The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-10-05
One Person
{ Coroner OF the county of Monroe.
One Person

'oi -ANb''Ol VI L!lC NOhtllF Va hlOiliONr
And notice is hereby further giuen, that
IN accordance with the Act of General As
sembly Of the Commonwealth passed the
2Sth day Of April. 1854, entitled "An Act
for the suppression of the manufacture and
sale of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage y
and BY order Of a circular containing the
words Of said act (as hereafter published) an
election will be held at the time and places
hereinafter mentioned for the enactment or
rejection of Prohibitory Liquor Law for
the Commonwealth 0! Pennsylvania, as shall
be decided by the wishes of a majority of the
lawful voters of the said Commonwealth at
the next general election, in pursuance to the
provision and directions Of the following act,
viz:
WHEREAS, All laws to be efficient should
have the appreciation and sanction of the Peo-
pie:
And Whereas, /: is represented that
large number, if not ma jority of the citi-
zens of this Commonwealth, are deeply i'm
pressed with the necessity of the passage Of
Prohibitory Liquor Law;
And Whereas, 1t is impossible to obtain
certain indication of popular sentiment re-
lating thereto by means of petitions and re-
nionstrances; Therefore,
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the Com
monwealM Of Pennsylvania IN General As
SemJIy met. and 1t is hereby enacted by the
authority Of the same, That the qualified vo-
ters of this Commonwealth are hereby auth
orized at the places for holding the general
elections in their respective wards, boroughs
and townships, on the second Tuesday Of Oc-
tober next, TO vote for and against law which
shall entirely prohibit by proper and consti-
tutioual regulations and penalties, the man
ufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, eX-
cept for medical, sacramental, mechanical
and artistical purposes.
SECTION 2. That the officers authorized by
law TO hold elections in each ward, borough
and township of this Commonwealth, are
hereby directed and required at the place fix
ed by law, in the several districts for the
holding Of the general elections in said dis
tricts, on the second Tuesday of October
next, when they shall be organized as an e.
lection board, to receive from each qualified
voter of their said districts, ticket written
or printed on the outside, "Prohibtory Lii
quor Law" and the tickets in favor of the
proposed law shall contain in the inside the
words, " For i Prohbitory Liquor Law" and
those opposed to the proposed law shal! con-
tain in the inside the words, "Aga inst the
Prohibitory Liquor Law" which votes shall
be counted and returned to the court house
of the counties or city in which the sad E.
lection shall be held, on the following Fri
day by the return Judges, who shall cast up
and certify all the votes poled in said county
or city, to the Office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Harrisburg, directed and
transmitted in the same manner, the votes
for Governor are required to be directed and
transmitted, and the said Secretary shall on
the third Friday of January next ensuing,
communicate the said returns to the Leglsla-
ture, to be opened and counted in the same
manner the votes for Governor are opened and
counted, and considered as the prayer of the
voters of this Commonwealth relative to a
PrOhibitory Liquor Law.
SECTION 3. That all the election laws of
the State prescribing the hours of opening
and closing the polls, the reception of votes,
the punishment for illegal voting, the defray-
inc the expenses of publication, and holding OF
the general elections and return of the same,
and all other matters incident thereto, be and
the same are declared applicable to the elcc-
ton above authorized.
SECTION d. That it shall be the duty OF the
Sherifs of the several counties OF this Com
moDwealth to insert copy OF this act IN the
proclamation for the general election to be
held on the secund Tuesday of October next
+. B. CHASE.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. M'CASLIN,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPRovED-The twenty-eighth day of A.
pri, one thousand eight hundred and fifty