In re Order Directing the Resubmission of the Local Option Questions to the Electors of the Town of La Fayette

Section 16 of the Liquor Tax Law provides for the submission at each biennial town meeting held in any town in the State of four questions which enables the voters of the town to determine whether they desire liquor to be sold in the town. They are enabled to approve of any kind of traffic or reject any or all. Question IY relates to the sale by hotel-keepers, and this is the question in which the petitioners are interested.

Certain formal requirements are necessary as a preliminary to such submission. Ten per cent, of the voters at the next preceding election must request such submission,…