Safety and Conduct Regulations on the Royal Rover (Article IV)
Article IV of the pirate code mandated safety and conduct measures, requiring lights and candles to be extinguished by 8 p.m. to reduce fire risk. However, it also provided a regulated outlet for continued social activity, permitting those who wished to keep drinking to do so on the open deck.
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