A by-law mentioning that an Act was passed in Queen Victoria’s 22nd reigning year respecting the authority of any Incorporated Village in Upper Canada to pass by-laws. Regards various unlawful behaviours such as; to say anything profane, indecent, grossly insulting, or blasphemous in public, to be drunk or guilty of drunkenness or disorderly behaviour in public, to disturb or annoy any meeting held for worship, improvement or entertainment, to leave fire wood against a building, to let hogs run at large, to let horses run at large, for any person to expose themselves in public or be guilty of any immoral, indecent, or scandalous behavior in public, to play any noise game such as Marbles, Skittles, or Ball, gamble with dice, run races (on either foot or horseback), or dance to or play profane music on Sundays with any violation of this by-law resulting in a fine of no more than 20 dollars (with some provisions in regards to goods).
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