Middletown transcript., 1907-04-27
THE LOCAL OPTION LAW
An Act Providing for the Submission to
Qualified Electors

4 ~A'St'IeONJ
Section l. That on the Tuesday mex
after the first Monday of November in tn
year of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and seven, in each OF the several di;
tricts Of the State mentioned in Section
of Article XIII of the Constitution of th
State OF Delaware, the question, Whethe
the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicatin
Liquors shall be Licensed or Prohibits
within tile limits Of said several Districts
shall be submitted to the vote OF the quail
lifed electors OF sal several districts. Il
every such district in which there shal
be, upon said vote, a majority agains
license, no person, firm or corporation
shall thereafter manufacture or sell spirit
uoue, yinous or malt liquors, except 70
medicinal or sacramental purposes within
said district, until, at subst quent sub
mission OF such question, majority o
votes shall be cast in said district fu
license.
Section 2. II shall he the duty Of tlit
Registration Officers of the respective
election districts in this State now in Of
| fee, to sit on the third and fourth Satur
days Immediately preceding the day
| herein prescribed for taking the vote
aforesaid, from o'clock A. NJ, until I
O'Clock P NJ, with an internission from
II O'Clock mid day to l o'clock p NJ,
at the place iii each Election District
where it is proposed to take the vote
aforesaid, or at some convenient and suit
able other place in said election district,
and at such sittings to add to the Regis
ters and Books of Registered Voters of
their respective election districts the
names Of all persons applying to them
who may have become qualified to vote
since the day OF the last General Election
or who may become qualified to vote by
the day Of such Special Election or who
being otherwise qualified to vote, did not
become registered prior to the said last
General Election. The said Registration
Officers, within one week before their
first sitting as provided for in this section,
shall procure from the Clerks of the
Peace Of their respective counties the two
Registers and the two Books Of Registered
Voters, and the Books of Registration
Certificates, for respective election dis
tricts. 1t shall be the duty Of the Clerks
of the Peace in the several counties to de-
liver said books the said Registration Of
fcers " hen the same shall be applied for
as aforesaid. On delivering one of the
Registers AMI one cl the Books of Regis
tered Voters and the Book OF r gistration
Certificates to the Inspector or other per-
son authorized by law to hold the Special
Election in his Election District, for the
purpose of taking the vote aforesaid, it
shall be the duty of each Registrar to de-
liver the Register and the Book of Regis
tered Voters which was not used at the
General E ection held in tie year 1906;
the several Registrars shall deliver the
other of said Registers and the other of
said Book of Registered Voters to the
Clerks of the Peace of their respective
counties within one week after such
special election. In case from any cause
there shall be vacancies among such
Officers in any election dis
triet outside OF the City of Wilmington,
such vacancies shall be filled by the ap-
pointlnent of the Governor, and in case
such vacancies among such Registration |
Officers shall exist in any election district
Within the City Of Wilmington, such va
,ancies shall be filled by the Department
of Elections for the City Of Wilmington.
Such vacancies shall be filled at least |
twenty days before the first day fixed as
aforesaid for the sitting OF said Registra-
Jon Officers by the appointment of cap
able persons who are voters aud resident |
IN the election district for which they
shall be appointed; and the furnishing OF |
lists of names by the County Executive
Committees Of any political party shall
not be necessary prerequisite for such
The Registration Officers
&C appointed to fill vacancies, as well as
Officers now in office, shall |
give such bonds, take such oaths, and |
perform such other qualifying acts to fill |
such Offices and fulf the duties thereof as |
are provided by law in that behalf. The |
Officers serving for the |
Special registration OF voters herein pro-
Vided shall conduct the registration OF |
voters, advertise the dates, hours and |
places for their sitting to register voters,
post printed lists of additional registered |
voters, issue and act upon Certificates OF
Removal from voting districts, compare
md correct the Registration Books, GER
lily and verify the Alphabetical Lists of
Registered Voters and Registers, be pos
essed of ali the powers while sitting for
uch registration of voters, and perform
Ill Of their official duties in the same man
Ter, as in the case OF tie registration of
.oters prior TO a General Election. All
imposed by statute upon such
registration Officers for non-feasance or
nisfeasance in office, and upon all persons
Or violations ui law regulating tile regis
ration OF voters III tils State shall be ap-
iicabie to aud i'll iuree i'll couuectionl
.itf the special r. glstration Of voters
erein PROVIDED Tor. Appeals from said
tcgistratlvI Officers shall he obtained,
I'D determined, and the decisions thereon /
erlified, acted upon and enforced, in the
me manner aud before and by the same /
ersons as ia the case of Registration APP
sas prior to General Election. For I
ie purpose Of hearing such appeals the /
Judge constituting under the 4
" such tribunal Of appeal shall sit in tbs /
ACE designated by statute for such pur- I
,se, on Wednesday the twenty day | i
October, 1907, at III O'clack in tile fore '
oon, and IRON day to day thereafter SO a
ny as may be necessary, to hear aud de- Ii
rnline such appta.s. No registrationy /,
es shall be exacted from or paid by any q
tier registered at the special registration v
sYpifl l,roX itipd lur The totiit,pusatiouj i .