Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-06-22
COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Business Transacted at Regular
Session.
TOLEDO. Or, June 10, 1906.

Commissioners Court for Lincoln
county in regular session Present,
Hon. c. NJ. Brown, Judge; Hon. Geo.
King aud Hon f. 4. Thompson, Com
missioners; Ira Wade County Clerk
j. II. Ross. Sheriff.
In the matter Of the local option liquor cleo
tion in Lincoln county, s;Gie Of Oregon; At
this time, namely, Friday, the 10Th day of
June, a. D., 1905, at the hour OF a. IN. thereof, |
came on for consideration by The Court the
above entitled matter, and il duly appearing
TO the Court that on April 2, 1906, petition
for local option liquor election, signed by not
less than 10 per cent OF the registered voters of
Lincoln county, state oi oregon, was duly
filed with the County Clerk OF said county,
petitioning that on Monday, the fourth day of
June, 1906. an election be held to determine
whether the sale OF Intoxicating liquors shall
be prohibited in said Lincoln county as
whole, and it further appearing to the Court
from the certificate of seid County Clerk that
the signatures on said petition were by him
carefully compared with the signatures on the
registration books and blanks in his office at
said time, for the general election then pend
ing, and that snid petition contained the
nbmes OF PAL electors, Of which he found 2l9
duly registered in Lincoln county, state of
oregon for the election then pending, towt,
on June 4, 1906. that the total number of votes
cast III Lincoln county, Oregon, at the last
preceding election To- Justice OF the Supreme
Court, was go and that the total number of
petitioners signing said petition as above
stated, and not cancelled, but actually regis
tered for the said election then pending, was
2lg that being more than 0per cent OF the
vote cast for Justice OF the Supreme Court on
June G, 1904 the last preceding election for
said Office; that thereu?on the Court made an
order wherein it was duly ordered that an
election bc held 1t the time mentioned in said
petition. and In the entire county OF Lincoln,
as u whole. to determine whether the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors should be prohibited in
said county as whole; thet at least twenty
days previous 70 the said general election,
held ON the 4th day OF June, 1906. namely, on
the sth day Of May, 1906, the said County Clerk
delivered to the SheriHof said Lincoln county,
Oregon, at least five notices oi the said cleo
ton for each and every election precinct in
said county; that said sheriff ~ least l. days
before SAID election held on June j. 1906
posted five ot said notices in FIVE public places
in the vicinity OF the polling place in each
and every election precinct in Lincoln county
state OF oregon; that pursuant To said petition
and UIder, an election vas held on the said 18th
day OF June, 1905, in Lincoln county, state O
Oregon, in manner and form rs by law pro
vided upon The question AS to whether the
sale OF intoxicating liquors should be pro
hbited in said Lincoln county as a whole
and it further duly appears to the Court from
the certificate OF the County Clerk nf sait
county filed herein and the returns made b!
the board OF election culnyRssers, consisting o
Ira Wade, County Clerk, co. F. Sylvester
Justice OF the Peace for Newport precinct il
said county, and Geo. R. Schenck, Justice o
the Peace tOr Toledo precinct in said county
that al said election there were cast "for pro
hibition" in said Lincoln county as whole
467 votes, and against prohibition" in sat
county. as whole, lo7 votes giving majorit
of 90 votes in favor OF the prohibition Of tn
sale of Intoxicating liquors in said Linco
county, as II whole Now, therefore, at thi
time, the Court being fully advised in tn
premises and having carefully examined III
various proceedings hereSn and by virtue c
the law, ard by reason Of the premises afort
said, ii is ordered ald declared that mt tn
general election held on June 4, 1906, in Liz
coin county state OF Oregon, the number c
legal votes cast in favsr OF prohibition OF tn
sale of Intoxicating liquors in said county as
whole was 4G7, and the number OF legal vote
cast at said election against the prohibition
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors in said count!
us whole was 4O7, thereby giving majorit
OF 90 votes in said county cast Mt said electiO
in favor OF the prohibition of the sale OF il
tOXicatng liquors within said county; it
further ordered, Judged and decreed by tn
Court that by virtue Of The law and by reaso
of the premises aforesaid, that from and att,
the first day OF July, A. d. 1906, the sale of il
toXicating liquors within the limits of Lii
coin county, state OF oregon, be and the san
is hereby absolutely prohibited until sue
time as the qualified voters in said county,
Il legal election held for that purpose, by
majority vote, decide otherwise, except on
for the purposes and under the regulation
specified herein, towit; pure alcohol for scie
tifc and manufacturing purposes, or wines
church officials ior sucramental purposes, ale
holic stimuuuts Us medicine in case OF actu
sickness, but such stimulant shall only be so
upon the written prescription of regul
practicing physician dated and signed by hii
and certified, ON his honor, that he, Il
physician, has personally examined the app
cant naming him, and that he finds hi
actually sick and in need OF the stimula
prescribed as medicine; provided. thata ply
clan who does not follow the practice of me
icine as n principal and usual calling sh
not be authorized to give the prescription p
vided for herein; and provided further II
no person shall be permitted to sell more tn
once on the prescription, nor shall any peis
be permitted to sell at aii OF the prescrptl
OF a physician not herein authorized to give
nor on prescription which is not dat
signed and certified as above required; p
vided, that every person selling such stin
lsnts upon the prescription herein proviC