Licenses, How Issued.

Licenses are issued in the name of the L G. in C., by the Inspector for the District, except those for taverns at gold mines, which are under the Act of 1868. A pedlar's license is for all districts. For a steamboat it issues at the residence of the proprietor or place of the head office. They run all for 1 yr. or to the next 1st May after issue, except ferry licenses, steamboat bar licenses which expire when crafts are laid up for the winter, and gold mine taverns which are only monthly. The L. G. in C. deputes some person to sign and issue licenses to the Inspector. Before obtaining an inn license an applicant must secure the certificate of 25 resident municipal electors for a majority if there be less than 50) that he is sober, honest, of good reputation, and qualified, and that (in the country) his house and premises have the requisite accommodation, and that such a house is needed. In Montreal and Quebec the electors must be doing business if not living in the Ward. The certificate in cities must name the street or ward where the house is. It must be accompanied by an affidavit of Qualification by the applicant, sworn before a J P, or, in Montreal, a License Comr. Except in Montreal the certificate must be confirmed by the Municipal Council after enquiry, and a verification under oath of the signatures. If there be no quorum of Council on the day the certificate is submitted, the Mayor and 2 J. P. may confirm; if there be no Mayor, 3 J. P.