:09:09. > :09:16.Have you ever stepped out of line? Of course you have. And if someone
:09:17. > :09:22.threatened to read you the riot act? The riot act was a real law that
:09:23. > :09:26.came into force in 1715. George the first was afraid of Jacobitd monks
:09:27. > :09:34.are starting an uprising. And this act was the answer to his problems.
:09:35. > :09:37.A magistrate was required to read aloud -- read aloud a set of
:09:38. > :09:41.proclamations in front of a mob of 12 or more people demanding that
:09:42. > :09:45.they disburse within the hotr. Immediately dispersed themsdlves and
:09:46. > :09:47.peacefully departs to their habitation. If they didn't, the
:09:48. > :09:49.militia