Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-08

subsequent act, entitled an Ordinance
to restrain vice. included .rooley
pooley." or faro bank. faro table and
hazard. and prescribed the same pen
atty.
An act approved April 30. Is0s. regu-
lated and fixed the size of loayes of
bread offered for sale. The loaveS were
To be made in size according to the quail
iiy Of the -four used and were to sell
ut the same price per loaf. The va
grancy act under which Migrants are
now prosecuted fixes the term of i'm
prisonmenr at not more than 20 days
The act also provides that IL he fails 4
pay the jailer's fees he shall, with con
sent of the mayor. be sold AZ vendue &c
serve and labor for any time not exceed
ing four months There are other acts
OF the old corporation regulating eons-
merce and protecting the river and yari-
Gus business interests. The chimney
sweep is required. under penalty, &c
faithfully perform his duties. and to his
advantage a penalty is prescribed for
placing a stoVe-Pipe through the ex-
terror wall of any frame building OF
through the roof OF any house. 80 that
stove pipes, under the law, are rot per
niifted 10 pass through the frame parti-
tons of summer Kitchens
lit would be almost impossible to en-.
force many of these laws" said police
man, yet when complaints are made,
and the law Is found, there is nothing
else to do. and, until congress acts in
the matter. West Washington will re
main under the old laws. We work
under too many laws continued the
officer. Inside the city limits we have
one set OF laws and in the county we
have an entirely different set What is
an offense in one place is permitted in
/, another. Within the limits of West
Washington a man may strip OF his
clothing and walk the streets in de-
fence of the officers because there Is D
law TO punish him, but il be does tbs.
same thing on the river shore and gne-
bath ng before nine O'Clock in the
evening he may be arrested for unlaw,
full bathing On the eastern side Of
Rock creek the same state of Affairs
exists.
Persons can do an act not in violarion
OF the LAW on one side Of Boundary
street. but il they repeat il on the othrg
side they soon find themselves in ;hs
hands OF the law Then. again. there
are some Sffenses punishable by heavy
fine in one section. while the penalty in
another section is not half 50 heavy
Such state of affairs makes il very
hard for n policeman to know whether
he is doing his duty properly or not
While all Georgetown policemen arr
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.
just across the river from George
town. OF the Virginia shore q The Poto-
nae. there are numerous gambling
houses and vile liGrer saloons. the very
lowest Of the low. The governor Of Viz
GINA claims that he has no legal power
to control the fawiess 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
soanty without the authority Of the
sheriff While the laxie<s can cap
tare the sheriff they can continue to
defy the law, SMITH o. FRI.