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THE CITY C~G:CIL OF TEE: G;LTY Oi" i:..aC,.DB DO'.~S RESOLVE "s
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S:5CTj:Ci'; I. U:ER.;;;.,S, Loren C. Roosevelt and Jessie
~oosevelt have com~enced an action in the Sup3rior Court of the
state of California, in and for the Count:: of Los An:'eles, beinc;
I~o. 4443C2 in ';he or:i'ice of the Clerk tI1ereof, a~ainst Jaues
Griffitts, Emil Bolz, Albert H. Perkins, Ernest \':. Leeper, Donald
G. ott, S.E.Halstead, John Boreer, Jack Stine, Kenneth Leslie,
\':illiam Orr, Vlr~il ;;a~Tne, Ja.'!iOS Bone, Ardene Boller nnd certain
fictitiously n9J)led defendants, and
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Loren C. R.oosevelt has co~enced an action in
said Court bein0 No. 444393 in the office of the Clerk thereof, a~D.:lnst
all of said defendants except Virc;il ::o,yne, and
',rTo:R :::\S, in said first I:lentioncd action it Is alleGed
that Ja.'!iOS Griffitts is D. Councilman and i.:ayor of the City of
i\rcadia, that defendants Emil Bolz, "lbert l{. Perkins and ::Zrnest
'.I. Leeper are members of the City Council of sa;'d City, that
defenda..l'lt Don:lld G. ott has assumed the office of tile C:~iof of
Police of said City and thet defendants S.~.Halstead, John Bor~er
Jack Stine, i{€nneth Leslie, ','[illilUll. Orr, VirGil ;;ayne and certain
ficti tiously naraed defenJants are police officers of said City, that
defendant Ja~€s Bone is the City Attorney of said City and that
defendant ;,rdene Boller is jud3e of the Police Court of said City,
and
'~j:I..i'U;J.S. said act'~.ons are stated therein to be for
damu:;es for the false arrent nnd f~nse imprisoruJ1(mt of said
pl::tintiffs in tho ap!lrox1J1late sum of ':'60,000.00 and for dar'lu:;es
for tIle alle:;od ;':l.alicious ,,':?:'osecntion of Loren C. Roosevelt in the
approxhlate sum of :,20,000.00, and
IIT:im,.s, said act:.ons urise out of the perforr.rance by naid
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defendants of their offioial duties as officers and emplo~rees of
said City, and
\m:;R;';,.\S, the City Council of the City of Arcadia has
deter ined tha'; said duties \16re oe'rfor:ned by said defendants in
good faith and vithout malice to said plaintiffs, or either of
them. and
',)I;ERE1\S, if officers and employees of said City are
required to beer the burden of expendin~ t:leir personal funds
In defense of act10ns broll:)ht ar;ainst teeL} for acts ,:,erformed by
them in Good ~aith,without malice and in the execution and
performance of their duties as such officers and e',nployees, the
effect thereof will be to deter citizens fro;u aceepting the
responsibil1t;i' of servinG said City as officic.ls or employees, and
",iIIE::i.f,S, the efi'ect thereof \7111 be to impede the
enforcement of law withIn said City, and
'.l:a:.~.L.;.tS, City Jl t torney Jwnes C. Bone is named as a
defendant in llach of said actions, and
'.IWiH2AS, by reason of beinG so na:med as a defendant,
City Attorney Jwnes C. Bone viII not be able to properly and
effectively r'~present said other defendants as I'Jell as himself,
and
~mERBrlS, said City Council nas deter~ined that it is in
the interests of the City of Arcadia to employ special counsel
to repreaent such of said defendants nho desire to be so
represented, and
;TII~RZ~&, said City Council bas Jet ermined that the
expendi ture of the funds of said City for the ej,lploycent of special
counsel and the costs necescary to be expended in the defense of
said actions will be a proper expenditcwe of the public funds of
said Ci ty ,
1\0;1, TLr::rlEFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadia
hereby reoolves:
(1; That the fim of Bur:ce, Hickson Burke and i.iarshall
of Los iIn:;elEls, Cali:i'o~nla, 1.8 hereby e1ll~10yed to act as special
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counsel for such of said defendants who desire to avail themselves
of such r0presemtation in said act:'.ons and to do and perform all
legal services necess..ry and proper in the defense of said action.
SECT:OTI 2. That the compensation of said special counsel
shall be at thll rate of FIFTY (050.00) DQLliliRS per day for services
performed in the preparation of the defense of said actions, and at
the rate of 0i~3 HU_:mU;D (;;100.00) D0LL_,RS per day for appearances
in Court in th,~ defen:Je t'c:ereof.
SECTIOl: 3. That the necessary and proper costs expended
in the defense thereof shall be paid b~T said City.
SECTIOn 4. The City Clork shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution.
I hereby ce~tif~ that the forecoinG Resolution l'Ia~ adopted
at madjournedreGula~ ~eetin~ of the City Council of the City of
Arca~io., held on the 12th day of September, 1939, by the affirm~tive
vote of at lGo.st tilree councill:1en, to-\7i t:
AY2S: Counci~~en, Bolz, Griffitts, Leeper. Perkins & Walter
NO;~S: None
ABGI~:;;T: None
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Jmd si~ned and ap~roved this 12th day of September, 1939.
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