Mobile register and journal., 1845-05-09
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 RyA TO THE PUBiIC-rhe Grand juryi 1t the clase of their recent session. ma'le present ment tn the Cpnr, that vas subsequently, puhliSlied in The Advertiser aud Register, n which the under signed were presented for .'hasiDg caused licenses to issue for the gams ol Roundo, wing ,hereto' divers sums of money and beiug as the Grand Jury believe m open violation of statute against gam ing" They further asserI "ihai bills of indictment directed 10 be prepared, hat at late period oi their session they advised by the acting Solicit tor, that the statute provided no punishment for the lIcensng the game of Rnundo " ith other than kInd irelngs toward indiy iduals whose faults, if any they have known, errors, not crimes, they go on to express iheiT ''Tegrf that any one (the undersigned of course) shnud escape the punishment due 10 high crimes and mIsdeneRnOrs; further re- marking, "ihat il must remain. subject oi painful reirospecion, that those charged ~ilh The admins Iraion of our laws, and who have received repeated evidences Of the aRd confidence of their iel low citizens, should belrav Ihal confidence by gross and pnlpable violation of them"
 The undersigne not aware that they have ever .sbetra, ed the confidence repos, in them b, their fellow citizens; |" have "grossy and pal paby violated lhe laws;" or have ever been "guli, | ofhigh crimes and msdemeanourp." Assertions and censures unwarranable, unuetessary and nncall. | ed for, coming from ordinary source, would bt passed by as unworthy of notice; bat made by N Grand Jury, composed of gentlemen ot respectablii, and character, with whom the undersigned are upon intnale terms of friendship and esteem. and pub. | sled in the newspapers, thus circulating abroad ie | heclions beral and unjust, deTOgaiory io the nr- | dersgned and to the character of the city, over whose councils they have b,en called to preside they derm il ,eIr duty to present to their fellow cI- Iizens the authority ant circumstances under which l they acted. The authority k AS io'lpw:
 "Seclion 10th of the act of ihe Legislature Of the | State of Alabama. 10 enable the corporate auhnri ties ol the ely oi Mobile to provide for the securi, and pa, of the debts of said city, and for other purposes, approved Huh February, lsIS."
 "And be Il further enacted, That the corporate authorities aforesaid. shall have the authority 10 as sess a tax any public balls, shows, exhibitions theaircal entertainments, nine pin alleys, len pir alleys, bowling alleys, and any and every other pub | lie game public place of amusement, and tn, amount of taxes provided for by this section. shal be fixed and determined b, the Mayor and the pre- siding officers cf the Boards of Aldermen and Com mnn Council herein before provided
 In an early period Of this municipal year, unac | qa inied with the game of Roundo, and before h, tahles were known to them to have been public!, prosiuied to unlawful purposes, and upon represpn isiion th"t they were no more Objectionable that nine pm or ten pin alleys, billiard Iooins. the dersigned called upon 10 fix and determine tn | tax to be assessed upon them.
 They neither issued or caused to be issued license for the game of Roundo-the, neither received indi | vidually or as officers, "dners sums of money' O any sums of mauey therefor They acted on ly in fixing and determining the amount ofax, with ont expectation that the game played upun them would be piosiiiuied to unlawful purposes. The ta whenever received, was collected in the usual mod by ihe tax collector.
 To their felow-ci,izens, whose esteem and conf dence has heen gratefully appreciated and ac knowledged, and never whingly betrayed, they ore sent this statement. that for themselves, they ma judge, if in this matter they have betrayed i'eir con fdence, violated the laws, or rendered themsel,e e justly amenAblr to he censures 20 wan,only throw upon them by the Grand Jury of the county. CHAS. A. HOPPlN. Mayor. s. P. BUILAkD, President of Common Council.
 c. CUTLER,
 Presden' of Board Of Aldermen.