The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by David Dickinson Mann
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_Idlers_--loitering about the wharfs, to be sent to hard
labour; and if after sunset, to be imprisoned. _Initials_--of the governor, commissary, and deputies, if forged, to be considered as full signatures. _Interest_--not more than eight per cent. to be exacted; and any persons demanding more, are subject to the laws against usury. _King's Stores_--articles granted for the use of families, comprising annual and extra supplies sent for barter, not to be retailed, under the penalty of forfeiting all further indulgences. _Licenced Persons_--bound by recognizance to the due assize of weight and measure; to permit no gaming, drunkenness, indecency, or disorder; to pay due respect to existing regulations; not to entertain persons from tap-too beating until the following noon, or during divine service, under the penalty of forfeiting licence and recognizances; the latter to informer, and five pounds to Orphans. Nor is any licenced person to credit more than twenty shillings, under forfeiture of debt; nor to sue soldiers, seamen, servants, or prisoners, under the penalty of nonsuit and treble charges. And any licenced person vending or receiving liquors distilled in the colony (that practice being strictly prohibited), they will forfeit their licence and recognizances; and all such persons receiving permits for spirits are to receive it themselves, and not to dispose of spirits on any other person's account, under the before-mentioned penalty, |
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