THE LICENSING BILL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2590, 9 July 1881, Page 2

THE LICENSING BILL.

The Licensing Bill was further discussed in the House last night, when the following amendment which provides the machinery for carrying out the election of Licensing Benches was agreed to . The Licensing Committee for an ordinary licensing district shall be constituted as follows : Committee to consist of five persons, who may be resident either within or outside the district, to be elected annually by the

ratepayers of the district in manner provided by “ Regulation of Local Elections Act 1876.' The Resident Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the licensing district, and who is hereinafter called * the Returning Officer,’ shall be the Returning Officer for such district, and shall preside at every election therein under the Act. If there be no Resident Magistrate having jurisdiction with* in any Licensing District, or if there be more than one such Resident Magistrate, then the Governor shall appoint such resident Magistrate or other person, as he may think fit, to be the Returning Officer. The Returning Officer of every ordinary Licensing District shall by public advertisement appoint some convenient day in the month of November next, and thereafter at the same time in every year, but not earlier than fourteen days after the first publication of such advertisement, for the election of the required number of members of the Licensing Committee within such district, and snen election shall be conducted in the same manner as elections of members of Borough and County Council, or Hoad Boards are elected. Each ratepayer shall only have one vote within any district, but there may be more polling booths than one in the district.”