XXX. The Licensing Act, 1872, 35 & 36 Vict. cap. 94, sec. XXXII. The Inland Revenue Act, 1863, 26 & 27 Vict. cap. 33, XXXIII. The Excise Duties Act, 1825, 6 Geo. IV. cap. 81, sec. 2, XXXIV. The Excise Act, 1840, 3 & 4 Vict. cap. 17, sec. 1, XXXV. The Excise Duties Act, 1873, 36 Vict. cap. 18, sec. 4, . XXXVI. The Adulteration of Beer Act, 1816, 56 Geo. III. cap. Report by Royal Commission on Grocers' Licences, 1878, Epitome of Reports of Forty-one Decided Cases under the ALPHABETICAL INDEX, 221 PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES. I. THE HOME DRUMMOND ACT. 9 GEO. IV. CAP. 58. An Act to regulate the granting of Certificates, by Justices of the Peace and Magistrates, authorizing Persons to keep Common Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses in Scotland, in which Ale, Beer, Spirits, Wine, and other Exciseable Liquors may be sold by Retail under Excise Licences; and for the better Regulation of such Houses; and for the Prevention of such Houses being kept without such Certificate.-[15th July 1828.] WHEREAS the laws now in force respecting licences or certificates to be granted by Justices of the Peace and Magistrates to persons to keep common inns, alehouses, or victualling houses, for the purpose of enabling them to obtain excise licences for the sale of ale, beer, spirits, wine, or other exciseable liquor, by retail, to be drunk or consumed upon the premises in which the same is sold, in Scotland, are defective, and require to be altered and amended: May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, an Act A passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, for more effectually preventing the sale of exciseable liquors in Scotland by persons not duly licensed, and for altering the times of granting licences to sell such exciseable liquors by retail, and also an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of his said late Majesty, for repealing the stamp duties on licences granted by Justices of the Peace for selling ale, beer, and other exciseable liquors by retail, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof, and all other laws and provisions in force before and at the commencement of this Act, respecting such licences or certificates to be so granted as aforesaid by Justices of the Peace or Magistrates in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, shall be, and the same, in so far as they relate to such licences or certificates being granted as aforesaid, are hereby respectively repealed, save and except in so far as the same repeals or repeal any other law or laws before in force, and save and except as to any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred under the said laws or any of them hereby repealed before the commencement of this Act, and save and except as to any certificates then in force, which shall continue in force until the next half-yearly meeting for granting certificates as after mentioned, but no longer. Note.-Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1873. II. Meetings of Justices for granting certificates.—And be it further enacted, that throughout Scotland there shall be annually held, for the purpose of granting certificates to persons to keep common inns, alehouses, or victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed in the premises in which the same is sold, two general meetings of the Justices of the Peace in every county, so long as not divided into districts in manner hereinafter mentioned, and two general meetings of the Magistrates of every royal burgh, which meetings shall be called 'the general half-yearly meetings for granting publicans' certificates.' Note. This section was repealed by the Statute Law By section 37 of 'The Public Houses Acts Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1862,' the word 'burgh' means and includes any royal or parliamentary burgh. III. Meetings by Magistrates of royal burghs for granting certificates to be held in April and October yearly.-And be it further enacted, that the Magistrates of royal burghs shall meet for granting such certificates, within the royalty of the said burgh respectively as aforesaid, upon the last Tuesday of April and the last Tuesday of October in each year, with power to them to adjourn such meetings from day to day as they shall think fit, during the period of seven lawful days following and next after the day of their first meeting, and no longer : provided always, that Magistrates of royal burghs shall in no case have power to grant such certificates as aforesaid for inns, alehouses, or victualling houses to be kept beyond the royalty of the burgh; and if any such certificate shall be granted contrary hereto, the same shall be and is hereby declared to be null and void to all intents and purposes. Note. This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1873, but has been revived from the words 'provided always' to the end of the section by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1878. The days of meeting and period within which adjournments may take place have been altered by section one of 'The Public Houses Acts Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1862.' IV. Meetings by Justices for counties to be held in May and October. And be it further enacted, that the Justices of the Peace for the several counties in Scotland shall assemble, for granting such certificates for their several counties respectively, upon the first Tuesday of May and the last Tuesday of |