The New intended Act of Parliament

For the Benefit of Young Men, Old Men, Wives, Old Maids, Batchelors, Widows, &c.
AT a Meeting of several Ladies and Gentlemen of this Town, held for the better management and conducting of order and regularity of Society, Mr Steady in the chair, the following Resolutions were passed :—

3d. That no Warehouse Clerk, Counter-hopper, Chimney-sweeper, Journey-man, Apprentice, or Dandy, shall smoke a cigar in the street before six o'clock in the morning, or after ten in the evening; for every such offence to grind logwood with their teeth for three months.

5th. That no Old Maid, Wife, or Married woman, shall take more than one pound of snuff in a week, and not take more than one pinch during hours of cooking, for fear of dropping it from their nose into the gravy, under the penalty of not having another pinch for one month.

7th. That any Washer-woman, or any woman going out to daily work, shall be allowed to keep one half of her earnings, and the other half shall be given to her lord and master for drinking money.

10th. That every bachelor, at the age of forty, be compelled to keep two wives, to make up for lost time ; in neglecting so to do, he shall pay a fine of five pounds....to go to the poorest couple in the parish in which he lives.

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