TITLE 3
Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 3-5
Licenses Generally
SECTION 3-5-4
§ 3-5-4 Denial of licenses after adverse
vote.
If a majority of ballots cast on which the electors have indicated their choice
upon the first of the questions in § 3-5-2 is against the granting of
licenses, no license for the sale of beverages mentioned in the question shall
be issued under the provisions of this chapter and chapters 6 and 7 of this
title in the town or city for the two (2) years beginning December second after
the election, nor until a majority of the electors of the town or city who vote
in response to the question at a subsequent election in the town or city vote
affirmatively on this question. If a majority of the ballots cast on which the
electors have indicated their response to the second of the questions in §
3-5-2 is against the granting of the license mentioned in the question, no
license shall be issued in the town or city during the same two (2) years, nor
until a majority of the electors in the town or city, who vote in response to
the question shall, at a subsequent similar election, vote affirmatively on
this question. Nothing contained in this section prevents the granting of a
license for the manufacture of beverages in any city or town to be sold for
export beyond the state, or to any person authorized to sell those beverages in
any city or town in the state.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 25; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch.
171, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-4.)
