PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 827

voters voting upon said proposition voted "For the Proposi-
tion" the same shall be conclusive evidence that Carroll County
has become Anti-Saloon Territory, unless the proclamation of
the Supervisors of Elections shall be reversed after a contest
of the election in accordance with the provisions of Section 24
of this Act.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all the territory
within Carroll County which has become Anti-Saloon Territory
shall continue to be Anti-Saloon Territory throughout its entire
extent, notwithstanding any change that may be made in the
limits of any political sub-division, until the legal voters thereof
have voted, according to the provisions of this Act, to discon-
tinue such Anti-Saloon Territory and the following Section
shall be construed in harmony herewith. In all Anti-Saloon
Territory, during the time that it continues to be Anti-Saloon
Territory, the operation of all laws providing for the restriction,
regulation or prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquor or
for the issuing of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor
within any portion or the whole of such territory, so far as in-
consistent with its status as Anti-Saloon Territory, shall be sus-
pended.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That upon the filing in the
office of the Supervisors of Elections, at least sixty days before
an election in Carroll County, of a petition directed to such
Supervisors of Elections containing the signatures of legal vo-
ters of Anti-Saloon Territory, in number not less than one-fourth
of the total vote cast therein at the last election, to submit to
the voters thereof the proposition "Shall this County continue
to be Anti-Salon Territory?" (provided such petition corres-
ponds in all other respects with the petition in this Act before
described) such proposition shall be submitted at such election
to the voters of Carroll County, and the provisions of Section
one (1), four (4), five (5), six (6) and seven (7) of this Act
shall apply in all respects, so far as applicable, to the proposi-
tion "Shall this County continue to be Anti-Saloon Territory?"
to the submission of such proposition to such voters, to the pe-
tition therefor, to the recording of the vote thereon and to the
proof and evidence of the petition and vote. If a majority of
the legal voters voting upon such last mentioned proposition
vote "Against the proposition" such County shall cease to be
Anti-Saloon Territory, and all laws providing for the restric-
tion, regulation or prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquor,
or for the issuing of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor.