The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-15 00:00:00

REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND
WINE LICENSES BILL

This morning the bill brought into the House of
Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to regulate
the Unwise, ad reireihmasat hones" and the granting of
wine licenses, was issued with the parliamentary pepen.
The bill contains thirtysix clauses, and extends over
seventeen pages.

After tie passing of the bill, licenses will be granted at
the following rates and duties :
For every license to keep a refreshment-house—lf the
house and premises in respect of which such license shall be
granted shall be under the rent and value of 201. a year,
6d.; and if the same shall be of the rent or value of
201. a year or upwards, 11. la And for every boons° to be
granted as hereinafter mentioned to any licelised keeper of
a refreshment-house to sell therein by retail foreign wine to
be consumed in such house, or on the premises belonging
thereto—lf such house and premises shall be under the rent
and value of 150/. a year, 31. 34.; and if the same shall be of
the rent or value of 501. a year or upwards, 5/. 55.; and for
every license to be taken out by any person for the selling
by retail in any shop of foreign wine not to be consumed in
the house or shop or on the premises where sold, IL 3e.
The powers and provisions of the excise acts are to apply
to the duties granted by this act. Every person keeping a
shop for the sale of any commodity, is to be entiWdto take
out license to retail wine not to be consumed therein. Every
sale of foreign wine in any less quantity than two gallons,
or in less than one dozen reputed quart bottles at one time,
is to be deemed a "selling by retail." Wine drank in a
neighbouring house or shed, is to be deemed drinking on
the premises.
The following clauses show who are to be deemed to keep
a' refreshment house, sod define also the term of "eating
house t"

" Every person who shall keep any house, room, shop, or
building for the purpose of selling therein any victual or
refreshment to be consumed on the premises where the
same shall be sold (except beer, cider, wine, and spirits sold
respectively under a proper license in that behalf), and
every person who shall keep open any house, room, shop,
or building for the consumption therein by the public of any
refreshment (except as aforesaid), although the same shall
not be sold therein, shall respectively be deemed to keep a re-
freshment house, and shall, unless he shall be dulylitemsed by
the justices to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling
house on the same premises, take out a license under this
act to keep a refreshment house • and in all proceedings and
upon
all occasions whatever it shall be sullicient to describe
by the term refreshment house any house, room, shop, or
building in which any such article as aforesaid (except as
aforesaid) is sold to be consumed, or is consumed as afore-
said, without further or otherwise designating or describing
the same. Every person who shall be licensed to keep •
refreshment house, and shall pursue therein the trade or
business of • confectioner, or shall keep open such house as
an eating-house, for the purpose of selling, to be consumed
therein, animal food or other victuals wherewith wine or
other fermented liquors Sr. usually drunk, shall be
entitled (subject to the terms and conditions of this
act, and not being expressly disqualified thereby) to take
out a license to sell, foreign wine by retail in such refresh-
ment house, to be consumed on the premises where the same
shall have been sold, without producing or having any other
license or authority than aforesaid ; and every confectioner
and esting.houso keeper respectively, who shall have taken
out such license to retail wine under this act, shall not be
subject or liable to any penalty or forfeiture under any
other act or acts by reason or on account of his selling wine
by retail, or having the same in his poswesion in his en•
tared premises, anything in any other act or acts to the
contrary notwithstanding." _ _ _

Wine licenses are not to be granted for refreshment
houses in any place with a population exceeding 50,000,
when such houses are under the rent and Yalu. of 201. a
year.

LlOOl3lOl Will not be required for refreshment homes on.
dew AL a year, in towns of not more than 10,000 inhabi-
tants. The penalty for keeping a refreshment house with.
out a license will be M.

