Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 49, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 November 1948 — Jasper Co. Votes 4-Year Sheriff Term [ARTICLE]

Jasper Co. Votes 4-Year Sheriff Term

Amendment Carries By Better Than Four To Three Margin; Only 5 Precincts Vote "No" By a margin of 1377 to 911, Jasper county voters Tuesday gave passage to the amendment which would change the term of an Indiana sheriff into a 4year office. The present term is two years. Only five of the twenty-seven Jasper county precints registered a negative vote: YES NO E. Barkley 19 15 W. Barkley 30 17 S. Barkley 20 15 E. Carpenter 60 44 W. Carpenter 47 43 S. Carpenter 52 29 Gillam 43 31 H. Grove 26 13 Jordan ‘ _! Kankakee 7 16 E. Keener 57 59 W. Keener 68 41 Marion 1 94 42 Marion 2 172 76 Marion 3 - 25 52 Marion 4 87 55 Marion 5 80 52 Marion 6 69 34 Marion 7 y J- 43 36 Milroy 5 * 4 Newton 56 44 U. Union 33 20 S. Union 22 31 E. Union 14 21 E. Walker 16 22 W. Walker 16 21 Wheatfield 55 43 Total -1377 911