The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-24

i Der though our financial colult3oH pre-
] cludes such a happy eonsu1nmation
Fifth hereby return with this, my
veto the resolution or ordinance IN
troduced by Alderman Schroeder, sec
/ onded by Alderman Leblanc, and adopt
i ed by majority of the council Great
4 ing the office of assistant chief of po-
| lice at a salary of $50 per month, and
/ the appointment thereto of Jno. NJ
1 Maher for the reason hereaboVe given
/ and for the further reason that there
| is no such office as assistant chief of
4 police mentioned in the town charter,
which we have sworn to follow and
obey and therefore the town council
/ is without authority to create such an
1 office
Our funds at this time also preclude
| the appropriation of further funds for
4 the police department We have now
4 the best police force of any town IN
the state and I state it with emphasis.
| In no town is there SO little hoodlum-
| ism and to this satisfactory condltlon
we owe much to the present force.
4 They have inspired a respect for the
law the public peace is preserved, Of
tenders. rich or poor, high or low, white
/ or black, are brought before the courts.
1 To remove the present incumbent anu
replace them with new and ineNperl-
! enced men would be a setback to the
] town and a menace to the public peace,
| though I entertain no personal feennss
+ in the matter whatever The present
incumbents Officers L. ]. Acosta, Jr,,
4 and Jno. Ramirez have rendered eftec-
4 + aryy;an s.
respectful to the public, vigilant, fear
/ less and enjoy the respect and conf
4 dence of the people. The lawless in
clined stand in awe of these officers,
led as they are by our dauntless chief,
whose reelection means an endorse
ment of his official actions and those
of his subordinates. I therefore veto
the election or appointment of Ernest
Dalferes and L. J. Echeverria for the
/ policemen and also that of Jno. NJ
4 Maher for the non-existing office of as
i sistant chief of police.
cannot see my way clear toward
4 approving of the selection or appoint
rnent of defeated candidate for chief
j of police to a position on the police
force. and further, it is not within
my power to reverse the will of the
Epeople or to defy their decree express
ed at the polls. Such an appointment
/ under existing conditions would result
in the decentralization of the police force.
i am advised by counsel that these
/ vetoes are subject to reversal by five
/ sixths of the aldermen elected. Should
i said vetoes be not sustained i snail
/ nevertheless feel that I have done my
4 duty conseientiously and in accordance
i with my oath of office, as I have given
j the ordinances and resolutions long and
careful delberation and the conclusions
i / have arrived at have been reached
only after much study and thought.
Unless you refuse to sustain the We
tsoes by five-sixths of the aldermen
elected as advised by counsel, the res
buttons or ordinances mentioned herein
| fall Of their own force and are no
| part or portion Of the town ordinances
and are null and void.
i Conscious of the rightfulness of my
1 position and guided by the single pur-
pose of safeguarding the best interests
/ Of my native town whose people have
for the fourth time endorsed my Of
fetal acts. with malice toward none
and charity toward ALL I am,
i Respectfully,
CHARLES MAURIN. Mayor.
The council proceeded to consider
the subject matter of the mayor, S
communication, and after taking up
and discussing the various sections
seriatim, sustained the mayors veto
in each instance by entering no OBJ
4 lection to his action on the several
appointments. Articles one, two,
! three and four of the mayors COM
munication, appertaining to the ap-
pointment of finance, public works
and waterWorks committees, and
4 town cartmen, were sustained upon
! no objection being offered to ratifi-
cation of the mayors action, and ar
ticle five, appertaining to the ap-
: pointment of a police force, was rati-
: fled upon rolI-call by a unanimous
/, VOTE
AT the request of Mr. Ohlmeyer,
the mayor transferred Mr.. Ohlmeyer
from the powerhouse to the finance
committee, and MIR. Schroeder from
the fimahee to the pOWerhouse com
mittee.
a The mayor stated that the chief
Of police, town collector and treas,
urer had furnished bond in the
amount fixed by the town charter.
On motion of Mr.. Schroeder, sec,
onded by Mr. Milane and adopted
on roll-ca1l by a unanimous vote
4 Julian Montecine was reappointee
town gardener at the same salary
!, as at present, SIS per month.
:. On motion of Mr.. Schroeder, sec
. onded by Mr. Leblanc, Luc1ef
Acosta, sr., was reappeinted jailer a.
the same salary as at present, 500
per annum.
MIR. Leblanc moved that the pc
q lice force be increased to three
a members, in addition to the chic
of police, and that L. ]. Echeyerria
!, Ernest Dalferes and John Ramirez b,
e appointed policemen; the salary o
= L. j. Echeverria and Ernest Dal
q feres to be $45 per month, each, AM
J the salary of John Ramirez to be th'
E same as at present. The motion wa
q descended by Mr. Schroeder, and OIL
T roll-eaH was adopted by vote of
yeas and no nays.
!, Mr. Leblanc moved that the com
e mission of the town tax collector D
ell fixed at the same amount as a