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ORDINANCE No. 21 OF 1844 . 107


Salt, Opium Licensing &c.


being duly paid after conviction the same shall be levied by distress in the usual man
ner on the offender's goods and chattels and if there be no sufficient distress every such
offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six calendar
months.

5. And be it further enacted and ordained that it shall and may be lawful to and Power to
Governor in
for the said Governor in Council from time to time to make such further regulations Council to make
regulations from
time to time.
or orders as to him shall seem fit, respecting the weighing or vending of salt or
opium bhaang ganja paun betel and betel -leaf with a power to enforce the same by
such penalties as shall seem expedient, provided always that such penalties shall not
exceed those hereinbefore imposed.

6. And be it further enacted and ordained that it shall and may be lawful to and Power to
Governor in
for the said Governor with the advice of the said Council to make hereafter all such Council to make
like regulations
for the farming
rules and regulations as to him may seem expedient concerning the farming selling selling and
retailing of
and retailing of bhaang ganja paun betel and betel-leaf and that in the making bhaang ganja
pann betel and
and enforcing of such rules and regulations he shall be vested with all and singular the betel-leaf as for
opium.
powers and authority hereby vested in him with respect to the farming selling and
retailing of opium.

7. And be it further enacted and ordained that no person shall exercise or carry No person to act
as pawnbroker
on the trade or occupation of a pawnbroker or of an auctioneer or shall keep a public auctioneer or
keep public
billiard table
billiard table without having previously obtained a licence from the Governor for the without a
licence.
time being in Council which licence shall endure for the space of one year from the
date thereof provided always that every person taking out a pawnbroker's or an
auctioneer's licence or licence for a public billiard table shall pay into the Colonial
Treasury such sums as to His Excellency the Governor with the advice of the
Executive Council may seem fit the said sums to be paid previous to the granting of
such licence or licences.

8. And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person shall without having Penalty $200.
obtained such licence as aforesaid carry on or exercise the trade or occupation of a
pawnbroker or auctioneer or keep a public billiard table or either or any of them
or shall be convicted of exposing for sale or putting up any thing whatever to public
auction or of taking any thing whatever in pawn he shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two hundred dollars to be recovered in a summary manner before any Police
Magistrate and in default of payment the same to be levied by distress of his goods and
chattels.

9. And be it further enacted and ordained that the Governor in Council if he see Auction duty
of 2 per cent.
fit shall be empowered to levy an auction duty of two-and -a-half per cent on all sales
by auction within this Colony.
10. And be it further enacted and ordained that every person who shall act as an Auctioneer to
make quarterly
auctioneer in the said Colony shall make and give at the office of the Colonial returns on oath
and deduct
auction duties.
Secretary once in every three months a faithful and true return on oath of all the sums
received at sales made by him as auctioneer within the said three months and that