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140 – Applicability of Chapter Before Local Option.

§ 140. Applicability of chapter before local option. Until such time as it shall become unlawful to sell alcoholic beverages in any town or city by the vote of the voters in such town or city in the manner provided in this article, all of the provisions of this chapter shall apply throughout the entire […]

141 – Local Option for Towns.

§ 141. Local option for towns. 1. Not less than sixty days nor more than seventy-five days before the general election in any town at which the submission of the questions hereinafter stated is authorized by this article, a petition signed by electors of the town to a number amounting to twenty-five per centum of […]

142 – Local Option for Cities.

§ 142. Local option for cities. 1. Not less than sixty days nor more than eighty days before the general election in the year nineteen hundred thirty-five in any city, and before any subsequent general election in the city at which the submission of the questions hereinafter stated is authorized by this article, a petition […]

143 – Filing Certificate of Result With Liquor Authority.

§ 143. Filing certificate of result with liquor authority. Whenever at an election a vote shall be taken on the local option questions pursuant to sections one hundred forty-one or one hundred forty-two in any town or city, the officer or board charged by law with the duty of filing a statement of the result […]

144 – Contesting Validity of Petition.

§ 144. Contesting validity of petition. Proceedings may be instituted and maintained to contest the validity, sufficiency or legality of any petition provided for in this article, in the manner provided by the election law, as though such petition were a certificate of nomination.

145 – False Statements and Forgery.

§ 145. False statements and forgery. A person who forges the signature of any person upon any petition or statement provided for in this article shall be guilty of forgery in the third degree and on conviction thereof be punished accordingly.

147 – Effective Duration of Local Option Determination.

§ 147. Effective duration of local option determination. 1. In any town or city in which a vote shall be taken on any one or more of the local option questions provided for in this article, no further vote shall be submitted upon any local option question that was presented to the voters before the […]