The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-22
License or No License.
Election in Abbeville County Satur-
day, March 8, 1888, at the
Usual Voting Precincts.

Section |. That the County Commis-
sioners of the Counties Of Abhevillc and
Greenyiile arc hereby authorized and re-
quircd within ninety days after tho appro-
val of this Act to submit tho question OF
"license' or "no license in the incorpor-
atod towns and villages in said Counties
to the qualified electors Of said Counties
ut special elections to be hold at the time
designated by said County Commission
ers, public notice being first given in one
or more Of the newspapers published III
said Counties for two weeks, prior to said
elections.
SEQ. 2. That the said election shall be
held at tho usual voting precinct in said
Counties by three Managers appointed by
said County Commissioners at least two
weeks prior to said election, and shall be
governed by the rules and requirements
applicable to general elections III this
State. The polls shall be kept open from
seven o'clock A. NJ. until five O'Clock r
NJ, and upon the closing Of the polls the
Managers Of said election shall publicly
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
eide any protest or objection to said cleo
ton before declaring the result. If o
majority of the electors Of said Counties
vote in favor of "no license" then the
sale of spirituous and Intoxicating liquors
bitters, beers, or fruits prepared with
such liquors, shall be prohibited in said
Counties and it shall be unlawful for the
Town Council Of any city, town or vii
lage in said COMMITTEES to grant any license
for the sale of said spirituous or intoxi.
eating LIQUORS Provided, If at said el.
ection majority of the electors of said
Counties vote in favor of 'slicense," 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 vii
lagos in said Counties in which such sale
Ia now prohibited: Amd provided, Jnrth:
er, That the provisions of this Act shall
not apply to the towns in said Counties
i'm which licenses shall have been granted
before the passage Of this Act according
to law, but said licenses shall be good fol
the period for which they were granted
Provided, That the same shall not extend
beyond the thirty-first day of December
1888: Provided, further, That no license
for the year 1889 shall be granted or re.
newed prior to the thirty-first day OF
December, 1888.
Sec. 8. This Act will take effect from
date of approval.
Dec. %, 1887.
In pursuance of the above act passed
by the Legislature of South Carolina and
approved December %, 1887,
Resolved. That an election be held on
the 3rd of March, 1888, at the various
precincts in Abbeville County at which
the question of License or No License in
tho Incorporated towns and villages will
be submitted to the qualified electors of
said County. All who favor License v ill
vote Oh a written or printed ticket, lii
ce1,Se. All who are opposed to License
will vote on a written or printed ticket,
No License.
The polls to be opened from Seven
o'clock, A. NJ, to Five o'clock, P. M.
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 tho ballots and poll
lists, to the County Commissioners, who
shall meet and delare the result of said
election. Said election shall be governed
by the rulos and requirements applica-
BILE to general elections in this State.
The following persons were appointed
managers of said election at the various
precincts: