[DOCUMENT NO. XI.]

BOARD OP

ASSISTANT ALDERMEN,

December 30, 1831.

Report oftlie Committee on Police, Watch and Prisons, re-
lative to thc operations of Pawnbrokers upon the Moral Cha-
racter of the City, and the establishment of a Liombard to
relieve the necessities ofthePoor, ĩaid on the table and di-
rected to be printed.

B. CRANE, Clerk.
 

The Cotnmittee on Police, Watch and Piisons, to whom
it was referred to inquire into and report upoii the effect
which the operations of Pawnbrokers shops have had upon
the Moral Character of this city, and how far the occasional
necessities of the poor may be reheved by a I-onibard es-
tabhshment under the controi and direction of the Comnion
Council of this city,

RESPECTFULLY REPORT,

That in all ages of the world, the occasional necessities of
men have driven them to pledge or pavvn their property for
relief. Personal property has been the peculiar subject of
pledge or pawn. In large and populous cities, the system
of pawning has been so extensively carried on, as to mag-