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ART. 22.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 1055
vided is prohibited; "city," "town" or "village" shall mean an
incorporated city, town or village, as the case may be. "Politi-
cal Sub-division" shall mean "county, election district, city,
town, village or ward." District shall mean "territory in
which, after the same has become Anti-Saloon Territory, the
limits of the political sub-division have been changed." Law
shall include Public General Laws, Public Local Laws and all
municipal ordinances. In the phrase "shall this become
Anti-Saloon Territory" the proper designation, whether
"county," "election district," "city," "town," "village" or
"ward" shall be understood to be inserted in the blank, and
the same shall be inserted in the petitions filed by and the
ballots prepared for the voters of any county, election district,
city, town, village or ward. Said proposition shall mean the
proposition: "Shall this (county, election district, city,
town, village or ward, as the case may be) become Anti-Saloon
Territory." "Supervisors of Elections" shall mean the Board
of Supervisors of Elections of Washington county; "legal
voter" or "voters" shall mean a duly registered legal voter.
"Election" shall mean an election held on Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November in any year. "Court" shall
mean the Circuit Court for Washington county, and "Judge"
shall mean a judge of said court. "Intoxicating Liquor" shall
include whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, beer and all
other fermented, distilled, spirituous, vinous or malt liquors,
and every mixture of liquors which shall contain more than
two per cent, by weight of alcohol, and every mixture of
liquors which shall contain less than two per cent, of alcohol
if the same shall be intoxicating.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the filing in the
office of the Supervisors of Elections at least sixty days before
an election of a petition as in this Act provided, directed to
such Supervisors of Elections, containing the signatures of
legal voters of any political sub-division in number not less
than one-fourth of the total vote cast in such political sub-
division at the last election therein, to submit to the voters
of such political sub-division the proposition "shall this
become Anti-Saloon Territory?" Said proposition shall be
submitted at such election, as in this Act provided, to the legal
voters of such political sub-division, and if a majority of the
legal voters voting upon said proposition shall vote "yes,"
such political sub-division shall become Anti-Saloon Territory,
such petition shall be a public document and shall be subject
to the inspection of the public.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a vote under the
provisions of this Act shall become operative on the first day
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