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[SECT. 16.]

And no licence shall be granted to, nor any recognizance taken from, any taverner, innholder or retailer, by the justices of any of the courts of sessions within this province during the term aforesaid, until such taverner, innholder or retailer shall have taken said oath in presence of the court, or certificate of his having so done, from a justice of peace, shall be presented to the court.

Provided always, —