Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
HOUSE 1 L NO. 10.

An act to amend sections 1888, 724o, 7241,
7242, 7243 and 7244 Of article III, of
chapter 60 of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for the veal 1909, entitled
Local option" and to repeal section
1899 of said article, with an emergency
clause.
Be It enacted BY the General Assembly
Of the State Of Missouri, as foHops:
Section /. That section 1888, of article
III of chapter 6S 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; n by striking out the words
who is a resident of any incorporated
town having a population of $500 in
habitants or more, orr in the seven
tenth, eighteenth and nineteenth lines
of said section and by adding to said
section the words, provided, further,
hat one-half Of the judges in each pre-
cinct shall be for the sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquors, and onezhalf of said judges
against the sale of intoxicating liquors."
50 as amended said section shall read as
follows:
Sec. 1898. 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 any county Of this state, the county
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
t~oxicating 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 ofhcevs, 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
NOoAAt Ndoo 10 IA NtAO CQS0 III tlEG-
tions for county officers; provided, that
at am election ordered under the provi-
sions Of this section, no one shall be
entitled to vote who is not a 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-
iciency 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-haIf Of said judges against the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors.
Sec. 2. That section 1888 Of article III
q chapter 63 Of the Revised Statutes
Of Missouri for the year 1909 be and
the Same is hereby repealed.