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ever -within a radius of ten miles from Charing Cross, in the 

 City of Westminster, unless in a place for which a licence for 

 horse-racing has been obtained pursuant to the provisions 

 hereinafter contained. 



3. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence for horse- Power to 

 racing for any open or enclosed land or place, being the justices to 

 owner, lessee or occupier of such land or place, may apply to ijjf?"^^ ?' 

 the justices assembled at any Michaelmas quarter sessions of quarter 

 the peace to be holden for the county, city, riding, liberty or sessions. 

 division in which such land or place is situate, which justices 



are hereby empowered to grant or withhold a licence at their 

 discretion, such licence to be of force and valid for twelve 

 months dating from the twenty-fifth day of March next fol- 

 lowing the date of such application. 



4. Every such application shall be made to the justices in Mode of 

 the same manner as applications for licences for places to be making 

 kept for public dancing, music, or other entertainment under fo^]J^g^°|f 

 the provisions of an Act passed in the twenty-fifth year of his 



late Majesty King George the Second. 



5. Any person who after the said twenty-fifth day of March, Penalty on 

 one thousand eight hundred and eighty, shall take part in persons 



any horse-race in any open or enclosed land or place for talking part m 

 which a licence is required under this Act, and for which a ™j.setraces. 

 licence has not been obtained, shall upon summary conviction 

 be liable to a penalty of ten pounds, or an imprisonment not 

 exceeding two months. 



6. Any person who shall be the owner or lessee or in pos- penalty on 

 session or occupation of any open or enclosed land or place owners and 

 for which a licence for horse-racing is required under this Act, occupiers of 

 and upon which any horse-race shall be held after the said uXcensId '''^'' 

 twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and horse-races 

 eighty, without such licence having been obtained, shall be take place, 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be 

 punishable for every such offence with fine or imprisonment 



at the discretion of the court, such fine not to be less than five 

 pounds nor more than twenty-five pounds, and such imprison- 

 ment not to be less than one month nor more than three 

 months. 



7. Every horse-race held or taking place in contravention Unlicensed 

 of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be a nuisance, ^"^g'^g^\*° 

 and any person injured or inconvenienced thereby shall have nuisance, and 

 all such rights and remedies against all persons taking part in Uable accord- 

 the same, and against owners, lessees, and occupiers of the ingly. 



land or place, as he would have in case of a nuisance at 

 common law. 



8. This Act may be cited as the Racecourses Licensing Act, Short title. 



1879. 



