The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-14

Progress or the Municipal Revelation.
THE MAYORS COMPLAINT BooK-THE BELGIAN PAU
PEM TO BE SENT BACK--A LAW AG GAISsT PRIZE
FIGHTING.
The Mayor determined to put stop to the brutal and
dsgracefu practice Of prize fighting, has drawn up the
following law which will be introduced Immediately In
the legislature
An act entitled act 10 preren. Prise Fights among
Came Animals -
Be 1t enacted by the people OF the State New York.
represented in Senate and Assembly, as follows -
Sec Every person who shall set foot instigatc
or move to, or carry on, or PROMOTE engage in,
Witness uness so witnessing for the purpose Of Justice
after authority to do first given any magistrate OF
the county or do any act towards the furherance OF
with their fists, commonly called prize aght or any
fight between game birds dogs bulls bears or between
dogs and rats dogs and badgers that shall have been
animals shall be liable to arrest prosecution for 80
doing, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by imprisonment in a county JAIL for term not exceed
ing one year. or by fine not exceeding thousand dol
lars.
Sec. O. Upon complaint under oath before any mngs.
trate having power TO take complaints of criminal
nature that offence within any OF the specifications
Of section first is about to be committed and setting
magistrate SHALL in his discretion, be empowered to
issue warrant to any officer OF the county having
power TO execute o warrant rectng therein the
OF the complainant and his and the subsance
OF his complaint and therein directing such officer to
proceed and prevent the said prize fight the said
fight among animals, mentioned In section first of
this act by arestng any person or persous whom he
may find wlfuly witnessing the same Such officer
shall have authority TO call to his aid the civil power
cf arrest Of the county and upon any
being made in pursuance Of this section the person
arrested shall be taken before the magistrate
having issued the warrant and In the said magis-
uates discretion may be then and there compelled 10
enter into bond in the OF thousand dollars to
tie people Of the State OF New York, conditioned that
he will not for the space OF year next succeeding the
date q sad bond offend against any Of the provisions
OF this act the said bond after being taken to be for
warded TO the district attorney Of the county and bs
by him retained year and prosecuted for breaches I'm
any Of the courts OF this State, any shall have been
committed
Sec. q. This act shall take effect immedi
In the of the alleged Belgian pauper the Mayor
intends to have them sent back to their own country
and wiI understand, address letter to the Belgian
Consul informing him OF his intention. The men, of
whom there thirteen, have been imprisoned in the
Tombs ariy two months. few days ago Mr.. Mango,
the Belgian Consul at PhAdephs wrote letter TO the
Mayor pedsing himself that II liberated he would pro-
employment for them, that they should rot be
burden spon the State
THE MAYORS BOOK.
That the Military harshals ~ Fulton street, endeavor
TO collect fines from persons age and Others who
not citizens
That the ash carts fail TO remove the ashes from the
vicinity of As Norfolk street and that hh Is constantly
accumulating there.
That the ashes front OF SIS Chambers srest have
been removed and also in front VI 30 East Eleventh
sire et
Prom the long list Of complaints against the ash
cartmen, it appears II they engaged conspi
racy against every householder In the city
That the snow and Ice have not been removed from
Union Park that the sidewalks In stuyvesant square
are encountered with snow.
That the coal hole coverings In front OF waac ck's
theatre exceedingly dangerous being raised up from
the sidewalk about six inches The complainant has In
lured himself severely by knocking against them.
aud Fifth avenues, have rot been lighted for week
past