SPIRIT LICENCE ORDINANCE

SPIRIT LICENCE ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1868.

-5pirit Licence.

No. 10 of 1868.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 11 of 1,8-t4, and to enable the 'no,-
Justices of the Peace to grant Licences for the Sale of Fermented and
Spirituous Liquors, by ,Hotel Keepers, Restaurateurs and Confec-
tioners.

(13th October, 1868.)

'WHEREAS ,it is expedient to amend the law relating, to the licensing of
public . hre;wwe.
houses, and, to give power to Justices of the Peace to grant licences for
the
sale by retail offermented and spirituous liquors by persons carrying on
the business
of hotel keepers, Testaurateurs and confectioners: Tae it enacted by the
Governor of
Hongkong-, witli the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows:---

1. There sball be added to section 2 of Ordinance loo. 11 of 1844the
words, section 2er
Ordiiumce N,1 t
~~ excepting in such cases wherein it may be desirable to gratlt licences
for a shorter of l,144 Amended.
period tban one year, in order that such licences shall always expire on
the 30th
November.'

2. There shall be added to section i of the said Ordinance No. 11 of
1834, the
words hereafter mentioned, that is to say: 'Provided always that in cases
wherein
licences are granted for any period less than ono year, tbere shall be
payable only a

proportionate amount of the said sum of three hundred dollars ,with
tenper rcent»-~.:
added.' F

1'roportionui su.u _
!,Illy to be quid -
when licence f'oi'::

less thus it yenr:-

3: Notwithstanding anything contained in Ordinance No. 11 of~l

;'

lawful for the Justices of the Peace to bract licences for the sate
ox`-fetmerited and:`r

spirituous liquors by retail to persons carrying on the business o£
laotellseepets;; restau ~ v
rateuus, or confectioners, and the forms of application, recognizance;`
certi6cat:eand
licence shall, when persons carry on such business as aforesaid, be
in-tlie forms con:
tamed in the schedule hereunto annexed, mapped respectively E, F; G, and
11.

To

APPLICAfTONT-rOtL SPIRIT LI(TSCE.

1'lw Po.'i,-a 11agistra2es e:TIung7ton3,
h- ., , now residing at

in the Colony o£ Hongkong, da~herebp gige notice that it-is-my intention
to apply at, the fleXt licoiu.
meeting :. . for a licence to sell and retail ale, beer, and
-atliez.'Thaltr7iguoia;-

wine, cider, ginger-beer, spruce=beef; brandy,-ium; or other fermented or
spirituoris lequ4t~;t-rn sxifi
quantity- under two gallons at hue time, in the house and appurtenances
thereunto b'e1'ing, ~o.: _ , ~-

situated at ~ on
is landtqrd; as an adjunct to my business of
said house and premises under the name or stele of

Lot ?PTO,

wliereo£.an8: '
which I am carrying on, in the,
I. am (mai'riad ow -usvotarricd as
UIiD.TNA\:GE..No.°I0: OF l.$6$°.

,~Spirit .licence.,

the case way be) and I have held a licence (if hqfme licensed state laow
maany dears.) .I further give

notice that T propose ~ of
as my sureties to cuter with me into the required recognizances.
Given under my hand at Hongkong, this

Day of

and of

186

We, the undersigned, householders residing at do hereby certify that the
above
of is a person of good fame and reputation, and fit
and proper to be licensed for the sale of fermented and spirituous
liquors as aforesaid.

Witness our hands, this day of

SPIRIT LICENCE RECOGNIZANCE.

COLONY' 0V
J:19NGIfoNd 13C it remembered, that on the
'To WIT,

156 , came personally b6foTe me

day of

Magistrate of

ig~.ong: arid°aokuayl6 otlged.tliemselves to owe to Our Lady the Queens
to wft,=~

tit o-i
tho.said
the acid

in the sum of three hundred do11a'is:-
in the sum of three hundred dollars
in the slim of three hundred dol'14's'

of lawful current dollars of Hongkong, to be respectively levied of their
several goods and chattels,-'
lands and tenements, to the use of Our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and
Successors, in case defauLt
sliall be made in the perfoqwncc of any of the conditions hereunder
written :-

The conditions of this recognizance are such, that whereas the said

is to be licensed to sell ale, beer, and other malt liquors, and wine,
cider, ginger-beer, spruce-beer,
brandy, rum, arid other fermented and spirituous liquors, in the house
wherein he now dwells,.in any
quantity under two gallons, No. situate, at on Lot No.

