Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-20
Snecial Election.


fair expression Of the will Of the people
IN this important matter;
NoTicE or SPECIAL Cry ELECTION.
Whereas, A written request, signed
by Twelve and more of the qualified
yot 5 Of the city OF Lancaster, Grant
county, Wis, has this 18th day Of Au-
gust, 1885, been presented to me and
has been filed in my office, which writ
ten request IS rs follows: ITO the Clerk
OF the City OF Lancaster, Grant county,
Wis: We, the undersigned qualified
voters or said city. do hereby request
you to forthwith give notice of special
election to be held in and for said city
on the third Tuesday of September,
1883, for the purpose of determining by
a vote of the electors of said city the
amount to be paid in such city for
license TO sell intoxicating liquors to be
drank on the premises and for no other,
purpose; such special election to be
held in accordance with the provisions
of Sec. 3 of Chap. 296 of the laws of
Wisconsin, enacted in the year 1885,
Now, therefore, pursuant to Chap. 296
OF the laws of 1885 and said written re-
quest made to me, | do hereby give no.
tice TO the voters and electors of said
city that special election will be held
at the council chamber of said city in
the second story of Thomas & Basford' $
store building (the same being the place
of the last city election), on the third
Tuesday, being the 10Th day of Septem-
Der, 1885, for the purpose of determin-
ing the amount to be paid in said city
for license to sell intoxicating liquors to
be drank on the premises. The polls of
said election will be open al o'clock
la the forenoon of said day, or as soon
thereafter rs may be, and shall be closed
at shutdown of said day. The ballots
to be voted at said election shall be
written or printed on plain white print
paper, and shall have written or printed
thereon the words. ''To be paid for
license - and shall have written or
printed thereon in words or figures the
sum TO be paid for such license accord
ing 10 the will of the person voting, that
is: Either of the several sums of Two
Hundred dollars, Three Hundred and
Fifty dollars or Five Hundred dollars.
Dated August Is, A. u. 1885
Attest: w. f. MCGoNIGLE,
Clerk of the City of Lancaster.
Section B. There is hereby enacted a
new section to be known as section 1548b
of the revised statutes, which shall read
as follows: Section 154Sb The electors
of the several cities, villages and towns
in this state, may hold special elections
therein for the purpose of determining
as hereinafter provided, the amount to
be paid in such city, village or town for
/ license to sell neutrality-suspicious. to BIO
drank on the premises. And, for that
purpose it is hereby made the duty of
the clerk of every city, village or town,
on request being made TO him in writ
ing, signed by at least twelve qualified
voters of such city, village or town, and
specifying the purpose for which such
special election is To be held, to forth
with give notice of a special election for
that purpose in the manner provided
for giving notice of general elections:
provided however, that such special
election shall be held on the third Tues
day of September, and that no other
question shall be submitted to the cleo
tors at the same time, and that no such
special election shall be held oftener
than once in three years. Such special
election shall be held at the place and
conducted by the officers and the result
thereof canvassed in the same manner.
in all respects, as near as practicable as
provided for general elections. At
such special election in towns where the
sum to be paid for license is hereinbe-
fore fixed at one bundled dollars. the
electors may increase such sum to eth
er the sum Of two hundred and fifty dol
lars or the sum of four hundred dollars
as they determine; and in all cities, vii
lagos and other towns wherein the sum
to be paid for license is hereinbefore
fixed at two hundred dollars. the cleo
| tors may increase such sum To either
the sum Of three hundred and fifty dol
lars or five hundred dollars, as they
may determine. The ballots to be voted
/ ut such special election shall be written
| or printed on plain white print paper,
| and shall have written or printed there
on the words, ITO be paid for license,
/ 5" and shall have written or printed
thereon the words or figures the sum to
/ be paid for license. according to the
will of the person voting, that s,either,
| of the several sums of one hundred dol.
lars, two hundred and fifty dollars, OF
four hundred dollars, in the class OF
towns first hereinfore named, and eth
er of the several sums of two hundred
| dollars, three hundred and fifty dollars,
or five hundred dollars in all cities, vii
lagos and other towns. The sum re-
ceiving the highest number of votes al
such election shall be held and consid.
cred the sum to be paid for such license
| to sell liquors within such city, village
or town for the three years succeeding
the first Tuesday in May next thereafter
provided that if the highest amount to
be voted for does not receive plurality
of the votes cast then the votes cast fol
| such highest amount shall be considered
as having been cast for the next lower
amount and shall be so counted; and in
case of a tie vote upon the lower and
/ highest sums TO be voted for, if there
shall be no votes cast for the third or me.
dunn sum to be voted for. such third oil
medium sum shall be held and consid
cred the sum to be paid for such license
BAsEBALL.-Last Thursday the Ian
caster nine played match game with
the Montforts at Mcntfort. In the mid.
die of the ninth inning the score stood
16 to Is in favor of the Montforts A