Gunnett v. Trout

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Pursuant to Section 5 of the Act of July 2, 1935, P. L. 599, as amended, 4 PS §63, a petition in due form was filed with the commissioners of York County seeking a referendum on the question whether the showing of motion pictures on Sunday in the Borough of Hanover should be permitted. The petition was approved and official ballots stating the statutorily prescribed question were made available to the voters in the five election districts (being the five wards) of the borough. The referendum was held at the time of the municipal election on November 3, 1953.

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