The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-05
Ehe Fulton County saloon
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Be IL enacted jy the General Assembly O
the Commonwealth gf hsat4eky, That here
after no coffee house saloon, tavern ca
tippling license, shall be granted to any
person or persons Within the ilmIts Oh the
county of Fulton, embraeiug the prisi-
lege OF selling spiriuuouss Hiuous or matt
liquors by Tie drink.
That ali acts aud parts Of acts, iac.u-
ding the charters OF lhe Cry of Hickman
and the Town of Fulton ia conflict with
this act, be and the same are hereby re
pealed.
This act shall be in force from and after
its passage, but ia event that ulaJyrity
I Of the qualified voters Of Fulton county,
shall ~ an ectiGu 10 De held by the oih-
GERS of the regular elections for the year
Al the several voting precincts iu SAID
county on the first Saturday .u May next
( ISIS, register tueir votes against tae
provisions hereof. thcu tA- same sA..i
/ cease and be of no eff Ct.
/ Thirty days notice u said election shl.i
I be given by the sheriff OF Fulton cfuhir,
( o. posting written or printed Houees
sane nj The several voting prec. uts ia
said county AMI by Pubiic4t5l in the
Hickman COuaIER and fulton i-s-e "a
the vote small be taken q sad election ~
follows, to wit: For Tigpii.s License
4 gainst Tipping Liceu=eF
Tie above il an e1Is- copy OF gle
Fulton couuty sa.s3n Law as peiitionei
for BY sundry citizens o. this county,
suit, it was aaeaded ia tae House, ana
what change Was thereby effected we are
not advised Of course any cgu-li sli $
on its provisions ntus3 be bind tae
point or points 10 ~ hicu attention. i.;= lr be
directed may nave been chang - tae act
as passed We are lid tbat the e.t,g's
are only sligL,. aud are unao.e %
print the bill IS passed an! as thers J. a
very great anxiety on the part OF many
to see il we shall have 10 cJmpro mise D.
publishing the dill a. asked f0r toy petition
ers promising to pa5,ish me change as soon
a. possible The bill as above con eln +. u'ies
an election the lst Saturday ia May
hieh il the 9th day eli that month, anu
il also requires the sheriff TO give thirty
days notice OF sail election, bal az tbs
date tits impossible for the sheriff to
give said no ice as required. Ih'= osin5
true, the election must 81 sy def2a-L The
Legislature may have relned.ed has
by extending the time for the eieetton-
another PROVISION Of the oil As ABOVE
il, that the Act shall Be inioree from us
passage, (Which was March 3, (-Ac@fi
in the eceat that a majority OF tue gHi'y'1@
votes of that county snail on tn Isl
Saturday in May 1878, register 'he'r
voters against tie provisions hereof
Assuming that the bill as passed did not
change this clause, it would appear 'A''
il devo!yes. upon those VINO favor saloons
on the 1st Saturday II May. TO polI a
majority Of the qualified voters OF TIE
county against it, or else it viii stand
as a l rs from It's passage. There Is no
other condition. siated hy which II can be
set aside.
The constitutions. obj sction which ex-
lists in the Kentucky Supreme Court
against Kentucky option laws, has been,
that they, in one sense, sought to vest the
voters of locality with tue power 70
inake tosses, whereas such pow or only ex
lists IN the Legislature Tiiis fact has res
versed so to speak the option mode Of leg
islation. Hence, such acts must now
take effect from passage, or from some
date named by the Legislature Itself OF
course it may be that this clause IS chang
ed, but ii it IS. 1t must be poised win
scrnpulous nicely or It viii 90 overheard
before the above objection.
Without the bill as passed, an CON
ments are of eoufse IN the dark We see
enough, however, to b iieve that there
will be no election held Ii there IS the
COURIER will keep It's rea iers posted