The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-29
ORDER FOR ELEcTIoN.-To all whom

Whereas, Written application and petitions. adj
dressed to the board of supervisors of the county of
Van Buren,, have been received by the clerk of said
county and filed in his office praying that cleo
ton be held in and for said county of Van Buren,
under the provisions of Act No. 2O7, of the public
acts of 1889, approved June 90 1885, TO ascertain the
will of the qualified electors of said county, whether
or not the manufacture of liquors and the liquor
traffic should be prohibited within the limits of the
said county; and
Whereas, AT session of the board of supervisors
of said county, duly called for that purpose and held
at the village OF Paw Paw In said county the 3rd
day of January, A ID. 1880, the said petitions
duly examined; and
Whereas, Upon such examination il was determ-
ined and declared, by resolution adopted by
the said board of supervisors, that such
election has been prayed for by the requisite
number of electors, to-wit: by not less than one
fourth of all the qualified electors of said county.
shown by the transcripts of the poll lists of the last
proceeding general election for state officers held In
said county, and the affidavts accompanying said
petitions and shown by reference to the returns
and county canvass of the last preceding general
election for state officers held in said county.
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered aud directed
by the board of supervisors of the said county of
Van Buren,, that an election be and the same is
hereby called in the several townships in said
ty, pursuant TO the provisions of the aforenamed
act, to ascertain the will of the electors OF said
county, whether or not the manufacture of liquors
and the liquor traffic should be prohibited within
the limits of said county.
And it is further ordered. that said election, as
above directed, shall be held Oh Monday, the oath
day of February, A. ID. lS90 that said election shall
be by ballot, ard that the ballots shall be in two
FORMS one of which shall contain the words:
''Should the manufacture of liquors and the liquor
traffic be prohibited within the county YES; and
the other form shall be: "Should the manufacture
OF liquors and the liquor traffic be prohibited within
the county mo-; that every ballot on which the
word "Yes is found sail be counted In the affirm
alive of said proposition, and every ballot which
the word mo" IL found shall be counted IN the neg
alive of said propositions; that under the provisions
OF the aforesaid act all persons entitled under the
laws of this state to vote for Governor shall be
deemed qualified TO vote at said election that the
registration of the qualified electors the hours Tor
opening and closing the polls, the manner of voting
and of holding and conducting said election under
the provisions of the aforesaid act and the powers
and duties of boards of registration, of inspectors of
election, township boards aud all other officers, with
reference to said election, shall be the In every
respect I'm the of general election and that
the laws OF this state pertaining TO the registration
and qualification of electors, the disposition of the
ballots the canvass of the votes and declaring the
result thereof at general elections, shall be observed
aud enforced at said election, so far the same
shall be applicable.
Dated this 9th day of January, A, ID. 1890.
WM.K VAN HISE, Chairman.
Attest: A. L. ANDERSON, County Clerk.
STATE of MICHIGAN: County of Van Buren-ss.
Il, A.. T. Anderson, county clerk of the county of
Van Buren,, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing If true and correct transcript, compared
by from the original record of the order issued
by the board of supervisors of said county, calling
special election the proposition of County Prohi
bion, and of the whole of such original, entered
in the journal of the proceedings of said board, at
their meeting of January Bird, A. ID. 1890.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto subscribed
said county, at the village of Paw Paw, in said coun-
ty, this 9th day of January, A. ID. 1890.
SEAL A. I. ANDERSON,
16t4ol9 County Clerk.