A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their PreventionColquhoun, Patrick
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A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention
Colquhoun, Patrick
Crime -- England -- London; Police -- England -- London
XIV. These Commissioners being authorized by the Lords of
the Treasury, might take under their management all matters
relative to the Lottery; not only with a view to a more
oeconomical mode of drawing the same, but also for the
purpose of rendering the Revenue productive to the State,
without the evil consequences which at present arise from it
to the morals of the lower orders of the people, and the
distresses and miseries to which its fascinating delusions
subject them.
XV. It would be the duty of the Board, availing itself of
the practical knowledge which may be obtained by means of a
System of general superintendence in the Police Department,
to attend closely to the operation of the whole of the
present code of penal Laws, with respect to its efficacy and
utility; and where imperfections are discovered, to suggest
from time to time such improvements as may appear useful and
beneficial to the Police, and to the Revenue.
XVI. The Select Committee in their Report recommend, that
the proposed Board should have power "to make Bye-Laws for
the regulation of such minor objects of Police as relate to
the objects of their superintendence, and to the control of
all Coaches, Chairs, Carts, Barrows, and the conduct of all
Coachmen and Chairmen, Carters, &c. and the removal and
prevention of all annoyances, and the correction of all
offences against the cleanliness and quiet, and the free
passage of the streets of the Metropolis, in like manner as
is now possessed, by the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches,
and subject to the approbation of the Superior Judges."
XVII. To superintend the general receipts and disbursements
of the Establishment, and to report the same quarterly to
the Treasury, and to the principal Secretary of State for
the Home Department.
XVIII. To receive and execute the instructions of the
Treasury in all matters respecting Finance and Revenue; and
the instructions and directions of His Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Home Department in all matters of Police.
XIX. To establish a more correct System through the medium
of the Select Magistrates, whereby the Laws for the
prevention and punishment of offences may be more
effectually and universally carried into execution, and not
in many instances remain a dead letter, as at present, to
the great injury of the community; or be partially carried
into effect in particular parts of the country, against a
few individuals, or for mere temporary purposes.
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