The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
MAYOR CAN NAME
POLICE LADY
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appointing a police woman begs leave

appointing a police woman begs leave
to submit the rU::owing report.
ION page 20 Of the present city
charter we find Chapter VIII. which
reads: Powers of the City and OF the
Council General Powers Of the City.
Section 60. Without denial or dis
arrangement of other powers held un-
der the constitution and laws of the
state, the city OF Mankato shall have
coed TO Section II, paragraph I'VE, on
page % Of the charter we find under
the head of Police and Fire Depart
ments.' Paragraph FIVE to organize
and maintain police and fire depart
ment, erect the necessary buildings
and own all implements and apparatus
required therefor. To establish and
graph or telephone system, and to
manage and control the same, and to
appoint a superintendent thereof
Then if We proceed to Page Is, Chap
ter XVIII, Section 232. we find under
the head OF Power OF Police Oftic-
GERS
section 2S2. The chief Of police
and all regular. or temporary police
officers shall possess the powers OF
tho statutes OF the state, and in ad-
dition thereto, shall have the powe.
10 serve and execute any warrant,
summons, commitment, writ, sub
poeno or process issued out of the
municipal court, and shall have au-
thority TO pursue and arrest in any
part of the state beyond the limits of
violation OF any law, ordinance or the
city, or any offense or crime within
the limits of the city. Provided,
that no such officer shall have power
TO arrest without a warrant, except
in cases in which arrest without a
warrant are authorized by the. general
laws OF the state or this charter; and
the violation of any city ordinance
shall be deemed a public offense: On
ter vi Administrative Departments
The Five Municipal Departments"
Section 49, Ths administrative
POWERS, authority and duties of the
city officers. not otherwise provided
for, shall be distributed among and
assigned to five departments as fol-
One. Department of public health,
sanitation, police and general well
fare.
Two. Department of accounts and
Three. Department Of parks, public
grounds, buildings and fire protection.
-Four. Department of water works
and sewers.
Five Department of streets and
alleys.
Reviewing the several chapters,
sections and paragraphs as found il
the present city charter We fail to
find the word policeman or policewo
man are so designated and in our
opinion there Ia no reason to believe
that the head of the department of
public health, sanitation, police and
general welfare cannot appoint his
police officers from the male or fe-
male sex as he may choose, we fur
Their believe that the much spoken of,
and aggitated office OF Dolicewoman'
is superduous and would only make
our city charter ambiguous"
Asked For Police Woman
A communication was received
from Mrs. d. G. Willard, president OF
the W. c.. T. u, asking that the com
mission recommend the appointment
Of policewoman.
E. V. Waters said that he would
like TO refer to the remarks Of Mrs.
Adelaide Sigier, the policewoman at
the last meeting Of the charter com =
mission. He stated that she said at
that time that jazz music had 30 in
toncated the young people while dane
ing that 1t was difficult to control
them. The former mayor, would put
such unruly people in irons and re-
move them from the room.
! Rev. Carl Kruger said that If the
charter provides for the election of
poitcewoman, there is no need OF
the charter commission -dabbling in
the matter. Diyerging from the sub
ject somewhat, Rev. Kruger. said
that certain newspaper man in the
course of an argument with him
gested that the commission would be
better of IL FIVE Of six OF the mem
bers resigned. "a long time ago re-
nounced the kaiser, and never liked
the car" He thought that his CON
duct while in this country would
match with any other good American.
II have no Ak to grind with any ex-
mayor in this city, but il feel like
riding down town with an ex- city
mayor, will do So"
At the suggestion of Lawrence
Hcnline. a change will be made In the
terms. OF the city charter, which he
thinks will be great saving to the
city. According to one Of the provi-
sions of the present charter all work
OF $3.50 or more must be let to the
lowest bidder. The speaker said that
Ntcn he was y meLAOSF Ol the COuu :
cil some years ago. contractors had
worked that provision to their advan-
tage. The city in many instances
could have saved money by doing the
work by day labor.
Chairman J. w. Andrews appointed
as a committee to look into this pro-
posed change. Lawrence Henline, A.
G. Roemer, and Frank ]. Mahowald.
No further business coming be-
fore the meeting adjournment was
taken.
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