Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-19
LOCAL OPTION
An Intelligent Synopsis Of the
Wood Local Option Law.

Wood Local Option Law.
Following ID q synopsis OF the
Wood Local Option Law, passed by
the Thirty.fourth General As
sembly;
Upon application by petition
by one.tenIh of the quaii-
fed voters of any county who shall
outside the corporate iimit~
of any town having ut the time
twenty-five hundred or more in
habitants, the county court shall
order an election to be held to
take place within forty days after
the reception ofthe petition. Such
election shall determine whether
or not intoxicating liquors, in
GLIDING wine and beer, shall be
sold in the county outside of the
town or towns of twenty-five hum
observation-disclosures or more. No elect.
ion under this act can take place
on any general election day, or
within sixty days of any general
election, SO that elections held
under this act are special and
shall be separate and distinct from
any other election whatever.
Upon application by a petition
signed by one-tenth of the quail
fed voters of any town in the
State Of twenty-five hundred in
habitants or more to the town
council or the body having legis-
lative authority therein, such body
shall order an election in such
town to determine whether or not
Intoxicating liquors, including
wine and beer, shall be sold within
the corporate limits Of the town.
Notice of such election shall be
given by publication in some news
paper in the county, and such
notice shall be published four
consecutive weeks, and the last
insertion shall be at least ten days
before the election. Such other
notice may be given as the court
or municipal authorities may think
best,
All persons voting at any cleo
ton held under the provisions of
this act who are against the sale of
Intoxicating liquors shall have
written on their ballots, against
the sale of intoxicating liquors."
Those who favor their sale shall
have written OK printed on their
ballots, "for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors." or both sentences may
appear on the ballot with, "erase
the clause you de not WANT ap-
pended,
If a majority of the votes cast
at such an election be for the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, such liquors
may be sold under the provisions
of existing laws regulating their
sale. # q majority Of the votes
are against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, the result shall be publish
ed for four weeks In the same
newspaper in which the notice of
election appeared. The provisions
of this act take effect from and
after the date Of the last insertion,
but no license to sell intoxicating
liquor, shall be granted during the
time of the publication. This act
does not interfere with any license
issued before the day of publica-
ton, as such license shall run un-
til date of expiration and shall not
be renewed. The election may be
contested in the same way as
provided by law for the contest
of the election of county officers.
TIA majority of the votes cast
at any election shall be against
the sale of intoxicating liquors. it
shall not be lawful for any person
within the limits of snch county
lying outside Of the corporate lin
its of any city or town having, at
the date of such order of election,
a population of $500 inhabitants
or more, to sell, give away, or
barter in any manner whatever,
any kind of intoxicating liquors or
beverage containing alcohol, in any
quantity Whatever, under the
penalties herein prescribed.
Whenever the election in this
act provided for has been held and
decided either ''for'' or ssagainst"
the question shall not be again
submitted within four years next
thereafter, in the same county or
city and then only a new petition.
Nothing in this act shall be SO
construed al to prevent the sale of
wine for sacramental purposes, nor
shall anything therein contained
prevent licensed druggists or
pharmacists from furnishing pure
alcohol for medical, art, scientific
and mechanical purposes;
Any person violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by o fine of not less
than $300no more than $1,000 or
by Imprisonment in the county jail
not less than six months nor more
than twelve months, or both by
such fine and imprisonment.
ofacers Installed.
The following have been INSTALL
ed as officers Of Salt River Lodge,