Chap. 120.—An ACT authorizing the voters of Roanoke county to
vote upon the question of granting license for the sale of liquors
therein, or in any magisterial district thereof.

Approved February 14, 1882.

ql: Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it’shall be the duty of the county judge of the county court
of Roanoke county, at its March term, eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, to order an election to be held in said county,
and in each magisterial district thereof, on the thirteenth
day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, on the ques-
tion of liquor license, and the county judge shall at once cer-
tify that fact to the sheriff of the said county, and it shall
be his duty to post, at each voting place in said county, no-
tice of said election, not less than ten days prior to the elec-
tion; and it shall be the duty of the county judge of said
county to appoint the necessary officers to conduct said elec-
tion, to make returns of the votes cast, and declare the
result.

2. That it shall be the duty of officers appointed to con-
duct said election in said county, after they shall have
received notice of a vote to be taken on the license question,
to prepare a ballot-box for each voting precinct in the said
county, in which shall be deposited the ballots of the then
qualified voters who may desire to vote upon the question of
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the said county
or district. The ballots shall be respectively as follows: For
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors; against license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors.

3. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots at
said election on said questions, and making returns and ab-
stracts thereof, shall conform, in all respects, to the require-
ments of the general election law of the state, except that
the certificate of the judges shall be as follows:

We hereby certify that at the election held on the day
of ——, votes were cast for license for sale of intoxicating
liquors, and votes were cast against license for sale of
intoxicating liquors.

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And the county canvassers of the returns made to the clerk’s
office, shall canvass these returns in like manner as other
election returns, and certify for each district the votes cast
for and against license respectively, and for and against
license in the said county, a copy of which shall be laid
before the county by the clerk at the next term thereafter.

4. If it appear from the abstracts and returns of any such
election, that in the said county a majority of the registered
votes have been cast against license for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, then no license shall be granted to any person
for the sale of such liquors; and any person who shall sell
any intoxicating liquors in tbe county, shall incur the penalty
prescribed by the general law for selling wine, ardent spirits,
malt liquors, or any other mixture of any of them without a
license therefor.

5. But if it appears from the abstract and returns of any
such election, that in the said county a majority of votes
have been cast in favor of license, and that a majority of
votes have been cast against license in any district or dis-
tricts of the said county, then no license for such sale in any
of the districts so voting, shall be granted, and any person
who shall sell any intoxicating liquors in any such district,
shall incur all the penalties prescribed by the general law for
selling wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture of
any of them, without a license therefor.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 120.—An ACT in relation to the working of the county roads
in the county of Chesterfield.

Approved April 22, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors of the county of Chesterfield shall have the
exclusive control of the improvement and repairs of the roads
of the county, under such rules, regulations, and methods as
the said board of supervisors may determine, and the cost
for said improvements and repairs shall be paid out of the
county treasury, on the warrant of the board. But nothing
in this act shall authorize said board of supervisors to include
in the levy for these purposes, a tax of more than twenty-
five cents upon one hundred dollars of the real and personal
property of the county, or more labor per capita upon the
male adult population than is now allowed by law. |

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 120.—An ACT authorizing the voters of Roanoke county to
vote upon the question of granting license for the sale of liquors
therein, or in any magisterial district thereof.

Approved February 14, 1882.

ql: Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it’shall be the duty of the county judge of the county court
of Roanoke county, at its March term, eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, to order an election to be held in said county,
and in each magisterial district thereof, on the thirteenth
day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, on the ques-
tion of liquor license, and the county judge shall at once cer-
tify that fact to the sheriff of the said county, and it shall
be his duty to post, at each voting place in said county, no-
tice of said election, not less than ten days prior to the elec-
tion; and it shall be the duty of the county judge of said
county to appoint the necessary officers to conduct said elec-
tion, to make returns of the votes cast, and declare the
result.

2. That it shall be the duty of officers appointed to con-
duct said election in said county, after they shall have
received notice of a vote to be taken on the license question,
to prepare a ballot-box for each voting precinct in the said
county, in which shall be deposited the ballots of the then
qualified voters who may desire to vote upon the question of
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the said county
or district. The ballots shall be respectively as follows: For
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors; against license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors.

3. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots at
said election on said questions, and making returns and ab-
stracts thereof, shall conform, in all respects, to the require-
ments of the general election law of the state, except that
the certificate of the judges shall be as follows:

We hereby certify that at the election held on the day
of ——, votes were cast for license for sale of intoxicating
liquors, and votes were cast against license for sale of
intoxicating liquors.

a ule _
And the county canvassers of the returns made to the clerk’s
office, shall canvass these returns in like manner as other
election returns, and certify for each district the votes cast
for and against license respectively, and for and against
license in the said county, a copy of which shall be laid
before the county by the clerk at the next term thereafter.

4. If it appear from the abstracts and returns of any such
election, that in the said county a majority of the registered
votes have been cast against license for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, then no license shall be granted to any person
for the sale of such liquors; and any person who shall sell
any intoxicating liquors in tbe county, shall incur the penalty
prescribed by the general law for selling wine, ardent spirits,
malt liquors, or any other mixture of any of them without a
license therefor.

5. But if it appears from the abstract and returns of any
such election, that in the said county a majority of votes
have been cast in favor of license, and that a majority of
votes have been cast against license in any district or dis-
tricts of the said county, then no license for such sale in any
of the districts so voting, shall be granted, and any person
who shall sell any intoxicating liquors in any such district,
shall incur all the penalties prescribed by the general law for
selling wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture of
any of them, without a license therefor.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 120.—An ACT in relation to the working of the county roads
in the county of Chesterfield.

Approved April 22, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors of the county of Chesterfield shall have the
exclusive control of the improvement and repairs of the roads
of the county, under such rules, regulations, and methods as
the said board of supervisors may determine, and the cost
for said improvements and repairs shall be paid out of the
county treasury, on the warrant of the board. But nothing
in this act shall authorize said board of supervisors to include
in the levy for these purposes, a tax of more than twenty-
five cents upon one hundred dollars of the real and personal
property of the county, or more labor per capita upon the
male adult population than is now allowed by law. |

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.