# Settlement on Duke of York Act 1663, Section II: Power to the Agents of the said Duke to contract for granting Licences.


And it is hereby further declared That all and every other Person or Persons which from Tyme to Tyme or at any Tymes hereafter shall bee by the said James Duke of Yorke and the Heires Males of his Body begotten or to bee begotten appointed authorised or deputed Agent or Agents Comissioner or Comissioners to treat and contract for giving Licences and Dispensations to any Person or Persons for the selling and utterring Wines by retaile in any Citty or Towne or other Place as aforesaid shall have the full and sole Power and Authority to treate and contract for giving Lycences to any person or persons for the selling and utterring Wynes by Retaile in any Citty Towne or other place as aforesaid, Any Law Statute Grant Usage or Custome to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding in as full and ample manner as the Kings Agents or Comissioners might doe by vertue of the said recited Act

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/15/14/section/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/settlement-on-duke-of-york-act-1663/section-II
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