City of Seattle Records

Office of Corporation Councel O Jacobs Corporation Counsel Solon T Williams Assistant Corporation Counsel Seattle, Washington dismissal was concerned, if he desired to prevent it, to have such ceretificate on file at Police Headquarters. The want of it, not only justifies but made it the imperative duty of the chief of Police to drop him from the roster. these rules are made in the interest of economy and their enforcement by the chief of Police is a matter of the first importance to the City. Without such enforcement it will often happen that two or more persons drawing salaries for one and the same duty, as is claimed in this case and as has been claimed in several other cases which have come under my observation. Under this phase of the case then, so fas as Chief Roger's is concerned, I can but say that in the dismissal of Capt. Kent he was acting in the absence of any legal evidence of the disablilty by sickness of Mr. A M Kent, in the strict and intelligent discharge of his duties in that regard, but, Secondly, Capt, Kent's claims thathe applied to the City Physician immediatly at the commencement of his disablilty for a certificate - that said Physician examined his and promised to give him such a certificate, but said City Physician never filed any such certificate, at the Headquarters of the Police department, until the 31st of May AD 1891, long