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1862. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch ; President Common Council, Alfred M. Wood; Comptroller, Charles H. Collins ; Counselor, Alex. McCue ; Auditor, John Doherty ; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1863. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch ; President Common Council, Dennis O'Keefe ; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron ; Counselor, John G. Schumaker : Auditor, John Doherty ; Clerk, Henry McCloskey.
1864. Mayor, Alfred M. Wood; President Common Council, T. V. P. Talmadge; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron; Counselor, John G. Schumaker ; Auditor, John Doherty ; Clerk, Henry McCloskey.
1865. Mayor, Alfred M. Wood; President Common Coun- cil, Daniel D. Whitney; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron; Counselor, John G. Schnmaker; Auditor, James Lynch; Clerk, Henry McCloskey.
1866. Mayor, Samuel Booth; President Common Council, A. M. Bliss; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron; Counselor, John J. Schnmaker; Auditor, James Lynch; Clerk, Henry McCloskey.
1867. Mayor, Samnel Booth; President Common Council, George H. Fisher; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron; Counselor, John J. Schumaker; Auditor, James McLeer; Clerk, Henry McCloskey.
186S. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch; President Common Council, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, Thomas H. Faron; Counselor, Alex. McCue; Auditor, James McLeer; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1869. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch; President Common Council, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, E. M. Johnson; Counselor, Wm. C. De Witt; Auditor, James O'Brien; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1870. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch; President Common Council, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, E. M. Johnson; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, James O'Brien; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1871. Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch; President Common Council, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, E. M. Johnson; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, James O'Brien; Clerk. Wm. H. Bishop.
1872. Mayor, Samnel S. Powell; President Common Council, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, F. A. Schroeder; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, N. Shaurman; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1873. Mayor, S. S. Powell; President Common Council, John Clancy; Comptroller, F. A. Schroeder; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, N. Shaurman; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
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1874. Mayor, John W. Hunter; President Common Coun- cil, Jacob I. Bergen; Comptroller, F. Schroeder; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, N. Shaurman; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1875. Mayor, John H. Hunter; President Common Coun- cil, Jacob I. Bergen; Complroller, S. S. Powell; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, Wm. H. Searing; Clerk, W. H. Bishop.
1876. Mayor, Fred. A. Schroeder; President Common Council, John French; Comptroller, S. S. Powell; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, Wm. H. Searing; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1877. Mayor, Fred. A. Schroeder; President Common Council,* Francis B. Fisher; Copmtroller, William Burrell; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, Wm. H. Searing; Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1878. Mayor, James Howell; President Common Coun- cil, Francis B. Fisher; Comptroller, William Burrell; Coun- selor, William C. De Witt; Auditor, F. E. Howard (deputy and acting); Clerk, Wm. H. Bishop.
1879. Mayor, James Howell; President Common Coun- cil, Wm. H. Ray; Comptroller, William L. Steinmetz; Coun- selor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, A. Ammerman; Clerk, Dennis McNamara.
1880. Mayor, James Howell; President Common Council, Robert Black; Comptroller, Wm. L. Steinmetz; Counselor, Wm. C. De Witt; Auditor, A. Ammerman; Clerk, Dennis McNamara.
1881. Mayor, James Howell; President Common Council, Robert Black; Comptroller, Ludwig Semler; Counselor, Wm. C. DeWitt; Auditor, Z. Voorheis; Clerk, Dennis Mc- Namara.
* There was a severe contest in the Common Council this year over the election of President. Many ballots were taken without any re- sult, when Wm. H. Ray was elected temporary Chairman for one day, and the Board adjourned till the 18th of February, when Fran- cis B. Fisher was elected President.
1882. Mayor, Seth Low; President Common Council, Theodore D. Dimon; Comptroller, Ludwig Semler; Counselor, John Taylor; Auditor, Z. Voorheis; Clerk, William J. Tate.
1883. Mayor, Seth Low; President Common Council, James Weir, Jr .; Comptroller, Aaron Brinkerhoff; Counselor. John A. Taylor; Auditor, August Boge; Clerk, Wm. J. Tate.
1884. Mayor, Seth Low; President Common Council. Theopholus O'Lena; Comptroller, Aaron Brinkerhoff; Coun- selor, John A. Taylor; Auditor, August Boge; Clerk, John Shanley.
