The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by David Dickinson Mann
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if bartered for spirits, all such found in the house will be
staved; if a licensed person, forfeiture of license also: And if the ration is not applied for at the time of issue, it will not afterwards be given. _Sabbath_.--A strict observance of the sabbath, and general attendance at divine service required; during the performance of which all strollers are to be apprehended and confined. _School-house and Chapel at Hawkesbury, erected by Gorvernment for the Benefit of Settlers in that District_.--Those for whom the benefit is designed, invited to become subscribers, for supporting the institution, and maintaining the chaplain and preceptor, by the payment of two-pence for each acre of land they possess. All regulations to be determined by six subscribers, and two magistrates, one of whom to be the principal chaplain. _Seamen_.--Any person trusting or retaining any seaman, shall lose his or her money, and be proceeded against; and forfeit five pounds for each day and night (after the first offence), should he be a deserter; but if ignorant of his being such, penalty ten shillings a day, only. And any seaman deserting a ship, and discovered after her departure, shall be subject to thirty-one lashes, and hard labour for the crown. _Sedition_.--Transgressors amenable to existing laws; in addition to which the following regulations, for the effectual suppression of such crime against his majesty's government, and |
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