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I herewith submit rules 46 & 48, of the Rules and
Regulations of this Department.
RULE XLVI
Any patrolman absent from duty without
leave shall forfeit all pay for the time of such
absence and shall be fined, reprimanded or dis-
missed from the force at the discretion of the
board of police comissioners, except in case
of sicknessm when properly certified by the city
physician.
RULE XLVIII
No member of the police force shall withdraw
or resign, except by permission of the board of
police comissioners, or mayor, under penalty
of forfeiting the salary of pay which may be
due him. Any member of the police force who
shall be absent from duty without leave, for the
term of five days, shall, at the expiration of
said five days cease to be a member of police
force.
I also attach copies of my communications relative
to the dropping of Patrolman A M Kent, under date of May
24th 1891. to the Hon Henry White, mayor and the Hon
Board of Police Comissioners, also cope of my commun-
ication under date of June 15 1891. to the Hon Board
of Police Comissioners.
You will also find attached a transcript of the record
of the minutes of the meeting of the Hon Board of Police
Comissioners held June 15th 1891
June 1st, 1891. a periodof seventeen days after Ex Patr
olman A M Kent, ceased to be a member of this Department
a certificate from the City Physician was sent into the
Police Office, stating that A M Kent was stricken from
May 13th to May 31st.
It has always been the custom in this Department during
my administration to require a Certificate as to sickness
to be filed at the time the applicant reports he is un-