The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01

SIXTY-THREE or THE RE
VISED STATUTES OF MIS-
souri,, 1900, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE LOCAL OP-
TON LAW" TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT SPIRIT
UOUS AND INTOXICATING
LIQUORS SHALL BE SOLD
WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
PENNINGTON, IN TIE STATE
OF MISSOURI.
Resolution relating TO order call
ing election under Article ! OF Chap
ter o. Revised Statutes If Missouri,
1909, entitled LOCAL OPTION"
providing for the appointment of
judges, form Of the ballots, publica-
ton of notice, conduct OF said cleo
ton and the maklng,of returns thereof.
WHEREAS, on Monday, Deem
Der 9TH, 1914, the same being a regu-
lar monthly meeting OF the Board OF
Aldermen OF the City OF Pennington,
Missouri, 4 petition showing on the
face thereof that it was signed by
one-tenth and more of the qualified
voters of the City OF Pennington
County of ST. Francois, in the State
of Missouri, and showing that said
City is duly incorporated under the
laws OF the State of Missouri and has
a population of Twenty-Five Hundred
inhabitants or more, was presented
to the Mayor and Board of Al
dcrmen at said meeting, applying
for an order calling an election to be
held iii the said City OF Bennington
to be voted at by the qualified voters
thereof, and no others, to determine
whether OF not spirituous or intoxi-
eating liquors shall be sold within
the limits Of said City of Pennington;
and,
WHEREAS, upon the examination
Of the said petition and the further
examination by a comparison of the
names and signatures therto with
the poll books of the last previous
municipal election held within and
by the said City OF Pennington: the
Board of Aldermen finds the same
sufficient in form and further finds
that one-tenth and more of the inhabi-
tants of the said City of Pennington,
who have the qualifications for voters
as prescribed by Article 3 of Chapter
90, Revised Statutes Of Missouri
1000, and who are lawful voters OF
the said City of Pennington, have
signed the said petition so presented
as aforesaid; the Board further finds
that Pennington is a duly incorpo-
rated City, existing under and by viz
tue Of the Laws OF the State of Mis-
souri,, and that said City at the time
OF the filing of said petition had,
and now has population OF Twenty
five Hundred inhabitants and more.
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLV-
ED by the Board of Aldermen of the
City OF Pennington, Missouri, as
follows:
FIRSTA That an election be and
the same Ms hereby ordered to be
held in said City OF Pennington, St.
Francois County, Missouri, on
TUESDAY, TWELFTH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1915,
to be voted at, by the qualified voters
of the City of Pennington and no
others, as provided by article 3,
Chapter o. Revised Statutes of Mis- |
souri,, 1900, to determine whether or
not spirituous or intoxicating liquors
shall be sold within the limits of |
said City of Pennington, which said |
date 18th day of January 1915, is
within forty days after receipt OF |
said petition by the Board of Alder
men and is not within sixty days OF
any municipal or State election held
or TO be held in the City OF Farming
ton
SECOND: That said election shall,
be conducted, the returns thereof
made and the result thereof ascer-
tanned and determined in accord
ance, in all respects, with the laws
and ordinances governing municipal
elections in the City of Pennington
The said election shall be held at
the usual voting places for holding
elections in the City of
Pennington, as follows:
The polling place in the first ward
shall be the City Hall over City
Auditors Office, in Kugel Building,
East side of Public Square. Scond
Ward, Police Judges Office West
side of Public Square. Third Ward,
Waters Press Printing Office, Farm
ers Bank Building. Fourth Ward,
Henry Manley's Shoe Shop on Henry
Street one-half block south OF CO.
umbia Street.
THIRD: That the Judges of said
election who shall conduct same
according to law and who shall serve
n the wards herein indicated shall
De as follows:
First Ward: Russell Doss, ].
3. Klein, Henry Herman and Chas.
Sr.
Second Ward: T. c. Young, o. J.
John S. FOWL and Geo. 4
Meyers.
Third Ward: Geo. Ware, w. N.
Fleming, John Hough and Homer Z
Carver.
Fouth Ward: Clarence TetIey,
frank Coffman, Peter Guessing and
Carl Gaebe.
FOURTH: All persons voting at
aid election who are against the
ale of Intoxicating liquors shall
lave written or printed on their
,allots Against the Sale of Intoxi-
ating Liquors.; and all. of those who
re in favor Of the sale of Intoxicating
liquors shall have written or printed
N their ballots, "For the Sale of In