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	not any person or persons, or any honse, or any cor-	Question of
	poration, may be licensed to sell spirituous or fer-	license.
	mented liquors in Frederick county, or in any of the
	election districts thereof, shall be submitted to the
	registered, qualified voters of the said county, and
	the various election districts thereof, at a special
	election to be held on the first Tuesday of August
	next, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, in
	said county, and in each election district thereof, and
	that ballots for or against such sale shall have print-
	ed or written on them the words "for the sale of
	spirituous or fermented liquors," or "against the sale
	of spirituous or fermented liquors," and that the
	ballots so cast shall be carefully counted by the
	judges of said election, who shall, within three days
	thereafter, make a written return of such vote to
	the clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick county,
	and said clerk shall record said returns among the
	records of his office, and if it shall appear that either
	one or more of said election districts shall have cast
	a majority of votes against the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, then the clerk of said court shall	Clerk prepare
	prepare a certificate proclaiming the result of such	certificate.
	election in said districts, and cause said certificate
	to be published once in each newspaper published
	in said county.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the election afore-
	said shall be held in accordance with the provisions
	of law governing general elections of this State, and
	by judges appointed and qualified in the manner
	directed by the laws governing each general election,
	and notice of the same shall be given in the ordi-	Election—
	nary mode, as now prescribed by law, and all exist-	how held.
	ing provisions of law in regard to bribing voters,
	and in regard to selling, bartering, giving or dispos-
	ing of spirituous or fermented liquors, ale or beer,
	or intoxicating drinks of any kind, on election day,
	shall be applied to the election authorized by this
	act.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall appear	Majority vote
	by the return of said judges of election and certifi-	to decide for.
	cate of the clerk of said court, that a majority of the
	votes in the county, or any election district thereof,
	has been cast against the sale of spirituous or fer-