The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-01-29
LOCAL OPTION.
Text of a Bill Before the Tennessee
General Assembly.

A bill entitled IAN act to permit
local option in all incorporated
towns and cities and taxing districts
in the State of Tennessee" has been
introduced, and is now before the
Legislature. The bill is as follows:
Section |. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
all incorporated cities, towns and
taxing districts in Tennessee to
restrict or prohibit the sale of any or
all Intoxicating, spirituOus, vinous
or malt liquors, whenever m jority
of the legal voters residing therein
shall 50 declare in a special election
held for that purpose in the manner
hereinafter set out.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
whenever the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of any such incorporated
town, city or taxing district shall
order a special election for said
purpose, as hereinafter provided,
the question to be voted upon shall
be submitted to the legal voters
residing within the said incorporated
they shall vote thereon; provided,
however, that such question cannot
be submitted at any such special
election Oftener than once in every
two years.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
it shall not be lawful for such ques-
ton to be submitted to vote at any
such special election by the Mayor
and City Council of such town, city
or taxing district, unless a petition
addressed to the Mayor and City
Council of such Incorporated town,
city or taxing district shall have
been signed by at least 20 per cent.
Cor one fifth of ali the legal voters
residing within the corporate limits
of such incorporated town, city or
taxing district, as shown by the last
Federal census preceding the time
when such petition is presented and
filed, requesting that such special
election be so held at some date
thereafter, which shall not be less
than sixty days from the date when
such petition. so signed, shall have
been filed with the Mayor and City
Council aforesaid.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
when such petition, SO signed as
aforesaid, shall be filed as aforesaid,
the Mayor and City Council shall
forthwith order special election at
some convenient time to be appoint
ed by the Mayor, not less than sixty
days from the time when such petit
ton is presented and filed.
Go Ra il furt IN az a,,unta1 fNbot
the question To be submitted at such
special election shall be in the fol-
lowing form, to-wit: For Local
Option and Against Local Option
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted, That
if at such special election so held as
hereinbefore provided, Il majority of
the legal votes cast theredt shall be
cast For Local OPTION then and
in that event it shall not thereafter
be lawful to sell any spirituous,
vlnous, malt or Intoxicating liquors
within such Incorporated town, city
or taxing district, and any person
found guilty thereof shall be deemed
guilty of Il mi5demeanOr and pun
lshed as SUCH provided, however,
that If at some special election held
''NA CdlItI Ill vie ludulltI lltl W.
provided, "A majority of the lega.
votes cast thereat shall be cas-
Against Local Option then, and
In that event, it shall be lawful tC
sell spirituOuS, vinous, malt or in
toXicating liquors in such towns
; cities and taxing districts, subjec
to such restrictions and regulations
as shall be deemed just and propeI
by the Mayor and City, Council
under the laws Of the State of Ten
nessee.
Sec. I. BE it further enacted, Tha
l this act take effect from aud after
J its passage, the public welfare re
curing it.
T The friends Of local option ar,
g working earnestly in behalf of tn
i bill and they request that all per
! sons in the state friendly to tn
t measure who would assist in sup
: pressing the open saloon, get a
D petitions and send them to thei
g representatives in the Legislator
n now in session without delay. The
also request papers throughout tn
state to publish "A ID call attention
e to the bill.
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