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Reasons offered in favor of the bill for establishing regulations for the purpose of preventing frauds & embezzlements by obliging certain classes of dealers who are generally known to be receivers of stolen goods to take out licenses and to subject the said dealers to Sunday restrictions mentioned in the said bill. | Reasons offered in favor of the bill for establishing regulations for the purpose of preventing frauds & embezzlements by obliging certain classes of dealers who are generally known to be receivers of stolen goods to take out licenses and to subject the said dealers to Sunday restrictions mentioned in the said bill. | ||
(The advantages of the bill are these following | (The advantages of the bill are these following viz.) | ||
1...The regulations proposed by obliging these dealers to abandon their fraudulent practices will eave an immense turn to government which is lost at present by the embezzlement of the naval victualling and ordnance stores and which cannot be prevented by any other means than by regulating the receivers and laying down such a system of legislative vigilance as will render it impracticable to receive stolen goods without detection - and then the evil must be cured, for if there are no receivers there can be no thieves. | 1...The regulations proposed by obliging these dealers to abandon their fraudulent practices will eave an immense turn to government which is lost at present by the embezzlement of the naval victualling and ordnance stores and which cannot be prevented by any other means than by regulating the receivers and laying down such a system of legislative vigilance as will render it impracticable to receive stolen goods without detection - and then the evil must be cured, for if there are no receivers there can be no thieves. | ||
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3...These regulations will banish fraud and introduce good morals among the lower orders of the people by taking away all temptations to dishonesty. | 3...These regulations will banish fraud and introduce good morals among the lower orders of the people by taking away all temptations to dishonesty. | ||
4... | 4...[?] is a great <hi rend="underline">preventative plan</hi> full of of that species of regulation which is likely to meet every subterfuge and trick which is practiced at present by fraudulent people so as to prevent them from committing crimes and thereby to protect them against the miseries attendant on punishment and on vicious and bad habits and by such protection to promote their own happiness and that of their families by compelling them to abandon their evil habits and to have recourse to honest industry for the support of themselves and families. | ||
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Reasons offered in favor of the bill for establishing regulations for the purpose of preventing frauds & embezzlements by obliging certain classes of dealers who are generally known to be receivers of stolen goods to take out licenses and to subject the said dealers to Sunday restrictions mentioned in the said bill.
(The advantages of the bill are these following viz.)
1...The regulations proposed by obliging these dealers to abandon their fraudulent practices will eave an immense turn to government which is lost at present by the embezzlement of the naval victualling and ordnance stores and which cannot be prevented by any other means than by regulating the receivers and laying down such a system of legislative vigilance as will render it impracticable to receive stolen goods without detection - and then the evil must be cured, for if there are no receivers there can be no thieves.
2...These regulations will also protect ship owners, owners of craft in the river and every class of individuals from the most extensive depredations which are at present committed in which every merchant manufacturer warehouseman and every other person whether in public or private life and particularly masters of public houses are more or less interested.
3...These regulations will banish fraud and introduce good morals among the lower orders of the people by taking away all temptations to dishonesty.
4...[?] is a great preventative plan full of of that species of regulation which is likely to meet every subterfuge and trick which is practiced at present by fraudulent people so as to prevent them from committing crimes and thereby to protect them against the miseries attendant on punishment and on vicious and bad habits and by such protection to promote their own happiness and that of their families by compelling them to abandon their evil habits and to have recourse to honest industry for the support of themselves and families.
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