The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-02
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aud the town and city clerks shall per
form the same duties in respect to the
ballots to be used hereunder as are nm
posed upon those officials by chapters IL
and II of the public statutes, except as
otherwise provided in the act, and All
regulations provided by law for conduct
mo general elections shall be applicable
10 the votes provided for in this act
The two CHAPTERS named have references
giving the titles of the chapters III 70
ballots. and (12) to warning and con-
ducting elections. In considering the
meaning of the provision making applle-
able to the votes provided for all regula-
tions provided by law in conducting gen
eral elections, light is had by an exam
nation of other statutes by which ques-
tons of general interest throughout the
state have been submitted to the people.
"The term general election is defined
nv section five of the public statutes to
mean ANY election of state and county
officers. representatives to the general
assembly. representatives to Congress or
electors by No. !, section |. OF acts OF
l9l5. it is made to include United States
senator's And throughout the publlc
statutes the term general election y
uniformly used to designate what before
had commonly been known as 'treemen
meeting This accounts for the change
in language in providing Tor the REFER
endums in the acts Of 1915 from what IL
was in previous acts under when ques-
tions were submitted to the people. mus
in the act of 1852, prohibiting traffc IN
Intoxicating LIQUOR, section Is, provided
for the holding of meetings IN the sew.
eral towns. at which the freemen OF
this state may express their Judgment
and choice in regard to this act ete. zee
state VS.. Parker, 26 Vt, 35l by the
act Of 1902. to regulate the traflc IN m
toxicating liquor it was provided tsec-
tion l0fl the officers in every town OF
city shall cali special meeting 'proVid-
inc for an opportunity of the freemen OF
This state to express their Judgment and
choice in regard to this act, etc; ana
section l03. OF the act reads: All regu'
lations provided by law for conducting
freemen's meetings shall be appiicabie 10
the votes provided for on the retefeh-
dums as provided for in section lol O
this act
"By the act Of 1912, relating to the
nroposed articles of amendments to the
constitution, section provided that the
people shall be assembled for the purpose
az voting on said articles, in the respee-
tive towns and cities at the same time
and place as for the annual town or clty
meeting. and that the warning Tor each
meeting shall contain an article TO see II
The freemen will vote to accept or reject
the proposed article OF amendment 10
tbe constitution of Vermont BY the act
OF 1912, No. 10, to provide for the cree
tion of a state building, it was provided
that the seIectmen in each town, When |
preparing the warning for the anhual
March meeting in 1914, should incorpor-
ate in such warning an article, IN snort !
ITO see if such act should become law
,Tnly |. 1914 Section 10 OF that act
reads: All regulations provided by law
for conducting general elections shall be
applicable to the votes provided for on
the referendum as hereinafter provided
There. as in the acts under consideration, !
it was made the duty OF the secretary OF |
state to furnish the town clerk IN each I
town with ballots to be used In such vol
ING, and he was to canvass the returns
made to him by the town clerks, as to
the result of the vote. and issue his proc I
iamation certifying the result of the vote
and declaring the time when the pro-
visions of the act shall take effect.
ct should be noticed, too, that in sec |
tion 80 of the primary act under consid- |
Grafton, and section 50 of the prohibitory |
act under consideration, the word bal
lots does not mean the same as the
words votes The two sections refer to
ballots to be used meaning the same
thing as the same expression in the pre-
cedinc section of each act, where pro-
vision is made for the furnishing by the
secretary of state of ballots to be used,
etc The word votes as used in said sec
tions 80 and 50, has reference to the act |
Of the voters in the use of such ballots
See State ex rel. McCue vs.. Blaisdeli.
IN. d., ll9 \. w. 800. And the last