The Portland daily press., 1886-03-05
Number of months sentence imposed,
SAT.
OF the before number Of arrests made, 1S1
were females, and 2S2 were minors.
SEARCH AND SEIZURES BY THE DEPART

SEARCH AND SEIZURES BY THE DEPART
MENT.
The whole number of search and seizures
for Intoxicating liquors made by the police
department for the year ending February Is,
1886, is 662.
On the above 2O6 persons we're arraigned
before the Municipal Court to answer to the
crime.
Three hundred and forty-five warrants
were against persons unknown, where
liquors were found, and 7,133 warrants were
served and no liquors were found.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Number of stores found open and secured 80. 272
Number of persons rescued from drowning.
Number OF dangerous places found IN the 40
streets and repOrted....... ................. SS
Number Of stray teams found and put up. 27
Number of lost children found and restored
Number OF fire alarms sounded by poiice
N3mber 1feds; Of sick and mad dogs kiled SO
The Marshal says:
1.-THE whole number of warrants for in
toXicating liquors, under what is known as
the search and seizure process, served by the
department has been 1875; no liquors were
found on 1913, and were found and seized on
662. Inc number OF persons, arraigned In
the Municipal Court for violations of the
liquor law was 206; 1850 gallons of ale and
lager beer and 2,45S gallons of hard liquors
were seized, The duty required Of the
officers In the service of liquor warrants has
been very arduOus, and with the majority of
officers an unwelcome one The experience
of the officers in the liquor business from
year to year has been a varied one. 1t is a
fact beyond controversy that this depart
ment must depend, from time to time, upon
the will of the Mayor of the city upon TINS
question. If he commands that they enforce
the law they do it, providing he means What
he says. If he is Indifferent upon the mat
ter, it is much easier for the officers TO let
the rum shops alone and they 90 II. Inc
rigid enforcement of the law during lhe year
resulted in closing up the rum SHOPS SUD
stantially, but should the pressure OF en-
forcement be relaxed they VIII open up In
prompt and efficient manner. Another re-
suit Of the enforcement has been decrease
in the total number of arrests and of the
arrests for drunkenness, there being de-
crease of 422 arrests for drunkenness last
wear over the year previous. 1t is assumed
nv some that the change of the law abolish
ing fines for drunkenness, and requiring i'm
prisonment. has had the effect of preventing
drunkenness because the penalty was more
severe. In practice the opposite has been
the result. Under the old law fine was
imposed and in default of payment the per-
son was committed to Jail for 80 days. Under
the new law the sentence is generally five
days in Jail. Practically, therefore, the
penalty has been reduced % days on each
case of drunkenness The decrease of about
80 per cent. in arrests for drunkenness can
be attributed solely to the enforcement of
the liquor law"
The Marshal says that the past wear he
has made the night force remain on their
beats until relieved by the day force, and
t1ce cefSU. lhlS, together with the enforce
ment OF the liquor law, has caused some irri-
. tatlon In the force, requiring reprimands
ana even removals, but he speaks highly OF
the force as now constituted The amount
OF stolen property recovered and returned to
the owners was 81 ,6l2 O2.