Resignation Of Marshal Herron

At a special meeting of the (Jouncil held on Thursday evi uing of last week, Marshal Herrou teudered his resignation m the following letter : Office of Marshal and Chief op Pólice, 1 A'N Akbor, September 7, 1876. ) To the Honorable, the Common Council of the City of Ann Arbor : SlRS. - I beg leave herewith to subinit my resignatiou ot the office oí Marshal and Chiei' oí Pólice of the city ot Ann Arbor; said resignatiou to take effect at once. In doing so, allrtw me bnefly to state some of the roasons whuh impel me to this step : With the additioñal responsibüilies imposed up the Marshal 1 regard the cumpousation as entirely inadequate. The principal reasons, however, were the unjustifiable course recently pursued by your Pólice Cominittee, denying me even a hearing, 3uch as a patrolmau may demand ; but proceeding to receive numberless charges, adjudícate and pronounce judgineut upon them without ever uotifyin me of their existence. That the " seventeen " speciflcations or charges made by them were uearly all either false or frivolous. That wheu the Council, in its more humane treatment, gave me au opportunity to reply to the charges, I askecj of the Coinmittee, to whom Í was directed tb maleo my answer, the names of those preferring charges and proofs on which they were based; but after a week's consideration these requests were refused, and I was compelled to niake my answer in the dark, as it were, and though necessarily voluminous, required to file it in a single week, when three weeks yet remained before they (the Committee) were required to report it to the Council. That when my answer was ready I asked the Chairman to allow me to read it to his Committee. This privilege was peremptonly deuied me. O presentiug my auswer to the Chairmau of thia Committee 1 demanded, ïf any further iuvestigations were to be had, or proois taken, that I have an opportunity to be present. This sacred right was not only denied me, but the Chairmau of this Committee, in a brow-beating marnier, pursued those who had signed statements iu my behalf, trying to uonvince them that they had either lied or did uot know what they had signed. Or the second report made by the Committee, I will merely say that it was more false aud libelous tha one first, for proof of which I refer to my auswer now on ñle. I may say further, that ou the 'first day of July, in a written communication to the Chairman of this Comtnittee, I made the following request : " There are various things, some embraced ' in the recent charges, and many not em" braced therem, looking to the greater eff" ciency of the Pólice work of the city, with " reference to which I should be glad to coun" sel with your Committee, and receiye their " suggestions and advice." And yet, though more than twomonths have elapsed, I have received no iutimation of the willinguess of this Committee to do anything to iucrease or improve the efficiency of the Pólice Forcé, but on the contrary, their course has been a constant embarrassment to the Force. In view of these facts and many othera equally objectionable that I inight inention, I cannot longer consent to retain the offices I now hold. Re8pectfully submitted, A. H. HERRÓN, Marshal and Chief of Pólice of Ann Arbor. The resignation was accepted, and after several ballots Geo. W. Cook, was elected to fill the .vacancy, and qualified and entered upon duty the same evening.