The weekly clarion., 1882-05-24

take SIict anu be IN Iorce from anu aIter IT'S
passage.
Approved, February 27, 1882.
AN ACT to prohibit the sale of vinous
and sprtuous liquors or Intoxicating drinks
in the town of Baldwin, or within two miles
of said town.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Legislature
of the State OF Mississippi, That il order to
ascertain truly the sentiment aud wishes of
the majority of the legal voters in the town of
Baldwin, situated in the counties of Prentiss
and Lee, and of the territory and district en-
braced within an area OF two miles every way
from the corporate limits of said town. on the
subject Of the sale and prohibition Of the sale
of vinious, spirituous and mali liquors in any
quantity, for any purpose, within said town OF
Baldwin and within two miles of the corporate
limits of said town,a board of three commission
ers composed of G. B. Oliver, I. II. Mathews
and L. G. Prather, be and are hereby ap
pointed to register the voters in the prescribed
limits and superintend said election, and II
either one of the above commissioners shall
die or refuse to act, the remaining two shalt
select another commissioner instead; the SAID
election commissioners of the said town of
Baldwin, are hereby authorized and en-
powered to order and hold an election by the
citizens of said town and within said district,
at which said election all legal voters shall be
entitled to vote whose names shall be on the
list hereinafter provided for, and for the pur-
poses of said election said town and Territory
are hereby constitute an election district
said election shall be held within ninety days
after the passage of this act and twenty days
notice OF said election shall be given by post
ing written or prin ed notices thereof In at least
six places within the district AMI town afore-
said said election and voting shall be held
and done in the said town of Btdwyn, at a
place or places therein to be designated by the
said election commissioners of said town; SAID
election shall be held aud conducted by the
oil : election
mayor of said town is held and conducted, as
far as may be, aud the said election commits
sioners are hereby invested with full aud all
proper and Necessary powers to prepare for and
hold said election and carry out the purposes
of this act said election shall be by ballot,
and the said election commissioners are author
lied if necessary, to purchase ballot-box or
boxes for said election not more than ten and
not less than FIVE days before said elec ion SAID
election commissioners shall examine ana
revise the list of registered voters in said
town and district, and shall have full power
to strike from said list the names ofall persons
who from any cause have ceased to be legal |
voters in said town and district, and to regis |
ter and add to said list all persons who have |
become legal voters in said district and town; |
and the said commissioners are authorized in |
registering persons to administer the oath |
prescribed in article seven, section three OF |
the Constitution of Mississippi; and for the
purposes of said revision said election com |
missioners shall be entitled to the possession,
use and inspection of the registration books |
of said town and district for the counties of |
Prentiss and Lee; and the said election COM |
missioners after said revision and correction, |
shall cause to be made out one or more lists OF
the legal voters of said town and district for |
use and government in said election, which |
list shall be conclusive as to the number and |
persons entitled 10 vote at said election; said |
election commissioners shall give notice OF the |
commencement and termination of said regis |
tration, and the same shall conclude at least |
one dav before the day of said election; the |
voters favoring the prohibition of the sale OF |
said liquors in the territory aforesaid, shall |
write or print on their ballot the word 'prohl- |
bition,' aud those opposing prohibition shall |
write or print on their ballot the words mo |
prohibition which ballots shall be cast and /
counted by said election commissioners 1t |
shall be the duty of the said election COM
mfssioners to ascertain and declare the result |
of said election in the same manner as the |
result of other elections in said town are as |
eertained and declared, and said result shall |
be entered on the records IN the |
mayors office of said town, and shall be |
final and conclusive; provided, that each |
voter may also write or print on his ballot |
the words. sfor medical or culinary or sacra- /
mental purposes and if a majority Of ballots |
cast shall be for such purposes or either OF
them, then it shall be lawful to sell yineus or /
spiriiuous liquors for said purposes or either |
of them in quantities net less than one quart /
under such rules and regulations as may be |
enacted by the mayor and aldermen OF said /
Town snd subject to the general laws of the /
land within said town and the limits afore-
said.
SEQ. 2 Be it further enacted, That # said |
election commissioners shall declare and enter
as aforesaid, that majority of the votes cast /
Al said election is in favor of prohibition then
the sale, barter or exchange OF Einous, splritu-
Gus or malt liquors IN any quantity Tor any /
nnrnose within said town or within two miles /
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