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<p>It is not therefore a Bill that can be offensive to any but those <lb/>whose object it is to continue those frauds which have endured long <lb/>enough and which are now meant to be suppressed for the benefit of <lb/>the Public in the easiest gentlest and mildest manner by which it is <lb/>possible for the legislature to put a Stop to such enormities. <lb/>The second Clauses of the Bill empower Justices of the peace to grant <lb/>Licenses upon the same footing as they are granted to Victuallers as <lb/>at present. | <p>It is not therefore a Bill that can be offensive to any but those <lb/>whose object it is to continue those frauds which have endured long <lb/>enough and which are now meant to be suppressed for the benefit of <lb/>the Public in the easiest gentlest and mildest manner by which it is <lb/>possible for the legislature to put a Stop to such enormities. <lb/>The second Clauses of the Bill empower Justices of the peace to grant <lb/>Licenses upon the same footing as they are granted to Victuallers as <lb/>at present. This is one of the Best and <sic>principle</sic> features in the Bill <lb/>for unless Magistrates are to be allowed to exercise their usual <lb/>discretion in selecting proper objects who are worthy to be trusted <lb/>with <gap/> the <sic>grat</sic> purposes of the Bill would be defeated. Their <lb/>authority over the Dealers would not be felt by them and they would <lb/>degenerate into the same Class of fraudulent persons and occasion the <lb/>same enormities which are experienced at present. They are of all <lb/>others the sort of Dealers who should be under the constant Eye of the <lb/>Magistracy for on this depends the due and proper execution of the Act. <lb/>These Clauses are a further and material Check whereby the proper <lb/>conduct of these Dealers is rendered in some measure secure against <lb/>the frauds which are meant to be suppressed. They must specify and <lb/>declare their names and places of abode with the names of their <lb/>Smithies and they must also produce a certificate of their good fame <lb/>before they can even apply to the Magistrates for a Licence and further <lb/>they must enter into recognizance with one Security for their Good & <lb/>proper conduct in a <unclear>Penalty</unclear> of | ||
It is not therefore a Bill that can be offensive to any but those
whose object it is to continue those frauds which have endured long
enough and which are now meant to be suppressed for the benefit of
the Public in the easiest gentlest and mildest manner by which it is
possible for the legislature to put a Stop to such enormities.
The second Clauses of the Bill empower Justices of the peace to grant
Licenses upon the same footing as they are granted to Victuallers as
at present. This is one of the Best and principle features in the Bill
for unless Magistrates are to be allowed to exercise their usual
discretion in selecting proper objects who are worthy to be trusted
with the grat purposes of the Bill would be defeated. Their
authority over the Dealers would not be felt by them and they would
degenerate into the same Class of fraudulent persons and occasion the
same enormities which are experienced at present. They are of all
others the sort of Dealers who should be under the constant Eye of the
Magistracy for on this depends the due and proper execution of the Act.
These Clauses are a further and material Check whereby the proper
conduct of these Dealers is rendered in some measure secure against
the frauds which are meant to be suppressed. They must specify and
declare their names and places of abode with the names of their
Smithies and they must also produce a certificate of their good fame
before they can even apply to the Magistrates for a Licence and further
they must enter into recognizance with one Security for their Good &
proper conduct in a Penalty of
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police bill |
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[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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