Weekly journal-miner., 1916-05-03

m>nded or repealed in the manner herein provided for the adoption of such measures by municipalities.
 And after January l, 1917, Is per centum of the qualified voters of any incorporated city or town, in the man. ner and mode provided by existing law for the exercise of the initiative by municipalities, may propose any measure exempti1g such city or town. as the case may be, from any or all of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this article and when so proposed it shall be the duty of the mayor and common council, or may or and commission, as the case may | be, of the incorporated city or town proposed in said measure to be so eX- empt to forthwith call an election for such date not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of such call; and to provide for, make and put in force all necessary provisions for the holding of such election at which such measure shall be submitted to the qualified voters residing within the incorporated city or town to be affected thereby and if such measure shall receive the approval of ma jority of the legal voters voting al such election, to be ascertained and the result announced in conformity as near as may be to existing laws applicable to the exercise of the initia- tive by municipalities, said measure shall become effective according to its provisions and shall become the law of such city or town, notwithstand- ing the provision of the foregoing sec. tons. until the same be amended or repealed in the manner herein pro rided for its adoption.
 Provided, however, that no measure that may be adopted as in this sec, ion provided shall make lawful or exempt any person from the penalties prescribed in section of this article. for the sale of intoxicating liquors. who shall sell, exchange, give, barter or dispose of intoxicating liquors of lny kind between the hours of II p. m and 6 a. m.. or upon Sunday, CT turing the voting hours of any day 1pon which any general or special election may be neld. or who shall sell, exchange, barter, give or dispose 7f such liquor to any minor or habi- tual drunkard.
 Provided further. that no such measure shall be effective to permit anyone to engage in the business ot selling or dealing in intoxicating liq- uors whether as owner or proprietor or bartender or other like employee of such owner or proprietor, unless =uch person shall be citizen of the United States: and no such measure shall be effective unless 1t shall make provision for the licensing of any sucn person to engage in said busi- | less; and unless it shall contain a provision requiring that every dealer IT proprietor of a place where intoxi eating liquors arc sold shall. before he shall engage in said business, give 1ond to the State to be approved by he board of supervisors of the coun- 1 in an amount not less than two housald (S2,O0O dollars, conditioned hat such dealer or proprietor shall ,bey the law appertaining to the sale md other like disposition of intoXi- :ating liquors; and unless 1t shall pro- l -idc in case of a breach of said bond. 1 or its due enforcement and also for ne forfeiture or the license of suc1 lealer and of his offending employee; and unless it shall further provide that such dealer or proprietor in ad- ditio1 to any license tax required to 5e paid by him, shall be required to pay an annual license tax, to be collected as other license taxes arc collected, Of not less than S500O0 pay ible semi-annually. which said sum of five hundred (S500) doollars, shall be paid into the county road fund of he county in which the license is is 'ued. and become a part of said road ,und and expended by the board oi su- 1ervisors Of said county for the main
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 | Provided Further, that every such measure shall contain a provision limiting the maximum number of places within any such county. city Dr town. where intoxicating liquors nay be sold, to one place for each
 housand inhabitants and major frac- ion thereof residing within suc:1 county exclusive of incorporated cities nd towns thereof. or within such city or town, as the case may be. except hat where any such county measure shall become law as in this section provided, if majority of the taxpay- ITS Of any voting precinct within such county and not within any incorporat- ed city or town thereof shall petition the board of supervisors of the county in whicn said voting precinct is lo- catcd for a larger number of licenses 70 issue than ono for each ono thou ;and inhabitants and major fraction thereof within the limits of said vot- ing precinct. then in the discretion oi