Chap. 544.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 16, 17, and 20 of an act
approved March 15, 1902, entitled an act to submit tothe qualified voters of the
town of Martinsville, in the county of Henry, Virginia, at a special election to
be held therefor, the question of the establishmcht of a dispensary for the sale
of intoxicating liquors therein, and in the event a majority of those voting in
said election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establish-
ment and the conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter within said town,
or within the magisterial district in which said town is situated, the sale,
barter, or exchange of intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms, or corporations,
except as provided herein.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections one,
sixteen, and seventeen of an act approved March fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and two, entitled an act to submit to the qualified voters of the town
of Martinsville, in the county of Henry, Virginia, at a special election to
he held therefor, the question of the establishment of a dispensary for
the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, in the event of a majority of those
voting at said election vote for said dispensary, ihen, further, to provide
for the establishment and the conduct of the same, and to prohibit there-
after within said town, or within the magisterial district in which said
town is situated, the sale, barter, or exchange of intoxicating liquors by
all persons, firms, or corporations, except as provided herein, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

81. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That on
Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of April, nineteen hundred and two,
there shall be held within and for the town of Martinsville, at the court-
house of the county of Henry, in the county of Henry, Virginia, a special
election, at which shall he submitted to the qualified voters of said town
the question of the establishment of a municipal liquor dispensary in said
town as hereinafter provided, which said election shall be held, and the
returns thereof made, canvassed, and ascertained as provided by the gen-
eral laws of this State and the provisions of the charter of said town, so
far as the same are applicable, and except as modified by this act. The
official ballots prepared and used at said election shall contain the words
“For dispensary” and the words “Against dispensary,” and the voter de-
siring to vote for the establishment of said dispensary as provided by this
act shall seratch out the words “Against dispensary,” leaving the words
“For dispensary” unscratched, and the voter desiring to vote against the
establishment of said dispensary as provided by this act shall scratch out
the words “lor dispensary,” leaving the words “Against dispensary” un-
scratched. The certificate of the judges and clerks at said election sha!l
show the number of votes cast “For dispensary” and the number of votes
cast “Against dispensary,” and the commissioners of election shall certify
the result of said election to the council of said town, to be entered of
record on its minute books. And if at said election a majority of the
voters voting thereat shall vote for the establishment of said dispensary
as provided by this act, then it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation, in any capacity whatsoever, to sell, barter, or exchange any
spirituous, vinous, malt, or intoxicating liquors of any kind in the said
town of Martinsville, or in the magisterial district in which said town
is situated, on or after the first day of May, nineteen hundred and two,
except as hereinafter provided, and any one violating this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or im-
prisoned not less than one month nor more than twelve months in the
jail of said county, or such person may be punished by both fine and im-
prisonment as aforesaid, in the discretion of the Jury, and the subsequent
sections of this act shall be in full force and effect; but if at said election
a majority of those voting thereat shall vote against the establishment of
said dispensary as provided by this act, then the same shall not affect the
general laws pertaining to the sale of intoxicating liquors.

§ 16. The net profits accruing from said dispensary under this act
shall be disposed of in the following manner: One-fourth to the State of
Virginia and the remainder to the town of Martinsville for its general
purposes. Such distribution shall be made when ordered by said board,
and at least once a year.

§ 17. Any person or persons who shall, within the corporate limits of
said town, or within the magisterial district i in which said town is situ-
ated, dircetly or indirectly, keep or maintain, by himself or by associating
or combining with others, or who shall in any manner aid, assist, or abet
in keeping or maintaining any club-room or other place in which intoxi-
cating liquors are received or kept for sale or distribution or division
among members of any club or association, shall be guilty of misde-
meanor, and punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by confinement in jail of not less than
one month nor more than twelve months, or both.

§ 20. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed so far as applicable to the Martinsville magisterial district, Henry
county, Virginia: provided, however, that nothing herein shall be con-
strued as affec cting chapter twenty- five of the Code of Vi irginia of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, or acts amendatory thereof.

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