Private Acts of 1931 Chapter 140

SECTION 1.  That in counties having a population of not less than 16,789 nor more than 16,809 according to the Federal Census of 1930 or any subsequent Federal Census, the County Commissioners of election are authorized and directed, when requested in writing by two hundred legal voters of the county, at any general election to be held in said county, to submit to the voters of the county on the official ballot, for their approval or disapproval, any question of proposed legislation affecting the citizens and residents of said county, and shall certify the result of said referendum vote to the County Court Clerk to be filed by him in his office.  Provided, that all names on the petition shall be in ink signed by the individuals whose names appear thereon, or by their duly appointed representatives and that any person signing the name of another without his knowledge or consent, shall be guilty of forgery.

SECTION 2.  That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  January 29, 1931.