Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Illegal Expector a tions. [ARTICLE]

Illegal Expector a tions.

New York city is engaged at present in a crusade against spitting on the floors in public buildings and conveyances. The board of health recently passed a resolution calling for the strict enforcement of the ordinance on this subject, and fifty or sixty persons have thus far been arrested for violating it. The ordinance makes the offense punishable by an excessive penalty, but in spite of this handicap the magistrates have shown a disposition to apply the law strictly. Already good results are said to be apparent. The notoriety given to the matter by the New York papers has made people more careful, and the nuisance is said to be abating to a noticeable degree.