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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 63
X.—Licenses
X.—Licenses.
1.—Business Licenses.
Every person engaged in trade or business of any kind within the limits of the Gold Field, shall obtain from the Warden a Business License, for which he shall pay the sum of five pounds (£5) annually, and shall be entitled to occupy an area of half a square chain, having a frontage of 33 feet and a depth of 66 feet.
2.—Wholesale Licenses.
Every holder of a Wholesale License for the sale of fermented and spirituous liquors, in quantities of not less than two gallons, shall pay a fee for the same of Ten (£10) Pounds.
3.—Retail Licenses.
Every holder of a Retail License for the sale of fermented and spirituous liquors in any quantity shall pay a fee for the same of Twenty (£20) Pounds.
4.—Licenses may be Cancelled.
The Warden may recommend the withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation, of any License upon proof, to his satisfaction, of a breach of the Gold Fields Regulations, or of any disorderly conduct upon the premises held under such License: and such License may thereupon be withdrawn, suspended, or cancelled accordingly.
5.—Sites to be marked by Pegs.
Occupants of sites for business purposes shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than two inches square, and standing at least one foot above the surface.
6.—Space between Buildings.
An open space of six feet shall at all times be left between buildings occupied for business purposes. The holder or occupier of a single business area or site shall only build upon 27 feet of his frontage. The holder or occupier of two or more adjoining areas or sites may build upon 33 feet frontage for every such additional area or site.
7.—Registration of Sites.
Business sites may be registered with the Warden for ten days, whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof, and the fee for such Registration shall be five shillings: such Registration may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten days, and such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate, and recorded in the Registration Book.
8.—Occupancy of Sites.
Business sites can only be held or occupied by holders of business
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licenses, and no site can be held unoccupied for more than twenty-four hours, unless the same shall be registered as provided in Section 7.
9.—Information to the Public.
When any business site has been registered, the holder thereof shall post and maintain thereon a board, not less than nine inches square, with the word "Registered," and the date and number of such Registration legibly painted or written thereon.
10.—Roadway between Business Sites.
A space of sixty-six feet shall at all times be left for a road or street between business sites; and no person shall, on any pretence whatever, encroach upon such roadway.