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9° VICTORIE.-No. 14 OF 1845. 57


large any unmuzzled ferocious Dog or other Animal belonging
to him, or set on or urge any Dog or other Animal to attack,
worry, or put in fear any Person , Horse, or other Animal.
11. Every Person who, upon any Public Footway, shall roll
or carry any Barrel, Cask, Butt, or other Thing calculated to
annoy or incommode the Passengers thereon, except for the
purpose of Housing them or of loading any Cart or Carriage on
the other Side of the Footway.
12. Every Person who in, near, or adjoining any Public
Road or Thoroughfare, shall wantonly or unnecessarily blow
any Horn, beat any Gong or Drum, or make any other Noise
calculated to annoy or alarm any Person, or to frighten any
Horse or other Animal : Provided always, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed and extend to any Religious Pro-
cession or Festival, for the due Celebration of which the Consent
of the Chief Magistrate of Police has been obtained .
13. Every Person who shall wantonly discharge any Fire-
arms, or throw or discharge any Stone or other Missile, or make
any Bonfire, or throw or set fire to any Firework, to the Damage
or Danger of any Person.
14. Every Person who shall wilfully and wantonly disturb
any Inhabitant by pulling or ringing any Door-bell, or by knock-
ing or striking at any Door without lawful Excuse, or who
shall wilfully and unlawfully extinguish the Light of any Lamp.
15. Every Person who shall play at any Game or Pastime
to the Annoyance of the Inhabitants or Passengers .
16. Every Person who shall play at any Game in any
Public Passage or Road so as to obstruct the same, or create a
noisy Assembly therein.
17. Every Person who shall beg, or expose any Sore or
Infirmity to view, for the purpose of exciting Compassion and
obtaining Alms, or shall lewdly and indecently expose his Person ,
by bathing or otherwise near any Public Road or Dwelling-house.
And it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the
Police Force to take into Custody, without Warrant, any Person
who shall commit any such Offence within View of any such
Constable ; or if such Offence shall not have been committed
within View of such Constable, then upon Complaint of the
Party who shall have been injured or annoyed by, or been
Witness to, the Commission of any such Offence ; and in the
Absence of any such Constable, it shall be lawful for the Party
so injured or annoyed, or who shall have seen the Offence
committed, to seize and detain the Offender until he can be given
into the Custody of such Constable, or until he can be taken before
a Magistrate.


III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Person Prohibiting other
Nuisances, &c.
who shall, within the said Colony, be guilty of any of the following
Offences, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds :-
1. Every Person who shall erect any Shed or House of
Matting or other inflammable Material, so as in case of Fire to
endanger any neighbouring Building.
2. Every Person who, without the Consent of the Owner
or Occupier, shall affix any Posting-bill or other Paper against
or upon any Building, Wall, Fence, or Pale, or write upon, soil,
P deface,