Alcohol : its place and power in legislation / by Robinson Souttar.

  • Souttar, Robinson, 1848-1912.
Date:
1904
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Alcohol : its place and power in legislation / by Robinson Souttar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The executors may continue until the next special sessions, but must then apply for a transfer to some one on their behalf, and the transfer may be refused. (2) Municipal authorities have to pay the full value of licensed property when they acquire it for public purposes. This is true, and it is very absurd that it should be so. That the local licensing authority should give away licenses, and the local municipal authority have to buy them back again sometimes at a high figure is the height of absurdity. The license is supposed to be granted for the public benefit, and when the property is required to be taken for the public benefit the municipality should not be required to pay more than the value of the property without the license. Meanwhile, however, munici- palities are put upon the same footing as railway companies, and have to pay full market value for property plus a percentage for disturbance. But no argument for compensation can be based upon this, when the licensing authority declines to renew the license because it has ceased to be required in the public interest.