Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-15


Of chapter SO Of the Revised Statutes
OF Missouri for the year 1909 be amend
cd by striking out the words "or mu-
nicipal body In line i've Of said section
50 that said section shall read: :
Sea 7240. Notice Of such election shah
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
publicity to the election.
Sec. 4. That section 7241 OF article LII
Of chapter 60 of the Revised Statutes
Of Missouri for the year 1909 be amend
ed by striking out the words f'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
his 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
sue election deem 1t 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 ballots, erase the clause o do not
want
Sec. 5. That section T242 Of article III
of~-chapter So OF the Revised Statutes Of
Missouri for the year 1909 be amended
by striking out the words Tor munich
pal BODY in the sixth line of said sec
ton, and by striking, out the words
'such election In line fifteen Of said
section and inserting in lieu thereof the
words 1.-The filing Of the petition for
such election and by striking out the
words, 'of the municipal body orr In
line nineteen of said section, n by
striking out the words 'the municipal
body or" 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
Intoxicating liquors such intoxicating
liquors may be sold under the pro-
visions of existing avs regulating the
sale thereof and the procuring of IL
cense for that purpose; and If a ma
jority of the votes cast at such election be
against the sale Of intoxicating liquors, "
the county court ordering such election
shall publish the result of such election
once a week for four consecutive weeks in
he 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
last insertion of the publication last
above referred to; and provided further,
l that M lcanca 10 coll ipfovi0atino - tiri,nra
Of any description prohibited by this ar
ticle, shall be granted during the time
of publication last above mentioned; and
provided further, that this article shall
not be so construed as to interfere with
any license issued before the day of tho
filing of the petition for such election,
but such license may run until the day
of its expiration and shall not be renew
ed. The election in this article provided
for, and the result thereof, may be con-
tested in the same manner as is now pro-
vided by law for the contest Of the cleo
tion Of county officers in this state by
any qualified voter of the county in which
said local option election shall be held by
an action to contest as herein provided.
and which shall be brought against the
county holding such election.
Sec. 6. That section 7243 of article III
of chapter GO OF the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for the year 1909 be amended
by striking out the words Lying OUT
side the corporate limits of any city
or town having, at the date of such
order of election, a population of $500
inhabitants or more, or city as the case
may be" in lines four, five, six and
seven, so that when amended said SEQ
ton shall read as follows:
Sec. 7243. If a majority of the votes
cast at any election held under the pro-
visions Of this article shall be against
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors." it shall
not be lawful for any person within the
limits Of such county to directly or indi-
rectly sell, give away or barter in any
manner Whatever any kind of Intoxicating
liquors Or beverage containing alcohol,
in any quantity whatever, under the PEN
alties hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. Z. That section 7244 Of article. III
of chapter So of the Revised Statutes OF
Missouri for the year 1909 be amended
by striking out the words ''or city as
the case may be- in the fourth line OF
said section; n by adding to said seq
ton the words provided that in any
county in which al election has been
held outside of he corporate limits OF
any city or town in such county, hay-
ing at the time of such election a popu-
lation of $500 inhabitants or more. under
the provisions of article III of chapter
SO of the Revised Statutes of Missouri
for the year 1909, the first election under
the provisions of this article, as amend
ed, may be held at any time after four
years from the date Of the election held
in such county outside of the corporate
limits Of any city or town having, at the
time Of such election, q population OF
twenty-five hundred inhabitants OIL
more" SO that when amended said Sec
ton shall read as follows:
Sec. 7244. Whenever an election In this
article provided for has been held and
decided, either for or against the sale
of intoxicating liquors, then the ques-
ton shall not be again submitted within
four years next thereafter in the same
county and then only on a new petition
and In every respect conforming to the
provisions Of this article; provided thai
in n county in which an election has
been held outside of the corporate limits
Of any city or town in such county hay.
ing, at the time of such election, a popu-
lation of $500 inhabitants or more. undel
the provisions of article III of chapter 6:
Of the Revised Statutes Of Missouri fol
the year 1909, the first election unde,
the provisions of this article, as amended
may be held at any time after four years
from the date of the election held in
such county outside of the corporate
limits Of n city or town having al
the INT OF such election a population
OF twenty-five hundred inhabitants Q,
more.
Approved March Tenth doth, 1918.
ELEVENTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED ny THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
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