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for the effectual Prevention or Detection of any Felonies or Misde-
meanours .


VIII. And be it further enacted and ordained , That it shall be , Superintendent, &c.,
having just Cause to
lawful for every Superintendent, Inspector, or Sergeant belonging to suspect Felony, may
the Police Force, having just Cause to suspect that any Felony has and
entertake
on board Vessels
up suspected
been or is about to be committed in or on board of any Ship, Boat, Persons.
or other Vessel lying in the Harbour or Waters aforesaid, to enter at
all Times, as well by Night as by Day, into and upon every such
Ship, Boat, or other Vessel, 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.

IX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Person Removing Land-
marks.
who shall remove or carry away any Stone or Stake driven into the
Ground as 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.


X. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Person Wantonlybreaking or
who shall wilfully cut, break, damage, injure, or destroy any Tree, injuring
& c. Trees, Fences,
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 Magistrate to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding
Fourteen Days .


XI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Person Exposing for sale un-
wholesome Food, & c.
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. And be it further enacted and ordained , That every Person . Unlawfully possess
who shall have in his Possession any Spear, Bludgeon, or other ing offensive Weapons,
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 Person Behaving riotously,
who shall behave in a riotous, noisy, or disorderly Manner, or shall the
or provoking
Peace. Breach of
use any profane or indecent Language, or any threatening, abusive,
or insulting Words or Behaviour with intent to provoke a Breach of
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