Show A TAME SESSION the police and fire board dispose of beaular business moore promoted in clr or anil binford to be alo full board was present at the meeting 0 the police and alro commission saturday flygare from the epenial committee to look into the matter of rules for the police department by way ot report referred the board to the revised ordinances chap II 11 2 providing that all rules and regulations of alie police department part ment shall bo made by ane board chief davenport had already aarde out and presented to the board a copy of police rulee which ho asks to have adopted the matter will be taken up at some special meeting to lie called by alie president REPORTS TO BE the question of publishing alie reports of the fire chief and and chief of police was disposed of by referring the matter to the secretary to solicit bide to report at the next meeting chief binford aske that that copies of his report I 1 published and chief davenport makes a el requisition for copies of bis report IX TIIE COAL major Sl ovens for the moment forgot how the board had been bat down upon by the city council on the purchase of coat and innocently asked Is there a requisition in for chatt whalen dryla remarked we arc not in the coal bustness major the usual payrolls tor both the police and fire departments were allowed requisitions for necessary supplies for the jail and fire elation were submitted and granted chief binford reported by communication the promotion of T more as assistant of fire alarm vice E E resigned also tho promotion of ani who has formerly been ahe position of fill the vacancy caused by moores promotion the promotion of moore was ratified chief davenport reported the number ot arresta for the two weeks ending january to lw 39 convictions 27 discharged 9 delivered to other offic cre 3 bookkeepers A communication was received from city recorder anderson to the effect that the council refused to allow the police department i credit to alie work done by prisoners the public streeta and containing lie following appendix the police department part ment ie entitled to no special credit the earnings of the prisoners while produced under alie supervisor super vison of the police department belonga to the city at large the whole city out of the general fund pays the expense of the police department and alie cost of feeding and guarding prisoners while it may be true that ahta item does not enter any of alie accounts acco unta of the city yet we know ot no proper system of bookkeeping that bould allow any euch credit without charging the street department idith the same account signed JOHN vi committee after humorous allusions to the expert bookkeepers ot the city council the communication was filed and the board adjourned |