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Description and Holding Information
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1753-03-02, Act against keeping disorderly houses
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March 2, 1753 Act to prevent the keeping of a disorderly house by tavern keeper, inn holder, or retailer by permitting vices such as destructive
gaming, excessive drinking, debauchery, and the like. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Rhode Island Historical Society
Library).
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Title:
An act to prevent keeping disorderly houses : To encourage virtue and suppress vice, is the end of government ; and nothing tends more directly to obstruct it, than the owners or possessors of houses, permitting any evil practices to be there carried on, such as destructive gaming, excessive drinking, shameful lewdness, debauchery, and uncleanness, or dishonest receiving and concealing stolen goods. And to prevent such mischiefs ...
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OCLC Number:
1091193902
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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