The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-25
GENERAL LAWS
Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama.


 each county acting by and for It.
 self only, as to whether municipal
 corporations in such counties shall
 have authority to buy and sell
 spirituous. vinous or malt liquors;
 to provide that the voters at said
 sarys Against Dispensary;" to
 declare the result and effect of
 said election: to define the term
 ''Dispensary," as used in this act:
 10 provide that in those counties
 in which. at the election afore-
 said. q majority of the votes are
 cast For Dispensary," the munich
 pal corporations in said counties
 shall have authority to establish,
 maintain and operate dispensaries,
 and Tn and through such dispensa-
 ries to buy and sell spirituous. vim
 ous and malt liquors: to prohibit
 and punish the selling of liquors
 and intoxicating drinks in said
 counties in any other way than by
 such municipal corporations
 through their dispensaries: to de-
 clare that the violation of certain
 provisions of this act shall be a
 misdemeanor and to provide for
 the punishment thereof; and to
 further regulate the sale of liquors
 in said counties: this act not be-
 ing intended, however. to repeal or
 affect any law which prohibits the
 sale of liquor in any county or part
 of county, or to repeal or affect
 any law which authorizes munich
 pal corporations to buy and sell
 liquors in any county or part of
 county by and through dispensa-
 ries, or to repeal any local law au-
 thofizing the sale, without license,
 of wines made from grapes or ber-
 ries grown in this State. Be 1t
 enacted by the Legislature of Ala
 bama as follows, to-wit:
 Section 1. Cne-fifth of the qualified voters Of any county, as shown by the last preceding registration may file with the probate judge of their county petition asking that an election be held in said county as to whether dis pensaries shall be established in such county. Fifteen days after the filing of such petition the probate judge shall order an election to be held in said county on some Tuesday that shall not be less than forty nor more than sixty days subsequent to the day on which such order Is made, nor within thirty days of the time of holding in said county any State or national. general or primary election The probate judge of said order, and the sneriff shall give notice of said election by. publi- cation for twenty dayst in some news paper of his county, or, if no news paper is published in such county, by posting notices of such election in sev- en public places in said county.
 Sec 9. The probate judge, clerk of the circuit court and sheriff of the county in which an election is ordered under this act shall, within ten days after the election is so ordered, ap- point three inspectors or managers two clerks and one returning officer for each precinct, polling or voting tv. eat f1 duct and make the returns of such election. Such managers and clerks so appointed shall as far as practicable be equally divided between those who favor and those who oppose the estah- lishment of dispensaries in such county for the sale of liquor. If county exec utive committees have been elected or appointed to conduct the canvass on either side, and if before the appoint ment of inspectors and clerks the chairman of any such committee fur nishes the probate judge, clerk of the circuit court, and sherin of his county, which said three officers shall be a board of supervisors, with a list con- taining as far as practicable the names of three men for each precinct in said county, all of said men having the qualifications required by law of in- spectors of elections, then from said list the board of supervisors shall se- lGCL TUT edCn pESCAACL OHO man WuO shall be one of the managers for the precinct for which he was one of the men suggested. From the names sug- gested for the several precincts such board shall select one man as a clerk for the precinct for which he was sug- gested.
 Sec. 8. As soon as practicable after the appointment of such mana gers. clerks and returning officers for said election, the sheriff shall notify them in writing of their appointment. Sec. {. The probate judge shall prepare and provide the necessary bal lots, poll lists, tally sheets, return sheets, instructions for holding the election, ballot boxes, voting booths. and other stationery or material ne- cessary for the proper holding @f the election, and 1t shall be the duty of the sheriff to see that the same are deliv cred to one of the managers of each election precinct or voting place be- fore the day of election. On the bal lots to be used at said election shall be written or printed the words, For DispensaFy," and under them the words, Against Dispensary." Elec- tors who favor the dispensary system for the sale of liquors as hereinafter set forth shall make on the ballot cross mark before the words, For Dis pensary," and electors who oppose such system shall make on the ballot a cross mark before the words, Against Dis pensary." But no ballot or vote shall be rejected or the count thereof re- fused for failure to comply with this section, if the ballot clearly shows or indicates the choice of the voter. Any person who sells or gives away in any county in which said election is held any liquors or intoxicating drinks of any kind or description on the day on which the aforesaid election is held, or on the day next preceding, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con Viction, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 5. Immediately after the polls are closed, the managers shall duly ascertain the result of the cleo ton at thir respective voting places, and make due returns of the same to the probate judge of said county, and deliver the ballot box containing the returns so made. together with the ballots. poll lists, tally sheets and oth- CT necessary papers to the returning officer for such voting place, who shall of such county at his office on the first day after the election.
 Sec. 6. The probate judge, clerk of the circuit court, and sheriff, acting as a board of supervisors, shall in open session on the first Saturday after the election, canvass the returns so made and under oath, make written report or statement declaring the result of the election as to the entire county. showing the number of votes cast in