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place a cross before the word "No'
An Act to Provide for the Licensing, RestrIc,
ing and Regulation of the business of the Man
uiacture and Sale of Spirituous and lntoxjca,
ing Liquors.,
An Act Entitled an Act to Submit to tn
Electors OF the state of South Dakota for Thei
Approval at the next General Election undo
Constitution, and Article 3. Chapter , of tn
Foliilcal Code, law Providing for al Act u
Amend Chapter One Hundred Sixty six OF tn,
Session Laws of 1908; Being an Act TO Amen'
Section 2s5b of the Revised Political Code 0
1903, Being Section 23 of Chapter - OF Session
Laws of the State of South Dakota for 1897, En-
Titled an Act TO Provide for the Licensing, Re
s%trlcting and Regulation of the Business {. tn,
Manufacture and Sale OF Spirituous aud Intoxicat
ing Liquors.
Whereas under the provisions of Section /, o
artlclt ., OF the ConstItut on and Article 3. o.
Chapter =. OF the Political Code, a petition ha,
been filed in the office of the Secretary Of State
signed by more than five per tum of the quail
lte q electors Ofthe state i'll tbemanner and form
therein directed, petloning that the following
proposed law be enacted and submit ed to II vote
or the electors OF the state at the next genera
election to be held in the year 1908. Certified
copies OF said petition having been transmitted
to the senate and the hose of representative
by the Secretary of state.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of the State
of South Dakota:
/. That the following act be aud the same
is hereby enacted and submitted to the electors
ofthls state at the next general election for
their approval:
An act to amend chapter One Hundred Sixty
SIX 1860 of the Session Laws of 1893, being an
act to amend section 1856 of the revised political
Code 1908, being section % Of chapter -, OF SEES
sion Laws Of the State of South Dakota tor
lS"', entitled: An act to provide for the licens-
ing. restricting and regulation OF the business
of the manufacture and sale Of spirituous and in
toXiCating Liquors.
Be 1t Enacted by the People of South Dakota :
]. That section one ~ of chapter One Hun.
IraIS 81 ~ Il I * &c &h, a,.,. ..xn ~ tLn
state of South Dakota for 1903 be and the same
Is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Chapter $50. Session Laws 1909 AT the an
nual municipal election held in any township,
town or c ~ IN this state for general municipal
purposes. the question OF granting permits to
sail Intoxicating liquors within the corporate
limits fsuch township, town or city shall be
submitted to the legal voters thereof upon petit
ton signed by TWEEN y five l25l legal freeholder
voters Of such township, town or city, to be filed
with the clerk or auditor of such township, town
or city thirty days before election. Which pc
tti"n shall state that a voth is desired upon such
question. The question shall be submitted mp
Oh a seperate ballot conforming with tn" general
election laws Ofihe state. upon which ballot
there shall be printed the words: "Shall per
1nits he granted to sell intoxicating liqnoTs:'
before which words there shall be printed the
words Yes and "NO",a and any voter in favor
of the sale of such liquors shall mark the word
yes with a cross Nj, any voter opposed to
such sale shall mark the word No with a cross
q j. and # a majority OF the voters of such town.
ship, town or city shall vote in favor of such
sal" OF intoxicating %liquore tn corporate an-
thorities shall z ant permits for such sale for
me ensuing We r, commencing on the first day
OF July thereafter in accordance with the prOvis-
ions Of this act, but ifa majority Of the voters
shall not vote in favor of such sale no permits
shall re granted
Provided. however that at any regular general
election held in this state a. provided for in
section 1864 of the Revised Political &. de Of
1903, the question of whether permits to cell in
toXicating 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 percen, of
the qualified electors of such county. Said petit
ton 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 Grant
I ounlN And also that the signers of said petit
ton are Legal voters of the county, together vita
their occupation and post office addresses. 1t
of the county wherein such petition
has been filed to determine the sutfi-
cheney of such petition, and if found sufficient,
to order "A vote to be taken upon such question.
Notice of such vote sh III be given in the same
manner and form as notice of general elections
as now provided for by law. The question shall be
submitted upon a separate ballot and said cleo
tiot shall be conducted in the same manner and
form as near as may be applicable, as the same
II hereinbefore provided for the submission of
said question to the electors of a township, town
or city and under the genera election laws of the
state except as herein otherwise provided. fla
majority ofthe votes cast upon said question at
Salu electlOh shal De against the sale OF lntoX-
lcAtlng liquors in such county. no permits for
the sale of the same shall be granted anywhere
within such county n r in any township. town
or ty therein from and after the first dav of
= ulN next following such election. If a majority
of The votes cast upon said question shall be in
favor of the sale of intoxicating liQnora within
such comfy. then and IN that case nothing in
Tins act shall be so construed as to prevent said
of selling intoxicating liquors from
being Submitted to the electors Of any township.
town or city at the annual municipal election
there'f as herelnbefore provided. for the next
ensuing two years, and annual permits may he
in these townships, towns and cities thnt
shall cast n majority vote in favor thereof at the