The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
CUTLER GRIlIED BY
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Police Commission President
and Secretary Back Down
on License Funds Matter

President utter OF the police com
mission and Secretary skelly surren-
dered at yesterdays session of the SUI
pervisors' finance committee and
agreed to Deputy Tax Collector Lows
demand that the police authorities
cease holding license funds and re-
turn to their proper owners the s1,4Oo
exacted of dance han proprietors.
Chairman ssnnin had put the
matter sauareIy up - Cutter T
Neither you nor the commission
nor Secretary skelly has any right to
collect money. tt at is the province
OF the tax collector. If your commits
sion demands OF the dance hall own
ers their receipt from the tax col
lector before Issuing them liquor Ii
censes, that will be all the assistance
the tax collector will require.
1T concerns us, as the finance com
mittee, TO see to it that all the license
money possible under the law is paid
to the city and that it goes where it
should go, into the city treasury.
There should be cooperation between
the departments and not friction"
Neither Cutler nor SkeIIy attempted
any direct Justification of their colIec-
tion of the money. but both vehem-
emily asserted their desire to get rid
of it. Each agreed with apparent
Willingness to this solution OF the
matter.
Jennings suggested that the down
town policemen were best qualified to
know who in the blocks covered by
their beats ought to pay licenses to
the city.
They" said Jennings. could help
the tax collector immensely by a
monthly report through their cap
tairs of. for example, the number of
slot machines in use"
Cutler objected to putting the job
upon the department as adding too
much to the patroImen's already
heavy burdens, but took occasion to
suggest that the department could in
that connection use more men If the
supervisors would vote the money.
Chief Cook supported Cutler in so
far as undertaking the matter of
rounding UP those liable for all kinds
of licenses. Both, however, agreed to
do what could be done to aid in the
slot machine license collections
Captain Duke Reprimanded
In accordance with the decision of
the police commissioners at the meet
appeared before President Cutler in
Chief Cooks office yesterday and re-
ceived a reprimand for neglect of
duty in not finding the derringer in
Morris Haas boot when searching him
in Judge Lawlor's court after Haas
had shot Prosecutor Heney. Chief
Cook and Captain Duke were in
structed by Cutler not to divulge the
nature Of the reprimand. Duke is
looked upon as the logical successor of
Captain Kelly when Kelly retires as
head of the detective branch shortly.
Khaki Uniforms Dotted
The ringing in of the new year
sounded the death knell of the Khaki
uniforms, which were donned by the
police after the earthquake and fire
and were found to be so serviceabie,
especially in the burned district. BY
resolution of the police commissioners
some months ago II was decided that
the force must don their blue uniforms
again from and after January l.
Policemen Sworn In
The 20 new policemen passed by the
police commissioners at the meeting
Wednesday night were sworn in yes
terday morning by Chief Cook and as
signed to their stations.