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Police Revenue Bill II
Preliminary
Observations

What concerns the several classes having concern
The idea of with the several instruments of warfare, the several articles <add> tools, sorts of articles appropriated to the purpose of war with arms and ammunition, is
is though in this way engrafted into a larger system, is
so compleat and as well as important a system of itself,
that it may be proper on this occasion to
speak of the whole of it together considered in
a general point of view.

Instruments of
Warfare — Advantages
of including
them in
the Licence Duty

The including these articles of this
description in the system of licence duties appears promises
to be pregnant with productive of several very distinct
as well as important advantages —

1. Revenue

1. It promises an addition to the revenue; in which
point of view there seems no reason by why the
articles should not be subjected to an a duty
rising in proportion to the number and quantity, as well as to in small
fixed and therefore necessary inconsiderable duty obtainable
by a licence.

2 Note against
depredation

2. If affords a check to the practices of ordinary
malefactors of the predatory class, by affording
the means of them out.

3. Police against
Treasury &c

3. It affords a check to the enterprizes of the
malefactors of the treasonable class, by enabling
government to render it impossible for them ever
to collect the means of warfare in sufficient
quantity to endanger the public peace.

4. Police
dropping of
expences

4. It affords to standing security against foreign
enemies, by affording to government compleat
and constant information of & with regard to the
exceeding stock supply of these indispensable means of national
defence at any each given period as well as
with regard to the of increasing it within a
given [+] [+] given time to any degree in any emergency that may occurr.

Identifier: | JB/150/733/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	733	Info in main headings field	police bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / f11
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50954
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