held and there are a larger
number of men eligible than there are
positions to be filed. Under he law, as
! l am advised by the Law Department,
you can either fill such vacancies as are
at your disposal by taking the eligible
list in the order of the rank which the
ssuccessful applicants obtained under the
examination, or you can take the first
three names on the list and select one to
fill the position. In that event the APP
3plicant who is appointed is removed from
the list and the two who are not appoint
ed Immediately form part of the next
| three out of whom you must select one
to fill the next appointment, and so on
until all the appointments have been
made. Under this system you would
have the power, if you so desired, to
practically reject two men either for
| some good reason of you can reject them
for political reasons or without any rea-
sons at all OF course the temptation
| will always to strong in any APP
pointing power to use this discretion TO
think it extremely important that the
people of this city should understand
that ppointments in the future to posi-
tions in your department under the Civil
Service Law will be upon merit alone
! and in order that there may be no ques-
tion in the application of this law,I am
! strongly of the opinion that it would be
wise for your Board to fill such vacancies
, as are at your disposal from this eligible
= list in the order in which they have been
certified to by you by theCommissioners
and / recommend your your Board 10
! | take action accordingly.
Respectfully submitted.
MARK M. PAGAN,
Mayor.
Communication from the Board of Ff-
nance, received and ordered spread in
full on the minutes.
Office of the Board of Finance,
Jersey City June Is, 1906.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners,
Jersey City.
Gentlemen:-Please send to this office
by July next, your estimate of the
!; | amount required to be inserted in the tax
! budget for the next fiscal year and oblige,
Respectfully,
FORREST A. HEATH,
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