Newman v. Watkins

A perusal of the statute which the plaintiffs seek to have declared unconstitutional discloses that it provides for an election to be held to determine whether a statute which carries two major provisions shall become the law in Vance County, these provisions being, first, to repeal the general law prohibiting traffic in alcoholic beverages as it relates to said county and to establish a method for its sale therein under county supervision and control, and, second, to make the traffic in alcoholic beverages in said county, otherwise than provided in said statute, a misdemeanor, and…