The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-22
Proclamation and Notice

Ola new election to be held in Election
District No. 10 of Garrett county, Maryland,
at the next Congressional election, to be held
on November the 3rd, 1896, to determine
uors or medicated btters producing intoXica-
ton, shall be sold in said District.
Whereas by Chap er 46l of the Acts of 1896
of the General Assembly Of Maryland, it was
made the duty of one or more of the Judges
of the Circuit Court for Garrett county, upon
the presentation before the first day of Aug
ust, 1896, of the written petition Of at least
third in number of the registered voters who
cast their votes at the last preceding general
election in any election district of Garrett
county, to pass an order within thirty days
after the filing of said petition, directing the
Clerk of the Circuit Court OF Garrett county
to proclaim notice of a new election to be
held at the next Congressional election in
such election district to determine whether
or not splrltuous or fermented liquors and
medicated bitters producing intoXication
should be sold in such district.
And whereas, such written petition, signed
by said number of voters in Election District
the 3lst day of July 1896, filed with the Clerk
of said Court, whereupon on said day it was
ordered by Hon. David w. Sloan, one of the
Judges Of the Circuit Court for Garrett county,
that the Clerk of SAID Court proclaim notice
of new election to be held in said Election
District No. 10 of Garrett county, as above
provided, unless however, a counter petition
from said election district, larger in number
than the one filed as aforesaid should be pre-
scented before the first day of September 1896.
And whereas, counter petition from said
Election District number ten, purporting to
be signed by a greater number of the register
ed voters aforesaid than the petition filed on
the 3lst day of July, 1896 was filed with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett county
aforesaid on the 31st day of August, 1896.
And whereas, the said petition and counter
petition having been duly considered and eX-
amined, and 1t being ascertained by the said
Circuit Court that the counter petition did
not have as large anumber of signerS entitled
to be counted as the original petition, it was
on the 9th day of Septemb er 1896 ordered by
the Circuit Court for Garrett county, that the
Clerk OF the said Circuit Court be directed to
proclaim notice OF an election to be held in
said Election District number ten no. 10 at
the next Congressional election on NOVem-
Der the Bird, 1895, to determine whether or not
spirituous or fermented liquors or medicated
bitters producing intoXication shall be sold
in said district.
Now therefore, in obedience to said or
der, /, Edward u. Tower, Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Garrett county, do
hereby proclaim and give notice to all
the voters and people of said Election
District No. 10 in Garrett county, and to
all others whom IL may concern, that at
the time and place of the next Congress
sional election held in said district in
said county on the third day of Novem-
ber 1896, there will be held a Few cleo
ton in said district by the judges and
clerks of election who shall then and
there hold said Congressional election,
to determine whether or not license
shall be granted to sell spirituous or fer
mented liquors or medicated bitters
producing intoXication in said district,
and whether any of said liquors or any
compound, of which alcohol forms the
chief or principal ingredient, shall be
sold in said district after the first day of
May, 1897, except by a regular pharma-
cist or druggist having license for such
business under the law of this State upon
the written bonafide prescription of u
regular practicing physician of such
district, whose name shall he signed
thereto and that at said election at said
time and place in said district, each
legally qualified voter of said district
shall be entitled to cast one vote for or
against said license and sale, and that if
at said election it shall be found that n
majority of such votes have been cast
for license in said district, license for the
sale of such LIQUORS will be granted as
now or hereafter may be provided by
law, but lift shall be found that MAJOR
ity of said votes have been cast against
license in said district 1t shall not be
lawful for any person or persons, firm,
company or body coporate after the
first day OF May, 1897 TO sell or otherwise
dispose of by way of barter, directly or
indirectly, any such liquors, and no
license will be issued or granted for the
sale of the same in said election district.
f. u. TOWER,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett County,
Maryland. 3l-4t