Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-02-08
SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE

conformity with an Act Of the pres
ent General Assembly, special
election will be held at the regular
voting precinct in each and all OF
the twenty Civil districts of Putnam
County on Saturday, March 10, 1917.
for the purpose of ascertaining the
will of the majority Of the qualified
voters of said county, with reference
to the enactment of "No-Fence or
Stock Law" for Putnam county.
The ballots used in said election
will be furnished by the Board of
Election Commissioners Of this coun-
ty.
There will be printed on all bal
lots used in said election the words,
For No Fence or Stock Law" and
Against No Fence or Stock Law"
Both of said printed proposit'on
must appear on each and every bal
lot and the voter will place a cross
mark X opposite the printed propo-
sition which he favors.
| Those voters who desire to vote
In favor Of mo Fence or Stock
Law" will. opposite the words For
No Fence or Stock Law, place a
cross mark X, and those who are
| opposed to the enactment Of mo
Fence or Stock Law" will, opposite
the words Against No Fence or
Stock law, place a cross mark K.
The ballots used in said election
in all districts shall be seven inches
long and three inches wide.
The requirements Of the Austral-
ian or Dortch law applying to cleo
ton in the First Civil District as to
form of ballot, use Of voting booths
and registration of voters are waved
as to this election, and said election
in the First Civil District will be
conducted in the same manner and
the same kind of tickets will be
used therein as in the other Civil
Districts of tAs County.
The officers, judges and clerks
appointed to hold this election shall,
before entering upon the discharge
of their duties as such, subscribe to
the same oaths as is required by
law of such officers, judges and
clerks in all regular or general elec-
tions.
The polls shall open and close In
said election at the same hours as
prescribed by law for regular or
general elections.
The legal requirements as to the
payment of poll tax and registration
of voters as prerequisites to voting
are waived as to this election, and
all resident voters of Putnam Coun-
ty, who are otherwise qualified vot-
ers of said county, shall be entitled
to vote in said election, whether
they have registered and paid their
poll tax or not.
No poll tax receipts or registra-
tion receipts will be required of any
voter who offers to vote in said
election.
The poll books and ballots for
Isaid election for all OF the voting
precincts of the county will be fur
nished at public expense by the
Board of Election Commissioners
of this county, as in regular or
general elections.
This is legal election and all
laws now in force and applicable
to the holding of general or regular
elections in this county will apply
and govern in said special election,
except in the particulars herein
stated.
/ The returns Of said election shall
be sealed up and directed to Agood
\ Moore, Secretary of the Board OF
Election Commissioners for said
county. and said Board of Election
Commissioners will meet at the
courthouse in Cookeville on Wednes-
day following said election and can
vass said returns and declare the
result of said election.
The only purpose Of said election,
as stated in the Act, is to provide
legal method to ascertain the will
of a majority of the qualified voters
of Putnam County relative to the
enactment Of a mo Fence or Stock
Law" for said county.
This Feb. 8, 1917.
L. r. STOCKTIN,
BEECHER PHILLIPS
ALGOOD MOORE,
n.--S 80 H1ac<i1n ComyniaaiONprs