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Election Notice.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
SHIAwASSEE COUNTY. 7
To all whom it may concern:
WHEREAS, Written application and petitions,
addressed to the Board OF Supervisors of the
County of Shiawassee, have been received by
the clerk of said county and filed in his office,
praying that an election be held in and for said
county of ShiawasSee, under the provisions of
Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1889, approved
June 90 1889, to ascertain the will of the quail
fled 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
WHEREAS, At o session of the Board of Super
visors of said county, duly called for that pur-
pose, and held at the City of Corunna, in said
county on the Goth day of December A. d. 1895,
the said petitions were duly examined; and
WHEREAS, Upon such examination IL was de-
termined and declared, by resolution adopted
by the said board, that such election has been
prayed for by the requisite number OF electors,
to-wit: not less than one fourth of all the quail
fed electors of said county, as shown by the
transcripts of the poll lists of the last preceding
general election for State officers, held in said
county, and the affidavitS accompanying said
petitions
Now, THEREFORE,, it is ordered and directed
by the Board OF Supervisors of the said county
of Shiawassee, that an election be and the same
is hereby called in the several townships (and
wards, or election dstricts) in the said county,
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 prohibit
ed within the limits OF SAID county,
AND 1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That said cleo
ton, as above directed, shall be held on Mon
day, the 10th day of February A. ID. 1885, that
said election shall be by ballot, and that the
ballots shall be in two forms, one OF which
shall contain the Words SHOULD the manu-
facture of liquors and the liquor traffic be pro-
hibited within the countyY-YES;" and the
other form shall be: "Should the manufacture
of liquors and the liquor traffic be prohibited
within the countyY-NO;" that every ballot on
which the word Eyes" is found shall be counted
t. oNf oafd onh
ballot on which the word mo" is found shall
be counted in the negative OF said proposition;
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 for 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 land
common councils) and oil other officers with
reference 10 the said election, shall be the
same in every respect as in the case OF general
election; and that the laws OF this state pertain
ing to the registration and qualification OF elect
ors, the disposition of the ballots, the canvass
of the votes and declaring the result thereof at
general elections shall be observed and en-.
forced at said election, so far as the same shall
Countersigned. M OsBURN,
DC COOPER, Chairman.
Clerk.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, 90
COUNTY OF SHIAwASSEE, 90
1, Duane G. Cooper, County Clerk OF the Coun-
ty of Shiawassee, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is q true and correct tran.
script, compared by me, from the original
record OF the order issued by the Board OF
Supervisors of said county, calling special
election on the proposition Of county prohibit
ton, and OF the whole of such original, as enter.
ed in the journal of the proceedings OF the said
Board, at their meeting of Dec 20, A. D., 1895.
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto sub
scribed my name and affixed the seal of the
Circuit Court OF said County, at the City of
Corunna in said county, this 9th day of Dec,
A. D., 1895. DUANE Q. COOPER,
County Clerk.