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[10][38] Page 22. §. 7 [. . . <hi rend="underline">Same Justices, by whom . . . licences are
No authority presented itself as
. . . . granted to Alehouse Keepers</hi>. ]
For granting the licences in the country out of the jurisdiction of
the Board, no authority presented itself as equally capable
free from objection of being put upon a par with that of the Ju Country Ma-
-gistrates; -gistrates, who so much to the satisfaction as well benefit of the Country, have so
long been in possession
of the exercise of
similar authority
in the case of the
most numerous class
of all classes of
traders <add>dealers, that of
Publicans: a class
by far more numerous
by far <add>a good deal, than
all the classes hereby
proposed to be added
put together. And
the territorial divisions
within which
they act have the
advantage of being
already established
and known as
well to the law
as in common parlance.
At the same time a communication and
concert between them these Magistrates and the Central Board, and thereby
a sort of trust and virtual subordination on the part of these local
and impoten and authorities as towards to the general central one,
seemed an object of primary importance: to effect it
and at the same time in as quiet and unapparent
a way as possible the following expedient (as will be
seen lower down) has been pursued. The licence
to be granted, (and thereby the power of determining
whether it shall be granted to be exercised) by the
Justices as in regard to Alehouses: but the duty
not to be paid to any body but the Surveyors local
Officer of Board: whereby a demand for is naturally created for his signature
to the licence.
Officer - this will give occasion to the Officer
(who will be responsible to the Board for the character
and conduct of the party applying for a licence)
to interfere, and, where the case appears to call for
a refusal of the licence, to make representation accordingly
to the Justices. If they conform to the
representation, well and good: if not, this gives occasion
for a correspondence between the Board and the
Justices, and in case of any misbehaviour imputed
to the Justices, a representation of it, in case of necessity
may be made by the Board to the Lord
Lieutenant or the Chancellor on whom the continuance
of the authority of the Justices depends. In the mean time
the officer of the Board
may be instructed not
to receive the money,
nor consequently sign
the licence (which without
such signature will
not be valid) till the
matter has been settled
between the Board and the
Justices.

It is obvious, that neither the Justices nor their Clerks could
as such be conveniently be made use of for the collection of this branch of the
Revenue, nor accountable for the produce of it.

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Identifier: | JB/150/475/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	38
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	475	Info in main headings field	police revenue bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / f47
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50696
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