The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-07
THE LOCAL OPTION BILL
MEASURE INTRODUCED by SENATOR DICKEY TO
GIVE EVERY VOTING PRECINCT THE RIGHT TO
DECIDE THE LIQUOR QUESTION FOR ITSELF
VOTE CAN BE TAKEN EVERY TWO YEARS.

OF any voting precinct shall petition the Governor Territory
for the privilege to determine by ballot whether the sale Of in
toNicang liquors beverage shall be prohibited within the
limits of such voting precinct the Governor of the Territory shall
order special election to be held such precinct in not less than
thirty than forty days from the presentation OF such
tton to him. which said petition shall be filed public docu-
with the Secretary OF the Territory and be preserved for
reference and inspection and which election shall be held at the
usual place places for holding territorial elections and notice
shall be given and election held and conducted in all respects
provided by law for the election of members OF the territorial leg
slatue said law shall be applicable The result OF such
election shall be entered forthwith upon the records OF the Secre
tay of the Territory and in all trials for violation of this Act
the original entry OF the record or copy thereof cered by the
Secretary of the Territory provided that such record shows that
majority of the such election against the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors as beverage shall be pa tace evidence
that the selling furnishing giving away of Intoxicating liquors
beverage the keeping OF place where such liquors
sod kept for SALE given furnished such selling fur
nng giving keeping such place occurred after tr
y days from the day holding such election then and there
prohibited and unlawful.
Section The ballot any special election held under the
provisions OF this shall be printed with affirmative and neg
alive statement to wit The sale of Intoxicating liquors
beverage shall be prohibited The sale of Intoxicating liquors
beverage shall not be prohibited with blank space the
right side of each which give each eecto
portuni clearly designate his choice by mark similarly
the regulations in regular elections.
Section If majority OF the votes cast at such election shall
be in favor of prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors
beverage then and after thirty days from the date hold
ING such election shall be unlawful for anv person. personally
by agent within the limits OF such voting precinct to SELL fur
nsh give any intoxicating liquors be used bever-
to keep place where such liquors kept for SALE to
give furnish for beverage purposes and whoever from
and after the thirty days aforesaid any manner directly
indirectly sells furnishes gives away, otherwise deals in
structure vehicle either permanent transient for such sell
ing furnishing giving away in which from which nto
icatng liquors Sold given away furnished otherwise
dealt III as AFORESAID Snal De 8uy OF lSdeneanor ana sna
conviction thereof be fined than hundred dol
lars less than fifty dollars for the first oense and shall for
the second oHene be hned not more than Ve hundred dollars
less than hundred dollars and for subsequent oense
be fined not less than two hundred dollars than
thousand dollars and be imprisoned hard labor than
sixty days and not less than days.
But nothing contained in this act shall any affect
the right OF any legal manufacturer OF Intoxicating liquors from
the material sell deliver and furnish his product in whole
sale quantities to bona hd retail dealers ackng in ntoxicat
ing liquors in wholesale quantities any party parties
siding outside OF the limits OF said voting precinct.
Section The phrase Intoxicating liquors used in this
shall be construed any distilled malt vnOus other in
toXcatng liquors. but nothing in this act shall be construed to
the selling OF Intoxicating liquors at retail by regular
druggist for exclusively known medicinal pharmaceutical cen
c mechanical purposes and when sold for med
icna purposes shall be sold only in good faith upon written
prescription issued signed good faith by repu
able physician in active practice and the prescription used but
The words giving away where they in this act
shall apply to the giving away Of Intoxicating liquors by
his private dwelling unless such private dwelling is
place Of public
Section s. When any person. company or corporation has
discontinued such traffic accordance with the provisions of this
within the time specified by section Of this act has paid
is charged upon the duplicate with upon such tra
nc the Auditor OF the Territory upon being satisfied of such fact
shall issue to such person, company corporation
for amount poporonae the unexpred time for which such
has been paid The amount of Five Thousand Dol
lars for each fiscal hereby appropriated out of
III the treasury for the payment of such warrants.
Section The petition provided for in section of this act
shall be deemed sufficient Governor Territory shall
order such election when the petition signed by many
electors shall equal number thirty the
number of the last preceding general election in said
voting precinct and indictments afdavts normaons for
violations of this shall not be set forth the facts
showing that the required number of in the said precinct
peoned for such election that the election held that
the majority voted favor of prohibiting the sale herein pro-
vded but shall be sufficient the complained Of
then and there prohibited and unlawful.
Section AT any time after two years from the date of
election held under the provisions of this another election
be petoned for in the precinct and shall be ordered
provided for in section the Governor shall entertain any
petition from any precinct in which election has been held
under this act within years.
Section Any person being qualified voter of any election
precinct wherein election shall have been held provided
for this may the validity of such election before the
Supreme Court within thirty days after such election He shall
furnish the with sufficient security for all costs in the
and failure establish his shall pay all The dec
sion OF the Supreme Court majority thereof shall be final