The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-01-28


tho line Of our great tI,erongllfare
that properly excites apprehension il
1.-The minds of tho citizens, | call atten
tien to SECTIONS 953, 954, $50, 95'
and 15e, II. y.
The first defines syagranis' 10 be
All idle persons who, not having Wis
ibIc means 10 maintain themselves, liv.
without employment; all persons wan
dering abroad and lodging ID groceries
/ taserns, beerhouscs, market places
sheds, harms. nninhabited buiIdings
or in the open air, and not giving 4
good account Of themselves; all per
sons wandering abroad and begging,
or who 70 about from door be door, OF
place themselves in the streets, high
ways. passages or other places, to beg
or receive aims.
Section 054, says: 4sIt shall be the
duty Of any sheriff, constable, police
man, or other peace officer, whenever
required by any person, to carry such
yagraut before a justice Of the peace
of any parish, or before any ono If
the recorders of the city in which he
shall be, for the purpose of examina-
tiou: and if the Justice or other officer
be satisfied b. the confession Of the
offender, or by competent testimony,
that he is a vagrant within the descrip-
ton aforesaid, he shall make ccrti-
ficatc of the same, which shall be flied
with the clerk of the the parish 49,;
and The justice or other officer shall
issue a warrant to commit such va
grant, , If in any Of the parishes,
to the parish Jail for not more than six
months, and if such vagrant be pro-
per object Of charity, TO snch place Of
refuge rs shall be provided by the
parochinl authorities"
Section $50: IAN persons apprc-
hendcd with any piclslock or other iD-
strnment, with the probable intention
to fcloneously break and enter any
dwelling house, or with auy offensive
weapon, with probable intention to
fclonconsly assault any person, or who
shall be found In any dweiling-house,
outl,ouse, store, yard, or garden with
probable intent to steal, shall be re-
putcd vagaboads, and suspicious per-
sons, and shall, npon conviction, be
punished with imprisonment, with or
without labor, not exceeding three
months"
Sec. 957. "All persons who shall be
convicted the second time of any of
the offcnses mcntioned in the proceed
ing section, shall be condemned TO i'm
prisonment at hard labor for not more
than three years, nor less than six
MONTHS
Sec. 95s. sAll persons harboriDg
migrants and Suspicious persons, know
ing them to be such, shall, npon cen
viction, be fined IN o snIn not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, nor less than
one hundred dollars
The public can readily apprehend
from the foregoing that it was the
design Of our reyered Legislators to SCI
cure honest industry from the burden
Of supporting the indolent. Or the
useless, wapdcrer, unprotected families
from Inc lnsnlt OF the yagabond, or
ING weak from tile violence OF the
strong. And the means Of this sccu-I
rity has wisely been left in the hands
Of citizens who, in consulting their
oTa safety IN That OF tue community.
should promptly apply the remedy
provided by The foregoing statutes,
leaving az questions of the legal value
thereof 70 We determined " the judi
cial ciiicer called upon 70 examine and
ad!ndge - each cs'se.
AZ further occurs " me to suggest
that TIE people of each portion " tl.e
parish, which Is now infested, or liable
yapabonds md other susp;c;ons 81
,nonproductive and burdcnsome char
acters. ~ prcuare M means upa "a anu
plying ali destitute men VIII, suclr.
'emplovn,e,,t ~ would secnre ti,eir suI,-
sisteuce. until thew couId either 10
forward 81 ana moro lnerat;ye ~
agreeabIe cmpIovmcnts
This action miyl,t IN M ertakcn W.
Tie town council for I,ake Charles. Il
INC pol;cc i,,ry tn ,Calcasieu par;sL
,unless III thc;r on;u;on die ~ docs
not authorize tI,ese honorable bodies
u az W. gncl, 4 ,ne,.s,,rc After Il,eiuv
thoroughly p,bl;shcd tlmonol an, e