The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-25

regulations of the city to be faithful ly and constantly obeyed.
 He has under his command chief of police of his own choice. and a large number of police officers under his direction to see that the laws are enforced.
 He takes the same oath of office as the sheriff, constable, and all oth- CT officers. that he will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Arkansas, and that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office up on which he is about to enter.
 He is the chief executive officer or the city. and section 5492 of Rir- by's Digest provides that If the mayor or police judge or any city Of the first or second class or in- corporated town in this state shall wilfully and knowingly fail, refuse, or neglect to execute or cause to be executed any of the laws or ordin- ances within their jurisdiction they shall be deemed guilty of nonfeas- dHOe III OIllce
 If upon indictment either of these officers shall be convicted. the sta tute provides for his removal from office.
 As the chief executive officer of the city is the mayor, so the chief exrnutive officer of the county is the sheriff His duties are clearly ctu with which he is cnarged by the law are embraced in sections 7754, 5, 6. 2, s, g. 7760. 776l, 2. 3. 1. and also sections 4417, which deals with the duty of the sheriff to purchase blood hounds under certain circumstances, and Section 5S9f, which deals with his duty to transport conyicts to the penitentiary, and an act passed In 1903, providing for the separation of white and negro convicts.
 There are certain other sections of the law embraced under the title of Escape and Rescue in Kirby's Di- gest, which apply to the sheriff as we'll as other officers.
 Section 7765 of Kirby's Digest pro- vldes that if any sheriff shall fail or refuse to perform any of the du- ties required by law to be performed by him. he shau he deemed guilty of misdemeanor in office, and on con viction thereof, shall be removed from office.
 Like ii 6 the .hise sheriff the constable is a conservator of the peace through out his county. His duties are clear ly defined in Sections 6S2, 6S3 and 6S4 of Kirby's Digest Section 6S5 provides that if any such constable shall fail, refuse, or neglect to per form the duties imposed upon him by sections 6S2, 6S3 and 6S4, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. There is another section which provides for the re- moval of the constable by the county court for certain reasons, which it is not necessary to refer to here.
 There is still another section of Kirbys Digest, Section 1742, which applies to all peace officers, fixing their duty, when it comes to their Knowledge that any person is guilty of any of the offenses against the gambling statute. Under this sec ton, when such knowledge comes to them, 1t is made their duty to give notice thereof to any judge or mag istrate in the county, who shall cause such offender to be brought before him.
 Bryan Takes Notice.
 l am informed through the New York Herald report that Palm Beach Florida, has been visited by the same type of swindling operators who worked here and operating the same type of robbery. The report states that friend of Williams Jen- ming Bryan, our new secretary of state, was robbed of $50,000, and that the secretary of state took notice of the robbery, had a conference with the governor of Florida, and as d result there Is to be felony law in that state applicable to gambling and the governor has driven the gam blers and thieves out of the state. The affair took place in one of the big club rooms of Palm Beach.
 So if the operations of these coun- try wide confidence men are of suf- ficient import to attract attention from the secretary of state and tho governor of Florida, how much more duty is before us to see that the