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exceeding fifty pounds for each day during which such 
contravention continues, and it shall he lawful for the 
harbour master or any other person acting under the 
orders of the harbour authority of such harbour to cause 
such ship or cargo to be removed, at the expense of the 
owner thereof, to such place as may be in conformity 
with the said bye-law, and all expenses incurred in such 
removal may be recovered in the same manner in which 
penalties are by this Act made recoverable. 
5. The owner or master of every ship carrying a cargo 
consisting wholly or in part of petroleum to which this 
Act applies, on entering any harbour within the United 
Kingdom, shall give notice of the nature of such cargo 
to the harbour authority having jurisdiction over such 
harbour. 
If such notice is not given, the owner and master of 
such ship shall each incur a penalty not exceeding the 
value of such ship and cargo. 
6. Where any petroleum to which this Act applies— 
(ff) Is kept at any place except during the seven days 
next after it has been imported ; or 
(b) Is sent or conveyed by land or water between any 
two places in the United Kingdom; or 
(c) Is sold or exposed for sale; 
the vessel containing such petroleum shall have attached 
thereto a label in conspicuous characters, stating the 
description of the petroleum, with the addition of the 
words “dangerously infiammablo,” and with the addi¬ 
tion,— 
(a) In the case of a vessel kept, of the name and ad¬ 
dress of the consignee or owner : 
(b) In the case of a vessel sent or conveyed, of the 
name and address of the sender : 
(c) In the case of a vessel sold or exposed for sale, of 
the name and address of the vendor. 
All petroleum to which this Act applies which is kept, 
sent, conveyed, sold or exposed for sale, in contravention 
of this section, shall, together with the vessel containing 
the same, be forfeited, and in addition thereto, the person 
keeping, sending, selling or exposing for sale the same, 
shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding- 
five pounds. 
7. Save as hereinafter mentioned, after the passing of 
this Act petroleum to which this Act applies shall not 
be kept, except in pursuance of a licence given by such 
local authority as is in this Act mentioned. 
All petroleum kept in contravention of this section 
shall, together with the vessel containing the same, be 
forfeited, and in addition thereto, the occupier of the 
place in which such petroleum is so kept shall be liable ; 
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds a day for each 
day during which such petroleum is so kept. 
This section shall not apply to any petroleum kept 
either for private use or for sale, provided the following 
conditions are complied with :—• 
(1) That it is kept in separate glass, earthenware, or 
metal vessels, each of which contains not more than 
half a pint, and is securely stopped: 
(2) That the aggregate amount kept, supposing the whole j 
contents of the vessels to be in bulk, does not exceed 
three gallons. 
8. The following bodies shall respectively be the local 
authority to grant licences under this Act in the districts 
hereinafter mentioned ; (this is to say,) 
(1) In the city of London, excopt as hereafter in this 
section mentioned, the Court of the Lord Mayor 
and aldermen of the said city: 
(2) In the metropolis (that is in places for the time 
being within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan 
Board of Works under “ The Metropolis Manage¬ 
ment Act, 1855 ”), except the City of London, and 
except as hereafter in this section mentioned, the 
Metropolitan Board of Works: 
(3) In any borough in England or Ireland, except as 
hereafter in this section mentioned, the mayor, 
aldermen, and burgesses acting by the Council: 
(4) In any place in England or Ireland, except as- 
hereafter in this section mentioned, within the 
jurisdiction of any trustees or improvement com¬ 
missioners appointed under the provisions of any 
local or general Act of Parliament, and not beings 
a borough or comprising any part of a borough, 
the trustees or commissioners: 
(5) In any borough in Scotland, except as hereafter ia. 
this section mentioned, the town council; 
(6) In any place in Scotland, except as hereafter in 
this section mentioned, within the jurisdiction of 
police commissioners or trustees exercising tho 
functions of police commissioners under any gene¬ 
ral or local Act, and not being a borough or com¬ 
prising any part of a borough, the police commis¬ 
sioners or trustees: 
(7) In any harbour within the jurisdiction of a harbour 
authority, whether situate or not within the juris¬ 
diction of any local authority before in this section 
mentioned, the harbour authority, to the exclusion 
of any other local authority: 
(8) In any place in which there is no local authority 
as before in this section defined, in England or* 
Ircland, the justices in petty sessions assembled, 
and in Scotland any two or more justices of the 
peace for the county sitting as judges in the- 
justice of peace court. 
9. Licences in pursuance of this Act shall be valid if 
I signed by two or more of the persons constituting the 
local authority, or executed in any other way in which 
! other licences, if any, granted by such authority are 
; executed. Licences may be granted for a limited time, 
' and may be subject to renewal or not in such manner as 
the local authority think necessary. 
There may be annexed to any such licence such con¬ 
ditions as to the mode of storage, the nature and situation 
of the premises in which, and the nature of the goods 
with which petroleum to which this Act applies is to be 
stored, the facilities for the testing of such petroleum 
from time to time, the mode of carrying such petroleum 
within the district of the licensing authority, and gene- • 
rally as to the safe keeping of such petroleum as may 
seem expedient to the local authority. 
Any licensee violating any of the conditions of his 
licence shall be deemed to be an unlicensed person. 
There may be charged in respect of each licence granted . 
in pursuance of this Act such sum, not exceeding five- 
shillings, as the local authority may think fit to charge. 
10. If on any application for a licence under this Act 
the local authority refuse the licence, or grant the same 
only on conditions with which the applicant is dissa¬ 
tisfied, the local authority shall, if required by the ap¬ 
plicant, deliver to him in writing under the hand or- 
hands of one or more of the persons constituting tho- 
local authority, a certificate of the grounds on which 
they refused the licence or annexed conditions to the 
grant thereof. 
The applicant within ten days from the time ox tho 
delivery of the certificate may transmit the same to a. 
Secx-etary of State if the application is for a licence in. 
England or Scotland, and to the Lord Lieutenant if the 
application is for a licence in Ireland, together with a 
memoi'ial, praying that notwithstanding such refusal 
the licence may be granted, or that the conditions may 
not be imposed, or may be altei'ed or modified in such 
manner and to such extent as may be set forth in such, 
memorial. 
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State, or the- 
Lord Lieutenant, if he think fit, on consideration of such 
memoi-ial and certificate, and, if he think it necessary or 
desirable, after due inquiry and a report by such pei-son 
as he may appoint for that purpose, to grant the licence 
prayed for, either absolutely or with such conditions as 
he thinks fit, or to alter or modify the conditions imposed 
by the local authoi'ity; and the licence so granted, or 
altered and modified, as the case may be, when certified. 
