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; and private letters 2d. each. The hire of the whole boat 1l. 1s. _Passes_.--No person, unless a settler, to leave his place of abode without a pass, which he is to produce to the chief constable at the settlement expressed in it, and return it to the officer who granted it, under the penalty of three months hard labour, if free; and, if a prisoner, corporal punishment, at discretion of one magistrate, not exceeding one hundred lashes. _Permits_--for removing half a gallon of spirits, etc. to be granted by commissioned officers, superintendants, and licensed retailers; and if any spirits be obtained by fraud and collusion, by any licensed person, if free, he will suffer the penalty of one year's hard labour for the crown, and forfeit his license; and, if a prisoner, he will undergo such punishment as a bench of magistrates may direct. _Petitions_--signed by more than one person, to be sanctioned by three magistrates, under the penalty of prosecution. _Prisoners_--not to be conveyed on board any vessel about to depart: penalty for breach of this order, forfeiture of the boat, and the person rowing it to be subject to two months imprisonment. Nor is any prisoner to be seduced or diverted from the public harvest, under the penalty of ten pounds, half of which to be paid to the informer. _Provisions_--including flour, bread, meat, wheat, etc. not to be sent on board vessels, but by permit for that purpose. _Public Registers_--applications respecting them to be made to the secretary only. _Public Roads_--not to be encroached upon: persons aggrieved thereby, to obtain redress by complaint to the nearest magistrate. _Rations_--allowed to prisoners, prohibited to be purchased or exchanged, under the penalty of being indicted; and, if bartered for spirits, all such found in the house will be staved; if a licensed person, forfeiture of license also: And if the ration is not applied for at the time of issue, it will not afterwards be given. _Sabbath_.--A strict observance of the sabbath, and general attendance at divine service required; during the performance of which all strollers are to be apprehended and confined. _School-house and Chapel at Hawkesbury, erected by Gorvernment for the Benefit of Settlers in that District_.--Those for whom the benefit is designed, invited to become subscribers, for supporting the institution, and maintaining the chaplain and preceptor, by the payment of two-pence
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