Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-11
IA THEIR
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IN REPLY 10 CRITICISMS PY
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The closing moments of Thursday
nights session of the eity council We're
given spectacular touching BY Alder
rean Boyce throwing hot Shell into
| TIE camp Of the ciry5 judicial depart
h.ent. and dur'>,G the progress Of a
few concise remarks. in which there
was tttffe mincina of words. he chargz
cd thai the police Judge was not tax
ing care Of the prerogatiVes of his
office as he should do \ terminus was
put upon tie matter, after eonsidera
hle discussion most of which was
along the Ine Of Mr.. Boyee's remarks.
BY motion being put to refer the
matter TO the police committee for in
vestisation. Vhien was carried With.
| out a dissenting voice
file fet:at Ks made by Mr.. Boyee,
and tire subsequent motion, came as
| a sort ef side issue to another mat
ter. The question Of the failure of the
| city to collect vehicle tax for the
| spTinlIiag wagons OF List and Frank
| lin was ffrsf under discussion. and all
tie eoHneIlmen conGu1red in the be
lief thai a section of the vehicle tax
ordinance covered the sprinklers, ana
that therefore the license should be
collected.
While this discussion was in pro
gress Alderman Boyce, who is one OF
the most aggressive members, arose
and entered into a speech, brief. but
| notable for its force ON the attitude
of the police court towards persons
| who had Geen arrested for failing to
pay special licenses. He charged that
he policy of the court was. when ar
rests of this CHARACTER were made, to
| ignore assessing fine when the de-
| PENDANTS paid their licenses. He de-
clared that such proceeding was of
: farcial nature. It's effect was to
come more delinquent and tardy
When the public knows that no fines
will be fixed on account of payments
! being delayed, it would not be in a
hurry to pay licenses, while on the
other hand, 1t would laugh at the col
| lectors and postpone settlements just
as long as was possible, or until after
arrest, and then pay up. He said that
il was not giving the city treasurer the
proper support. Much trouble Was
put upon him, he said, by the dilly-
dallying OF those who have these IL
censes to pay which was entirely un-
necessary. It was not right, it was
not Justice, he declared. Those who
have these licenses to pay should be
given to understand that they must
either pay or submit to a penalty.
Alderman Meyer Stated that he was
impressed Win the same conditions.
He had occasion to look over the rec
ords and he had never yet found where
a single person So. -. >eAt1 fined for the
offense of failing to pay his license.
Judge Toney Interviewed.
| A Graphic representative today
sought out Police Judge VIM. L. Toney
and an opportunity was given him of
answering the charges and statements
made by Aldermen Boyce and Meyer.
His first statement was forcibly ex-
, pressed and was in keeping with
Mr.. Boyces utterances of the night
before.
.I wished l had been there" said
Judge Toney. Il would liked to have
answered the matter at the time
Then he launched out. Relative to
the matter of no licenses being collect.
ed from the sprlnklers, he said:
81 am the police judge and | hold
that it is my prerogative and no one
slse's to pass upon the constitution
ality of the laws on statute books.
contend that there is no ordinance or
part of an ordinance which provides
license for street sprinklers and for
hearses, and until an ordinance Is
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