whereof is landlord,. as an adjunct to the business of

C6d by him in,the said housq and appurtenances thereunto belonging under
the name or -style of
RTA OD

if the said do keep the law in selling by retail

~.~safoieaa:d ale, beer, arid other such liquors in his said house, of
appurtenances thereunto belonging'; _
yd-sixall not conduct the business or exercise the power of his licence
in the manner of an ordinary

`w;-piib2c ho~tse,,by having a public bar for the purpose of drinking
spirituous or fermented liquors thereat;
~4dci.rioG permit any person to become drunk, or supply or permit such
liquor as aforesaid to be
supplied osgiven, to any person in a. state of intoxication, and do not
permit any person to, play at
cards, slice, or.-any other game of chance in his house or premises; or
to commit any disorder therein, or
to remain in or upon the same tippling or' drinking after the hour of at
night, always
excepting moderate refreshment to persons who. may be bong fide
travelling, or who may be inmates :of
the house; nor .suffer any, disorder to be committed in his house or
premise; nor refuse to adtriit a
~hnystrate or constable into any ,partof.thc said liouse or premises at
any hour; and do maintaingood

order and rule therein,-then the said recognizance to be void, otherwise
to remain in full force.

Taken and acknowledged the day,
and year above written, before me

Police Hagist?ate.
V RDII`TANIT Nor.,, ' 0 of

Spirit Liveitee.

(G

COLONY OF ~
HONCigONG AT The Licensing Meeting
TO WIT.
holden at the Magistracy on the

SPIRIT LICENCE CERTIFICATE.

day of in the year of Our Lord one thousand

eight hundred and for the purpose of considering applications made to me
for holding licences

for the sale and retail of fermented and spirituous liquors in Hongkong
aforesaid,
h. ,

hereby authorize the Colonial Treasurer to issue a licence to
for retailing the said liquors in any quantity uncles two gallons at the
house No. _ whereof'

is landlord; situated in
Lot No. , as an adjunct to the business of
said house under the name or style of

commencing on the and ending on the

And I do hereby certify that am satisfied the said

in the said colony on

carried on by him in the
for the

is a person of good

fame and reputation and is fit and proper to conduct such house as
aforesaid; and also, that I have

taken from the said
the requisite recognizances in the sum of
prescribed by Ordinance.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court

day of

COLONY of
HONGKONG Whereas
TO WIT.

deposited in this office a certificate from

at th~plaoe first above written.

FORM 6'V LIC>;NC>,;.

Police- AIagistrate:datcd the

day of in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

authorising a licence to be issued to the said
liquors in any quantity uncles two gallons at the house No.

landlord, situated in
to the business of
for the term of

and his sureties and
each, according to the form

on the

Polies Alngistrntr.

for retailing spirituous and fermented
whereof

the said Colony on Lot No. as an,adjunct

carried on by him in the said house under the name or style of
commencing on the and ending on the
and stating that the said Police Magistrate has taken from the said

and two sureties a recognizance in the sum of

each as required by law; and whereas the said hatli paid into my office the
sum of - as the, fee on such licence. Now, I, the Colonial Treasurer of
the Colony
of Hongkong, in virtue of the powers vested in me, do hereby licence,
authorize, and empower the said
to sell and retail iii the house in which- (he or- she) now dtvelleth, and

in the appurtenances thereunto belonging, but not elsewhere, ale,, beer,
and other malt liquors, -or
wine, cider, ginger beer, spruce beer, brandy, rum, or other fermented or
spirituous liquors, and this
li cence shall continuo in force until the clay,of now next ensuing, and ito
longer, and also provided it be not forfeited in the meantime, according
to the provisions of the

Ordinance in that behalf.
' Given under my hand 'and seal this day of
one thousand eight hundred and

Registered,

[Repeal ed by Ordinance X1'0. 21 of 188G.]

Colonial h,
1013
Title.
Preamble.
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 amended.
Proportional sum only to be paid when licence for less than a year.
Power to Justices of the Peace to grant licences.
1014
1015

1013
Title.
Preamble.
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 amended.
Proportional sum only to be paid when licence for less than a year.
Power to Justices of the Peace to grant licences.
1014
1015

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