Licensed Publicans Act 1838 No 10a (NSW)

No. VI.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales passed in the third year of the reign of His late	Majesty King William the Fourth intituled " An Act for licensing
" Public-houses and for regulating the retail of fermented and " spirituous Liquors in New South Wales " it was among other things
enacted that any person desirous of obtaining a license for keeping
a public-house or of obtaining the renewal of a license before granted should on or before the first Tuesday of the month of June in every year deliver a notice in writing to the Clerk of the Bench for the district in which such house may be situated of his or her intention to apply for such license together with a certificate signed by three or more respectable housekeepers and that such applicants as were

An Act to enable the Governor of New South Wales to order the issuing of Licenses to retail fermented and spirituous Liquors for the present year in certain cases. [17th

August, 1838.]

were approved of by the Justices assembled at the General Annual Licensing Meeting should after entering into the required recognizances obtain certificates for the authorizing the granting of licenses such certificates together with the sum to be paid for such license to be lodged in the office of the Collector of Internal llevenue or in such other office as might be appointed by the Governor for that purpose within fourteen days after the date of such certificate or otherwise to be null and void and whereas several applicants for licenses who have obtained certificates in due form of law have not lodged the same in the present year in the proper office within the said fourteen days and it is expedient to vest in His Excellency the Governor power and authority to order the issuing of such licenses to so many of said applicants as have not wilfully and negligently delayed to lodge in the proper office the said certificates together with the sum of money required to be paid for licenses Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That it shall and may be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to direct licenses for the year from the first clay of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight to the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine to be issued to so many of such persons as have obtained certificates in due form of law from the Justices assembled in their respective districts at " The Annual General Licensing Meeting."