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ARTICLE
XIX. LOCAL OPTION.
Section
1. The Board
of County Commissioners of each county in the State, not oftener than once in
every two years, upon the application of one-fourth of the registered voters
of any county, shall call and provide for an election in the county in which
application is made, to decide whether the sale of intoxicating liquors, wines
or beer shall be prohibited therein, the question to be determined by a majority
vote of those voting at the election called under this section, which election
shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law for holding general elections;
Provided, That intoxicating liquors, either spirituous, vinous, or malt,
shall not be sold in any election district in which a majority vote was cast
against the same at the said election. Elections under this section shall be
held within sixty days from the time of presenting said application, but if
any such election should thereby take place within sixty days of any State or
National election, it shall be held within sixty days after any such State or
National election. Section 2. The Legislature shall provide necessary laws to carry out and enforce the provisions of Section 1 of this Article.
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