Page v. McClure
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition Eor Mandamus to ■'compel the defendants, as members of the Board of Civil Authority of the town of High-gate, to fully canvass and count all the ballots cast at an annual town meeting on the question whether that town should issue licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, brought to the Supreme Court for Franklin County at its May Term, 1906, and then heard on demurrer to the petition.
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Petition Eor Mandamus to ■'compel the defendants, as members of the Board of Civil Authority of the town of High-gate, to fully canvass and count all the ballots cast at an annual town meeting on the question whether that town should issue licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, brought to the Supreme Court for Franklin County at its May Term, 1906, and then heard on demurrer to the petition. The petition alleged, among other things, that the petitioners, A. O. Page, G. Allen Sargent, M. W. Hedding, A. Oscar Benoit, Tuffield T. Trombley and Horace Cross, were all residents, taxpayers,…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
Section 2, No. x 15, Laws of 1904, provides that a vote shall be taken by ballot at every town meeting to be held on the first Tuesday of March, 1905, and annually thereafter, upon the question, “Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?” The section specifies the form of the ballot to be used for that purpose and how it shall be marked by the voter in voting “yes” or “no,” as he may desire. No specific provision is made in the Act for the counting of the ballots, nor for declaring the result, hence they are to be done according to the general statutory laws…
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