Chap. 213.—An ACT to enable the town of Fincastle, in Botetourt county,
to vote on the question of liquor license; and to extend the provisions of
chapter 25 of the code of Virginia so as to apply to said town.

Approved January 30, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town
of Fincastle, in Botetourt county, may avail itself of the provisions of
chapter twenty-five of the code of Virginia, as amended by the several
acts approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February eighth, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-eight; and the provisions of said chapter, as
so amended, are hereby extended to and made applicable to the said
town in the same manner as if the said town constituted a separate elec-
tion district.

2. A petition of such of the qualified voters of the said town as consti-
tute one-fourth of such voters voting at the preceding November election

may be presented, in term or vacation, to the judge of the county court
of Botetourt county, who shall thereupon order a special election in con-
formity with said chapter as amended as aforesaid, at which election all
the qualified voters of the said town shall be entitled to vote; and if it
appear from the abstracts and returns that a majority of the votes cast
at such election were against liquor license, no license shall be granted
for the sale of wine, spirituous or malt liquors, or any mixture thereof,
within the corporate limits of the said town, nor within one mile beyond
the said corporate limits.

3. The election held under this act shall be conducted by the regular
election officers at each of the regular precincts within the said town,
but only the voters living within the said town shall be entitled to vote.

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