JB/150/296/004

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		Licences	Revenue
	Brought over - - -	18,300	£ 28,000
	and Coach Houses of Men of property they corrupt Servants by holding out temptations to Sell their Masters property and they pay them generally with Bad Money. It is not to be conceived the extent of the injuries which the community at large suffer from these Itinerants. But if the regulations of this Bill are passed into a Law it is probable that the utility which is attached to them will be preserved while the injury will be prevented. - The estimate at 20/ in Town and 10/ Licence Duty in the Country is on - - - - - - -	1500	1000
6th	Pawn Brokers and Salesmen Selling unredeemed Pledges &c. The utility of Pawn Brokers is Still very doubtful while the misery and crimes which they occasion are obvious to every one who will look at the subject with attention. Unredeemed Pledges under 10/ are at present sold by pawn Brokers privately & consequently pay no Auction Duty to the Public. This has been heretofore overlooked. It is the most lucrative part of the business because upon these small pledges they seldom lend above ¼ or at most ⅓ of their value and a vast proportion of them are forfeited. And as this part of the Trade in many instances constitutes 2/3ds of 3/4ths of the whole business it is reasonable that some allowance should be made to Government in liew of the Auction Duty which is lost. And it is no less proper for the interest of Society that new and additional licences should be taken out subject to the provisions of this Bill because a present the most notorious Scoundrel Swindler or reputed Thief if he can pay £ 10 for a Licence in the Metropolis or £ 5 in the Country is permitted as a Pawn Broker to cheat and oppress every indigent person whose events compel them to put themselves in their power. There at present exactly 292 Licensed Pawn Brokers in London within the Bills of mortallity, but it is supposed many deal privately who do not take out Licenses. The provisions
	Carried over.	19,800	£29,000

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Identifier: | JB/150/296/004"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	296	Info in main headings field
Image	004	Titles	[[titles::a brief explanation of the bill for more effectually securing his majesty's stores against embezzlements in the dock yards […]]]
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	benjamin constant
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50517
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