The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
TEXT OF THE TOMLINSON BILL
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
County Local Option Elections Held
Prior to Enactment to Hold Good
Increased License Fee

liquor bill which passed the house
Thursday by vote OF 50 to A, is its
repeal OF the county option law
Against this provision the Republ
leans and temperance Democrats
made their main fight. and it is on
this provision that it will, it is believ
ed, meet its chief oppn Sition iii the
senate. The bill, however, provides
a number OF changes in the liquor
laws of the state aside from that per-
tanning TO county option, and many
OF these changes are toward stricter
regulation of the liquor traffic. The
bill as submitted to the, house We'd
nesday was a compromise measure
containing these restrictive features
as concession to the temperance
sentiment 1t contains provision
that where county option elections
have already been held they Shall be
effective for two years.
The most sweeping provision OF all,
prohibiting saloons from all territory
outside of cities and incorporated
towns, was the only provision OF the
compromise bill that was amended
before passage.
The Changed Section One.
The changes in this prohibitory
Of hi
in two amendments, both submitted
by liberal Republicans from Evans
vile ,one by Hewig and the other by
Schroeder Section / OF the Dill as
passed reads as follows, the amend
men,s being indicated by brackets
BE it enacted by the general as
sembly'of the state of Indiana. That
hereafter no license for the sale OF
spirituous vinous malt or otaer in
toxicating liquors shall be granted by
the board OF county commissioners
OF any county in the state OF Indiana
to a person to sell such liquors at any
place located outside OF the corpor-
ate limits OF city or incorporated
town except within the territory sub
ject 10 the police jurisdiction OF such
city over the sale of intoxicating liqu-
ors; but licenses may be granted in
the manner now provided by law for
the sale OF such liquor, 20 persons
applying for such license OF cites and
incorporated towns subject to rhe
provisions and limitations OF this act.
provided that licenses may be
granted in the manner now provided
by law for the sale OF intoxicating
liquors in any territory OF township
outside OF the corporate limits OF
cities ard towns, or OF any territory
outside OF the corporate limits of
city, where the majority of the legal
voters of such territory SHALL s:gn and
file a petition with the board OF COM
missioners asking that such licenses
may be issued, which petition shall
be effective for a period of two years
from the date OF fling)
The police jurisdiction OF cities ex-
tends four miles outside OF the cor
porate limits.
Option by Towns and Wards.
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5. 6 z, s, 0 and 10
provide for option elections IN city
wards and Incorporated towns setting
forth the steps 10 be taken in such
elections to determine whether or not
license for establishing and operating
saloons in the territory Affected shall
be issued
When petition as provided by the
proposed law shall have been filed
with the county auditor in which the
affected territory is situated, the au-
ditor shall order a special election to
be held within not less than thirty
days nor more than forty days after
the petition shall have been filed
Such elections shall be held ar the
usual places for holding elections and
twenty days notice is provided
The petition must be signed by no
one except legal votes of the town
or ward concerned, and no petitioner
may take his name from the petition
after it has been file nor shall any
names be added after the filing. Tair-
ty per cent. OF the legal voters hav-
ing signed such petition it shall be
the duty OF the auditor 10 call such
election.
The board Of election commission
ers shall consist OF the county audi
tor and two resident freeholders OF
the territory affected by the petition.
one known TO be in favor of dscon-
inuing licenses in the territory con-
cerned. The freeholders shall be APP
pointed by the board of county COM
missoners.
Remonstrance Laws Preserved.
Section IL is drawn to preserve the
Nicholson law OF 1895 and the Moore
law VI l9Vo IhtdSt. HS SSCtlOH lCduS
as follows:
THAT nothing contained in the pro-
visions of this act shall effect, amend,
repeal or alter in any way the act en-
titled An act to better regulate and
restrict the sale of Intoxicating, spir-
ituous, vinous and malt liquors pro-
viding penalties for violation OF the
same, providing for the enforcement
thereof and providing for remon-
STRANGE against the granting of il
cense for the sale of the same and
comforting jurisdiction upon police
courts and justices of the peace in
cases Of violation OF the provisions
of this act and other laws OF the state