JB/157/016/002

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Instruments of Warfare
— Advantages
of including them
in the Licence
Duty System. p.1.

1. Revenue

2. Police against Depredation

3. — against Treason
&c

4. — against
Supply to foreign
Enemies

5 — by in respect
keeping up
the means of National
Defence

6. Information for
Revenue purposes

7. For particular advantages
see the
different articles viz.
Gunpowder 1. accident
2. Poaching
3. Smuggling

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8. Gunpowder -, This
a fit object of taxation.
p.3.4

1. Not a necessary of
life

2. Not evadible

3. No secrets-

Advantage

41. Accidents by
fireworks lessened

52. Poaching checked.

63. Against treason
the Duty operates
in corroboration of
the Police regulation
p.4.

3

Existing regulations
They operate only as
against accidents —
thay do nothing in
favour of either Revenue
or Police
Crime-preventing
Police. p.4

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4

Priviso requisite
with regard to the
use of it in mining
p.4

5.

4.InThe Advantages continued
- The Duty
would furnish information
with regard
to the sufficiency
to the supply
for National Defence
— p.5.

2(a)

Duty - that tendency it tends
to repel the information,
admitted —
but stronger, to procure
it. p.5.

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II. Small Arms.
(viz: Fire Arms)
the duty on this
article has all the
advantages of that
on Gunpowder, except
what concerns
Fireworks. p.6.

— Propos Penalty proposal
for having a
-bag-piece without
a Game-licence -

Add saving in favour
of Farmers against vermine,
Birds &c.

6*

Objection — Injury
to Gunsmiths trade.

Answer - Not to commence
for 7 years.

7.

This no infringement
of the Constitutional
right of
self-defence - p.6

No more than a duty
on Insurance against
Fire. p.6

8

Further measure proposed
— a registration
duty on the
of Fire-Arms.
p.7.

9

Stronger limitations
on the right of Self
-defence are established
by the Bill
of Rights — likewise
by the 13 & 14
C.2.c.3. which
gives powers for ing
Arms. p.7.8.
8* 8*2

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In regard to Gunpowder,
there are existing
laws which operate
in the way proposed,
though inadequately
<p>p.8*2
12 G.3.c.61.SS.11

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So, in regard to
Artillery.p.8*.2
12 G.3.c.78

12

So far as information
is concerned
the proposed Law is
no more than the
Statute of WInton modernized.
p.9,10.

13

The system as applied
to Artillery —
its advantages with
reference to the former
articles. p.11

Extends not to
1. Poaching - nor
2. Smuggling, nor
3. Depredation

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Its use in securing
compliance with
occasional prohibition
of export of artillery
p.11.

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IV. To Edged and Pointed
Weapons - its advantages,
with reference,
as above, p.12.

Applies not to
1. Accidents
2. Poaching

Unexceptionable as an
object of taxation

16

Would it be useful
with a view to forcible
depredation? p.13.
14

17

The objections to the
Watch Tax apply not
to the present case. p14.15.

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Identifier: | JB/157/016/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 157.
Date_1	1799	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-22
Box	157	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	016	Info in main headings field	police bill 1799 intrody observations contents
Image	002	Titles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	tw 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	53386
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