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QUESTIONS UP AT
GENERAL ELECTION
FOUR AMENDMENTS IN ADDITION
TO GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
THE BOARDS WILL BE BUSY
Election Inspectors Will Have Much
Work At Coming General EIec-
tion--voters Should Use Care

With the questions OF general cleo
tion, prohibition, home rule, and 9TH
er things being talked of on all sides
the voter is quite apt to be puzzled on
Just what he is going to vote at the
general election Tuesday, November
7th. To enable our readers 10 become
acquainted with the various questions
which will be coming up we have Sc
cured the following on the various
amendments.
or course there will be the general
election ballot with presidential cleo
tors, state officers and county officers
on II, the principal parties being the
democrat and republican parties. In
addition to the general election bal
lot the voter will be given four other
ballots. One OF these will be a pro-
posed amendment to Article XVI OF
the constitution, by adding a section
thereto to be known as section IL,
and to read as follows:
Section II. The manufacture, sale.
keeping for sale, giving away, barter
ing or furnishing OF any vinous, malt,
brewed, fermented, spirituous or in
toxicating liquors, except for medici-
nal, mechanical, chemical scientific
or sacramental purposes. shall be aft
er April S0th, 1913, prohibited in the
state forever. The legislature shall
by law provide regulations for the
sale OF such liquors for medicinal,
mechanical chemical, scientific and
sacramental purposes"
The effect Of this proposed amend
ment, If adopted. will be to provide
for prohibition in the state forever of
the manufacture, sale, keeping for
sale, giving away, bartering or fur
nishing OF any vinous, malt, brewed,
fermented, spirituous or intoxicating
liquors, except for medicinal, mechan-
ical, chemical, scientific or sacramen-
tai purposes, after April 80, 1918.
The second ballot-A proposed
amendment to Article VIII of the
constitution. by adding section
thereto. TO be known as section 30,
and to read as follows:
Section 30. Every Incorporated
city every incorporated village and
every organized township (meaning
thereby al that part of a township
outside the limits Of an incorporated
/ city or village located partly or Who'll
ly theroin) shall each have the right
to determine by majority vote OF the
electors thereof, whether or not there
shall be prohibited therein the manu-
facture and sale Of malt, brewed, fer
mented, vinous, distilled or intoxicat-
ing liquors.
Appropriate legislation shall be en-
acted TO enforce and make effective
! the provisions OF this section and.
until such legislation Is enacted, ex-
isting local option and regulatory
laws on this subject shall continue In
force but no existing law Inconsistent
with the provisions OF this section
shall continue in force after January
! /, 1919"
The effect OF this proposed amend
ment, II adopted, will be to provide
that every incorporated city and VII
lagc. and organized township shall
Whether or not there shall be prohibit
ted therein The manufacture and sale
OF malt brcwed fermentod vinous,
distilled or intoxicating liquors, after
January /, 1919.
The third bnllot, proposed amend
ment TO Section 80, Of Article V of the
constitution. and to read as follows.
section 30 The legislature shall
pass no local or special act IN any
case whore a general act can be made
applicable. and whether general act
can be made applicable shall be
judicial question No local or special
act, excepting acts repeating local or
special acts in effect January one.
nineteen hundred nine and receiving
a two-thirds vote OF the legislature
shall take effect until approved by
majority Of the electors voting there
on in the district % be affected"
Tho fourth ballot. proposed
amendment 70 Article XII OF the con
stitution. by adding section thereto
70 be known as Section 10, and to
read as follows:
Section 10. The legislature shall
provide BY general law for the inccr-
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