The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
Tke Fulton County saloon
LAW.

Be IL enacted 5y The General assembly o
the Commonwealth u heAtRckH, That mere
after no coffee house. saloon, tavern %
tipping license, shall be granted to aus
person or persons within the limits OF the
county Of Fulton, embracing the privi-
lege OF selling spirituous, yiHous or mali
liquors by the drink.
That ali acts aud parts of acts, inciu-
ding the charters Of the City OF Hickman
and the Town of Fulton in conflict with
this act, be ana The same are hereby re
pealed-
This act SHALL be in force from and after
its passage, bat in event thai majority
of the qualified voters of Fulton county,
shall AZ an election to be hell by the Off
GERS of the regular elections for the year
al tie several voting precincts in said
county on the first Saturday .n May next
I (IS3Sl, register their votes against tae
provisions hereof. then the same shall
/ cease and be Of 40 Ell CT.
] Thirty days notice Of said election shaa
I be given by the sheriff OF Fulton county,
by posting written or Eriated Hoiloes Of
same at the several voting pres uts ia
said county, ana b. PubiictU5n IN the
Hickman COURIER and FULTON Times. aud
the vote snail be taken 81 said election az
follows. 70 wit: @For HpPlilg L.ce4sc
Il against Tipping License
Fulton county saxon law as psiitioRed
for by sundry citizens Of this county.
but, it was amended ia tAe House, ana
shat change was thereby effected we are
not advised. Vi course any cou-nieuts
on its provisions must be b.iul. as The
point or points TO which a,teation a,ighf be
directed may have been sh..uss.i b. the Act
as passed. We are told that The eAHsyss
are only sligh', aud as sc are auao.e 20
print the Dill as passed al as there l.
very great anxiety on the part Of many
to see il. we shall have 10 compromise b.
publishing the bill a asSei Tor 10y petition
ere promising to pabiish me change as soon
as possible The bill as aoove.con eIopiates
an election the lst Saturday ia May
v hich 5 the 9TH dag OF that month, and
it also requires the sheriff 10 give thirty
days notice Of sail electien bat AZ his
date it is impossible for the sheriff 10
give said no.iee as required. fhls o-ins
true, the election must 90 IS dslaa.L The
Legislature may have remed'ed his
by extending the time for the election.
Another PROVISION Of The bill As above
il, that the Act shall be iniorce from ITS
passage, (which was March 3, t-&c@Pf
in The ecsat that a majority OF the quifg4ea
votes of that county snail on the Isl
Saturday in May, 1913, "register 'he"
voters against tie PROVISIONS hereof
Assuming that the bill as passed did not
change this clause, it would appear thA
il devo.yes. upon those who favor saioOnT'
on the Ist Saturday II May. TO polt
majority of the qualified voters OF the
county against it, or else it viii stand
as a law from its passage. There IS DO
other CONDITION. suited by which II eau be
set aside.
The constitutions, obi sction which ex
against Kentucky Option laws, has been,
that they. in one sense, sought 10 vest the
voters of locality with the power 60
MAKE tasos, sshereas sssoh pos~er only ex
lists IN the Legislature. This fact has re-
versed'so to speak the option mode Of leg
islaiion. Hence, such acts must now
take effect from passage, or from some
date named by he Legislature itself o.
course it may be that this clause is chang 7
ed, bat if it is. It must be poised with
scrupulous nicely or it will 80 overheard
before the above objection.
Without the bill as passed AL con
ments are of course in the dark We see
enough, however, to b Iieye that there
will be no election held. If there is the
COURIER will keep It's rea lers posted