Show i FIE AND POLICE BOARD o I Meeting of the Commission Lat iightBsinines Transacted Thomas Welch the driver of the chemical chem-ical engine who was laid off by Chief Devine and was afterwards tried for absence without leave and restored to his place presented a bill to the fire and police board last night for 37677 dUG for the time he was off and J5S66 for services ser-vices as a volunteer last spring TheV board referred the matter to the city attorney at-torney for an opinion Chief Pratt called attention to the fact hat policemen are compelled to obtain a city physicians certificate before thqjf can obtain sick leave with pay for which they have to pay The chief of police and fire departments were advised to talk over tire matter Kith their men an report the consensus of opinion The ordinances relating to the smoke nuisances and the stopping of street cars when passing at Intersections were filtered Mr Stevens being requested lr consult with Prosecuting Attorney J ld I in relation to the former while Chief Pratt the latter was instructed to strictly enforce Bills amounting to 20n from the lira department and 14555 from the police department de-partment were ordered paid The February Feb-ruary lighting bill of 10279 was passed but the January account of 20720 went over |