Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18

fed to vote in the General State elections :
shall be entitled to vote upon said question, |
which said vote shall be in manner and form |
as follows: each voter shall deliver to the
judges appointed to hold said elections scroll
of paper, upon which shall be inscribed the
words LICENSE or mo LICENSE" eve
ry which scroll shall be received by the |
judges of said election and put into box
prepared for that purpose in the manner and
under the regulations prescribed for voting in
the general State elections, the said judges
causing each voters name to be recorded as
ne shall deliver in his vote, and when all the
qualified voters present shall have delivered
their votes, the said judges shall proceed to
examine and count the whole number of votes
delivered, and the jadges under their hands
and seals, shall certify to the next County
Courts of said counties whether majority
of said votes were given fer ''license" or mo
license"
Sec 3 Be it further enacted, That where
it shall be certified by the judges aforesaid
to the said Courts that majority of the votes
thus cast were incribed mo license" it shall
not be lawful for the Magistrates Of the said
counties to grant to any person or persons a
license to retail spirituous liquors within any
district in said counties thus voting ''no IL
voting in the said Courts to grant such IL
cenSe within such districts shall be liable to
! be indicted for misdemeanor in off ce; and
any person who may retail spirituous liquors
within such district having voted no license
within one year after such certificate has
| been returned as aforesaid, whether with or
without license, shall be subject to be indict-
ed, and fined and imprisoned at the discretion
of the Court.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That at the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, which
shall be held for the said counties on the Sec
ond Monday after the fourth Monday in March
next, and at the same Court in each and eve
ry year thereafter, the Justices of said Courts
shall appoint three competent persons as
judges, who shall hold such elections, in each
and every school district in said counties, and
make return to said County Courts as above
provided for; and any person so appointed
as judge who shall fail or refuse to dis
charge such duty, or who shall act partially
or corruptly in the discharge of the same,
shall be subject to be indicted for a misde-
meanor, and be fined and imprisoned at the
discretion of the Court
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the clerk Of the County
Courts, within ten days after the adjourn
ment of said Courts, to issue written notices
to the several persons appointed judges as
aforesaid, notifying them of their said appoint
ments, which said notices shall be delivered
instanter to the Sheriffs of said counties and
by them forthwith served upon the respective
persons to whom they are addressed, and
such Sheriffs for each and every failure to
serve such notices within fifteen days after
the same shall have been delivered to them,
tricts where 1 majority of the votes inscribed
license" this act shall not in any wise apply
!. for and during the year next ensuing such
election.
Ratified Feb 10th, 1859.