Stamp Duties (Ireland) Act, 1842

Pawnbroker to keep one house only under one licence.

Partners to take out one licence only.

18. No pawnbroker or other person receiving or taking, by way of pawn, pledge, or exchange, any goods or chattels for the repayment of money lent thereon, licensed by authority of this Act, shall by virtue of one licence keep more than one house, shop, or other place for taking in goods or chattels to pawn; but for each and every house, shop, or other place which any person shall keep for the purpose aforesaid, a separate and distinct licence shall be taken out and paid for by such pawnbroker or other person: Provided always, that persons in partnership, and carrying on the trade and business of a pawnbroker in one house, shop, or tenement only, shall not be obliged to take out more than one licence in any one year for the carrying on of such trade or business.