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Show Clinch County 'Fence' Question Is Unsettled HOMERVILLE, Ga.-The Clinch county referendum over whether to fence In livestock or people is still unsettled after holding a third meeting recently. Fifty property owners asked for a referendum to determine whether livestock should be fenced. Fifty others opposed the plan. Then another an-other 25 joined in favor of the referendum refer-endum and the same number Joined the opposing group. Superior Court Judge E. R. Smith canceled the meeting. Since 1936, the small town has been fenced in, in accordance with an old law saying that people should fence themselves in if they wished to protect property from roving livestock. Such a referendum is known as a "fence" or "no fence" referendum. A vote for a "fence" means that people should continue to fence themselves, while "no fence" means they can dispose of fences and put them around the livestock. The same problem faces manj small towns and rural areas throughout the country. Livestock allowed to roam at will is proving a menace to traffic Ixr some areas. |