We have now given a condensed history of the municipality of Brooklyn, tracing its well sustained progress through a period of nearly seventy years. One of the gratifying incidents in its history is the uniform facility with which the municipal government, both village and city, has been operated; especially when we remember that a municipality is essentially a State, combining every element of good government necessary for the protection of its people, whose com- plicated powers must be distributed with the most del- icate skill, and the utmost reverence for principle, rectitude and patriotism. Amid the large number of officers, and the immense patronage in the hands of those entrusted with its executive and legis- lative departments; amid the friction of self-interest, the struggle for places of honor and profit; amid the most heated political contests, all the vicissitudes of financial prosperity and depression, the city govern- ment has moved along to its present acknowledged supremacy, showing that at all times, under all cir- cumstances, it has been administered by men who sub- ordinated every ulterior consideration to the welfare and prosperity of the city.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND EXCISE. BY THE EDITOR.
Early Village Constabulary .- When Brooklyn | was young, the protection of its peace, and the execu- tion of village ordinances, was safely entrusted to the energy of Justice Nichols (see page 117) and its one constable, Rike Reid, who was for many years literally " a terror to evil-doers," whom a doggerel rhymster once addressed (in the columns of the Star) in the fol- lowing fashion :
" Do you not fear the terrors of the law, The direful energy of Justice Nichols? Or lest Rike Reid let fall his mighty paw, And put you all in very pretty pickle?"
The constabulary system, though it was enlarged as the village grew to the dimensions of a city, possessed no such completeness of organization as would now be deemed essential to civic dignity.
Prior to 1850, there was no regularly organized police department in Brooklyn, though more or less imperfect organizations for the protection of life and property, and the preservation of the public peace, had existed; and a system of patrol had been adopted which, for a time, met the requirements of the city.
First Regular City Police .- In 1850, a department was organized, with Mr. John S. Folk as chief of police. Mr. Folk held the position until the organization of The Metropolitan Board of Police, in 1857 (see page 486), when he was appointed inspector of that department in and for Brooklyn.
The Metropolitan Police Board headquarters were then at No. 300 Mulberry street, New York, whenee orders emanated from four Commissioners and a Gene- ral Superintendent. To Brooklyn was assigned one Inspector and ten Captains ; and the city was divided into ten precincts, numbered (in continuation of the number of New York city precincts) from 41 to 50 in- elusive; with sub-stations for the 43d and 49th pre- einets. In addition to the force of 368 employed in these precincts, there was the " Atlantic Dock Squad," of 14, detailed to the protection of that important in- terest, and paid by the Atlantic Dock Co .; and a "Sani- tary Squad " of seven, with a sergeant, detailed to ex- ecute the orders of the Health Board in Brooklyn.
The Metropolitan system of Police (as well as of Health and of Excise), which was found to be some- what cumbersome, and which was an invasion and overshadowing of local governments, came to an end in 1870.
The Board of Police of the City of Brooklyn .--
An act to establish a police department in and for the city of Brooklyn, and to define its powers and duties, was passed April 5th, 1870, which declared that the city of Brooklyn should thereafter constitute a separate police district; and a police department was thereby created therein, the management and control of which was vested in a board of commissioners, to be known and designated as "The Board of Police of the City of Brooklyn." The Board was to be composed of the Mayor and two suitable persons, to be nominated by him, and appointed by the Board of Aldermen, who should be known and act as Commissioners of Police, and who should each receive a salary of $3,000 per annum. The Commissioners were empowered to divide the city into precincts, not exceeding, in the ag- gregate, one precinct to each fifty of the patrolmen authorized to be appointed ; to appoint a chief of police, captains, sergeants and patrolmen ; and to pass such rules, regulations and orders for the government of the police force, as they might deem proper to be promulgated by the chief of police; the police force to be subordinate to the mayor, and under his orders, so far as he might think necessary. One of the Commis- sioners was chosen president of the board, and the other treasurer; and a secretary, or chief clerk, a deputy clerk, a treasurer's book-keeper, two surgeons, a drill captain, two doormen for each station, a property clerk, a stenographie clerk, and a clerk to the chief of police were appointed. The act provided for the pay- ment of the following annual salarics :
Commissioners, 83,000 ; Chief of Police, $3,500 ; Captains, $1,500; Sergeants, $1,200; Patrolmen, $1,000; Chief Clerk (also serving as clerk of the Board), $2,500; Deputy Clerks, $1,500 ; Property Clerk, $1,200; Stenographic Clerk, $1,500; Treasurer's Book-keeper, $1,500; Clerk of the Chief of Police, $1,000; Drill Captain, $1,200; Doormen, $800.
