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Show .11 I.I ...y. ! Comtlaints are frequently made with regard to the defacing and taking down of notices and other documents that are posted up in our streets. In preparing the regis-try regis-try lists for the present election the registry officer has been under the necessity of borrowing . a copy of thc registry list of the last election on accountof this sort of yandalism. It is possible that mucluof this class of mischief is the result of ignorance, ignor-ance, but the plea that he did not know that there is a law to punish such acts, would be a very poor defense de-fense for a person to make that. was caught destroying or defaciri'g notices. no-tices. Whoever indulges jh this practice evidences a disregard f6r the rights of others that is wrong on its face and shows a disposition to do wrojig. Parents should teach their ch'tylrrf to -Jefthhfc, class, .of property,' as.welj fis.aU oijier classes of property that do 'not belong to them, alone. And -the fear of the. law should not be the only restraining restrain-ing influence; a due regard for the rights of others should be at the bottom of their course in these matter. |