The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-01
Name of
Signer
Date of
Signing.

Such petition shall consist OF sneeds
the Tub thereof and Shall be signed by the
legal voters i'll their own proper persons
only, and opposite the signature or each
Iefai voter a saf d district d The
may he. in which he resides, ana the date
Of signing the same.
No signature shall be valid or counted
in considering such petition, unless these
requirements are complied with ana IN M.
less the date Of signing is less tnan SIX
months preceding the date or ming the
same.
petition shall be added a statement, sign
ed by d resident OF Carroll county, with
his residence address as aforesaid, statlnE
that the signatures on that sheet OF Tue
said petition are genuine, and that 70 me
best OF his knowledge and bellef the
persons SO signing were az ms une q
signing said petition, legal voters OF Car
roll County; that their respective resi-
dences are correctly stated therein ana
that each siGner signed TIE same s on n+a NJ
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 70 adIhl A.
fastened together i'm one document nleu
as a whole, and when filed shall not be
shall be withdrawn after the filing OF such
petition
Such petition, 50 verified or copy
thereof, duly certified as hereinafter pro-
the signatures, statement OF residence, ana
dates upon such petition are genuine anu
true and that the persons signing tine
same are legal voters Of Carol! county
Upon request OF any one filing such
petition and verified statement ana paying
Or rendering TO the Supervisors or Elec,,
lions one dollar for each one hundred
names, or fraction thereof, signed thereto.
together with a copy thereof, the super
visors OF Elections shall Immediately
compare the original copy and attach 70
such copy and deliver to such person their
official certificate that such copy IL true
copy OF the original, stating the day when
such original filed i'm their Office
Whoever, in making the sworn state
ment above prescribed, shall knowingly,
wilfully and corruptly swear falsely shall
be deemed guilty Of perjury. and; on con
yictiOn thereof shall be punished accord
ingIy. Whoever FORCES the signature OF
any person, upon any petition OF h. sIat 6o
deemed guilty Of forgery. and, on convic-
ton thereof shall be punished accordingly.
Sec d. And be it further enacted, That
the Supervisors of Elections, with Wnom
any petition shall be filed. as PROVIDED
in this Act, shall cause notice to be given
i'm the manner provided by law Tor giv-
ing notice OF an election, or the SuDmls-
sion of said proposition at the next elec-
ton to tile voters OF Carroll county. Pub
licntion of the submission of said prop
osition to the voters of said county shali
by law for the publication Of the list OF
nominations to he voted for at an clec
ton: Provided, That the 1allufe 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 or the vote
upon said proposition.
see And he it further enacted, That
the Supervisors Of ELECTIONS, With whom
any petition shall De fled as provided by
this Act, shall cause the proposition Shall
this County become Anti-Saloon Terri
tory" to be placed on The official ballots
in the manner prescribed by Section "a
OF Article 80 OF the Code OF Public Gen.
eral Laws Of 1904.
At any election where said proposition
interests Of those in favor o. and The
persons managing the interests Or those
opposed to said proposition shall nave
k Keen a cRaIlenger and watcher at each
election place. certificate signed by the
presiding officer Of the COMMITTEES f man ID q
of those opposed to said proposition shall
be sufficient evidence OF the right or such
challenger and WATCHER t. BE- present alf
watchers shall have the powers which are
conferred upon challenger and watchers
by Sections g. and CD Of Article RI Of the
Code w Public General Laws OF 1904.
Scr. ri. And be 1T further enacted, That
the Supervisors Of Elections shall. soon
uS conveniently may be after receiving
and ranvassing the result of any election
ar winch Ile proposition HIS 10 whether
Carroll County shall become or continue
to WV Anti-Saloon Territory ~ submitted
to the voters thereof, proclaim the result
of SIll election and publish such pavcla-
nation in some newspaper published 1n
thr county, III the owners OF such news
paper will publish the same at the CHE,
rent rates OF advertisement, and shall
record i'm we'll bound book to be kept
in their Office by them and their success.
sors. te result of the vote upon said
proposition ana such result may I've proved
in all courts and i'm all proceedings by
such record OF by the official certificate
of the Supervisors of Elections, and in
cases where such record or certificate
shows that a majority Of the legal voters
voting upon said proposition voted "F'ol
the Proposition" the same shall be con-
elusive evidence that Carroll County has
become Anti-Saloon Territory, unless tht
proclamation or the Supervisors OF Elec.
TONS shall be reversed after contest oi
the election III accordance with the proviS-
ions of Section "a Of this Act.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, Thai
all the territory within Carroll County
which has become Anti-Saloon Territory
shall continue to be Anti-Saloon Terri
tory throughout its entire extent, not
withstanding any change that may bt
made in the limits Of any political sub
division, until the legal voters Thereof
have voted, according to the provisions
w this Act, to discontinue such Anti-Saloor
Territory and the following Section shal