ART. 22.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 1057

such petition are genuine and true, and that the persons sign-
ing the same are legal voters of the political sub-divisions
named therein. Upon request of anyone filing such a petition
and verified statement and paying or tendering to the Super-
visors of Elections one dollar for each one hundred names or
fraction thereof, signed thereto, together with a copy thereof,
the Supervisors of Elections shall immediately compare the
original and copy and attach to such copy and deliver to.such
persons their official certificate that such copy is a true copy
of the original, stating the day when such original was filed
in their office. Whoever in making the sworn statement above
prescribed shall knowingly, wilfully and corruptly swear
falsely, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished accordingly. Whoever forges the
signature of any person upon any petition or statement pro-
vided for in this Act shall be deemed guilty of forgery and on
conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Supervisors of
Elections with whom any petition shall be filed as provided in
this Act shall cause notice to be given in the manner provided
by law for giving notice of an election of the submission of
said proposition at the next election to the voters of the
political sub-division named in such petition; publication of
the submission of said proposition to the voters of such politi-
cal sub-division shall likewise be made in the manner provided
by law for the publication of the list of nominations to be
voted for at an election; provided, that the failure of such
Supervisors of Elections to cause such notice to be given, or
the failure to make publication of the submission of said
proposition as above provided, shall not affect the validity
or binding force of the vote upon said proposition.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Supervisors of
Elections with whom any petition shall be filed as provided by
this Act shall cause the proposition "shall this (county,
election districts, city, town, village or ward as the case may
be), become Anti-Saloon Territory?" to be placed on the offi-
cial ballots to be used in the political sub-division in which
said proposition is to be submitted to the vote of the people
in the manner prescribed by section 56 of article 33 of the Code
of Public General Laws of 1904. At any election where said
proposition is submitted, the persons managing the interests
of those in favor of and the persons managing the interests of
those opposed to said proposition shall -have respectively the
right to designate and keep a challenger and watcher at each
election place, a certificate signed by the presiding officer of
the committee managing the interests of those in favor of or