This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...open. Justices' licenses required for the sale of spirits, to be consumed on the premises, in 1701. The Act against geneva, 1720. A tax imposed upon retailers of compounded spirits. The sale of spirits except in houses prohibited. All retailers required to be licensed by the justices, at a general annual licensing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...open. Justices' licenses required for the sale of spirits, to be consumed on the premises, in 1701. The Act against geneva, 1720. A tax imposed upon retailers of compounded spirits. The sale of spirits except in houses prohibited. All retailers required to be licensed by the justices, at a general annual licensing meeting. Repeal of the Act against geneva, in 1733. Jekyll's Act against spirituous liquors, in 1736. Enormous tax on retailers. The Act repealed in 1743. New licenses for retailers; who are required alsotobe licensed by the justices. The yield in 1744. A separate license allowed for distillers within the bills of mortality in 1717 is abolished in 1751. The retail of spirits by distillers prohibited. The duty on a license increased to 21. No license was required for the sale of aqua vitae and 'strong waters, ' as spirits were at first termed in England, while they continued to be used as medicines rather than as beverages and were principally sold by apothecaries and chemists. Nor, under the commonwealth, when strong waters, having passed into the list of beverages, were charged with an excise as drinks, and the distillers and retailers were subjected to the survey of the excise officers in order to secure the excise, was any such license required. Towards the close of the Stuart period, when a home manufacture of spirits from malted corn was first established, the patentees of the crown held, for a short time, a monopoly of the manufacture and sale ot this new sort of spirit. But on the commencement oi the war with France, when French brandies were excluded from our market, these patents were cancelled, and the trade was thrown open, with permission to all persons to manufacture, 'for sale or to be retailed, any spirits made from malted corn.' The..
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Original binding. Covers marked and scuffed. Backstrip faded. Pages uncut. Binding loose. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN:
