In re Town of Canaan
New York County Courts
Application to direct the town clerk of the town of Canaan to call a special town meeting at which the local option questions provided for in section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law shall be resubmitted.
1Opinion of the CourtMcNamee, J.
The only papers presented on this application are those submitted in behalf of the petitioner. From these papers it appears that the town meeting was held March 18, 1913, and that the notice of the submission of the local option questions was posted in four public places in the town on March 10,1913, eight days before the vote was taken. The question involved arises out of the posting of this notice and the facts are not disputed. The petitioner contends that the vote on the local option questions was improper and *548invalid because of the failure of the town clerk to have the notice posted the…
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