The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-08
Indiana senate Passes wood
Salary Law Without a
Dissenting Vote.
rs NOW UP TO THE HOUSE
LOCAL PATROUMGN WILL GET
MORE MONEY UNDER NEW
MEASURE EVEN SHOULD MET
ROPOLITAN LAW BE KILLED.
(By Demas S. Coe.,

(By Demas S. Cor.,
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb, 1.-'Nhethe'
the Mccullough police bill is defeated
or becomes a law, it is regarded now
as pretty certain that the members
of the Richmond police force and o1
all other police forces in the state
which come under the metropolitan
law, will benefit by Senator Will
Woods law TO increase the pay of al
members of such forces. The senate
this afternoon considered the Wood
bill. There were just three speeches
made in connection with it and the
bill passed without a dissenting vote,
forty-two senators, all there were III
the chamber at the time, standing pat
for the bill. The measure provides
that the salaries all around may be
increased the maximum salaries to
be as follows:
Superintendent-$1, ,32O.
Captain-$1, ,02O.
Sergeant-$960
Patrolmen-$S50.
The section of the bill which desig-
mates how police departments snail
be formed and how salaries shall
range is as follows:
THE board of metropolitan police
commissioners shall have the powei
to appoint superintendent of police,
captains, sergeantS, detectives and
such other officers and patrolmen as
they may deem advisable.
Not more than one each of said
captains, sergeants, detectives and
other officers shall belong to the same
political party. and not more than
one half of the total number of such
officers and patrolmen, excluding the
superintendent. of police, shall bIlong
TO the same political party. Sail COM
nlissioners shall not have the power
TO appoint more than one patrolmen
for each ten hundred inhabitants in
such city, and shall not have power to
appoint more than one officer, exclud-
ing the superintendent of police, for
each five thousand Inhabitants in such
city. Such superintendent, captains,
officers and patrolmen shall receive
such compensation as the commissions
ers Shall determine
Provided, that the compensation
for superintendent shall not be
less than nine hundred dollars. nor
more than thirteen hundred and twen-
ty dollars per annum; that the COM
pensatiOn for captain shall not be
less than seven hundred dollars nor
more than ten hundred and twenty
dollars per annum: that the compen-
Sation for a sergeant shall not be
less than six hundred dollars nor more
than nine hundred and sixty dollars
for patrolmen shall not be less than
five hundred and fifty dollars nor
more than eight hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum.
"The compensation of all other Off
GERS and employees shall be fixed and
determined by the commissioners, as
In their Judgment will be reasonable.
and to promote good government In
such cities. All persons SO appoint
ed shall serve during good behavior.
and shall be of good moral character
and be able to speak and write the
English language.
Such commissioners shall have the
power. for cause assigned on pub
ing to rules to be PROMULGATED by
them. to remove or suspend from Off
ce, or for a definite period deprive
of pay. any officer or member of such
police force. except that detectives
may be dismissed at any time by said
commissioners; and they shall have
power TO make general and special
rules and regulations for government
and discipline of said force and to
make and promulgate general and
special orders 70 said force. through
the superintendent of police, who shall
be the executive head of the force
The decisive vote of the senate on
the police salary question is regarded
as reflecting the sentiment that ex-
lists in the legislature and the house
win likely pass the bill without any
formidable opposition being offered
The salary increase will apply wheth-
er or not the Mccullough bill is pass
cd or whether the police law remains
rs il is.
Henry Waterman, market master
Of Richmond was associating with leg
islators today and incidentally he paid
n visit TO the Indianapolis market
house to see how it compared with
itichmond's beautiful and majestic
market palace on South Sixth street.
Mr.. Waterman grew enthusiastic as
he wandered through the great In
dianapolis market place and he left
for home tonight firmly convinced
that If Richmond would provide the
means, it too might have n market
that would be worthy of the name.
n -
Watson O'Neal. member of the
Richmond board of works. remained
here today and was present AT n
OF house committee that
took up the bill which proposes 10
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