The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-07-16
RESOLUTION OFFERED
FOR COUNTY POLICE
Matter to Come Before Board of
Commissioners on Next
Tuesday Morning

OF a county police IN Cobb.
Some opposition to the measure
was voiced at the meeting, so that it
was carried over to the next meet
ing of the board on next Tuesday.
The commissioners will be glad to
know the wishes of the people with
regard to the matter at that time.
The matter seems however not to
be one to be measured in dollars or
cents of the expense if there is a
real need of protection of any part
of our county from the lawless and
frequent operations of certain sort
spoken of in the resolution. Every
citizens home, no matter where 10
Gated, and every public highway in
the county is entitled to protection
The resolution follows:
Whereas large number of citi-
zens from the southern part of Cobb
county, across the Chattahoochee
River from the Fulton county line,
have signed and presented petitions
to this board asking for police pro-
lection against persons who come in
to Cobb county from Fulton county
ad practice immortality and violate
the prohibition laws, and commit 9TH
er crimes; and
Whereas, a large number of citi-
zens have made complaints to this
Board about the violation of the pro-
hibition laws in different parts Of the
county, by the hauling of liquor, etc
and
Whereas, on" account of the size
of the county, and the various duties
incident to the office of the sheriff,
it is physically impossible for him and
. his deputy to look after all these mat
tiers, especially in view of the fact
that most of these crimes of immor-
atty and liquor traffic are committed
in the night; and
Whereas, we believe a county po
lice force would be self-sustaining
by reason of the increase of fines and
forfeitures arising from the arrests
which would be made by them, and
in addition to this, the chain-gang
forces would in all probability be
largely increased, and the good citi
zens of the county would have more
efficient protection of the law;
Therefore, BE 1T RESOLVED by
the Board of Commissioners Of Roads
and Revenues of Cobb County, in
regular session this day, That we
hereby adopt and put into operation
a county police force for Cobb coun-
ty as provided for by the Act of
the General Assembly of Georgia,
approved August II, 1914 (Acts
1914, pp.142,143) said police force
to consist -------men OF
good character, and not under Fl
wears of age, each of whom shall be
clothed with all the powers and au-
thorities as provided for by sair Act;
this board, however, reserving the
right to at any time increase or de-
crease said police force.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the rules for the control of the
police force provided for in the pre-
ceding sections, shall be as follows;
subject, however, to modification or
OF
% One of the said county police
shall be elected by this body as Chief
of County Police. He shall give bond
as provided by the aforesaid act in
the sum of -- Dollars.
(2) Each of the other county po-
lice shall be required to give bond
as provided by the aforesaid Act, in
the sum of -- Dollars.
(3) The Chief of the County Po-
lice shall have general supervision
over the county police force, and
shall have authority to give special
directions to the remainder of the
force in the performance of their
duties.
ca The Chief Of the Comfy Po-
lice shall not have authority to sus-
pend any member of the county po-
lice force for misconduct in office or
failure to discharge his duties un-
til he first gives his reasons there
for to the Chairman of the Police
Committee of this Board, and gets
his written approval of such suspen-
sion; and then such suspension shall
shall only last until the matter can
be passed upon by the full Board of
Commissioners, either at regular,
or a call meeting.
90 The Chairman of the Police
Committee of this board shall have
authority to suspend either the chief