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COUNTY UNIT BILL
Passes the Heuse by a Vote OF
IS to IA. Democrats and
Republicans Nearly Off
set Each Other.

much attention and which has been
sidetracked time and again by par
liamentary tactics, came to a vote
in the House on Thursday. An
effort was made to get the two
contest cases before the House.
Failing to do this the Republicans
let the County Unit Bill come up
for passage. The vote was Is for
and IA against. There were 80
Democrats and 81 Republicans for
the bill; 6 Democrats and 8 Repub-
leans voted against the bill.
Mime members were absent, in
Guiding j. Will Clay, of Montgom-
cry, and DR.. A. T. Knox, of Pow
ell, from this section of the State.
Those who voted against the bill
we're: Democrats BOWL
ing, Graves, Klair, Mueller and
Woodford. Republicans. L.
Davis, iceland, Harris, T. @. jack
son, Kimbrough, Markotf, Wallace
and Emanuel Meyer.
The unit bill is the same as that
passed two years ago, with the ex-
caption that cities of the list, End,
Bird and 4th classes are prohibited
from holding separate election on
same day as election for ENTIRE
county is held. Under this new
bill the vote of the county as a
WHOLE determines whether whisky,
etc., shall be sold, etc.
We give below the entire bill 4:
TEXT OF COUNTY UNIT BILL.
Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky:
That Chapter q of the Acts of
1906, entitled. IAN Act to amend
Section 1850 of the Kentucky
Statutes, it being portion OF
Article /, of Chapter 81 of the
Kentucky Statutes, entitled "Liq
uors, Intoxicating" be amended
by striking from subsection IA
the following words:
Except that cities of the first
second, third and fourth classes
may hold an election on the same
day on which an election for the
entire county is held" so that said
Act as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
1. That Section 1850 of the
kentucky Statutes, it being a
portion of Article /, of Chapter
81, of the Kentucky Statutes,
entitled Liquors, Intoxicating
he and the same is hereby repealed,
and in lieu thereof it is hereby en-
acted:
"A" No election in any town,
city, district or precinct of a coun-
ty shall be held. under this artic e
on the same day on which an cleo
lion for the entire county, is held.
When an election is held in an
entire county and ajority of
the legal votes cast at said cleo
ton are against the sale, barter or
loan of spurious, vinous, malt or
other Intoxicating liquors, then it
shall not be lawful to sell, barter
or loan any such liquors in any
portion of the county.
If at such an election for the en-
tire county the majority of the
legal votes cast are in favor of the
sale, barter or loan of any such
liquors, such election shall not
operate to make it legal to grant
license to sell, barter or loan such
liquors in any territorial division
of such county from which the
sale, barter or loan has been ex-
Guided by an election held under
this article or by special act, but
the status of such territorial divis-
ion shall remain as if no such cleo
ton had been held.
"B." No election shall be held
in any election precinct under this
act on the same day on which an
election is held for the district or
city of which the pracinct is a
part. If, at an election held for
such entire district or city, the
majority of legal votes cast shall
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