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Contents of a Bill to be intitled.

An Act to explain and to amend an Act passed in 2d Year of the Reign of his
present Majesty intitled an Act to prevent the committing of Thefts and Frauds by
persons Navigating Bum Boats and other Boats upon the River of Thames.

Observations

2nd This will include the owner or his Servant
or Apprentice as the case may be and is intended
to prevent them from permitting the Boats
to be used for the criminal purposes.
3d We understand this to be a common practice
to elude the Vigilance of the officers.
4th This will also include the Owner's Servant
or Apprentice, as the case may be, and is intended
to induce them to prevent others from eluding
the vigilance of the Officers.

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Heads.

The persons who are authorized by 2d Geo 3d
6. 28 to stop and search Boats suspected to have
on Board Goods &c Stolen or unlawfully procured
from Vessels, and Police Officers shall and may
apprehend the following Persons -
1st Persons conveying or assisting in the conveyance
of such Goods in such Boats -
2nd The Persons having the care and charge of such
Boats, if suspected of knowing of and assisting to
the conveyance of such Goods in such Boats.
3d Persons throwing or causing to be thrown or assisting
to throw any goods of whatever kind out of
such Boats to prevent detection.
4th Persons having the care and charge of such
Boats if suspected to have known of and assisted
to the throwing of any thing overboard to prevent
detection.
And in all such cases may stop and detain such
Boat.
The first and second Class to be deemed Guilty of a
Misdemeanour, unless they produce the party from whom
the goods were bought or prove the Buying or give
a satisfactory account how the Goods came on Board
the Boat, and the Boat forfeited upon the conviction
of any one.
The third and fourth Class to be deemed Guilty of a
Misdemeanour unless they give a satisfactory account
to one Justice of the Goods thrown overboard and
why they were thrown overboard. And upon conviction
the Boats to be forfeited. The power given by
the former Act to Constables and others to apprehend
Persons and seize Goods, to be given also to the
Persons also authorized to search Boats by the
former Act.
& We doubt whether the Persons authorized by the
former Act to search Boats and apprehend Persons
in them could apprehend Persons in carrying suspected
Goods on shore. It seems therefore proper to give them
that power, as they are likely to be more vigilant
and active than Constables and other Officers: and at
particular Seasons might be set to Watch at
Places where Stolen Goods are usually Brought to
Shore.
The having in possession Sugar and other Articles
in the State it is imported loose or unpack'd or

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Identifier: | JB/150/112/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
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Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	112	Info in main headings field	[[info_in_main_headings_field::contents of a bill to be intitled[sic]]]
Image	001	Titles	observations / heads
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
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