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34 ORDINANCE No. 11 of 1844 .


Licensing Public Houses, &c.


or unmarried, together with the names, residence, 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 4. And be it enacted , that the Chief Magistrate of Police may appoint, from time
of Police togrant
certificates. 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 Hong
kong, and its dependencies , and it shall be lawful, for the said Chief Magistrate of
Police, to grant to such persons, after taking the required recognizances, 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. Pro
vided always, that in case of disagreement, concerning the granting, or with -holding
such licenses, the power of granting, or with-holding, the same, shall be at the time
vested in the said Chief Magistrate of Police, and that all Justices, dissenting from 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 .

Applicant to 5. And be it further enacted , that every person applying for a license shall, before
enter into
recognizance
before certificate the Chief Magistrate of Police deliver to him or her a certificate as aforesaid, to
shall be granted.
authorize the issue of such license, enter into a recognizance in the form , and with the
conditions, contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked C., with two sureties.
in the sum of three hundred dollars each, and all such recognizances with their con
ditions, shall be regularly recorded .

Proviso for 6. And be it further enacted, that in case any person , desirous of obtaining such
persons
prevented from certificate for a license, shall be hindered by sickness or infirmity, or by any other
appearing by
illness.
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 favourof 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 recog
nizance.

Certificate to le 7. And be it further enacted, that every certificate which shall be granted by the
Jedged with
Colonial said Chief Magistrate, to authorize the issuing of a license as aforesaid, shall after the
Treasurer who
willgrant a
license. passing of this Ordinance, be 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