Section 9 Liquor licenses.
   The County Commissioners of Duplin County shall not grant license to any person or persons to sell any intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of said town, except upon the request of a majority of the Commissioners of said town of Rose Hill, and any license granted except upon such request shall be utterly void.
(Pr. Laws 1901, C. 67, Sec. 6)