ART. 56.] LICENSES.

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then next ensuing ; and said sheriff shall be entitled
to and receive twenty-five cents for every license
obtained by any person, whose name shall be con-
tained in the list or lists so returned by him, to be
paid by the party applying for each license; but
the failure of said sheriff to give the notice herein
directed, shall not excuse any neglect to obtain a
license, as required by the public general laws.

In force from April 1, 1866.

BILLIARDS.

1865, c. 56 amends sections 6 and 7 as follows :

Sheriff's fees

6. Any person or persons proposing to keep or
offer for use a billiard table or tables, shall before
doing so, apply to the clerk authorized to issue
licenses, for a license for each and every table kept
or exhibited for .use by him or them, and shall pay
for each and every license to keep one billiard table,
the sum of one hundred dollars, or if he or they
propose to keep or exhibit for use, more billiard
tables than one, there shall be paid by him or them
for each and every such billiard table more than one,
a -license of fifty dollars.

1863, c. 56
License for
billiard tables.

7. Any person or persons keeping or exhibiting
for use a billiard table or tables without first obtain-
ing a license therefor, shall for each and every table
so kept or exhibited, forfeit and pay the sum of five
hundred dollars, one-half to the informer and the
other half to the state.

In force from June 1, 1865.

Penalty.