hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 37

32 COLONIAL ORDINANCES.


such Person shall forfeit, for every such First Offence, a Sum not
exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, and for every subsequent Offence a
Sum not exceeding Four Hundred Dollars, together with the Costs
of Prosecution, in every Case to be recovered in a Summary Manner,
as hereinafter provided ; and every such Person shall further, upon
Conviction of any such Offence, be rendered incapable of holding any
License to keep a Public House for the period of Three Years from the
Not to extend to Time of such Conviction : Provided always, that nothing in this Or-
Apothecaries.
dinance shall be deemed or taken to extend or apply to any Person
practising as an Apothecary or Druggist, who may administer or sell
any of the Liquors before mentioned as Medicines or for Medici-
nal Purposes.

Licenses to be valid II. And be it further enacted, That every License granted for
for One Year.
Selling and Retailing Liquors as aforesaid, under the Provisions of this
Ordinance, shall be valid for One Year from the granting of the Cer-
tificate hereinafter mentioned, and no longer.

Forms to be observ-
ed by III. And for the better preventing the granting Licences to unfit
ing for Persons
Licenses.apply or improper Persons, be it further enacted, That every Person desirous
of obtaining a License for keeping a Public House under the
Provisions of this Ordinance, or of obtaining the renewal of a License
before granted, shall, Ten Days before the Day on which his Appli-
cation is to be taken in Consideration , deliver to the Chief Magistrate
of Police a Notice in Writing of his or her Intention to apply
for such License, and that in every such Notice there shall be contained
a full Description of the House proposed to be licensed, with a
Statement of the Applicant's Trade or Calling and Situation in Life,
and whether Married or Unmarried, together with the Names, Resi-
dences, and Additions of his or her proposed Sureties ; and that every
Person giving such Notice shall in like Manner deliver, or cause to be
delivered, with such Notice, a Certificate signed by Three or more
known and respectable Housekeepers, residing within the said Colony
as aforesaid, in the Form prescribed in the Schedule hereunto annexed,
marked (A).

Chief Magistrate of IV. And be it enacted, That the Chief Magistrate of Police may
Police to grant Cer-
tificates. appoint, from Time to Time, as may be necessary, a Day for the
granting or transferring of Licenses, which shall be advertised in
a Public Newspaper at least One Month previously ; and the said
Chief Magistrate of Police, with the Assistance of such other Justices
of the Peace as may attend on any such Day at his Office in Victoria,
shall take into Consideration all Applications which shall have been
made for Licenses for the sale of Liquors in Hongkong and its
Dependencies ; and it shall be lawful for the said Chief Magistrate of
Police to grant to such Persons, after taking the required Recogni-
zances, Certificates in the Form contained in the Schedule hereunto
annexed marked ( B) for authorizing the granting of such License ; and
it shall be lawful for the said Chief Magistrate of Police to adjourn
the Consideration of all or any of the Applications then made to such
other Day or Days as the Chief Magistrate shall from Time to Time
deem expedient : Provided always, that in case of Disagreement
concerning the granting or withholding such Licenses, the Power of
granting or withholding the same shall be at the Time vested in the
said Chief Magistrate of Police, and that all Justices dissenting from
him