The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29

senoto ICING peen transmitted to the
pgy tne Secretary of State.
De 1t Enacted by the LEGISLATURE of the
state OF South Dakota:
Section l. That the following act be
submitted to the electors Of This state
approval: o' !" 'her
An act to amend chapter one humid
Of 81 ,a sS'y,six Cl66) of the Session Laws
Gov OF the Revised Political Code 1908,
pelhg section % of chapter y. of SEES
SION Laws of the State of South Da-
ko,a Tor 1897. entitled: An act to pro-
racv, t y tne licensing, restricting and
resulatlon OF the business of the manu-
tacture and sale of spirituous and in
toxicating liquors.
Be IT Enacted by the People of South
Dakota: ~
Section l. That section one n, ~
chapter one hundred sixty-six uSs, Of
the session Laws of the State OF South
Dakota for 1903 be and the same i,
hereby amended 81 aS 70 70
lows: ~"
(Chapter 166, Session Laws l9oS.) At
the annual municipal election held in
any township, town or city in this state
Tor general municipal purposes. the cues
tlon OF granting permits to sell intox-
lcating liquors within the corporate
UNITS OF such township, town or city
w lie X NDtDTS
thereof upon petition signed by twenty
hNe (25) legal freebooter voters OF such
toWnshlp, town or city, to be filed with
the clerk or auditor of such township.
Town or city thirty days before election.
winch petition shall state that a vote
Is desired upon such question. The
question shall be submitted upon a Sc
parate ballot conforming with the gen.
eral election laws of the state, upon
which ballot there shall be printed the
words: 'Sh1U nprmitC no orortal 81
sell Intoxicating liquors." before which
words there shall be printed the words
yes and No" and any voter in
favor OF the sale Of such liquors shall
and any voter opposed to such sale shall
mark the word No with a cross X),
and II a majority of the voters OF such
township, town or city shall vote in
favor Of such sale of intoxicating Ii
quors the corporate authorities shall
grant permits for such sale for the en-
suing year, commencing on the first
day of July thereafter in accordance
with the provisions of this act, but
If a majority of the voters shall not
vote in favor of such sale no permits
shall be granted.
Provided, however, that at any regu-
lar general election held in this state
as provided for in section 1864 of the
Revised Political Code OF 1908, the ques-
ton of whether permits to sell intoxi-
eating liquors shall be granted within
the corporate limits of any organized
county, may be submitted to the legal
voters thereof upon a petition signed
by not less than ten per cent of the
qualified electors of such county. Said
petition shall be filed with the county
auditor at least sixty days before the
election and shall state that a county
vote is desired upon the question. Shall
Intoxicating liquors be sold in..........
(naming the county, County," And
also that the signers of said petition
are legal voters of the county, together
with their occupation and post office
addresses. II shall be the duty of the
county commissioners of the county
wherein such petition has been filed to
determine the sufficiency of such petit
ton and if found sufficient, to order a
vote to be taken upon such question.
Notice of such vote shall be given in
of general elections as now provided
for by law. The question shall be
submitted upon a separate ballot and
said election shall be conducted in the
same manner and form as near as may
be applicable, as the same is hereinbe-
fore provided for the submission Of said
question to the electors of a township,
town or city and under the general
election laws of the state except as
herein otherwise provided. If a ma
jOrity Of the votes cast upon said ques-
ton at said election shall be against the
sale of intoxicating liquors in such
county no permits for the sale of the
same shall be granted anywhere within
such county nor in any township, town
or city therein from n after the first
day of July next following such election.
If a majority of the votes cast upon
said question shall be in favor of the
sale of intoxicating liquors within
such county, then and in that case
nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to prevent said question of
selling intoxicating liquors from being
submitted to the electors of any town
ship, town or city at the annua NUM-
cipal election thereof as hereinbefore
provided, for the next ensuing two
years, and annual permits may be
granted in those townships, towns and
cities that shall cast a majority vote
in favor thereof at the regular annual
municipal elections. But it shall not
be lawful to grant permits in any other
township, town or city in such county
nor shall any such permits be granted
after the expiration Of two years I'M
less at the next general election a vote
shall have been had in accordance with
the provisions Of this act and a ma
jority of the votes cast upon such
question shall have been in favor of
granting such permits.
Provided %furIner; that at any time
before the general election to be held In
intoxicating liquors may be submitted
to the electors at a special election
called for that purpose when a petit
ton signed by at least twenty per cent
of the qualified electors of said county
shall be filed with the county auditor.
Said election shall be conducted in man.
ner and form as near as may be as the
same is hereinbefore provided for the
submission of said question to the cleo
tors OF any county at any general cleo
ton. II a majority of the votes cast
at such special election shall be against
the sale of Intoxicating liquors within
such county no permits for such sale
any precinct, township, town or city
therein from and after the first day
of July next following said election. II
a majority of the votes cast at such
special election shall be in favor Of the
sale OF Intoxicating liquors within such
county, 1t shall be lawful until the next
general election to grant permits for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors only in
those precincts, townships, towns and
cities that shall cast a majority vote
in favor thereof at their regular an
nual municipal elections as provided IN
this act.
Sec. 2. In determining whether such
asking for a county vote on
the question of granting permits for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors in any
county, contains the requisite per GEN.
of legal voters as signers, said
per centage shall be based upon the to-
tai vote for governor at the last pre-
general election.
Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be
so construed as to prohibit the sale by
qualified pharmacists as now desig-
mated by law, of pure alcohol for scien-
tiic and manufacturing purposes, or
wines to church officials for sacrament
tai purposes, nor alcoholic stimulants
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