Evening journal., 1899-02-24
KENT LOCAL OPTION.
Bill Regarding License or No
License in the County.
PYLEs FIGHT OF THE PILOTS

AND PNDMOlllE Iltk EollAlBlllSlt-
MENT OF MANUFACTURING IN
DUSTRIES I'm THE State.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE NIAnTERs.
staf Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover, Feb. "a.
Representative Jenkins will intro
dnce the following act, providing FOR
the submission Of the question Of Ii
cense or no license to the qualified
electors in Kent county at the next
general election:
Whereas, The Consultation OF this
state provides in section / Of article
13, that, whenever a majority OF all
the members elected to each house Of
the General Assembly by the qualified
electors of amy district named in sec
tiOn Of said article 49, shah request
the submission Of the question Of IL
cense CIR no license TO vote OF the
qualified electors in said district, the
General Assembly shall provide for
the submission of such question to the
qualified electors in such district at the
next general elestfon thereafter, and
Whereas, The Constitution in Sec
gion 2 of article 13 has divided the
state into two districts as f. cws:
Sussex county shall comprise one dis
trtct, Kent county one district the
city Of Wilmington, as its corporate
limits now are or may hereafter be ex-
tended, one district, and the remaining
part of New Castle county one dis
triCt, and
Whereas, A majority Of all the
members elected to each house Of the
General Assembly by the qualified eiec-
tors of Kent county, being one Of the
districts named in section of said ar
ticle 13 Of the Constitution. have re-
quested the submission of the question
of license or no license Ito the qualified
electors of said district, in the follow
ing language, to wit
"To the Senate and House Of Represent
tatives of the State of Delaware, in
General Assembly met:
I'VE, J. Frank Alice, S. ]. Abbott, r.
H. Lewis, senators in the General AS
sembly from Kent county, and we
Wirlfam Tharp, w. "A. FAIRIES, George
c. Herring, D. II. Frazier, J. Jenkins
John Satterield william T. Jester
representatives in the General Assem-
bly, from Kent county, being a majority
Of all the members elected to each
house Of the General Assembly by the
qualified electors of Kent county, be-
ing one Of the districts designated by
section of article 13 of the Congttu-
tion OF the State of Delaware for the
purpose of submitting the question
whether the manufacture and safe Of
intoxicating liquors shall be licensed
or prohibited within the limits CT SAID
district, TO the qualified electors ol
said districts. do respectfully requesr
the subn ission of the question of Ii.
cense or no license TO a vote q
the qualified electors in sucl
district, and that provision b.
made for the submission of such ques
tion to the qualified electors in suof
distadct at the next general election.
-. FRANK AILEE,
IS. ]. ABBOTT.
"R. H. LEWIS.
"WTIIIAAI THARP,
''W. A. FARIES,
GEORGE c. HERRING.
ID. H. FRAZIER,
u. JENKINS,
"JOG1GV SATTERFIELD.
"WIIIIAM T. JESTER.
"Now therefore, be it enacted by thl
Senate and House of Representative
of the State Of Delaware in Genera
Assembly met:
Section /. That at the general elec
tfon to be held in this state on tn
Tuesday next after the first Monday II
the month of November in the year c
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
the qualified electors of Kent count
at such election may vote by balics cE
the question whether the manufactur
and sale of intoxicating liquors shal
be licensed or prohibited within tn
limits thereof, as they shall several
choose to do, AID in so voting the bal
lot shall be separate from those cas-
for amy person voted for at such eleC
ton and shall be kent distinct an
apart from any other ballet so cast.
Section 2. That the taL-ts for d
cense and for no licerse shall be {
such uniform and suitable size tha
they may readily be distinguished frcu
the ballots prescribed by law for car
didates for office, and of such qual.t!
color and thickness of paper that tn
frcm the back thereof.
"The words For No License sha
be printed on the right hand side
each ballot, and tine words For L
cense' on the left hand side thereof
and, in voting. each qualified electC
shall mark, with the stamp provide
for the said general election, his ba
lot within the space immediate.
above either the said words For n
License or For License, and theref
Indicate on which side he desires
vote. The said ballots Shall be pr
vided, printed, packed, supplied. di
tributed. received, opened. signed. d
livered for voting. voted. deposite
counted, preserved and destroyed |
che same persons. at the same tim
and places, in the same manner. a
cording to the same regulations al
subject to the same penalties so far
applicable to the purposes of this a
as is now or hereafter shall be pr
scrdbed concerning the said gener