Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29
HOUSE BILL NO. 10.

granted by the several county courts
after filing of "a petition for local Op-
ton election.
HOUSE BILL NO. 10.
An act to amend sections 1888. 724O, 7241,
7242, 724S and 7244 of article III, of
chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for the year 1909, entitled
Local option" and to repeal section
1888 of said article, with an emergency
clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Missouri, as foII0tUS:
Section 1. That section 1898, of article
III of chapter 63 of the Revised Stat
utes of Missouri for the year 1909 be
amended by striking out the words
who shall reside outside the corporate
limits of any city or town having at
the time of such petition, a population
of $500 inhabitants or more in the sec
ond, third and fourth lines of said sec
ton and by adding in the ninth line of
said section between the word sold
and the word within" the words fur
nished or given away and by striking
out the words lying outside of such
corporate limits of such city or town.
in the tenth and eleventh lines of said
section: and by striking out the words
who is a resident of any incorporated
town having a population of $500 in
habitants or more, Or in the seven
tenth, eighteenth and nineteenth lines
of said section and by adding to said
section the words. provided, further,
that one-half of the judges in each pre-
cinct shall be for the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors, and One-half of said Judges
against the sale of intoxicating liquors."
so as amended said section shall read as
follows:
Sec. 1888. Upon application by petition
signed by one-tenth of the qualified
voters of any county, who are qualified
to vote for members of the legislature
in arU nOllnfv nf this ctafa tho r1t1nfr
court of such county Shall order an
election to be held in such county at
the usual voting precincts for holding
any general election for state officers.
to take place within forty days after
the receipt of such petition, to deter
mine whether or not spirituous or in
toXicating liquors, including wine and
beer, shall be sold, furnished or given
away within the limits of such county.
Such election shall be conducted, the
returns thereof made and the results
thereof ascertained and determined, in
accordance in all respects with the laws
of this state governing general elections
for county officers, and the result thereof
shall be entered upon the records of
such county court and the expenses of
such election shall be paid out of the
county treasury as in the case of cleo
lions for county officers; provided. that
at an election ordered under the provi-
sions of this section, no one shall be
entitled to vote who is not d qualified
voter of such county, provided, that no
such election, held under the provisions
of this article shall take place on any
general election day, or within sixty days
of any general election held under the
Constitution and laws of this state, so
that elections as are held under this ar
ticle shall be special elections, and shall
be separate and distinct from any other
election whatever provided, further, that
the county court shall determine the suf-
ficiency of the petition presented by the
poll books of the last previous general
election; provided, further, that one-half
of the judges in each precinct shall be
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors and
one-half of said judges against the sale
of intoxicating liquors.
Sec. 2. That section 1889 of article III
of chapter G3 of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri for the year 1909 be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. That section 724O of article III
of chapter SO of the Revised Statutes =
of Missouri for the year 1909 be amend
ed by striking out the words "or mu- /
nicipal body in line five of said section
so that said section shall read:
Sec. 1910. Notice OF such election shall
be given by publication in some news
paper published in the county, and such
notice shall be published in such news
paper for four consecutive weeks, and
the last insertion shall be within ten .
days next before such election, and
such other notice may be given as the
county court ordering such election may
think proper, in order to give general
puDlICIty 10 the eleCllOu.
Sec. 4. hat section 7241 of article III
of chapter 60 of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri for the year 1909 be amend
ed by striking out the words ''or mu-
nicipal body in the sixth and seventh
lines of said section, so that as amend
ed said section shall read as follows:
Sec. 7241. All persons voting at any
election held under the provisions of
this article, who are against the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots, against
the sale of Intoxicating liquors. and
all those who are in favor of the sale
of such Intoxicating liquors shall have
written or printed on their ballots. for
the sale of intoxicating liquors. pro-
vided, that if the county court ordering
such election deem it eXpedient, they
may order that both the above sentences
may be written or printed on the tickets
to be used and voted at said election,
with the further instruction printed on
said tickets or ballots, erase the clause
you do not want"
Sec. 5. That section 1912 of article III
of chapter SO of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for the year 1909 be amended
by striking out the words "or munich
pal body" in the sixth line of said sec
ton, and by striking out the words
such election in line fifteen of said
and inserting in lieu thereof the
words the filing of the petition for
election" and by striking out the
words, "of the municipal body Or in
line nineteen of said section, and by
out the words the municipal
body orr in line twenty-one of said sec
ton, SO that as amended said section
shall read as follows:
Sec. 7242. If a majority of the votes
cast at such election be for the sale of
liquors. such Intoxicating
may be sold under the pro-
visions of existing laws regulating the
sale thereof and the procuring of Ii
cense for that purpose; and if a ma
of the votes cast at such election be
"a RainSt the sale of Intoxicating 1iOuOrS'
the county court ordering such election
shall publish the result of such election
once a week for four consecutive weeks in
the same newspaper in which the notice
Of election was published; and the provi-
sions of this article shall take effect and
be in force from and after the date of the
above referred to-; and provided further,
no license to sell intoxicating liquors
IF any description prohibited by this ar
ticle, shall be granted during the time
IF publication last above mentioned; and
provided further, that this article shall
not be so construed as to interfere with
my license issued before the day of the
out such license may run Until the day
# its expiration and shall not be renew,
ID: The election in this article provided
-ested in the same manner as is now pro-
tided by law for the contest of the cleo
my qualified voter of the county in which
said local option election shall! be held by
md which shall be brought against the
'ognty holding such eleGtion.
Sec. 6. That section 7243 of article III
If chapter GO of the Revised Statutes of
Nj strEIt6 for o the t year u 1922 be 1vi amended oht
side the Corporate limits of any city
'r town having, at the date of such
rider Of election. a population Of $500
nay be- in lines four. five, six and
seven, SO that when amended said sec
ion shall read as follows:
at any election held under the pro
ririRTC Of This orfTn1A ha11 H0 ss1rninrf
he sale of intoSicatinng iai u It shall
rot be lawful for any person within the
nanner whatever any kind of intoxicating
n any quantity whatever, under the pen
llties hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. Z. That section 7244 of article III
If chapter 60 of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for the year 1909 be amended
he, case may be-, in the fourth line of
aid section; and by adding to said sec
ounty in which an election has been
leld outside of the corporate limits of
ny city or town in such county, hav-
alton of $500 inhabitants or more, under
he provisions of article III Of chapter
3 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri
or the year 1909, the first election under
he provisions of this article. as amend
ears from the date of the election held
n such county outside of the corporate
fme of such election, a population of
twenty-five hundred inhabitants or
so that when amended said sec
ion shall read as follows:
Sec. 724i. Whenever an election in this
rticIe provided for has been held and
eCided, either for or against the sale
f intoxicating liquors, then the ques-
ion shall not be again submitted within
years next thereafter in the same
ounty and then only on a new petition
nd in every respect conforming to the
of this article; provided that
n any county in which an election has
cen held outside of the corporate limits
f any city or town in such county hay
lg, at the time of such election, a pOpu-
ation of $500 inhabitants or more, under
provisions of article III of chapter 63
f the Revised Statutes of Missouri for
he year 1909. the first election under
he provisions of this article. as amended,
1ay be held at any time after four years
the date of the election held in
UGH county outside of the corporate
mits of any city or town having at
he time of such election a population