New-York tribune., 1867-08-30
THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT
METROPOLITAN BOARD or EXCISE.

WHY THE SCHOOLS OF NEWTOWN, FLUSHING,
AND JAMAICA GET NO MORE SCHOOL MONEY.
The Board of Excise met yesterday at o'clock.
President schultz presided assisted by Commissioners
Stone, Acton, swinbume. Crane, and Parker Only one
license revoked that Of Albert White OF No. ss0
Third-ave. His o1ense keeping open bar on sun
Cay last The Attorney Of the Board presented the follow
ing communication
EMNoSs CLARK Secretary Metropolitan Board Of Ercse.
SIR: desire call the attention OF the Board Of Ex
ci,e TO the following facts connected with the Excise
law and its enforcement In that portion OF Queens County
which is embraced in the Excise District namely the
towns OF Flushing jamaica. and Newtown the latter IN
cludng Astoria and Hunters Point Ihcse three toWns
is well known, contain very large number OF places
portion OF the metropolitan Police force Is however
stationed in these towns as the nhaDtants decline 10 m
the expense Of maintaining them The enfOTCemcnt
Of the law therefore, rests with the local officers ana
mako no attempt Whatever to enforce 1t. think
they have not made = single arrest OF com
pIant As consequence, in these three towns
only eight licenses have been taken ont and only 81 400
received for licenses, while IN Richmond county Whtro
the number Of places AT which liquor sold is not greater
than In the three towns named l30 licenses have bee
taken and $3.50 have been received THIS money IN
each goes support the schools of the locality Inc
difference between Queens and Richmond Counties lies
not In any difference in the character of the inhabitants
force stationed in T. Not only the local officers foil to
enforce he law, but when arrests are made by officers
Of the Peace invariably fail to do any thing
TO carry It out In one case When tho nmmGes 0,C5s
of prisoners, arrested in the act OF violation
ne declined 20 hear the cases, on the pea mat nc was 700
busy, aud referred them 10 another Juacc' vi goiS
Immediately before the other Justice, the first Justice APP
pctrCd counsel for the prisoners In another
casc the Justice held the prisoners and the VII
dhrsater being police oliccrs 70 bai IA precisely
the same sum- appear at the General Sessions In an
other ease the Justice bound the prisoners over to General
Sessions while hc declared his opinion that the Court lad
not jurisdiction to try the case ana IN SIM nOlhr c
Justice found carrying on an unlicensed liquor shop
and holding his court IN the rear room,
where when the officers in he engaged ~ rcpr-
maudng constable for not enforcing IN sulliclchty
uniform manner the law against Ilott. Al tH.sc !I
discharged in the face Of the Ciearcst to
.uunv. Moreover, the greatest efforts are maze by
threats, ycXaOus suits. ana Otherwise 10 prevent per
sons disposed apply Tor licenses from doing 50, and IN
one instance Justice declared that If any person VINO
took license brought before HIM charged Wlth
any Oicusc against any other law he would "tCach MN
not dare take license again" The result has been
that considerable number of persons who applied Tor
license and whose applications were granted nave de-
rlnCd take aud paw for their Licenses. Under the
directions ul the Board have commenced large NUM-
her Of civil Tor penalties and have arrested the
offenders and held them tO bail shall continue TINS
practice uu~, otherwise directed aircstng the same
persons over aud over again. ana Snn pres to viscS
10 speedy trial The actions, being Tor penalty,
must. however. be tried In the county and, as
IL would be- useless 10 20 before the Jusuces
have referred TO- and there are, 80 lar as can lti
brought u a higher Court, ana some delay In the tral
take place. have thought that this explanation was
due the Board aud through them 10 the public that IL
might hc understood why the schools of NcWtoWnt tuS
ur and Jlmaca receive hut 81 OO from the iquortalc,
while those of Richmond County receive $lh5lO, ana why
the iw d. enforced with 80 much e>' success h tloe
bat to extent. the country towns OF Kings toun-
II worthy the n-dcTatlpu OF the BOaid Whchtr
by the pcriutut ut employment of few officers IN these
towns they would at the better enforce tl law
and increase the funds ~ the Board BY compelling per-
to take licenses. Your Obcdieut servant
Gao. Bliss JR, Attorney Board OF Excise