By the terms of this act, all the property, station- houses and effects within the city of Brooklyn, belong- ing to, or used by, the Metropolitan Police, at the time of the passage of this act, were vested in the City of Brooklyn, for the use and purposes of the police de- partment by this act established; the Common Council were to provide such office and business accommoda- tions as should be requisite for the transaction of the business of the new commissioners and its officers, and provide sneh new station-houses and furniture there- for, as, from time to time, should be required.
The Mayor and joint board of members of the Com-
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mon Council of the city, and of the Supervisors were to determine the amount to be raised in the annual taxes for the expenses of the police department ; and the Board of Supervisors, of the county of Kings, were annually to raise the amount, so fixed and determined, in the taxes levied for the purposes of the city. The unexpended balance of money paid by the city of Brooklyn and the Supervisors towards the expenses of the Metropolitan Police District, were to be paid into the State Treasury; and by the State Treasurer were to be transmitted to the Treasurer of the city of Brooklyn, by whom they were to be expended, first, in the liquidation of the expenses incurred and remaining unpaid, of the Metropolitan Police of the city of Brook- lyn, and then to the expenses of the new city Police Department.
The patrolmen and doormen of the Metropolitan Board of Police on duty in the City of Brooklyn, at the time of the passage of this act, were continued in the new organization. All other members of the Metropolitan Police force of Brooklyn were to be ap- pointed by the New Board of Police. The assistant Fire Marshal, appointed in pursuance of the Act passed May 4th, 1868, creating the office of Metropolitan Fire Marshal, and prescribing its powers and dutics, was continued in office during the pleasure of the new Board, with the same powers and duties, and with a salary of $2,000 a year.
The act invested the Mayor with the powers granted to mayors of cities, under the General Laws of the State, in respect to requiring the services of the military in aid of the civil authorities to quell riots, suppress in- surrections, protect property and preserve public tran- quility; and provided that no Police Board should exercise such powers within such city.
In pursuance of this act, the Common Council of the city, on the 28th day of April, 1870, on nomina- tion of his Honor the Mayor (a member of the Board of Police by the act above referred to), duly appointed DANIEL D. BRIGGS and ISAAC VAN ANDEN as Police Com- missioners. On the first day of May following, a meet- ing of the Board of Police was held, when Commis- sioner BRIGGS was chosen President, and Commissioner VAN ANDEN, Treasurer, of the Board. June 1st, fol- lowing, John S. Folk, formerly Inspector under the Metropolitan Police System, was superseded by the appointment of PATRICK CAMPBELL, ex-Sheriff of Kings County, as Chief of Police. The majority of the police force was composed of men who had been appointed by, and served under, the Metropolitan Police Commis- sion, while several of the old Captains and Sergeants were retained by the Board regardless of political sen- timent.
A building at the corner of Johnson and Washing- ton streets was leased for one year as an office for the Inspector of Police and Detective force ; and in that building, though it was inadequate for the purpose,
the headquarters of the Police Commissioners were established. The lease having expired on the first of May, 1871, more commodious headquarters, at the corner of Court and Livingston streets, were secured.
