Chap. 841.—An ACT to Authorize the Voters of certain Counties and
Townships to Vote upon the Question of Repealing the Act relating to
Fences and for the Protection of Crops, passed January 26, 1806.

Approved March 25, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shalljbe
the duty of the board of supervisors of any county of this
state, which has adopted the act relating to fences and for the
protection of crops, passed January 26th, 1866, after giving
notice by posting the same at the front door of the courthouse,
and at each voting precinct in said county for thirty days, to
proceed to consider the propriety of repealing the provisions
of said act; and, if a majority of said board be present and
concurring, an order may be made requiring the question
to be submitted to the vote of the people, a copy of
which order shall be certified to the county court of such
county, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the several offi-
cers conducting elections in such county, at the times and
places for holding the first general election thereafter, or at
any succeeding general election, to prepare a separate ballot
box for each voting precinct, in which shall be deposited the
ballots of the then qualified voters who shall desire to vote upon
the question of repealing the act aforesaid. The said ballots
shall be respectively as follows:
“For present fence law.”
“Against present fence law.”

Provided, that public notice of the time and place of voting
upon said question shall be given by posting the same at the
front door of the courthouse and at each voting precinct in
the county, and by publication in some newspaper published
in the county (if one be published therein) for at least thirty
days previous to said election; and provided further, that
where the act aforesaid has been adopted by- one or more
townships of a county only, the election shall be ordered and
the vote taken only in such township; and provided further,
that if the provisions of said act have been adopted in the
whole county, the board of supervisors of said county may
order an election in one or more townships of said county.

2. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots cast
at such election on the question of repealing the “act relating
to fences and for the protection of crops,” passed January
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and making re-
turns and abstracts of the results thereof, shall conform, in all
respects, to the regulations prescribed by the general election
law of this state, except that the certificate of the judges of
election shall be as follows:

We hereby certify that at the election held votes
were cast “for the present fence law,’ and votes were
cast “against present fence law.”

G. H. A. B.
J. K. \ wlarks, ©. D. § Judges.
EK. F.

3. If from such returns and abstracts of votes so cast, on
the question of repealing the act aforesaid, it shall appear that
three-fifths of the qualified voters of the county or township
voting upon the question are in favor of repealing the said act,
and that said three-fifths includes a majority of the votes cast
by freeholders at such election, and a majority of the registered
voters of the county or township, then it shall be the duty of
the county court to declare the provisions of said act to be
inoperative and repealed in such county or township so voting:
provided, that such repeal shall not take effect for twelve
months from the date of such order of the county court.

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