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yet the authorities can not help from prohibiting them to to the same; but allow the people to have their desire, for they fear that if a stop is put gacrbling altogether people of us employ

will

very

to

much increase, and these

meu will wondon about in the

streets, m

disturbances and

making breaking the laws someway, therefore gambling houses are permitted to be Kept in certain Streets by paying certaine Tee. The people of this colony are in the same habit. Many of them found of gambling and very few obey the laws, and are no houses Kept publicly for gambling here

are

do

although there

many are Kept secretty

for that purpose, people haunting such a place have been cheated, and by

to

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and other

having been cheated they have brought forth quarrels, fighting disturbances. The law prohibite –

gambling, and got there is gambling yet and that gambling which is carried ou in certain secret dwellings is also exposed to cheats, fights, quarrels other evils, then it is better to allow

public gambling, where there is us chest, quarrets. or fights, for people gamble for gain,

whether they lost or.

gain mir a in a

public place they think

it is nothing but four. Therefore

your petitioner bege that a

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perenissions

be granted

as in the Mainland, to open Maint

i place for public gambling in the place, by paying certain amount of

fees every

mouth, in order to avoid

the evils as aboverstated and that