A "Telegraph Squad," composed of three experi- enced operators, was organized, and placed under the direction of Superintendent of Telegraph, George H. Flanley. The Central Department was thus placed in constant communication with all Police Stations in Brooklyn, all engine houses in the Western District, the office of Fire Commissioners, the Central Office of the New York Police Department, the Water Depart- ment and the Ridgewood Engine House and Reservoir .*
At the rendering of the first annual report in 1871, the force (in twelve precincts, exclusive of the Central and the Detective squads), comprised 10 Captains, 49 Sergeants, 22 Roundsmen, 39 Patrolmen assigned to
* The Telegraph Bureau is, in many respects, the most important branch of the Police Department ; and, for many years, its management under Mr. George H. Flanley, the Superintendent, has been acknowl- edged to'be above criticism. While, for a long time, the police force nu- merically has been almost at a standstill, police telegraph lines have been continually extended, until at the present time they would, in one straight line, cover a distance of over 100 mlles, not including the tele- phone wires. Communication between the various station houses and Pollce Headquarters is seldom interrupted, no matter what the vlolence of the storm may be. The Police Telegraph Bureau of Brook- lyn may be said in its various stages to mark distinctly the history of the art. When Mr. Flanley came here from the New York Police De- partment, In 1858, the dials were first put up. The system was then in its most crude state, the stop movement and signal calls being only in use. The dial system has been ever since retalned, as the most useful for Po- lice purposes. The signal system is now seldom employed. Telephones were introduced as an adjunct to the telegraph system about two years ago; and, at present, every station house in the city has both tele- phonic and telegraphic communication with Police Headquarters. The latter are used for all general alarms and the former for individu- al messages. With both systems in thorough working order, the im- mense business of the office is smoothly transacted. The day on which the bureau is most severely taxed is on Election Day, but the rule has been that the figures sent in on election night are recorded quicker than they can be furnished to the police by the canvassers.
During 1883, Mr. Flanley, with the consent of the Commissioner, in- troduced a new feature in the shape of a POLICE SIGNAL BOOTH, in which an instrument has been placed by which calls for the Fire De- partment, ambulances, patrolinen, or for extra assistance may be transmitted to headquarters. This is done automatically by special signals. In addition to this, It possesses the mechanical and electri- cal appliances necessary to make it a fire and police alarm box. There are clever telephonic devices in the booth which enable both the police and firemen to converse with their respective headquarters. The booth is located at the corner of Fulton street and Franklin avenue, that being the dividing line of the Fourth, Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth Precincts. The officers covering the adjoining posts have to make regular trips to the box and communicate with headquarters. The booth has now had a fair trial of several months, and its usefulness has frequently been demonstrated. In a few years it is expected that many such booths will be placed in different parts of the city. The system has been in operation in Chicago for two years, and there are now over 300 stations in that city. Mr. Flanley has recommended that signal boxes be placed at the various ferries, as they could be used there to good purpose in the reporting of fires, accidents, calls for ambulances or other business pertaining to the department, such as detecting criminals passing to and from New York.
The business of the Telegraph Bureau shows a steady increase. Over its wires much of the business of the City Works Department, Board of Health and the Coroner's office is transacted, and citizens use it for various purposes. Last year 174,114 messages of the most varied description were sent from and recelved at Headquarters. Mat- ters the most trivial as well as the most important are transmitted from the station houses, and the location of a dead dog, the robbery of a coat, a railroad accident, a murder, a highway robbery, the an- nouncement of a lost child, follow each other over the wires in rapid succession .- (Condensed from Brooklyn Eagle, Dec. 1883).
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special duty, 303 Patrolmen assigned to patrol duty, 26 Doormen ; total, 449.
In pursuance of "An act to amend an act of the Legislature of the State of New York," entitled " An act to establish a Police Department in and for the city of Brooklyn, and define its powers and duties," passed April 25, 1872, on the 21st of May following, the Mayor (ex officio Commissioner) appointed DANIEL D. BRIGGS, and the Comptroller and Auditor appointed JAMES JOURDAN and SIGISMUND KAUFMANN as Police Commissioners. The Board was organized on the above date, by the election of James Jourdan, Presi- dent, and Daniel D. Briggs, Treasurer (Sigismund Kaufmann resigned on the 31st of December, 1872). May 27th, PATRICK CAMPBELL was reappointed Chief of Police, and John S. Folk, Inspector.
The Department of Police and Excise, to con- sist of a President and two Commissioners, was created under the charter of 1873, of which the President of the Board of Police, and the Commissioners in office on May 1st, 1873, together with a Commission- er to be appointed under the provisions of existing laws, were members. The act provided that the Presi- dent and Commissioners of the said Board should serve out their terms of office ; on the expiration of which, and every two years thereafter, the President and Commissioners should be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen ; and that all appointments to fill vacancies (which might, from time to time, exist) in the Board of Police and Excise, should be made in like manner; stipulating that the President should receive a salary of $7,000, inclusive and in lieu of his salary as a member of the Board of Health of the City of Brooklyn; and each of the Commissioners an annual salary of $5,000.
