Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-03
STOCK ELECTIONS
HELD INVALID
Judge Price Hands Down Opinion
Because of Legal
Technicalities

Due to the fact that certain
technicalities of the law were ov-
erlooked, the stock law elections
held in five precincts in Madison
county on November 4th, were
declared null and void by Judge
w. K. Price in county court Mon
day. In three of the precincts
the law carried; in one the
question was not decided as the
vote was tie and in one precinct
the vote was adverse.
Owing to failure to properly
order and advertise the calls for
the election in the various per-
cincts, as required by law, Judge
Price gave a formal opinion that
the election had to be set aside
He wrote out an opinion in the
case in full. There was much in
terest in these elections in sew
eral of the precincts and the ques-
tion was hard fought. 1t is un-
derstood that elections will be
held next year, with all formali-
ties fully carried out as required
by law so as to leave no loophole
Judge Prices formal opinion ir
the cases is as follows:
1t appears to the court that the
petition in each of the above styl-
ed proceedings has heretofore
been filed in accordance with sec
tion 1915 of the Kentucky Sta
tutes, and the Fiscal Court duly
entered of record its proper or
ders in each case, and the requi-
iste amount of money, to-wit
SIS, was deposited by the petit
TONERS in each case with the
County Court, as required by said
section, and that the proper ques-
tion as defined in the Fiscal Court
orders, was duly caused by the
County Clerk to be printed on the
ballots for each precinct in which
the vote was to be taken under
the aforesaid orders, and that said
question was voted on by the
electors in the precinct designated
in each of the above indicated
petitions, at the November elec-
tion, 1919, and the result thereof
announced as required by section
1850 of said Statutes. The result
being as follows:
Kingston precinct, yes, 1903; no
90;
Poosey precinct, yes, SO, no, 46
Newly precinct, yes, ia, no
100;
Biggerstaff precinct, yes, SO
no, 90;
Valley View precinct, yes, 49,
no, 20.
Nevertheless, it further appears
and is made known to the court
that no order was entered of re-
cord by this court directing the
election officers in each of said
precinct to open poll as provid-
ed by said section 4646 and that
notice of submission or intended
submission of said question at the
election aforesaid was not given
or published as required by Sec
tion 4647 of said Statutes,-ir
fact, the requisite notice was not
made or published at all,-now
therefore, the court having duly
considered the premises and each
case, is of the opinion that the
submission of said question at the
November election, 1919, was
without statutory authority, and
the voting thereat on said ques.
tion was void, and it is according
ly adjudged that insofar as con-
Germs the voting on the said ques.
tion thus submitted, said election
was void, and that void election
lis no election in legal effect.
Wherefore, it is ordered that
the official announcement of the
result Of the voting in each of sale
lprecincts on said question be no
received by, and Be not spread
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