The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-18

not less than one hundred nor more
than seven hundred and fifty resident
electors, which district is bounded by
corporation or ward lines, public
streets or public alleys, and the
greatest length of which shall not be
more than four times its narrowest
width, may be constituted residence
district if majority of the resident
electors therein shall on or before
May 1st in any year file with the town,
village or city clerk a remonstrance
in writing describing the boundaries
of such district and signed by said
electors together with their residence
address. No such license shall be
granted or issued in any such district
after the filing of such remonstrance
unless majority of the electors in
such district shall thereafter consent
thereto in writing specifying the 1oca-
ton in such district for which such
license may be issued or granted
The provision of section 1861 shall
apply to the remonstrance or consent
nerein pfOV1QeQ Tor.
Section 1565h On and after the
first Tuesday in July, 1908, no license
shall be issued or granted to any per-
son to sell or traffic in any malt,
ardent, vinous, spirituous or intoxicat-
ing liquors within any residence dis
trict as defined in section 1861 of
this act if majority of the qualified
electors residing ia such district shall,
not earlier than the 1st of May nor
later than the 18th of May in any
year, present to and file with the
clerk of any such city, village or
town in which such residence district
is situated, remonstrance in writing
signed by the majority of said electors
as hereinafter provided and describ-
ing the boundaries of said residence
district objecting to the granting of
any such license or permit within
said district, until counter petition
signed by majority of said electors
in such district praying that such
license may be granted in said district
shall be filed with such clerk, when
it shall be lawful for the proper
authorities to issue license in said
district.
Section 1861. The electors sign
ing such remonstrance or counter pc
titions shall subscribe their names
thereto together with their residence,
including street or lot and block num-
hor ;f INV N 0;+ioc md xy;11anae ,nd
quarter section number in towns be.
fore some person who shall make oath
that the persons so signing the same
are qualified electors of said residence
district and that such names and that
their residence and street mum Der or
lot and block mum Der, if any, or quar-
ter section number are the genuine
and addresses of the per-
sons SO purporting to subscribe said
remonstrance or said counter petit
ton, as the case may be. No elector
shall sign more than one remon-
STRANGE or counter petition affecting
the district in which he resides. Such
re monstrance or counter petition may
be in parts and such signatures may
be obtained by any number of persons,
provided the person obtaining the
names thereto is resident of such
district and makes oath to the sigma
lures obtained by him.
If registration of voters be re-
quired in any territory included in
residence district as herein provided
for, the number of names which APP
pear in the last registration had in
any such territory and residing in
such district shall determine the num-
Der of electors residing therein. And
only such electors can sign the re-
counter petition or con-
sent provided for IN this act. If there
be no registration of voters, then the
last enumeration of the numb of
electors therein made pursuant to
law may be used to determine the
mum Der of electors therein at the time
of fling such remonstrance, counter
petition or consent.
Section 1861. At least FIVE days
before beginning to secure signatures
to the remonstrance or counter petit
ton provided for in section 1565h,
notice of intention so to do desert bing
the boundaries of such proposed resi-
dence district shall be published at
least once in some newspaper printed
IN such city or village, if any, and
II the district be IN a town, in some
newspaper published IN the county or
at least three copies of such notice
posted for five days in at least three
conspicuous public places within said
district declaring the intention to pro-
cure and file such remonstrance or
counter petition. The giving Of the
notice and making and filing proof
thereof shall be condition precedent
to the right to file such remonstrance
or counter petition.
Section 1565k. Within ten days
after the filing of said remonstrance
or counter petition the proper author
tiles of any such city, village or town
who may be authorized to issue Ii
censes for the sale of malt, ardent,
spirituous or Intoxicating LIQUORS