Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-04

tables from the stands. A tax of ono dollar was assessed on dealers whose { dogs were found within the walls of thu
 market, but country dogs were no6 troubled, provided they were kept O re9 1 spectable distance from the stands. A| | penalty Of $20 was provided under act
 of March, 1906, for the keeping of any | public gaming table, whether "A, Hs C. e'L, s, D, "E, O. or other game. A
 subsequent act, entitled an "Ordinance to restrain vice." included srooley pooley," or faro bank, faro table aszl
 hazard, and prescribed the same peli | alty.
 An act approved April 30, 1908, ref<xiI lated and fixed the size of loayes 01
 bread offered for sale TheIoaves were to be made i'll size according to the qualz ity of the flour used and were to sell at the same price per loaf. The y0 grancy net under which vng1nnts nrH now prosecuted fixes the term of i1tl> prisonment at not more than 20 days. The act also provides that if he fails to pay the jailer's fees he shall, with com sent of the mayor, be sold at vendue to serve and labor for any time not excee6S ing four months. There are other act1 of the old corporation regulating coul- merce and protecting the river aud varls ous business interests. The chimney sweep Is required, under penalty, t<, faithfully perform his duties, and to hi5 advantage Il penalty is prescribed fdx placing stove-pipe through the ezE terior wall of any frame building 05 through the roof of any house, SO th6 stove pipes, under the law, are not 2 mitted to pass through the frame parflz tions of summer kitchens.
 Ut would be almost impossible to eiI force many of these laws" !" said a polic6 man, "yet when complaints are maflSS and the law Is found, there Is nothin7 else to do. and. until con94rss aastS TT the matter, West Washington will r< main under the old laws. We wort under too many laws." continued tll1 officer. Inside the city limits we h1x one set of laws and in the county n have an entirely different set What
 an offense in one place ia permitted Iii
 another. Within the limits of We4I
 Washington q man may strip of hf@ clothing and walk the streets in d fance of the officers because there is 1i6 x law to punish him, but if he does t64 same thing on the river shore and go6 in bathing before. nine o'clock fn thG( evening he may be arrested for unlaNy full bathing. On the eastern side n Rock creek the same state of ahatk1 exists.
 Persons can do an act notin violafioz of the law on one side of Boundary street, but if they repeat 1t on the othe1 side they soon find themselves in the hands of the law. Then, again, there are some offenses punishable by heavy fine in one section, while the penalty fn another section is not half so heavysj Such state of affairs makes 1t very 4 hard for q policeman to know whether he is doing his duty properly or not
 While all Georgetown policemen are required to know something of law, and intricate law at that, the policemen in Washington study only the police regulations, and very few of them seem to have brains enough to master even that much literature. At any rate,s they are careless lot of peace guar dians, and knowingly wink at vice.
 Just across the river from George town, on the Virginia shore of the Poto- mac, there are numerous gambling f houses and vile liquor saloons, the very lowest of the low. The governor of Vir- ginia claims that he has no legal power to control the lawless or to arrest the vicious. The sheriff of the county does not call on the governor for aid, and the governor says that he cannot invade the county without the authority of the sheriff. While the lawless can cap ture the sheriff they can continue to defy the law. SMITH p. FIX x.
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