Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-02-03
The Genera local Option Bill.

While Local Option bills have been IN
PRODUCED in the legislature for Waynes-
boro. Highl4nd and one or two other To-
caities, there has been reported to the
House by its Committee on Finance a bill
which if adopted will obviate the necessi-
ty of these cases of special legislation. 1t
is entitled "a bill to provide for submit
ting the question of liquor-license or no
liquor-lcense to the qualified voters of
each and every county and municipal cor
poration in the state of Virginia, and to
the qualified voters of each and every mag
isterial district in each and every county
and of each and every ward in each and
. every municipal corporation thereof" The
following is toe bill:
/. Be it enacted By the General Assembly
of Virqi9ia. That it shall be the duty OF
the Judge of each and every county or cor
poration court III the Commonwealth of
Virginia, at any regular election in his said
county or corporation, whenever and as
often as two hundred or more duly quail
6ed voters of his said county or corpora
ion shall have presented at regular term
OF his said court, held at least thirty days
pri or to said election, petition to that
county or corporation, and in each magls-
terra. \ district or ward thereof, as the case
NAV l,e, on the question of liquor-license
or no Iiquor-license; and the said judge
shall immediately upon the receipt of the
said ne tition certify that fact to the sheriff
or serge ,ant Of his said court, and it shall be
the duty of the Officer last aforesaid forth
with to | cst al each voting place IN his said
county or corporation notice OF the said
election, and also to give notice thereof to
the officers charged with the duty of con-
Quoting elections in his said county or cor
pocatlon. a I'D also to publish the same IN
one or more newspapers published or cir
culated in his said county or corporation,
as the Judge shall direct, not less than three
weeks prior TO the day Of said election;
provided that whenever any such petition
as aforesaid is presented to any judge as
aforesaid, for such an election as aforesaid,
to be held at the same time With any
regular election as aforesaid, any quail
fed voter or voters may become
party to the proceedings, and upon the CIV
ing good and sufficient bond and security
in such form as the said judge may require
to paw the cosUs and expenses OF special
election, the said Judge shall upon the mo-
lion of the parties last aforesaid direct a
special election to be held on the question
Of LIQUOR license or no liquor license at
such time as to the said judge may seem
best, instead of at the regular election,
which said special election shall be held
and conducted as special elections Tor ON
er purposes are held and conducted, and as
far as possible in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act; and provided further
that no material irregularlty or lnformall-
,ty in holding or ascertaining the result OF
any election under this act shall vltlate
the same, whenever it is evident to the
Judge ordering the said election, from the
returns thereof, that the will of the duly
qualified voters entitled and offering to
vote thereat has been fully and fairly ex-
pressed; but full and lawful effect shall be
@ Ven to the ascertained result OF the
sal ne.
2 That it shall be the duty of the officers
ammo inted to conduct elections IN any such
COIN, " or corporation, after they stall
have r, eeived notice of a vote to be taken
M, the 'icense question, TO prepare a sepa-
rate hall ot-box for each voting precinct In
his said ,eGunty or corporation, IN which
shall he dt posited the ballots of the then
qualified W &ers who may desire and offer
to vote upon the question OF license or no
license for tn, sale OF intoxicating liquors
in tile said co, ,nty OF corporation, Or dis
trict or ward hereof, respectively, as the
case NAV he 7 'be ballots shall be respec-
tivelv as follows. ''For license for the sale
OF Intoxicating liq 7ors,' and Against H. !,
cense for the sale o. Intoxicating liquors .
The manner of rec Swing and canvasslng
the ballots and maxi u9 returns at sucn
elections are then prov lded for.
In every district OF districts, WARD OF
wards, voting against license, no license
shall be granted, and persons selling liquor
will be liable to the present general law 1oI
selling liquor without license sherefor !;
but this act is in nowise to INTERFERE VIII
any special act on this subject which mas
or may hereafter be passed for any par1lc
ular county OF corporation.