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quiese in the measures now about being inaugurated by au-
thority of the Governor.

JAMES YOUNG,
WM. THOS. VALIANT.

In order to discharge the duties encumbent upon them as
Police Obmmisioners with the least possible delay, in case the
late Board should decline to surrender their office, the Com-
missioners rented the premises No. 1 North street until pos-
session could be obtained of the office on Holliday street.

On motion, adjourned until to-morrow morning.

BALTIMORE, November 3, 1866.

The Board met. Present—James Young, Wm. Thos.
Valiant.

At ten minutes past ten o'clock the Commissioners pre-
sented, themselves at the office of the late Board, and upon
making known their business to George W. Taylor, the clerk,
who appeared at the door on behalf of the late Board, were
informed "that any communication that was to be made must
be in writing." They retired, and repaired to the office of
William Schley, Esq., who sent for Messrs. J. H. B. Latrobe
and John M. Frazier, their counsel, when the following pa-
per was prepared by those gentlemen, and the Commissioners
again presented themselves at the office of the late Board, and
handed the communication, sealed, to Mr. Taylor, who stated
that "he was instructed to say an answer would be immedi-
ately returned."

To Samuel Hindes and Nicholas L. Wood, late Commissioners

of the Board of Police of the City of Baltimore:
GENTLEMEN :

We called yesterday, at about 3 o'clock, P. M., at the office
occupied by you, to exhibit to you our commissions as Com-
missioners of the Board of Police of the city of Baltimore, and
the evidence of our due qualifications as such, but were in-
formed that you had adjourned over until this morning. Our
object was to take possession of the office, which we supposed
that you would promptly surrender. Upon calling this morn-
ing at the office, and after communicating to you, through
your secretary, our desire to see yon personally, we were dis-
tinctly informed by him that you declined to admit us to a
personal interview, and that you required that any com-
munication to you should be in writing.

This unexpected resistance on your part to the laws has
surprised us, and we regret it; but, unwilling to make any
difficulty in regard to the mode of communication, and being,
moreover, unwilling to assume the responsibility of the pos-
sible result of the course of action which you have thought
proper to adopt, we now require and demand the prompt sur-