The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-24
MAYOR SIGNS THE JAG LAW"
THIS BOARD or ESTIMATE
WON'T PUT 1T INTO FORCE.
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Mayor GaynOr approved yesterday
Of the bill passed by the Legislature
which permits the Board Of Estimate
10 establish a commission for dealing
with inebriates and a hospital and an
industrial colony TO be used by the COM
mission 20 break topers Of the habit
Of sOusinE Although the Mayor signed
the measure yesterday Il is certain that
the present Board Of Estimate will not
furnish the money for the scheme. The
Mayor said in his memorandum:
This bill makes Il optional with the Board
Of Estimate and AppOrtionmeni whether u
shall incur the expense Of establishing and
maintaining an institution for the detention
and discipllnlnR Of inebriates.
II IL certain that drunkenness has very
much decreased during the last thirty years
or more. There used 10 b. Ave iopers for
one that you see now. This IN due 10 several
causes The foremost h the education and
elevation morally Of our people through
our churches and splendid system Of schools
The next is the improvement In methods
Of hygiene and living. The next h the
particular influence which has been eHerted
aEsinat intempeFance BY organized effort
IN she churches and elsewhere. and by great
temperance leaders. such a. Father Mathew
and John b. Cough. There are thousands
Of these Father Mathew societies all over
the United States doing incalculable good.
Finally the substitution Of light beerr
for strong drinks has done much 10 do away
with drunkenness II might also be men
toned that the general introduction Of
machinery. and especially electricity. has
done much 20 require total abstinence from
intoxicating drinks. for only sober and
alert men are A. for these emplOymenis.
I feel certain that these influences are
doing vastly more than. this statute could
do 10 decrease the number Of inebriates.
! doubt II this bill should n become a law
will do much 10 decrease the number. I
view h more a. furnishing a humane and
rational manner Of restraining and treating
inebriates. rather than let them go from bad
to worse. and finally be sent 70 prison for
some crime
n has back Of II good men and women
and should be reluctant 10 refuse TO accept
II on behalf of the city. I accept H. leaving
Il to the BOARD Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment 10 say whether the great expense
which the carrying Of Il out would entail
on the city should he incurred hat is 10 say.
whether II will he worth the while to incur Il
II the Board Of Estimate should vote
for a board Of inebriety these things pro-
coed to happen 10 "A male person ar
rested for intoxication-:
II he hasn't been arrested before for
a year for the same Ofencs he NAV he
released on his own request II h has.
that fact will he reported 10 the court
that deals with the case. 1.-The is adiudged
an inebriate he may. az his own instance
or a relatives. or on the application OF
the Commissioner of Charities or the
trustees Of Bellevue. and on the certih-
hcate " two examiners in hlnacv. IN.
committed 10 the CUSTODY 81 the Board
OF Inebriety for from one 10 three years,
The board may parole him II u deems wise
or keep him IN its industrial colony and
make him pay HE keep u he has got the
money. The court may Of its own motion
commit the Culprit % the custody Of the
board for divers terms. may fine him.
may release him on conditions for not
more than a year and commit him II he
violates them once, and must commit
him II he violatea them twice or may send
him % the Workhouse for three years.
or impose any other penalty already
prescribed hy law Female persons arr
NOT mentioned in the hill