The Department was given the management and con- trol of all matters relating to the police and excise ; subject, however, to the ordinances of the Common Council and the laws of the State ; all monies col- lected for licenses to be for the benefit of the city, cx- cept such part thereof as was then, or might thereafter be, provided by law, to be paid to the Inebriate Home of the County of Kings. The terms of office of the two Commissioners of Excise of the city of Brooklyn terminated on the passage of the act. From and after the qualification of the President of the new Board of Police and Excise, the old Boards of Police and Excise of the city of Brooklyn (two separate organizations) werc abolished ; and the terms of all officers (except those of the patrolmen and doormen in the Police De- partment and employees thereof) ceased and termin- ated. The new Board of Police and Excise was cm- powered to divide the city into precincts, not exceed- ing one precinct to each thirty-six of the patrolmen authorized to be appointed ; to establish sub-precincts, and assign to cach not more than three sergeants, two doormen, two roundsmen, and a sufficient number of
patrolmen; to appoint a telegraph superintendent, three telegraph operators, and one assistant operator ; to ap- point as many captains of police as there should be precincts, and assign sufficient officers and men to each precinct ; and to appoint a counsel and fix his compen- sation, not to exceed $2,500, and not more than five surgeons, and as many mounted sergeants, roundsmen, and patrolmen as the Common Council might authorize.
The act provided for the composition of the police force as follows : " The police force shall consist of a superintendent, inspector, captains, sergeants, rounds- men, patrolmen, doormen, and one drill captain. The number of sergeants shall not exceed four for each prc- cinct, three for cach sub-precinct, and one for each special squad ; the number of roundsmen shall not ex- ceed two for each precinct or sub-precinct, and two for headquarters and one for each special squad ; and the number of patrolmen shall not exceed the number authorized by law, unless the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn shall, by resolution, upon the applica- tion of the Board, authorize a greater number."
The members of the force, and the officers, received the following rate of compensation, annually, for their services : Superintendent, $4,000; Inspector, $3,000 ; Captains, $2,000 ; Sergeants, $1,500 ; Roundsmen, $1,100 ; Patrolmen, $1,100; Police Surgeons, $1,500 ; Drill Captain, $1,800 ; Doormen, $800.
The Police Life Insurance Fund was created, to be composed of all fines imposed by the Board upon members of the police force, by way of discipline, and collected from pay or salary; and all rewards, fees, proceeds of gifts and emoluments that may be paid and given for account of extraordinary services of any member of the police force (except when allowed to be retained by said member); and all monies remaining for the space of one year in the hands of the Board, or arising from the sale of unclaimed goods; and all proceeds of suits and penalties. The President of the Department and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund were to be the trustees of this fund, and invest the same, in whole or in part, as they may deem most advantageous for the objects of such fund. Any mem- ber of the police force who shall, while in the actual performance of duty, and by reason of such perform- ance of duty, and without fault or misconduct on his part, become permanently disabled, physically or men- tally, so as to be unfit to perform police duty; or any such member who shall, after ten years of membership, become superannuated by age, or rendered incapable of performing police duty by disease contracted without misconduct on his part, may be placed on the pension roll of this fund, and granted and paid a pension of not excceding $300 per ycar from the fund. If any mem- ber of the police force, while in the actual discharge of police duty, shall be killed, or shall dic from the effect of any injury received by him under such circum- stances, or shall die after ten years continuous service
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in the force (his death not being due to any misconduct on his part), leaving a widow, her name may be placed on the pension roll, and a like pension be paid to her from the fund so long as she may continue unmarried. If any member, dying as aforesaid, shall leave any minor child or children, but no widow (or if a widow, then after her death), the name or names of such child or children under the age of 18 years, may be placed on the pension roll, and such pension paid to each child or children (if the latter, to be divided between them equal- ly), until such pensioner or pensioners shall arrive at the age of eighteen, or until the payment of the same be dis- continued by the Board. At its discretion, the Board may at any time order any pension, or portion thereof, to cease ; and its payment is not obligatory upon the Board, or the trustees, or chargeable, as a matter of legal right, upon the Police Life Insurance Fund.
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