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pending; and final judgment of conviction in such proceedings
shall be in all cases a bar to all suits for the recovery of any
liquors seized or the value of the same, or f,or damages alleged
to arise by reason of the seizing and detention thereof. (K)
When any prosecution is commenced before any justice of the
peace or court for a violation of this Act, and the liquor seized
under this section is to be used as evidence in such trial, the
hearing must take place in not more than thirty days if such
court be then in session, and if it be not in session, within
thirty days from the date when it is next in session, if at the
time appointed for trial the returns have not been properly
made, or for other sufficient cause, the trial may be postponed
to a further date not more than fifteen days beyond said thirty
days. (L) The word "Liquor," when used in this section, unless
the same be inconsistent with the context, shall be construed to
include the vessels containing the same; the phrase "means
used for the sale of the same," shall include all furniture, imple-
ments or paraphernalia of a barroom or drinking saloon, or any
part of same, and any United States internal revenue tax re-
ceipt effective for the period of time covering the alleged of-
fense.

SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That any five legal voters
of any political sub-division in which an election shall have
been held, as provided for in this Act may, within ten days
after the canvass of the returns of such election, and upon
filing a bond for costs, in a penalty to be fixed by the presid-
ing judge, and with a surety or sureties to be approved by him,
contest the validity of such election by filing a verified petition
in the Circuit Court for Washington county, setting forth the
grounds for the contest. Upon the filing of such petition a sum-
mons shall forthwith issue from such court, addressed to the
Supervisors of Elections, with whom the petition for such elec-
tion was filed, notifying such Supervisors of Elections of the-
filing of such petition and directing them to appear in such
court on behalf of such political sub-division at the time named
in the summons, which time shall not be less than five nor more
than fifteen days after the filing of such petition; the procedure
in such cases shall be the same as that provided by law for
contesting an election to a public office. So far as the same is
applicable, the said court shall have final jurisdiction to hear
and determine the merits of such cases. Any legal voter in the
political sub-division in which such election shall have been
held may be permitted by the court in its discretion to appear
in person or by attorney in any such contested election case in
defense of the validity of such election.

Approved April 6, 1908.