Bishopp v. Lane

The sole question presented by this application is whether a druggist who has filed his bond as required by the statute, and who violates the restrictions imposed by law in selling intoxicating liquors, in a county in which the provisions of the “ Local Option Law,” so called, are in force, is to be prosecuted under such local *462option law or the general statute (Act No. 313, Laws of 1887).

The second section of the local option law (Act No. 207, Laws of 1889) provides that—

“ On and after the first day of May next following after the adoption by the board of supervisors ” and the vote of the…