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Show 116 from tyranny oppression of any kind are hereby permitted and empowered to submit their complaints and appeals to this Office, or to or lay them before me personally. (3) Offenders proved guilty of acts of tyranny and oppression complainants will be summarily punished, and the wrongs suffered by the latter will be righted, under- the supervision of an Officer nominated by the Government. In cases of theft, or assault, contumacy, the victims of such acts must, on their occurrence, notify-the Officer in command at the nearest guard towards such house. (4) The price of bread and meat must remain at the present Should the normal price be raised, those responsible for such rise will be fined a sum of money double the amount of the difference between the normal price and the raised at which rate. price they have sold. (5) Assemblies exceeding five formances or in the streets or open spaces of the city persons, whether assembled to watch street-per to listen to speeches, will be dispersed by armed force. (6) Persons engaged in the sale of fire-arms or-their appurtenances are hereby warned that from this date onwards they are out my rigorously prohibited permission. from such to anyone with Permission to sell arms to persons who are in need of them will be granted by selling me only. (7) Seeing that the discharge ·of fire-arms in the town may give rise to the idea of some disturbance, a number of Cossacks will at once be despatched to that placeto put down the disturbance. If a gun be discharged by mistake, the offender will be imprisoned for a definite period. If a gun be fired at a thief by night, some of the Cossacks who are guarding the city will be detailed to enter - the house and make the necessary investigations. Persons delib erately and willfully discharging fire-arms will, when captured, be punished with the utmost rigour. (8) Should a gun be discharged from any house in the streets quarters of the city -in the direction of any street or place patrolled by the soldiers who will be constantly on the move, that house will be destroyed and reduced to ruins by artillery and musketry, should 'it be clearly and certainly proved that ulterior motives prompted such discharge. In such cases the house will or . , |
