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7° VICTORIE.-No. 11 OF 1844.
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him may enter the Reasons of their Dissent in the Proceedings of
the Court, and the said Chief Magistrate shall submit them to the
Governor of Hongkong, and take his final Decision thereon.

V. And be it further enacted, That every Person applying for a Applicant to enter
into
License shall, before the Chief Magistrate of Police deliver to him or fore Certificate shall
her a Certificate as aforesaid to authorize the issue of such License, be granted.
enter into a Recognizance in the Form and with the Conditions con-
tained in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked (C,) with Two
Sureties in the Sum of Three Hundred Dollars each ; and all such
Recognizances, with their Conditions, shall be regulary recorded .

VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person desirous Proviso for Persons
prevented from ap-
of obtaining such Certificate for a License shall be hindered by pearing by Illness.
Sickness or Infirmity, or by any other reasonable Cause, from
attending in Person on any such Licensing Day, such Cause of
Absence being proved to the Satisfaction of the said Chief Magistrate
of Police, it shall be lawful for the said Chief Magistrate to certify in
favour of such Person, upon Three sufficient Sureties, to be approved
as aforesaid, entering into such Recognizance, each in the Sum of
Three Hundred Dollars, for Performance of the Conditions of the said
Recognizance.


VII. And be it further enacted , That every Certificate which shall edCertificate to beTrea-
with Colonial lodg-
be granted by the said Chief Magistrate, to authorize the issuing of a surer, who will grant
License as aforesaid, shall, after the passing of this Ordinance, be a License.
null and void, unless the same, and the Sum required to be paid for
such License, be lodged in the Office of the Colonial Treasurer, or in
such other Office as may hereafter be appointed by the said Governor
for that Purpose, within Fourteen Days after the Date of such Cer-
tificate ; and the said Colonial Treasurer, or other Officer who may
hereafter be appointed for that Purpose, shall, and he is hereby
authorized and required forthwith, after the Receipt of every such
Certificate, to issue a License in the Form contained in the
Schedule hereunto annexed marked ( D, ) and shall register the
ame in his Office, upon Payment being made to the said Colonial
Treasurer or other Officer of the Sum of Fifty Dollars for every such
License.


VIII. And be it further enacted , That it shall and may be lawful order
The Governor
Licenses may
for
to and for the Governor of the said Colony to allow and authorize the Houses not nearer
said Colonial Treasurer, or other Officer as aforesaid, to issue a than Two Miles to the
Town of Victoria.
License or Licenses to any Person duly qualified, who shall have
obtained the required Certificate from the said Chief Magistrate
hereinbefore directed, for any House within the said Colony, which
shall not be nearer than Two Miles to the Government House at
Victoria, upon the Payment of such Sum, not exceeding Fifty Dollars,
as, taking into Consideration the Situation of the House, shall
seem just and reasonable.

IX. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Chief Chief Magistrate to
transfer Licenses.
Magistrate, at such Days hereinbefore mentioned, to Transfer the
License of any House, licensed as aforesaid, to the Appointee of the
Original Holder of such License, such Appointee giving the like Notice,
producing the like Certificates, and entering into the same Recogni-
I zances