INNKEEPERS ORDINANCE, 1912

INNKEEPERS ORDINANCE, 1912

No. 29 of 1912.
For the further relief of Innkeepers. [4th October, 1912.]

1. The Innkeepers Ordinance, 1912.





2. In this Ordinance-

---Inn--- means any hotel, inn or other Place of refreshment the
keeper of which has now by law a lien on any property deposited
with him or left on his premises.

Innkeeper--- means the keeper of any such place and

a public company.

3. An innkeeper shall, in addition to his ordinary lien, have the
right absolutely to sell by public auction any property which may
have been deposited with him or left in the inn he keeps or in the
premises appurtenant or belonging thereto, where the person
depositing or leaving such Property shall be or become indebted to the
said innkeeper either for any board or lodging or for the keep or
expenses of any animal left such Dinkeeper or standing at
livery in the stables or fields occupied by such innkeeper : pro
vided however

(1) that, except In the case of perishable Property, no such Sale
shall be made until the sald property shall have been for the
space of six weeks in such charge on demand pay to the person
premises without such debt having- been satisfied;


(2) that such innkeeper, after having, out of the proceeds of such
sale, paid himself the amount of any such debt together with the
costs and expenses of such sale, shall on demand pay to the person
depositing or leaving such debt the surplus (if any) remaining
after such sale;

(3) that the debt for the paynient of which a sale is made shall
not be any other or greater debt than the debt for which the pro-
perty could have been retained by the innkeeper under his lien ;

(4) that, in the case of perishable property, as soon as conveniently
may be either before or after such sale, and in the case of other
property at least one month before any such sale, the innkeeper shall
cause to be inserted in a newspaper circulating in the Colony an
advertisement containing a notice of such sale or intended sale and
giving shortly a description of the property sold or intended to be
sold together with the name of the owner or person where known
who deposited or left the same.

No. 30 of 1912, incorporated in No. 3 of 1890.
Short title. Interpretation of terms cf. No. 3 of 1870. Innkeeper to have a right of sale in addition to his in. Cf. 41 & 42 Vict. C. 38 s. 1.

Short title. Interpretation of terms cf. No. 3 of 1870. Innkeeper to have a right of sale in addition to his in. Cf. 41 & 42 Vict. C. 38 s. 1.

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