Superintendent
cause to suspect
conduct of any Constable who may be stationed on board of any such vessel, and of inspecting and observing the conduct of all other persons who shall be employed on board of any such vessel in or about the lading or unlading thereof, as the case may be, and for the purpose of taking all such measures as may be necessary for providing against fire or other accidents, and preserving peace and good order on board of any such vessel, and for the effectual prevention or detection of any felonies or misdemeanours.
VIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall &c., having just be lawful for every Superintendent, Inspector, or Sergeant Felony, may enter belonging to the Police-force, having just cause to suspect that on board vessels any Felony has been or is about to be committed in or on and take up sus board of any ship, boat, or other vessel lying in the Harbour pected persons.
or waters aforesaid, to enter at all times, as well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or other vesse and therein to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all Felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been or to be about to be committed in or upon the Harbour or waters aforesaid, and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such Felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen.
Removing Land- marks.
IX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every person who shall remove or carry away any stone or stake driven into the ground as a Land-mark or for the purpose of defining or marking the boundaries of any Lot or parcel of ground, shall be liable to a Penalty of not more than Five Pounds, or at the discretion of the convicting Magistrate to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding Seven Days.
Wantonly break-
X. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every per- ing or injuring son who shall wilfully cut, break, damage, injure, or destroy trees, fences, &c.
any Tree, Shrub, or Underwood, whether the property of the Crown or of any private individual, or shall wilfully damage, break, or destroy any fence, or any wall, bridge, or embankment, shall be liable to a Penalty of not more than Ten Pounds, or in the discretion of the convicting Ma- gistrate to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Fourteen Days.
Exposing for sale unwholesome food,
&c.
XI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every person who shall expose or proffer for sale in any market or elsewhere any liquor, meat, fish, vegetable, or other article of food in a tainted, noxious, adulterated, or unwholesome state, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Five Pounds, or in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate to be imprisoned for any term not more than Seven Days.
XII.
sessing offensive
XII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Unlawfully pos- person who shall have in his possession any spear, bludgeon, weapons, &c. or other offensive weapon, or any crowbar, picklock, skeleton key, or other instrument fit for unlawful purposes, with intent to use the same for any such unlawful purpose, or who shall be unable to give a satisfactory account of his possession thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Ten Pounds, or in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Fourteen Days.
XIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Behaving riot- person who shall behave in a riotous, noisy, or disorderly ously, or provoking breach of the peace. manner, or shall use any profane or indecent language, or any threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Five Pounds, or in the discretion of the con- victing Magistrate to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding Seven Days.
XIV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Improperly pos- person, not being a Constable of the Police Force, who shall sessing the arma or clothing, or assum- have in his possession any article being part of the Clothing, ing the character Accoutrements, or Appointments supplied to any such Con- of a policeman, &c. stable, and who shall not be able satisfactorily to account for his possession thereof, or who shall put on the Dress, or take the Name, Designation, or Character of any person appointed as such Constable, for the purpose of thereby obtaining admission into any house or other place, or of doing or procuring to be done any act which such person would be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other un- lawful purpose, shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such offence, be liable to a Penalty of not more than Ten Pounds.
Constables may
fender whose name
not known.
XV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Police Force, and apprehend any of for all persons whom he shall call to his assistance, to take into and residence are custody without Warrant, any person who within view of any such Constable shall offend in any manner against this Ordi- nance, and whose name and residence shall be unknown to such Constable, and cannot be ascertained by such Constable.
Constables may
Warrant in certain
cases.
XVI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Police Force, to apprehend without take into custody without a Warrant all loose, idle, and disorderly persons whom he shall find disturbing the public peace, or whom he shall have good cause to suspect of having committed or being about to commit any Felony, Misdemeanour, or breach of the peace, and all persons whom he shall find between sun- C
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