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THE POLICE BOARD MEETS.THE IIOTLOC'U SUNDAY LAW NOT ORDERED ENFORCER.\They Monkey Away Their Time on 1 .Minor DetAlUmid Only Order llie Cow Ordluauee Enfore«l--$250Lleetive Ordinance.liTbe police board met at Mayor Dan-aldson’s oftice last night in regular session. The report of the superintendent of police for the month ending May 24th, was read and approved. It showed 107 arrests; 84 wagon runs; 197 street lamps not lighted; 417 changes of residence; property stolen $7S, of which amount $lt;: was stolen outside of the limits; threeconvictions of criminals arrested duringthe month; office expenses, $29.25; stable expenses, $44.19; total of $lt;3.43 for the month.Emmet Hall and William A. Lewiswere appointed patrolmen. \ ice Sergeants George ('ouch and Isaac Trail,promoted. Hall was formerly on theforce and has until the present time been the officer of the Humane Society. Hall is agood officer and his appointment will please the public. Not so iu the case of Lewis. He was discharged under the Lawlor and Vandever regime for a good cause—one which should keep him off the force perpetually. His record is notwhat a policeman's should be. Hail was discharged by Stout for going to Paris, 111., without permission. Hall claimed that he had permission but the police board were adverse to him and ofl came his head. That was about a year ago.James Pierce, the day roundsman, who made one of the best records of any member of the force was given a position as patrolman and will accept it. Tins is as good an appointment as could be made and will give general satisfaction. The board completed the session by ordering the superintendent of police and city marshal to enforce the cow ordinance which was passed at the last meeting of the council. Five days notice will be given by advertising in the city papers, and enforcement to begin on June 2nd.No action whatever was taken oil the enforcement of the 11 o’clock and Sunday law. There has been considerable diseention among the bosses as to the enforcement of this law. Some want a 12 o’clock order enforced and only the front door closing racket worked on Sunday. Others want everything shut up tight at 11 o’clock and on Sunday, while still others favor allowing the saloons to run as they have been. For this reason the police board took no action in the matter. Tlu»v fear that a too strict enforcement of the law will re-act, while they do not favor the wide open policy by any means. The board has given instructions, however, to Superintendent Davis on the quiet and not as a matter of record, to order all front doors closed— not locked—on Sunday and all beer kegs kent of!* of the side walks, and pool and billiard playing stopped so as to be not offensive to church people who may be passing. This is not fair or reasonable in any sense of the terms. The law on the subject is as follows:Section 2.088. Selling liquor on Sunday, etc., p«o. Whoever shall sell, barter or give away, to I*- drank as a beverage, any splritoiiH, vinous, malt or other Intoxicating liquor upon Sunday, the fourth day of July, the first day of January fcnd the twenty-fifth day «»f December, commonly sailed chrptmasday, Thanksgiving day, ii* designated by proclamation «»f the riovernor f thi*-tato or the President of the l ulled Staten, *r any legal holiday: or upon the day of iny election'in the townahip. town #r city, where the tame may In' holden; »r between the hour* of eleven o'clock p. in. ami five o’clocki hi., shall he flaed In any sum not more than iftydoilur* nor less than ten dollar*, to which may Ik? added imprisonment in the county jail, tot more than sixty days nor less than ten lay*This is the law and it must be enforced. Hiere no Htich a tiling a* a half-way »nforceiuent of the law. If a law is a oor law it should he repealed, but good, vholefiome laws, well enforced, can only vork to the public good. The News alls upon the police board to do its
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Terre Haute Daily News
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Wed, May 28, 1890
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