The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-04-10
City, town. village or
election district
Date Of
Signing.
Nameof
Signer

Such petition shall consist OF Sheets
having such form printed or written nc
thp top thereof and Shall be signed by the
legal voters i'm their own proper persons
only, and opposite the signature of each
village or election district, as the case
may be- in which he resides, and the date
OF signing the same.
No signature shall be valid or counted
i'm considering such petition, unless these
requirements are complied with ana VI
less the date or signing is less than SIX
months preceding the date OF Hing the
same.
petition shall be added d statement, sign
ed by resident Of Carroll County, with
his residence address as aforesaid STATING
that the signatures on that sheet OF the
said petition are genuine, and that 10 the
best OF his knowledge and belief the
persons 50 signing were, at the time or
ro1i County; that their respective resi-
dences are correctly stated therein and
that each signer signed the same On the
date set opposite his name. Such state
ment shall be sworn to before some
officer residing in said County where such
legal voters reside authorized to admin
fastened together in one, document, filed
as a whole, and when filed shall not be
withdrawn or added to. no signature
shall be withdrawn after the filing of such
petition.
Such petition, 80 verified or a copy
thereof duly certified as hereinafter pro
the signatures, statement OF residence, and
dates upon such petition are genuine and
true and that the persons signing the
same are legal voters OF Carroll County.
Upon request of any one filing such d
petition and verified statement and paying
or rendering TO the Supervisors Of Elec-
names. or fraction thereof, signed thereto.
together with copy thereof, the Super
visors of Elections shall Immediately
compare the original COPY and attach to
their
official certificate that such copy is true
copy Of the original, stating the day when
such original was filed in their Office.
Whoever. in making the sworn state
ment above prescribed, shall KNOWN gly
wflfully and corruptly swear falsely shall
be deemed guilty Of perjury, and, On con
viction thereof, shall he punished accord.
ingly. Whoever FORCES the signature Of
any person.. upon any petition or state
ment provided for i'm this Act, shall be
deemed guilty of forgery. and, On convic-
tion thereof. shall be punished accordingly
Sec o. And DE 1t further enacted, That
the Supervisors Of Elections, with whom
any petition shall be filed. as provided
in this Act. shall cause notice to De giveI
in the manner provided by law for Civ
ing notice OF an election, of the submits
sion of said proposition ut the next elec.
ton to the voters of Carroll county. Pub
licaTion OF the submission of said prop.
ositiOn to the voters OF said county shall
likewise he made in the manner provided
by law for the publication Of the list Of
nominations to be voted for at an elec.
ton: Provided, That the failure of such
Supervisors OF Elections to cause such no,
tice to be given, or the failure to make
publication of the submission of said prop.
osition as above provided, shall not affect
the validity or binding force OF the vote
upon said proposition
Sec 9 And be it further enacted, Thai
the Supervisors OF Elections, with whom
amy petition shall be filed MS provided by
this Act, shall cause the proposition .Shal
this County become Anti-Saloon Terri
tory, 10 be placed on the official ballots
to he submitted to the vote of the people
In the manner prescribed BY Section *
of Article 80 of the Code OF Public Gen.
eral Laws of 1901.
AT any election where said proposition
III submitted, the persons managing the
interests of those i'm favor of, anu the
opposed to said proposition shall have
respectively, the right to designate and
keep challenger and watcher at each
election place. certificate signed by tht
presiding officer of the committee man.
aging the interests OF those in favor Of OIL
of those opposed to said proposition shall
BE- sufficient evidence Of the right Of such
challenger and watcher to be present
I'm the polling room. Such challengers and
watchers shall have the powers which are
conferred upon challenger and watchers
by Sections 90 and 10 OF Article 33 OF the
Code Of Public General Laws of 1904.
Sec. Z. And be il further enacted, That
the Supervisors on Elections shall. soon
AM conveniently may be after receiving
and canv9 ssing the result Of any election
MT which the proposition az to whether
Carroll County shall become or continue
TO be Anti-Saloon Territory is submitted
TO the voters thereof, proclaim the result
nation in some newspaper published In
the County, LIZ the owners OF such news
papers will publish the same MT the eur.
record in U well bound book. to De kept
In their office by them and their success.
sors. The result Of the vote upon said