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2° & 3° VICTORIÆ, Cap.47.

XLVIII. And be it enacted, That if any Superintendent belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force shall report in Writing to the said Commissioners that there are good Grounds for believing any House Superinten or Room within the Metropolitan Police District to be kept or dents of Po- used as a common Gaming House, and if Two or more House- lice to enter holders dwelling within the said District, and not belonging to the Gaming Houses.

Metropolitan Police Force, shall make Oath in Writing, to be by them taken and subscribed before a Magistrate, and annexed to the said Report, which Oath every Magistrate is hereby empowered to administer and receive, that the Premises complained of by the Superintendent are commonly reported and are believed by the Deponents to be kept or used as a common Gaming House, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners, by Order in Writing, to authorize the Superintendent to enter any such House or Room, with such Constables as shall be directed by the Commissioners to accompany him, and, if necessary, to use Force for the Purpose of effecting such Entry, whether by breaking open Doors or otherwise, and to take into Custody all Persons who shall be found therein, and to seize and destroy all Tables and Instruments of Gaming found in such House or Premises, and also to seize all Monies and Securities for Money found therein; and the Owner or Keeper of the said Gaming House or other Person having the Care and Management thereof, and also every Banker, Croupier, and other Person who shall act in any Manner in conducting the said Gaming House, shall be liable to a Penalty not more than One hundred Pounds, or, in the Dis- cretion of the Magistrate before whom he shall be convicted of the Offence, may be committed to the House of Correction, with or with- out Hard Labour, for a Time not more than Six Calendar Months; and upon Conviction of any such Offender all the Monies and Secu- rities for Monies which shall have been seized as aforesaid shall be paid to the said Receiver, to be by him applied towards defraying the Charge of the Police of the Metropolis; and every Person found in such Premises without lawful Excuse shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Five Pounds: Provided always, that nothing herein con- tained shall prevent any Proceeding by Indictment against the Owner or Keeper or other Person having the Care or Management of any Gaming House; but no Person shall be proceeded against by Indict- ment and also under this Act for the same Offence.

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XLIX. And be it enacted, That it shall not be necessary in support any Information for gaming in, or suffering any Games or gaming in, or for keeping or using or being concerned in the Management or Conduct of a common Gaming House, under this Act, to prove that any Person found playing at any Game was playing for any Money, Wages, or Stake,

L. And be it enacted, That after the passing of this Act every Pawnbroker within the Metropolitan Police District, and every Agent or Servant employed by any such Pawnbroker, who shall purchase or receive or take any Goods or Chattels in Pawn or Pledge of or from Person apparently under the Age of Sixteen Years, shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Five Pounds.

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LI. And be it enacted, That on the Application of the Minister Empowering or Churchwardens of any Church, Chapel, or other Place of Public the Cominis- Worship within the Metropolitan Police District, to the Commis- Police to sioners of Police, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to make regulate the Orders for regulating the Route and Conduct of Persons who shall Route and drive any Cart or Carriage, or who shall drive any Cattle, Sheep, Conduct of Pigs, or other Animals, within such Parish or Place during the Hours driving Stage of Divine Service on Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or any Carriages, Day appointed for a Public Fast or Thanksgiving, and any Orders Cattle, &c. which shall be so made shall be printed and affixed on or near the during the Church, Chapel, or Place of Public Worship to which the same shall Divine Ser- refer, and in some conspicuous Places leading to and contiguous vice. thereto, and elsewhere, as the Commissioners of Police shall direct; and every Breach of any such Order shall be deemed a separate Offence.

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LII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commis- Regulations sioners of Police, from Time to Time, and as Occasion shall require, for prevent-

ing Obstruc- to make Regulations for the Route to be observed by all Carts, tions in the Carriages, Horses, and Persons, and for preventing Obstruction of Streets dur- the Streets and Thoroughfares within the Metropolitan Police Dis. ing Public trict, in all Times of Public Processions, Public Rejoicings, or Illu- Processions, minations, and also to give Directions to the Constables for keeping Order and for preventing any Obstruction of the Thoroughfares in the immediate Neighbourhood of Her Majesty's Palaces and the Public Offices, the High Court of Parliament, the Courts of Law and Equity, the Police Courts, the Theatres, and other Places of public Resort, and in any Case when the Streets or Thoroughfares may be thronged or may be liable to be obstructed.

LIII. And be it enacted, That no Proprietor of any Stage Car- Proprietors riage duly licensed to carry Passengers for Hire shall be liable to any of Stage

Carriages Penalty for any Deviation from the Route or Line of Route specified not liable to in his Licence which the Driver of such Stage Carriage shall make Penalties for by virtue of any Regulation or Direction made or given by the Com- deviating missioners of Police.

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LIV. And be it enacted, That every Person shall be liable to a Prohibition

of Nuisances Penalty not more than Forty Shillings, who, within the Limits of the

by Persons Metropolitan Police District, shall, any Thoroughfare or public in the Tho- Place, commit any of the following Offences; (that is to say,) roughfares.

1. Every Person who shall, to the Annoyance of the Inhabitants or Passengers, expose for Show or Sale (except in a Market lawfully appointed for that Purpose), or feed or fodder any Horse or other Animal, or show any Caravan containing any Animal, or any other Show or public Entertainment, or shoe, bleed, or farry any Horse or Animal (except in Cases of Accident), or clean, dress, exercise, train, or break any Horse or Animal, or clean, make or repair any Part of any Cart or Carriage, except in Cases of Accident where Repair on the Spot is necessary:

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