It iii to be noted thnt Article 666-38 OS Vernon’8 Penn1 Code requires that the order of the 0ammissi0aer8~ aourt deolering the rerult of a looal option eleotlon and prohlbit- lng the 8ale of liquor 8hall be pasted at three publia plamr within the county or the polltioal ubdlvl8lon where the elea- tlon was held. Th18 8tatute further p-"ovidss that an entry by

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the oounty fu&ge on the minut*m of the 06mio~onero~ 06urt rhOPinS tbio pO8ting ehall be prLv SaOie OildM60 theroeS. Without oomidearlng other defeate wh.luh thi8 order tight hRVe, It la our opinion that it doer not cam@9 with Artiole 666-38 bWMU8e it doeu not ahov thet the three poetinge ~vere m&do in public placrea as required by the statute. For all that ,8pP8ars from the Order t&0 pO8tbgO m&&t brve b0WI W& iSi the orrioe or th. oounty j 0 o r In l om8 oth er plaoe not pub- : UC. tie uvo r0tlnd 820 aa % reotly in pent on thll quo0t1on

but in the 0~. of ladulg v. 8tate,~51 8. U. 390, uloing ~UJldN' OUI' ~OViOU8 10081 OptiOn bV vbi0h h8d 0 8t~tUte,Wlb- ‘.,otontiolly the 88mo a0 th8t uador eenolderation, the oourt ,, ~oald:

*we hold that the OP.d4$r -0s the ~oount9 J iust 8hov the ohmaoter of publgeatlon, how p ,. “~ ,. liehed, and the requir-ed length of tige; end thrit ‘the order ,hre ‘introdwed vu not in ocmplianoe i, the 8tdUte, &&d did net donnt%tUte V$th ~a pr-, fd@U. aaoe oontomplated .by the l tatute; rwi that

the oouvt in th e l beenoi 0s~ ury’ other proof 043 the. 8Ubje?ct l hould have given the roqueeted OhA+.* OIolfqver, it l oomo that undar the daol810n8, even the of the ardor l beut vhloh. you inqulro, uould not be ~: ,+ronoa fatal to o,pooooutlon provided thk okotleu undur vhioh lt uoo brought woo volld in other roopeoto. The offoot of the ,~ abrenee of the oounty judge80 order oertiS9ing l o. to the potit-

h& or of it8 ineufflcloney, l ilrply deprive8 you ~of It0 uee ,,a8 ,priprp faols evidoneo of the portimig and its d-8 not pr.0hi-h

you,from offering other oompetent teotlmony that the pootlng Ifa8 actuelly aarrled out a8 required by law. he IB~rell 00 atate, 16 8, W. 7881 Jonoo v. ,btate, 43 8. U.~ 981 aad Armmtroni I it oeeao uo i 1 l otobllohod vb State, 47 8. If. 981. Furthepaoro, ,. ‘~ ‘Chat thsre is no objeotlon to a ‘propIp entry of the order in judge Ada ‘long l boequent

.l~:>z:y”.qg;tion by the county to the ele& \~ . It ha8 been held in one inetmae that it va8 not im- proper Sor the judge to make tho entry oorreatly ~0~1 tha do9 preaedlug a oriminr3. trio1 booed on the eloetion. It vao held 8 ua@eedlng oouuty proper al80 for the ontry’%a be nede b j’udge on a proper ohowing that the pub 3 Ication va8 aotuolly ,pUde by him pmh%88OOr. 8ao Barham v. 8tate, 53 8. V. 109 ~pnd Cmey v. State, 59 8. V. 884.

Honorble A. Uller, pqe

We truot that thi8 ruffloiently onooeao your i.quir9 and that you will find it poroible to u8toln your Orlo&Ml pro8ecutlon.

Very truly your0 *TTcm80!f ffxamRAL OF TIUM lU:db