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License or No License
Election in AbbeviDe County Satur
day, March 8, 1883, at the
Usual Voting Precincts.

Section l. That the County Commits
sioners of the Counties of Abbeville and
Greenville are hereby authorized and re-
quired within ninety days after the appro-
val of this Act to submit the question of
"license" or "no lcense' in the incorpor-
ated towns and villages in said Counties
to the qualified electors of said Counties
at special elections to be held at the time
designated by said County Commission
ers, public notice being first given in one
or more of the newspapers published in
said Counties for two weeks, prior to said
elections.
Sec. 2. That the said election shall be
held at the usual voting precincts in said
Counties by three Managers appointed by
said County mmissioners at least two
weeks prior to said election, and shall be
governed by the rules and requirements
applicable to general elections Ill this
State. The polls shall be kept open from
seven clock A. M. until five o'clock T.
NJ, and upon the closing Of the polls the
count the votes and certify the result
thereof, and return the same within two
days, with the ballots and poll lists, to the
County Commissioners, who shall meet
and declare the result of said elections.
The said County Commissioners shall de-
eide any protest or objection to said cleo
ton before declaring tho result. If a
majority of the electors of said Counties
vote in favor of mo license," then the
sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors,
bitters, beers, or fruits prepared with
such liquors, shall bo prohibited in said
Counties and it shall bo unlawful for the
Town Council of any city, town or vii
lagc in said Conntios to grant any license
for tho salo Of said spirituous or intoxi-
eating liquors PrOridcd, III at said ell
Counties vote in favor of license" then
the sale of spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors, bitters, beer, or fruits prepared
with such liquors, shall not be thereby
authorized IN the cities, towns and viii
lagos in said Counties in which such sale
is now prohibited: -AndproUidcd, JW1th-
er, That the provisions of this Act shall
not apply to the towns in said Counties
in which licenses shall have been granted
before the passage of this Act according
to law, but said licenses shall be good for
the period for which they were granted:
Provided, That the same shall not eXtond
beyond the thirty-frst day Of December,
1888: Provided, fatrthcr, That no license
for the year 1889 shall be granted or re-
newed prior to tho thirty-frst day OF
December, 1888.
Sec. 3. This Act will tako effect from
date of approval.
Dec. %, 1887.
In pursuance of the above act passed
by the Legislature Of South Carolina and
approved December %, 1887,
J,.nJ,,I Tbof on olontipD hn hold Or
the Bird of March, 1888, at the various
precincts in Abbevirlc County at which
the question of License or No License in
the incorporated towns and villages will
be submitted to the qualified electors of
said County. All who favor License will
vote on written or printed ticket, Ii
ccnse. All who arc opposed to License
will vote on written or printed ticket,
No License.
The polls to be opened from Seven
o'clock, A. NJ, to Five o'clock, P. NJ.
Upon the closing of the polls the
Managers of said election shall pub
licly count the votes and certify the re-
suit thereof, and return the same with
in two days with the ballots and poll
lists, to the County Commissioners, who
shall meet and delare the result of said
election. Said election sAall be governed
bv the rules and requirements applica-
bic to general elections in this State.
The following persons were appointed
managers Of said election at the various
precincts:
AbbeyiIle G. III.
II. II. Hill.
AntrevilIe.
A. f. Carwile, Sam'l Knox,
j. D. Alewino.
BRADLEY.
D. w. Jay, A. McNeill,
w. E. Cothran.
Greenwood.
G.. A. Barksdale, J. H. Klugh,
]. r. Blake. Jr.
Due West.
J. L. Todd, +. w. r. Nance,
M. B. Clinkscalcs.
DonaIdsviIle.
J. w. Mattison, w. J. Donald,
w. P. McGcc.
Long Cnnc.
D. C. Calvert, D. p. Hannah,
b. Ii. Eakin.
Cokcsbury.
b. c. Hart, G. NJ. Hodges,
w. II. Moore.
McCorln icls.
A, A. Traylor, j. C. Jennings,
Robt. Smith.
Mt. Carmel.
w. r. Powell, C. a. White,
Ben. Boyd.
Magnolia.
+. &. Haskell, w. n. Lanicr,
Y. \. Daniels
LowutlcsviIIc.
I. II. McCaIla, J. NJ. Baker.
}. Il. Franks.
Ninety.Six.
J. y. King, II. +. McCaslan,
~ 5. Osborne,
Troy.
Jas. w. Lyon, J. +. ClinlisctIcs.
G. i. McCasail.
Cedar Springs.
J. &. McClaiu, w. L. Dcylin,
John Lyon.
Ono of the Managers shall return the
| poll list and ballots to the Office OF tho
! t,ouutv Commissioners on Monday, the
| 5th OF March next at eleven O'Clock,
A. NJ. -
G. NJ. MATTISON,
J. w. LITES,
w. ID. MANN,
County Commissioners.
| J. n. PARKS,
Clerk.