The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-08
LOCAL Opr1oN LAW
OF
R1scE GEoReEs CouNrY
published by authority of the Super
visors of Elections.)

| VlSOrS OIL GlcCtlOuS.j
CHAPTER SAT.
AN ACT to submit to certain register
ed voters of Election Districts num-
two. number three, number four, mum.
Der five, number six, number seven,
number eight, number nine, number
eleven, number twelve, number thir-
teen. number fourteen, number fif.
teen. number sixteen and number
seventeen, of Prince Georges County,
the question whether or not spirituous
or termented liquors or lager beer
shall be sold after September first,
1908, within said districts, or in the
portions Of said districts affected by
the provisions of this Act and pre-
scribing penalties. and providing as
to issuing licenses to sell liquors for
the year 1908.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
the question whether or not any person,
persons or body corporate may sell or
be licensed to sell spirituous or ferment-
ed LIQUORS alcoholic drinks of any kind,
or lager beer, within the limits OF cleo
ton districts number two (Bladensburg),
number three (Marlboro'), number four
(Nottingham), number i've (PlscataWay),
number six (5paldings), number seven
Queen AIMEE, number eight (Aquasco),
number nine (Surratts), number eleven
(Brandywine), number twelve (Oxen
HilN, number thirteen (kent), number
fourteen (Bowie), number fifteen (Mell-
wood, number sixteen (Hyattsvllle),
and number seventeen (Chlllum) snail
be submitted to the legal and qualified
or of al
ton to be held at the usual place of
voting in said districts, on the second
Tuesday of May, 1908, between the
hours of eight o'clock A. M. and six
o'clock P. NJ, during which time the
polls shall be kept open in each OF said
districts; provided that no registered
voter living within such part OF the
eighth district where prohibition now
prevails aud no voter living within such
part or limits of the ninth district
where prohibition prevails at the time
of the election and no voter living
within such part of the thirteenth dis,
trict where prohibition now prevails
and no voter living in such portion OF
the sixteenth district where prohibition
now prevails and no voter living in such
portion of the seventeenth district
where prohibition now prevails shall be
permitted to vote at said election; the
intention of this Act being to submit to
the voters of the said mentioned dis
tricts and portions of said districts where
the sale of liquor is nov permitted the
question whether or not liquor shall be
sold and not to affect in any manner
any prohibitory law existing at the time
of said election.
SECTION g. That the Sheriff of said
County shall give public notice of the
purpose, time and places for the hold
ing of said election, said places to be
selected by the supervisors of elections
of said county, and said notice to be
given at least two weeks prior to the
day of election in at least three news
papers published in said county and
also by printed handbills to be set up
at some place in the said districts and
parts of districts affected by this Act
and perform all of the duties as to
elections prescribed by the law of cleo
lions now in force; but if fer any reason
said notice be not given or not be given
in conformity with this section such
failure or the failure of the sheriff to per
form any act specified by law such fail
ure or failures shall not affect this Act
or the provisions thereof.
SECTION g. That the Supervisors of
Election of Prince Georges County
shall at least two weeks prior to said
aforementioned districts four persons
whs are registered voters in said dis
tricts or residing in said parts of said
districts who shall be the judges of
election, and also appoint two register
ed voters registered and living as
aforesaid as clerks for said election.
who shall be notified and shall qualify
az required by the law then in force in
Prince Georges County governing gen.
eral elections; and said supervisors of
elections shall prepare ballot of uni
form size and have same printed for the
purposes of said election ,at least one
week before the said day of election, on
which ballot shall be the words printed:
"For the sale Of spirituous or fermented
liquor" and Against the sale of spirit
uous or fermented liquor, and any
voter wishing to vote for the sale of
spirituous or fermented liquors shall
make cross mark in the square oppo-
site the words For the sale of spirit
uous or fermented liquor, and any
voter wishing to vote against the sale
of spirituous or fermented liquor shall
make a cross mark in the square
opposite the words against the sale of
spirituous or fermented liquor; and
the Conduct of said election shall be un-
der the control of the supervisors Of
election of Prince Georges county as
far as practicable under the provisions
of Article 80 of the Public General
Laws of Maryland as the same is
amended by the Act of 1906, Chapter
544; so far as the same is consistent
with the provisions of this Act so as to
ascertain the wishes of the voters regis
tered and resident in the portions of
said county affecte1 by this Act. All
saloons in said county situated within
the limits affected by this Act shall
remain closed on said election day and
no into xicating liquor shall be sold or
dispensed on said day under the penal
ties imposed by Section 3 of Article 80
of the code Of Public General Laws, the
whole of said Article 33 of the
Public General Laws Of
Maryland being made part Of this Act
SO far as the same is not inconsistent.
The said supervisors in appointing
Judges and clerks shall select the same
SO as to give each side an equal repre-
sentation SO far as practicable in their
discretion and shall publish the list of
judges and clerks in at least two news
papers at least two weeks prior to the
day of election and shall consider any
protest made to them and in their dis
cretien make removal and new appoint
| ment as in case of death or declination;
the judges of election shall receive two
dollars per day each and the clerks the
same AMOUNT to be paid by Prince
Georges County; and at least ten days
before said day of election the superVis-
ors of election shall publish a copy of
this Act and a sample ballot for public
| information in at least three newspapers
in said county. And it shall be the
duty of said supervisors of election to
have surveyed or properly designated
on plat or plats the portions of the