Application to transfer licence, notice of. Form. scribe the house intended to be opened, specifying the situation of it, the person of whom rented, the present or late occupier, whether kept or used as an inn, ale-house, or victualling house, within the three years preceding; and if so, by whom, and under what sign); and which I intend to keep as an inn, ale-house, or victualling-house.* Given under my hand this day of -, 182-. The person, or the heirs, executors, adminis trators, or assigns of the person to whom a licence has been granted, must serve on one overseer and one peace officer of the parish or place five days at least before a special session, a notice of his or their intention to transfer such licence, and to apply to such special session for permission so to do.t Such notice must be printed, or written in a fair and legible hand, and signed by the party intending to apply or his authorised agent, and must state the Christian and surname, and the place of residence and trade or calling for the preceding six months of the person to whom it is intended to transfer the licence. The following form is prescribed +: To the overseers of the poor, and the constables of the parish of, in the county of, and to all whom it may concern. I, A. B. (or We, the executors, &c. of the late A. B.) victualler, being authorized by virtue of the licence granted to me (or him or her) at the general annual licensing meeting (or spe*9 Geo. 4. c. 61. sch. A. ‡ Ib. + Ib. s. 11. cial session) held at, on the day of -, one thousand eight hundred and, to sell exciseable liquor by retail to be drunk or consumed in the house or premises thereunto belonging, situate at (here describe the situation of the house) and commonly known by the sign of the -, do hereby give notice, That it is my (or our) intention to apply at the special session to be holden at —, in the county of, on the day of, one thousand eight hundred and, for permission to transfer the above mentioned licence to C. D. (state his trade or occupation) now residing at, in the parish of —, in the county of, and for six months last past having resided at, (or in the several parishes of --) in the county of (or counties of -that the said C. D. intending to keep as an inn, ale-house, or victualling-house, the said house so as aforesaid kept by me (or us) may sell exciseable liquors by retail to be drunk or consumed in the said house or premises thereunto belonging.* Given under my hand this day of, 182-. At the general annual licensing meeting (or Form of an adjournment of the general annual licensing licence by justices. meeting, or at a special petty session) of his majesty's justices of the peace acting for the division (or liberty, &c. as the case may be) of— in the county of -, holden at on the day of — * 9 Geo. 4. c. 61. sch. B. Form of licence by justices. drunk or consumed on the premises, we being of his Majesty's justices of the peace acting for the said county (or liberty, &c. as the case may be) and being the majority of those assembled at the said session, do hereby authorise and empower A. L., now dwelling at —, in the parish of and keeping (or intending to keep) an inn, ale-house, or victualling-house at the sign of the -, in the of —, in the division and county aforesaid, to sell by retail therein, and in the premises thereunto belonging, all such exciseable liquors as the said A. L. shall be licensed and empowered to sell under the authority and permission of any excise licence, and to permit all such liquors to be drunk or consumed in his said house or in the premises thereunto belonging; provided that he (or she) do not fraudulently dilute or adulterate the same, or sell the same knowing them to have been fraudulently diluted or adulterated; and do not use in selling thereof any weights or measures that are not of the legal standard; and do not wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness or other disorderly conduct in his (or her) house or premises; and do not knowingly suffer any unlawful games, or any gaming what. soever therein; and do not knowingly permit or suffer persons of notoriously bad character to assemble and meet together therein; and do not keep open his (or her) house except for the reception of travellers, nor permit or suffer any beer or other excisable liquor, to be conveyed from or out of his (or her) premises, during the usual hours of the morning and afternoon divine service, in the church or chapel of the parish or Form of licence by place in which bis (or her) house is situated, on justices. Sundays, Christmas-day, or Good-Friday, but do maintain good order and rule therein; and this licence shall continue in force from the day of next until the ensuing, and no longer. day of then next Provided that the said A. L. shall not in the mean time become a sheriff's officer, or officer executing the process of any court of justice, in either of which cases this licence shall be void. Given under our hands and seals on the day and at the place first above written.* from ex The licence must state the business for which, Licence the true name and place of abode of the person cise. or persons to whom, and the true date or time when, it is granted, and the place at which the business is to be carried on.t One licence is sufficient, although several How many persons carry on the business in partnership.+ It is illegal to grant a licence in respect of a house which is not forthwith to be converted into a public-house; and a justice or other person may be punished for a misdemeanor, if, by an improper influence, he obtain a licence for the purpose of keeping it on foot to enhance the value of his property, in case, at a future time, it should be thought advantageous to use it as a public-house.‡ Any two justices in their jurisdictions may Canteen. grant or transfer any licence for selling ale by * 9 Geo. 4. c. 61. sch. D. +6 Geo. 4. c. 81. s. 7. R. v. Bingham, 1 Burn's Just. 49-case printed. C Canteen. retail, or cider, or perry, to be drank or consumed in any house or houses or premises*, where more houses or premises than one shall be held together by the person or persons as a canteen, or any licence to sell spirituous liquors or strong waters, or wine, or liquor by retail to any person or persons applying for the same, who shall hold any canteen under any lease thereof, or any agreement, or other authority from any two of the principal officers of the Board of Ordnance, or from any two of the late commissioners for the affairs of barracks, or from the comptroller or other proper officer of the barrack department, without regard to the time of year, or any notice or certificate specified or required in relation to applying for or granting any such licences; and the commissioners of excise or the person appointed or employed by them in that behalf, or the collectors or supervisors of excise within their respective districts, shall grant licences for selling beer or ale by retail, or cider, or perry, to be drank in the house or premises occupied as a canteen of the person or persons applying for such licence, or any licence to sell spirituous liquors, strong waters, or wine, or liquor by retail, to any such person or persons who shall hold any such canteen under any such licence, or transfer of any such licence, of any justice as aforesaid; and any person or persons holding any such canteen under any such lease, agreement, or authority as aforesaid, and having such licence as aforesaid, may keep such canteen, and utter and sell * 9 Geo. 4. c. 4. s. 71. |