Chico Daily Enterprise, Nov. 17, 1915. The
following was received last night by the Chico Board of Trustees from the Butte
County Grand Jury and referred to the Police Committee:
Without intention or desire to instruct you in your duties of
administering city affairs, we call attention to conditions brought to our
attention by the Grand Jury.
(1) There
is a complaint that men have no trouble being served liquor from saloons in your
city while intoxicated.
(2) We
believe that certain hotels and lodging houses are being conducted in an
improper and immoral manner.
(3) We
also believe that houses of prostitution exist, a condition to be remedied by
your police officers.
(4) It
is not unusual for groups of intoxicated men to assemble and obstruct sidewalks
in front of certain saloons, which can be remedied by your police officers
clearing the sidewalks so that women and children can travel without hearing
vulgar or profane language or witnessing disgusting conditions.
(5) We
recommend that you install a system defining the duties of your police
officers.
Respectfully, The Grand Jury of Butte Co.”
November 15, 2015
Chico
Enterprise-Record
By Sally Mau
Blog note: we don’t know how the Chico Board of Trustees
responded.
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