The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-10-20
Sheriff'S Election
Notice.


session, 1900 CnIp't, So j. O'I''
N"h' '"S'l'' y! ~ O""i''9' Wv
election to be held in said Cecil
County on TUESDAY. November g.
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cider shall be sold IN sad Oecli
County. shall br submit ted to the
reoisterod qualified voters OF said
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lhe h"d"ls al S''a 'L"Clo'' /" DC ne"
as Aforesaid, shall nave written or
printed on them The words "FOr
License" and the words. Against
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question snail DE SuIIlGIei't l" Ht'""
the voter 5 answer To snCh question.
The provisions of the said Act TO be
submitted are as follows
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT 70 on,r1e fine registered oua1;-
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heu 'o'ei so' Ceei' |o"''ly ~ ue'e'
mine by ballot whether spirltuous or
fermented liquors or cider shall be
sold IN said county
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that the
question whether or not any person
or persons, house, company, associa
ton or body corporate, as hereinafter
described, may be licensed i'll Cecil
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which spirituous or fermented liquors,
Intoxicating drinks or cider may be
sold, or whether or not no license to
sell the same in said county shall be
issued, shall be submitted to the reg
istered and quallhed voters OF SAID
county on the first tuesday after the
hrst Monday IN November, eighteen
hundred and nlnety.,eight, and on the
hrst tuesday alter the hrst Monday IN
November in every fourth year there
after, at the election then to be held
therein, and the sheriff OF said county
shall, at least three weeks previous to
the day OF SAID election, cause public
notice to be given OF the SUBMISSION
OF said question to be published in two
newspapers OF SAID county with copy
OF this Act, and also by printed hand
bills containing SAID notice, and copy
OF tins act to be posted at the most
public places within each election dis
trict of said county, and the County
commissioners OF SAID county shall
pay tor the publishing OF SAID notice
and copy OF this Act, and Tor printing
said handbllls, and shall pay to said
sheriff Tor SAID services the sum OF
twenty-five dollars, but II for any rea-
son said notice shall not be given, or
not gwen IN the manner herein pre-
scribed. such failure shall not affect
the validity OF tins Act, or operate to
prevent its taking effect.
SEC. 2, And be it enacted, That the
ballots cast at said election to be
counted as deciding Tor or against the
sale OF sprtuous or fermented liquors,
Intoxicating drinks or cider in said
county shall have printed or written on
them the words For License, or
Against License, and the ballots cast
For License and the ballots cast
Against License shall be carefully
counted by the judges of said election
IN the respective election districts OF
said county, and the number OF said
ballots For License" and the number
OF ballots Against License" shall be
certified by them. and the return judges
Of said election at their meeting after
said election snail cast up the whole
VOC TOT License ana Against Il
cehse III Sa'd alstricts' ana shail make
separate Written return OF SAID whole
tote 10 ihe olerk OF the Glrcuit court
lol Ssell Souiity' ana sa'd Clerk snail
ltepiu sIiu returns among the records
OF ms ONCE ana ShaI' prepare a certi-
lIa.e proc'alin'ne me result OF snch
eiee!eo'' III Saia county. ana cause SAID
Celtl'cate 10 De puni'Shed, within hfteen
Gays a'ter Sa'd returns nave been re-
celVeu oV ,iii1' once IN all the news
papers published IN SAID county.
SEC: 3. And be it enacted. That if
1t shall appear by the returns OF said
judges and certificate OF said Clerk that
majority OF said votes have been cast
Against License" then the following
seet'ohs from section one hundred and
seVenty-nlne 10 section one hundred
ana eiRhty.eieht inclusive, snail be IN
lorce IN sad county, and stand in the
Place ana stead OF sections one hun
areu ana seVenty-nlne TO one hundred
ana e'gnty-eight inclusive OF Article 3
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