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, MINUTES OF SPECIAL ADJOURNED MEETING <br /> OF <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> s July 3, 1957 <br /> • <br /> The Board of Commissioners of Lee County met in the Commissioner Ts <br /> Room at the Courthouse in special adjourned, session on Wednesday, July <br /> 3, 1957, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. , pursuant to moon of adjournmentrthe <br /> regular monthly meeting held on July 1, 1957P/file following members of <br /> the Board viseete present for dispatch of business: <br /> Commissioners Percy Measamer, J. M. Cheshire, Evander Winstead, <br /> Clyde4J. Atkins, and Sion H. Kelly. <br /> The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. John D. S e,—Pastor <br /> of Jonesboro Baptist Church. <br /> Chairman Percy Measamer presided and the following business was <br /> transacted. <br /> 'The Chairman explained the purpose of the meeting, stating that the meeting <br /> had been called for the purpose of considering and passing upon a petition <br /> submitted by I. J. Morris and other tax payers of Lee County requesting the <br /> Board of County Commissioners to call an election for Lee County and at <br /> said election submit' to the voters of the County the proposition as to whether <br /> or not Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores should be established and Alcoholic <br /> Beverages legally sold in Lee County, whether or not beer should legally be <br /> sold in Lee County, and whether or not wine should be legally sold in Lee <br /> County. The Chairman then read the following statement, to-:wit: <br /> "I am advised by our County Attorney that official action on ABC Store- <br /> beer and wine petition must be indefinitely postponed due to the fact that he <br /> has discovered that a new requirement for the calling of beer and wine <br /> elections was incorporated in the enabling legislation enacted during the <br /> 1957 Session of the General Assembly. Mr. Staton has informed me that the <br /> ommission of seven words from the Special Act of the Legislature completely <br /> changed the petition requirements and in fairness to both the proponents and <br /> the opponents of the issue, all the petitions are being returned to advocates of the <br /> election. <br /> " Our Attorney informs me that the words omitted from the Special Act <br /> setting forth the requirements for calling a beer and wine election make it <br /> manditory at that the petition shall contain "15 per cent of the registered <br /> qualified voters" instead of "15 per cent of the voters that voted for Governor <br /> in the last election". I credit his alertness in discovering this requirement <br /> with saving this Board considerable embarrassment and the County the <br /> cost of an election which could not be conclusive if the election had been called <br /> on the petition submitted to us. <br /> "Mr. Staton has advised that a valid petition must contain the names of 15 <br /> per cent of the registered qualified voters of Lee County, and in view of thefact <br /> that the proponents of the election were proceeding under the assumption that <br /> 15 per cent of the voters casting ballots for Governor in the last election was <br /> sufficient, as has been the case in all previous elections conducted under the <br /> State Statute, I am informing the petitioners that they must omply with the <br /> Special Lee County Act rather than follow the State wide act, <br /> " There is nothing wrong with the Lee County Act, according to Mr. Staton, <br /> but the omission of the requirement that a valid petition contain the signature <br /> of 15 per cent of those who voted for Governor in the last election simply <br /> means that the election proponents must submit a petition containing 15 per cent <br /> of the registered qualified voters of the County. In fairness to all concerned, I <br />
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