The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-14
TO DISCUSS INUDUIGHVS BILL
me- IRING MONDAY ON HOMEn
FOLKSS MEASURE,

It Creates . Board to watch out for
hunks and Authorizes ihe city 20
Provide = FaFm-FIrst Jas Al RiEht.
but the Next BeGins the Trouble.
The Aldermeng room in the City Hall
will be packed. on Monday morning Il u
expected. when Mayor GaynOr holds q
public hearing on the inebriates bill
the souse bill they call Il at the City Hall.
The bill was drawn up by Homer Folks
secretary 81 the State Charities Aid As-
sociation. and IL embodies Gestures OF the
law dealing with inebriation in several
states Mr.. Folks isn't quite sure himself
that il is constitutional In all Of liz parts,
hut he wants 90 see such Law put In opera
ton. lie SAYS he thinks the city needs
It. Souses. according 10 Mr.. Folks. have
not been humanely treated: moreover
under the old system Of chucking them
into a cell and thon hauling them up In
court the city has had 10 spend too much
money
The hill IL purely q permissive measure
II gives authority tn the Board Of Esti.
mate and Apportionment 20 establish
a hospital and industrial colony for In
ebriates' and TO provide a board OF ine-
briefly 10 consist of seven members. five
20 he appointed by the Mayor. The
others members are 10 he the Commis-
sioners Of Charities and Corrections. Two
o. the Eve 10 be named by the Mayor
must be physicians
The bill defines an inebriate: An Inc
hriate shall he a person incapable OF
properly conducting himself or his af-
fairs or dangerous 20 himself or others
by reason Of habits Of periodical. frequent
or constant drunkenness induced either
by the Use u alcohol or other liquors,
or Of opium. morphine or other narcotic
OF intoxicating or supplying substance
Under the provisions Of the bill one
may acquire an edge with safety provid-
ing one has not been written down on
the books Of the inebriation board. The
measure cL,arly states that the first bun.
package. brannigan. load Of poles or
incandescence doesn't count. Even V
man il arrested he will b. leo on Il he can
show that IL IL the first time he has ever
violated tho speed limit. But the second
and third and fourth time are different
matters indeed. The second time the
inehriation board will put YOU under pro-
baton. There will he field officers. depu-
ties with a cruising license. who viii keep
an eve out for second Offenders. The
second time means q period Of probation.
The third celebration lets one in Tor a
fine a. we'll a. probation. The fourth
sends q man "a the farm.
Mr. Folks wash Z az all sure Yesterday
vher. the hospital and industrial nosne
voild be located in case Mayor Gaynor
and Gov. Hughes approve the measure.
Ha hintcd that there would he WOTk
to do on that farm and that persons
-.,nt there would have 10 do somethIhg
Ia earn their board and keep. He aid
there would be absolutely nothing doing
in the way Of pickmeups or braoers. /
hut that the water wagon would make
regular rounds. starting al A. ". and
continuing until taps.
The hill provides that fourth offender
NAV he -ent 20 the farm for not more I
than siN nor less than three months. After I
the fourth a wear or lees IL the penalty
Il all depends ON the judgment 81 the .
doctors
The Board Of Estimate il authorized :
Ia provide Offices for the inebTiatiOn
hoard in each ~ the boroughs the offers
to b. open on Sundays and HOLIDAYS
Ths-e ofices will he notified by the police
whensver arrests for intoxication are
made Fipld officers wih be sent % the
uolice stations 90 investigate the character
u the prisoner. 90 ascertain how many
psrsons are dependent upon him and Ia
ind out how many times he was arrested
previously.
APPOINTMENTS 10 tho board NJ managers
are 10 ha made from lists submitted 20 the
Mayor hy the United Hebrew Charities.
the ST Vincent De Paul Society. the New
YORK Association for Improving the
Condition " the Poor and the BROOKLYN
Association Of Charities