The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
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CT statement provided for in this Act
shall be deemed guilty OF forgery, and
On conviction thereof shall be liable
to the punishment therefor provided
by the Public General Laws OF this
State
Section g. And be it enacted, That
the Supervisors Of Elections with
whom any petition shall be filed as
provided in this Act shall cause no.
tice to be given in the manner pro-
vided by law for giving notice of an
election for the submission of said
proposition at the next election of the
voters of Carroll county Publication
OF the submission of said proposition
to the voters of said county shall like
wise be made in the manner provided
by law for the publication of the list
OF nominations to be voted for at an
election. Provided, that the failure
OF such Supervisors Of Elections to
cause such notice to be given, or the
failure to make publication of the
submission OF said proposition as
above provided, shall not affect the
validity or binding force of the vote
upon said proposition.
Section 4. And be it enacted. That
the said Supervisors Of Elections with
whom such petition shall be filed as
provided by this Act shall cause to be
placed on the official ballots to be
used in Carroll County in which said
proposition is to be submitted to the
vote of the people, in the manner pre-
scribed by Section Sc of Article SO of
the Code of Public General Laws of
1914, III substance as follows:
For License. .......
Against License.
and each voter shall indicate his pref
erence by K mark in the square OPP
pos1te either for license" or against
license and the judges and clerks
of the election shall return the result
OF the election on said proposition to
the Supervisors of Election with the
other returns.
Section 5. And be it enacted, That
the Supervisors of Elections shall as
soon as conveniently may be after re-
celVlng and canvassing the result of
the election, proclaim the result
OF said election, and publish such
proclamation in some newspaper
published in the county, and shall rec
ord in well-bound book, to be kept
IN their Office by them and their sue
ceSsors, the result of tire vote upon
said proposition and such result may
be proved in all courts and in all pro-
ceedings by such record or by the Of
fetal certificate of the Supervisors OF
Elections, and where such a record
or certificate shows that d majority
of the legal voters voting upon said
proposition voted Against License"
the same shall be conclusive evidence
that license to sell intoxicating liquors
shall not be thereafter issued in Car
roll county, and if such record or GER
tificate shows that majority of vot-
ers voted For License then the Ii
cense for the sale of intoxicating liQ-
uors in Carroll county shall be con-
tinued to be issued
Section 6. And be it enacted, That
the vote under the provisions of this
Act shall not become operative until
the first day of May, next, after the
day of the election at which such vote
is cast.
Section T. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved March 80, 1908.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor.
J. ENOS RAY,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.