Chap. 196.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of an act approved April 2,
1902, entitled 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 to the 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 establishment of a dispensary for the sale of
intoxicating liquors therein, and in the event a majority of those voting at said
election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establishment
and conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter in said town, or within the
magisterial district in which said town is situated, the sale, barter, or exchange
‘a intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms, or corporations, except as provided

erein.

Approved May 5, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion sixteen of an act approved April second, nineteen hundred and
two, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections one, sixteen, sev-
enteen, and twenty 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 be held therefor, the question of the establishment of a
dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, and in the
event of a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dis-
Pensary, then, further to provide for the establishment and 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 corpora-
tions, except as provided herein, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§16. The net profits accruing from said dispensary under this act
shall be disposed of in the following manner: One-eighth to the State
of Virginia; at least one-eighth to the public free schools of said
town, though the council of said town may apply to said schools more
han one-eighth: and the remainder to the town of Martinsville, for
ts general purposes. Such distribution shall be made when ordered
iv said board, and shall be made in accordance with this section
luring the year ending April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.

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

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