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Mode of deciding application,

Application for public- an's or ad- junct licence.

Decision of Licensing Board subject to appeal to Governor- iu-Council.

Applications refused not to be renew-

ed within

twelve

months.

Advertise-

ment of application.

Issue of licences and fecs.

Duration of licence.

Transfer of licence.

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11. All questions arising at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of votes of the Justices present. In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

12. Every person desirous of obtaining a publican's or an adjunct licence shall make application in writing to such Licensing Board in the Form No. 2 or the Form No. 3 in the First Schedale to this Ordinance accor ling to the nature of the licence required. Such application shall state the name and address of the applicant, his nationality, the period or periods, if any, during which he has pre- viously held a licence, and the address and the proposed name or sign of the premises in respect of which a lie sane is desired.

13. The said Licensing Board may refuse such appli- cation or they may accept it absolutely or subject to con- ditions. The applicant or twenty householders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the premises licensed or to be licensed shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in- Council with respect to any decision of such Board under

this section.

14. In the event of the refusal of an application by the Licensing Board the applicant shall not be entitled to make another application in respect of the same premises within a period of twelve month's from the original appli-

cation.

15. The said Licensing Board shall in every case at least one week previous to the acceptance of an applica ton cause advertisement to be made in the Gazette andin' one local newspaper at the expense of the applicant setting forth the name and address of the applicant and the proposed name or sign of the premises in respect of which à licence is desired.

16. As soon as may be after the acceptance of an up- plication the said Licensing Board shall notify the Colo- nial Treasurer thercof: wliereupon the Colonial Treasurer shall, upon payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, issue to the applicant a licence in the Form No. 4, the Form No. 5 or Form No. 6 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance according to the nature of the licence applied for.

17. Every publican's or adjunct licence shall be valid only until the thirtieth day of November next following the date on which it is granted: Provided always thatt where this period is less than a year, a proportionate part only of the aforesaid fee shall be charged, to which (except in the case of the transfer of a licence) ten per cent. shal be added.

Transfer of Publican's and Adjunct Licences.

18. The said Licensing Board may, in their discretion and subject to payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, direct the transfer, in respect of the same premises, of any publican's or adjunct licence to the nominee of the original holder of such licence, such nominee making a like application as if applying for a licence ou his own behalf. A note of such transfer shall be endorsed by the Colonial Treasurer upon the licence. The applicant or twenty householders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the premises licensed or to be licensed shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in- Council with respect to any decision of such Board under this section.

Provision for

Death or Insolvency of Licensee.

19. In case of the death or insolvency of any person case of death holding a publican's or an adjunct licence under this orinsolvency Ordinance, the exceutor or administrator or trustee of such licensee may carry on the business of such licensed house until the expiration of the licence, subject in every respect

of licensee.

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