Chap. 21.     An Act relative to the granting of licenses for the
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY CERTAIN CLUBS AND VETERANS'   ORGANIZATIONS   IN  THE TOWN   OF  WINTHROP.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any limitations imposed by section eleven or eleven A of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws as to the time and manner of voting upon the questions therein set forth, the selectmen of the town of Winthrop shall cause to be placed on the official ballot used in the town of Winthrop by the registered voters of the town of Winthrop at the annual town meeting to be held in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-nine the following question, to wit.
Shall licenses be granted in the town of Winthrop for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages by clubs and war veterans' organizations'
If a majority of the votes cast in said town in answer to said question is in the affirmative, said town shall be taken to have authorized, until the end of calendar year nineteen hundred and seventy, the sale in said town of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises of clubs and veterans' organizations as defined and limited in section twelve of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, notwithstanding any provisions of said section twelve to the contrary. Said licenses shall be subject, however, to all other provisions of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight.
Section 2. The state secretary shall cause to be placed on the official ballot used in the town of Winthrop at each biennial state election the following subdivision to the question which he is required under the provisions of section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws to place on the official ballot in all cities and towns at such elections, to wit:
E. Shall licenses be granted in the town of Winthrop for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages by clubs and war veterans' organizations?
If a majority of the, votes cast in such town in answer to subdivision A is'in the affirmative, such town shall, irrespective of the result of the votes in answer to subdivisions B, C, D and E, be taken to have authorized, for the two calendar years next succeeding, the retail sale
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in such town of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
If a majority of the votes cast in said town in answer to subdivision E is m the affivmative, said town shall, irrespective of the results of the votes in answer to subdivisions A, B, C and D, be taken to authorize, for the two calendar years next succeeding, the sale in said town of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises of clubs and veterans' organizations as defined and limited in section twelve of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, notwithstanding any provisions of said section twelve to the contrary. Said licenses shall be subject, however, to all other provisions of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight.
Section 3    This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1969.