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20. Be it enacted, That any person who shall ride or drive through any street, or public place, so as to endanger the limbs or lives of other persons, shall be liable to a fine of not more than ten and not less than two pounds.

21. Be it enacted, That any person who shall suffer to be at large any unmuzzled ferocious dog, or set on, or urge any dog to attack, worry, or put in fear any person, horse, or other animal, shall be liable to a fine of not more than forty shillings nor less than ten shillings.

22. Be it enacted, That any person shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings who shall in any thoroughfare, or public place, commit any of the following offences, that is to say:—

23. Every person who shall by negligence or ill usage in driving cattle, cause any mischief to be done by such cattle, or shall, in any wise, misbehave himself in the driving or management of such cattle, and also every person not being hired or employed to drive such cattle, who shall wantonly pelt, drive, or hurt such cattle.

24. Every person who shall wilfully damage any building, wall, fence, paling, fixture, or appendage thereto, or who shall steal or wilfully damage any tree, shrub, or other plant, or any seat in any walk, park, or garden.

25. Every person who shall distribute or offer for sale, or exhibit any profane, indecent, or obscene book, paper, print, drawing, painting, or representation, or sing any profane, indecent, or obscene song or ballad, or write, or draw, any indecent or obscene word, figure, or representation, or use any profane, indecent, or obscene language to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers.

26. Every person who shall use any threatening, abusive, or insulting words in the presence or hearing of any Constable, or behave himself so as to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby the passage along the street may be obstructed by causing a crowd to collect or otherwise.

27. Every person who shall wilfully disturb any inhabitant by ringing any door bell, knocking at any door, or who shall deface, injure, or remove any door-plate, bell, knocker, lamp, or sign-board.

28. Be it enacted, That in case any person shall lodge any information before any Justice of the Peace, for any offence by which he was not personally aggrieved, and shall afterwards, directly or indirectly, receive any sum of money or other reward for compounding, delaying, or withdrawing the information, he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds.

29. Be it enacted, That the Commissioners for the repairs of streets, [the Resident Magistrate, where there are no such Commissioners,] or any person deputed by them [or him,] may set out and mark the length and breadth of the footways and carriage-ways, as well as the limits of any town within or to be brought within the operation of this Ordinance, and such Commissioners for the repairs of streets, [or Resident Magistrate where there are no such Commissioners,] or any person deputed by them [or him,] shall not be deemed a trespasser by entering upon the property of any person for the purpose of setting out, or measuring the limits of the footways, carriage-ways, or towns.

30. Be it enacted, That so soon as the limits of any town, or of the foot and carriage-ways, shall have been ascertained as aforesaid, and the said limits published by competent authority, any person erecting any building or part of a building, so as to encroach on the said limits without license first obtained from the Commissioners for the repairs of streets, [or from the Resident Magistrate where there are no such Commissioners,] shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty pounds.

31. Be it enacted, That the Commissioners for the repairs of streets, [or the Resident Magistrate, where there are no such Commissioners,] may make regulations for the length, breadth, height, steps or inclination, and for the general maintenance of the footways, and for that purpose may remove flagging, steps, posts, or other impediments.

32. Be it enacted, That the provisions of this Ordinance shall immediately be in force within such limits of the