THE LICENSING BILL.

Evening Star, Issue 5760, 25 August 1881, Page 2

THE LICENSING BILL.

[Fbom our Parliamentary Correspondent.] The Licensing Bill, as returned by the Council, makes an alteration as to districts instead of ridings and wards, road districts; being licensing districts. The Governor may define and re-define them. "Districts within, er comprising boroughs or counties, aie ordinary licensing districts," A person who has within four year? been a bankrupt or insolvent, or has paid a less dividend than 10s in the £ upon hia b disqualified from sitting on a licensing committee, under a penalty of LSO for each offence. The club license was struck out, as was also the wine license. Accommodation houses must be five miles apart. The limitation of bottle licenses to those districts where the license is already in force was adhered to. The Lisensing Committee can convert accommodation licensesonrenewal into pubicana' licenses. "It shall not be lawful for a committee to renew any publican's license within a borough except upon the condition that no portion of the licensed premises shall, after a day to be fixed, be used as a retail shop, or stoj*. theatre, concert-room, or dancing halL" Lessor of licensed promises may eject a tenant whose license is forfeited. An innkeeper may sell chattels left in his charge where not reclaimed within three months. Clubs are to obtain a charter from the Colonial Secretary if consisting of not less than twenty raenbers paying an annual subscription ; the club to be under the management of a committee elected by the members; all profits derived from the sale of liquor to belong to the club; a provisional annual charter may be granted to ten persons by tbe Colonial Secretary; rules to be sent to Colonial Secretary on application for a charter; if at any time it shall appear to the Colonial Secretary that any club does not comply with the conditions, it shall be lawful for him to revoke or annul the charter.