Licenses are to be vented by the excise collector and the
supervisor of excise of the district. On the death of a
licensed person, his representative, or widow, or child, may
be authorised to continue the business for which the lipsnse
was granted, for the remainder of the term. J ' may
object to the renewal of a wine license if they see just cause
of objection. Notice of the first application for • wine
license for • refreshment house is to be given to justices,
who may object to the panting thereof, on one or more of
the following grounds, specifying the same, that is to say,
" that the house for which such license is required is not a
confectioner's shop, or an eating-house, within the meaning
of this act, or that it is • disorderly house, or • house fra
quested by disorderly persona."
A list of licenses is to be kept by collectors and super.
visors for inspection of the justices, and copies of the list
to be delivered to the justices clerk ; and licensed retailers
of wine must produce their licenses on the requisition of
two justices. Constables and police officers are empowered
to visit licensed refreshment houses, the peek for re.
fusing them admittance being 5/. for the first time, with
forfeiture of license on a second oonvictioa. The pro-
posed penalty for selling wine by retail without license, is if,
UMW, would be void on conviction of felony or selling
spirits without license. Licensed retailers of wine must
make =ley with the excise. Excise officers are empowered
to enter the premises of licensed retailers of wine, and the
penalty on persons licensed to retell wins, hewing spirits
spirits, beer, or cider in their entered premises, is proposed
at 501. Standard measures are to be used in the isle of
wine. The hours far opening and dosing houses licensed
for the sale of wine by retail are between 4 a.m. and
11 p.m., with an exception in favour of lodgers.
Houses licensed for the sale of wine are to be closed by
order of justices in cases of riot, do. Penalties are to be
paid by retailers of wine permitting drunkenness, do., in
their bosses, or mixing drugs in wine, or adulterating wine.
The.. penalties are recoverable before two justices in petty
sessians, within three months after offence committed—jus-
tice. having the power to mitigate penalties. There may
be an appeal to the sessions against a third conviction ; pro.
endings on appeal to be carried on by the constable, and
the expenses of prosecution to be charged on county rates.
The following is the proposed form of license to the
keeper of • refreshment house to sell therein wine by retail
to be consumed on the premises :
" We, the undersigned, being the collector and super.
visor of excise for the collection of and
district of , do hereby authorise and em-
power , now being • householder, and
dwelling in a hones in in the parish of
within the limits of the said collection and district, for
which he has taken out • license as a refreshment house, to
sell therein foreign wine by retail, in order that it may be
consumed in the said refreshment house end in the premises
thereunto belonging; provided and upon condition that the
mid do not mix or cave to be mixed any drugs or other
pernicious ingredients in sny wine, nor fraudulently dilute,
deteriorate, or adulterate any wine, nor sell any wine know.
Mg the same to have been fraudulently diluted, deteriorated,
or adulterated ; nor use in selling any wine, any measuree
which are not of the legal standard ; nor wilfully, or know.
ingly permit any drunkenness, or any violent, or quarrel.
some or other disorderly conduct in his house or premises ;
nor knowingly suffer any unlawful games, or any gaming
whatsoever therein, nor knowingly ruffle or permit persona
of notoriously bad character to ensemble and meet together
therein, but do maintain good order and rule theta
in ; nor awe or keep his house or premises open for
the sale of any victual, refreshment, or wine, nor
sell any victual, refreshment, or wine, nor suffer the
same to be consumed or drunk in or et such house or
premises, at any time before the hour of 4 o'clock in the
morning trot after the hour of 11 o'clock at night of any day
of the week, nor on Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Fri-
day, or any day appointed for • public fast or thanksgiving,
before half-past 12, o'clock in the afternoon, nor before the
termination of the morning Divine service in the church,
chapel, or principal place of worship of the parish or place
aforesaid, or between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock in the
afternoon of any such last-mentioned days, except to •
lodger therein ; and this license shall continue in forte
from the day of until the day of
next ensuing, and no longer : Provided and
upon condition that the said shall not in
the meantime become • sheriff's officer, or officer for axe.
outing the proves of any court of justice, or cease to be
rated to the relief of the poor in respect of the said hones
and premise' ; and this license shall cease and determine
and shall become void in came any of the conditions or
regulatiods (*stained therein shall be transgressed, or shall
not be observed by the said he having
paid pounds for this license.
"Given under our hands, this . day of IPS
Collector.
" 6 Supervisor."