The Alaska daily empire., 1914-02-02
Grand Jury Wants Laws
 Vigorously Enforced

since the early part of last month, made some stringent recommendations as to the enforcement of the laws reg ulatlng the liquor traffic; that the of, fee of the United States Commission or at Wrangen be investigated; that saloons should be required to keep a public record of all sales of liquor pur- chased for consumption of the prem ises: that United States Marshal H. L. Faulkner's recommendation that pris- oners should be required to labor upon public works should be carried out; that the United States commissioner at Juneau should be authorized to in- dex the records Of his office down to the year 1890; that grand jurors should be paid $5 a day; that there be uniform school books provided for whole Ter ritory, and it extended it's thanks to the 1urt and the district attorneys off, Tor assistance rendered to the jur
 Jury Is Discharged.
 ,r being in session for 19 days. nc .lg upon 67 cases-19 of which W, e original inyestigations-the grand i, submitted its final report this ing. and was discharged. The ] returned 55 indictments and l2 rue bills.
 vne jury examined 24S witnesses
 employed two interpreters.
 Judge R. w. Jennings complimented and thanked the grand jury for the faithful manner in which it discharged its work.
 Liquor Traffic Recommendations
 The grand jury recommendations concerning the liquor traffic follow:
 We recommend that the law against the sale of liquor by saloons to minors and to habitual drunkards be rigidly and stringently enforced.
 Tt has been officially brought to our notice repeatedly during our session here that the prostitutes in all of the towns within this Division are habit .ually following the practice of selling liquor to men who come to their places, and even to minors. This practice is not only reprehensible but is so clear ly criminal that the only explanation we have been able to find for the fail ure of the officials to prosecute offend CTS is that they have felt that the sen- timent of the community was not such as to support or bring about convic. tions. but in this we are fully con- vinced the officials are now in error, whatever may have been the facts in the past: and We strongly recommend that the laws in this regard be en- forced to the letter, and we believed that the sentiment in the communi- ties of Southeastern Alaska is in favor Of such enforcement and that convic- tions for violations of the law can be obtained.
 'Tt is matter of common knowledge that fin some of the saloons in Juneau and Douglas men are to be found at practically any hour of the night or morning in a state of beastly. helpless intoxication. and We are firmly con- yinced that the sentiment of these communities is wholly in favor of such an enforcement of the laws now on the statute books as will entirely do away with this condition of things.
 And We further recommend that the present laws relating to the sale of liquor be supplemented by statute requiring that all saloons keep reg ister in writing of all sales of liquor where the same is to be carried or is carried away from the premises and not drunk on the premises, and that such register shall record the date of such sale. the person to whom made, and the quantity and kind of liquor and the price paid therefor, and that said registers be open to inspection. dur ing all business hours. by United States and Territorial officials author ized to enforce the laws relating to the sale of liquor; and that such stat ute impose a penalty for failure to keep such a record accurately"