HomeMy WebLinkAbout023 - 10/18/1924 - RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE) ORDINANCE NO , 1924,
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATIIG TO THE ORGANIZATION OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY Or FORT COLLINS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That the Police Department of the City of
Fort Collins shall be under the immediate supervision and control of
the Commissioner of Public Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor
and said Department shall be charged with the duty under the said
Commissioner of Public Safety and Health to enforce the penal laws
of the State of Colorado and the ordinances of the Ci-y of Fort Collins
Section 2 For the purpose of carrying on the work of
said Police Department, the City Council is hereby authorized and
empowered to appo_nt upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of
Public Safety and Health, One (1 ) Chief of Police and such policemen
and night watchmen as may be necessary for the preservation of the
peace and good order, the health and safety of the citizens, and pro-
tection of property and in case of emergency or public necessity the
Commissioner of Public Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor is
authorized zo appoint, such special policemen for temporary general
or special duty as he may deem advisable and necessary for the public
good All policemen and night watchmen shall be under the immediate
direction and control of the Chief of Police, but botn said Chief of
Police and all police officers to be at all times subject to the general
control and direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety and Health
and Ex-Ofiicio Mayor The said Chief of Police and policemen and
night watchmen shall receive such compensation as provided in the
ordinance relating to salaries, and shall hold their respective offices
or employment at the pleasure of the City Council upon the recommendation
Safety and
of the Commissioner of Public/Health
Section 3 Ordinance No 4, 1888 and Ordinance No 12, 1913
and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict witn this
ordinance are hereby repealed
Section 4 In the opinion of the City Council an
emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace
and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage
and publication, under and by virtue of the authority contained
in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous
vote of all members of the CityCouncil this, �8 � day of
October A D 1924
Commissioner of r
ty and - fficio Mayor
ATTEST
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City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO, )
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COUNTY OF LARINIER )
I A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the Cit) of Fort Collins,
do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance, consisting
of four (4) sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a
regular meeting of the City Council neld on the /8 day of October,
A D 1924, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort
Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and the oflicial newspaper
of the City of Fort Collins , by the unanimous vote of all members
of the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
and theieafter, on to-gait the o2 day of October, A D 1924,
said Ordinance No X 3 was duly published in the Fort Collins Expiess-
Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
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affixed the, seal of said City, this �' da October, A D 1924
City Clerk