The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-02

r.r sich Was Not Adopt
ed unIcation Defending
co,,I nd Town Officers.
Alsd ned to Correct Inn
ara. hat Port Gibson Is
the Town IN tne S'a'e'
Etc.
Mr.. Ed
Ar meeting held in the
office oard of Mayor and
Aldern| ort Gibson, the fol-
lowing zee was ordered pre-
nared adoption requestion {:
DINAlSCA : y -
Leaving s9ui sec.ions - 'ne
,xorosI ors ance, which four sec
t;ors ol nj y incidental to put
t;,a uk.+ "a ws into effective op-
erat;onfthel lowing was present.
Al 70 a kalleI leeting of the Board
of Mayor ar aldermen De i
f,,rther ordas led, by the Board of
Mayor and A fermen OF the Town
of Port Gibs9l; That the Chief
of police of ak town, and his as
sistant, or ass tants, be ana they
1...t,,, 80 Ered from time TO
time, as such ief OF Police shall
direct, to Wis each and every
honse he or Ehis said assistants
shall find or de In it necessary, 10
said town TO vi,jt, for the following
purposes, to-wk (A) 10 take
tba name or na. aes of each person
permanently otFemporarily IN saio
house. (B) T4ascertain what en-
ployment such person IS engaged
in. (C) To s$crrtain for whom
such person is orking. (D) 10
then see the rep Fted employer, ana
ascertain whethIr the SAID person
is employed by pc reputed employ
er; and if so, " hether st1ch person
actually works. continuously, OF
only works occs bionally. CD To
ascertain from what place such per-
son came to Port Gibson, along
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with all other information neceS-
sary to find ont the true history Pf
said person, before and since sufh
-pesws;s eu.a,,sl I'd town (F3 70
use any and all aeans necessary to
ascertain facts, showing whether
such person bea yagrant, under
the laws of the State of Mississip-
pi, or the ordinalces of this town
and to ascertain whether such per-
son is living an iAmoral life, or is
earning a living b honest labor. "
1t appears from pblication mads
In your paper. uAder date Decem'
Der I2th ipstan. the Board oi
Mayor and Aldermen published the
following "Tse matter of the
ordinances oferd. at the called
meeting on the 9th: The board
after careful consideration of the
same, decided th;t the ordinance
already passed frly cover the case
and feel satisfied hat we have off
GERS fully capableto enforce the or
dinauces withoutextra and expen
sive help"
Any one acquainted with condi
tions existing no only in this, bu
every town of SIMILAR size in tn
State, can see a once that "th
proposed ordnance" first abov
quoted, goes to tie very core of tn
situation. Adoped and conscien
tiously carried OFT it will do NOR
to destroy vicious living, and i'm
moral vagrants, than any othe
possible method The grounds fc
refusal to adopt same are three
rst. Ordinances already in exis
ence fully covering the case. 2nt
Officers now in employ of tow
fully capable of enforcing sam
ard. Useless, extFa and expensiv
help.
Replying consecutively to each
the reasons. rst. The board
MISTAKEN. II HAS NO sue
ORDINANCE, nor can it be poin
ed out. Again, if such were real
the case, no steps have been tak'
to get the information and eviden
designed by the proposed orc
nance" Police rules might
adopted. bat the persons design
to be reached, could well say, "
are without legal warrant for sue
course. znd. It's well known th
the Chief of Police has duties th
more khan engage hi entire tim
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