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Board during the absence of the substantive member, provided that an acting member may be appointed by the Governor if no nomination is received for the acting appoint-
ment.
(7.) Three members of the Board, one of whom must be, the chairman or vice-chairman, shall form a quorum.
Objects and Reasons,
1. The object of this bill is to provide for the event of no nomination being received for the election of members of the Licensing. Board. The bill proposes to give the Governor power to appoint a member in such
a case.
2. The bill also proposes to reduce the quorum from five to three, as five seems an inconveniently large quorum for a Board which consists of only seven members.
3. The bill also provides that the elected Justices are to be elected by the unofficial Justices of the Peace.
4. The bill also provides that an acting member may be appointed or elected, as the case may be, if a sub- stantive member is "absent from the Colony" The existing section provides that if an elected Justice is absent from the Colony for a period of six mouths, the vacancy shall be filled......". It is not quite clear whe- ther this refers to an intended absence of six months, or whether it means that a substantive member must have been absent for six months before the vacancy can be filled. In the case of appointed members the existing section makes no reference to the period of absence, and it seems advisable to adopt this principle for both classes of members, so that the right to fill the vacancy will arise immediately upon the absence of the substantive member. Probably no steps would be taken to fill the vacancy if the substantive member were leaving the Colony for only a short period.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General,
2nd February, 1920,
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 54.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Cholera.
Bangkok.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Cholera.
Philippine Islands,
Do.
Notification No. 194 of 26th April, 1919.
Notification No. 418 of 12th September, 1919.