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Justices to appoint visitors.
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177.—(1) The justices of every county and quarter sessions borough not within the immediate jurisdiction of the Commissioners shall, whether there is a licensed house within the county or borough or not, annually appoint three or more justices, and also one medical practitioner, or more, to act as visitors of licensed houses within the county or borough and otherwise for the purposes of this Act.
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(2) The visitors shall at their first meeting make before a justice the declaration required by this Act to be made by a Commissioner, with the necessary modifications.
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(3) A person shall not be qualified to be a visitor or clerk, or assistant clerk to any visitor, who is or within one year prior to his appointment has been interested in a licensed house.
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(4) If a visitor or a clerk or assistant clerk to any visitors becomes interested in a licensed house he shall be disqualified to hold his office.
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(5) Any disqualified person continuing to act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(6) In case of the death, inability, disqualification, resignation, or refusal to act of any visitor, the justices of the county or borough may appoint a visitor in his place.
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(7) The annual appointment of visitors shall be made by justices of a county at their Michaelmas quarter sessions, and by justices of a borough at special sessions, to be held in the month of October; other appointments may be made by justices of a county at any quarter sessions and by justices of a borough at special sessions to be held at the same time as any quarter sessions.
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(8) In any county or borough in which no appointment of visitors has been made before the commencement of this Act the first appointment shall be made, in the case of a county, at the quarter sessions next after the commencement of this Act, and in the case of a borough, at special sessions to be held at the same time as the next quarter sessions.
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(9) The clerk to the justices of a quarter sessions borough shall forthwith notify to the clerk of the peace of the borough the names, places of abode, and occupations or professions of all visitors appointed by the justices.
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(10) A list of the names, places of abode, and occupations, or professions of all visitors of licensed houses shall, within fourteen days from the date of their appointment, be published by the clerk of the peace of the county or borough for which they are appointed in a local newspaper, and shall, within three days from the date of their appointment, be sent by the clerk of the peace to the Commissioners.
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(11) Every clerk of the peace making default in publishing and sending to the Commissioners the list of visitors within the time hereby limited, shall for every default be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
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(12) Every visitor, being a medical practitioner, shall be entitled to such remuneration for services rendered under this Act as the justices of the county or borough may approve.
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