Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-13
The District Police Hill.

PROVISIONS AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE YESTERDAY
After the close OF THE STARS report yesterday
the House passed the District police bill with
amendments Sections fourteen and fifteen. pro-
hibitng the sale OF lottery tickets and the publish
ing or lottery advertisements In the District. which
were stricken out by the committee Were, upon
motion OF Mr.. Browne, OF Indiana, restored, the
fourteenth simply includes lottery. with policy
lottery tickets In the prohibtory statute. Section
fifteen provides penalty OF $500 or imprisonment
In jail for any one who shall knowingly print. pub
lish circulate, cause to be printed published
or circulated, any advertisement OF any lottery
ticket scheme. drawing. or exhibit any symbol
or other representation OF lottery, or In any way
indicate where lottery ticket any share there
OF, or other lottery symbol or token, may be pur-
chased or obtained, or in any way invite or enice,
or attempt to invite or entce. any other person 10
purchase or receive lottery ticket. The section IS
aimed particularly at newspaper advertisements.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Skinner, OF New
York. repeating all laws requiring commercial
agents TO pay license for selling goods and wares
In the District. was adopted after some opposition
from Mr.. Spriggs Amendments were adopted
also, requiring officers to have search warrant
before they may search a pawn shop for stolen
goods; and permitting fee and milk wagons to run
on Sunday. The bill is designed to fill up the
cracks through which the present laws may be
evaded. 1t seeks TO suppress the trade In stolen
by S the nS %S%
be informed OF every article bought sold that
they may secure at once any article which may be
found TO have been stolen. AS further safe guard
the dealers are prohibited from buying from any
person known to be a thief. The amendment re-
flecting upon this clause adopted by the House
again restricts the police by taking from them the
authority to look over the goods In pawn shop,
when in search OF stolen property unless they
know already In which particular shop the stolen
property is to be found SO that they may swear
out q warrant.
To further suppress crime the bill provides that
persons without visible means OF support Migrants
and Idle and dsorderly persons found the streets
shall give bonds In two hundred dollars TO secure
their good behavior for six months, or be sent TO
the wOrkhouse for that period. A fine OF $500. or
imprisonment for six months = imposed for the
violation OF the law regulating private detectives.
The laws TO suppress disorder on Sunday are made
more stringent and propnetors OF pool rooms. &C.,
are prohibited under a penalty OF $50, from allow
ing youths under the age OF sixteen to frequent
their saloons. All the minor details to render the
city orderly carefully provided and the police
are given Increased authority. 1t corrects defects
In the laws with relation TO the prosecution OF
OnenSeS.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Skinner repeal
ing the commercial agent license tax operates
somewhat severely upon Washington wholesale
merchants, and has been opposed very bitterly by
them. 1t permits the agents OF wholesale dealers
In other cities to come here and sell without license
in competition with the District merchants. who
taxed heavily.
The bill also authorizes the appointment OF per-
the police force who have not served I'm the
army or navy. The present regulation was made
years ago. in order TO provide places for eXunion
soldiers or Sailors but has worked to the prejudice
OF the police department in later years, men who
served during the war are as general thing too
and the ranks have had TO be recruited from the
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