Sweden. Report on the working of the Gothenburg licensing system since the year 1876.
- Date:
- 1890
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sweden. Report on the working of the Gothenburg licensing system since the year 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![(3.) The manager is ])er8onally responsible for the carrying out of all those regulations concerning the ))iiblic-liouse traffic in towns whicli are, or may hereafter be, enacted, as well as of those statutes whlc'i specially concern tiie town ; the manager is, more- over, responsible to the company for all losses that may accrue to it thronh his npcrlect in this respect. (4-.) The manager binds himself To sell spirituous liquors and wines <jnly for ready nu.ney paid down on the spot; To keep orderly and decent assistants, who serve their customers with civility and attention ; To keep the premises clean, orderly, and airy, as also well lighted and warmed during tlie cold season. (5.) The manager is expressly forbidden To sell spirituous drink or intoxicating malt liquor's to persons who are already the worse for liquor, or under age ; To go on selling spirits to persons who require several drams in succession, who are drunk on the spot, or who pay repeated visits to the public-house, within short intervals, for the purpose of drinking. The manager is enjoined to see that these regulations be most strictly observed, :is their transgression will be severely dealt with by the directors. (6.) On application f rom the manager, all spirituous liquors, as well as wines, will be furnished from the c unpany's stores, in the com[nmy's own vessels; nor may the manager, under any pretext, not even for his own use, buy, receive, or have in his keeping, any liquors except those of the company. (7.) Public-house tralHc may not be carried on in any rooms except those specially appointed in the company's premises, and the manager is prohibited from keeping the stores to be sold on the company's account in any part of the premises, except the one appointed by it. The premises, where the whole traffic l>oth of the company and the manager is carried on, as well as dwelling places for the latter, his family, and the servants required, are furnished by the conjpany, who hires tht-m in its own name, and is therefore responsible for tl)e rent. (8.) The company's casks, furnished to every public-house, containing brandy, cognac, &c., shall be kept so as to be under strict control. (9.) All spirituous liquors are to be served in glasses belonging to the company, marked with its name and containing two cubic inches. (10.; The manager is bound in his sales strictly to follow the company's tariff, a copy of w hich is placed in each public-house. (11.) The manager is bound to sell spirits and wines^to'^be drunk off the premises, at rhe same price as tiiat consumed on same. . i i i • i (12.) Every manager is furnished with a pass-book,|in which he is debited for all stores received from the company for sale, at the same prices as those tixed in the tariff, whereas he is credited for the amount of the sales accounted for, which account takes](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21979492_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
