VPRS 1741 Court Of Petty Sessions Licence Register

Up to 1886 registers of applications for liquor and non-liquor licences were created and maintained in local courts of petty sessions at which annual, quarterly and general sittings of justices of the peace, licensing benches or licensing magistrates occurred.Under the Licensing Act 1885 (40 Vic.,No.857) Victoria was divided into Licensing Districts and Licensing Courts were constituted for each Licensing District to hear and determine liquor licence applications. Licence Registers extant for the period 1886 to 1890 often document the transition of responsibility from the courts of petty sessions to the licensing courts. In most country areas the same volume continued to be used for liquor and non-liquor licence applications until circa 1890 when new stationery was introduced specifically for liquor licence applications. Between 1886 and 1890 the pages which record proceedings of the Licensing Court are annotated to show that they are a record of that authority.This series comprises a record of proceedings concerning licence applications. If the records document proceedings held prior to 1890, it is likely that they will include both liquor and non-liquor licence applications. If the records only document proceedings held after 1890 the applications should relate solely to non-liquor licences.Some common non-liquor licences included:AuctioneersCarriersHawkersStage Coach operatorsSlaughterersReal Estate AgentsCollectors.

共计1886份酒类与非酒类经营执照申请登记册被创建并留存于地方治安法院（courts of petty sessions），该类法院定期召开年度、季度及全体太平绅士、执照审查委员会或执照治安法官庭审会议。根据1885年《执照法》（40 Vic., No.857），维多利亚州被划分为多个执照审查辖区，并为每个辖区设立执照审查法院（Licensing Courts），专门审理并裁决酒类经营执照申请。现存于1886至1890年间的执照登记册，往往记录了执照审批权责从治安法院向执照审查法院转移的过程。在大多数乡村地区，同一登记册本会同时用于酒类与非酒类经营执照申请，直至约1890年，专门用于酒类经营执照申请的新式登记表单才投入使用。1886至1890年间，记录执照审查法院庭审流程的页面均标注有相关权属说明，以明确其作为该司法机构档案的属性。本数据集系列收录的均为与执照申请相关的庭审流程档案。若档案记录的是1890年之前的庭审，则大概率同时包含酒类与非酒类经营执照申请；若仅收录1890年之后的庭审记录，则申请类型仅涉及非酒类经营执照。常见的非酒类经营执照类型包括：拍卖商执照、货运商执照、小贩执照、驿站马车运营商执照、屠宰商执照、房地产经纪商执照以及税务征收员执照。