The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-06-01
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHoRIr,

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
1881 80 AN ACT
To ureyent the aduIteration of Alcoholic
Liquors.
Sec. 1. BE Il enacted By Tie General IS
seng7v of the State Of Ohio. That If any
nerson shall adulterate any spirltuous or
alcoholic liquors. by mixing the same with
anv substance of whatever kind, except
as hereinafter provided; or if any person
shall sell any spirituous or alcoholic Ii
Iouors, knowing the same to be thus adul
terated or shall import into this State,
any spirituous or Intoxicating liquors, and
sell or offer for sale such liquors, know
ing the same to be adultered, or shall sell
or offer to sell any spirituous or intoxlcat-
ing liquors, not inspected as hereinafter
provided, he, she, or they shall be deem
ed guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined IN any
sum nov exceeding five hundred dollars,
nor less than one hundred dollars, and
Shall be imprisoned in the Jail OF the coun-
tv, not more than thirty, nor less than ten
days. u .sA :
/ Sec. 2. The probate judge in each
county in this State shall appoint com
petent chemist as inspector, whose duty
! Shall be to inspect all alcoholic liquors I'M
ported into or manufactured in the coun-
lty in which he is inspector, unless the
same shall have the Inspectors brand Of
some other county in this State, which
brand shall be evidence of the purity OF
| the article.
Sec. 8. Said inspector shall, before
entering upon the duties of his Office, give
an undertaking which shall be approved
by the Judge Of probate, in the penal sum
Of not less than one hundred, nor more
than one thousand dollars, running to the
county. and shall take and subscribe an
oath to faithfully discharge the duties Of
his office.
Sec. 4. Said Inspector shall keep an
accurate account Of all liquors by hin ln-
spccted, and place his mark on the casks
or barrels, pure, if SO found, if NOT, Im-
pure; and when he shall ind any'ada,teI-
ated liquors, he shall give notice to the
prosecuting attorney OF the county, OF
the person owning and offering for sale,
or offering for sale such adulterated Ii
quors, who shall forthwith institute pro
ceedings against such person as hereInaf-
4 ter provided; and if upon said trial, he,
she, or they shall be found guilty OF vlo-
laton Of any Of the provisions OF this act,
said inspector shall forthwith destroy such
adulterated liquor Said inspectors shall
each be entitled to receive for their ser
vices aforesaid, two dollars, per day, and
mileage at the rate of five cents per mile,
for each mile he may necessarily be re-
quired to travel in the. discharge of his
4 duties, from the owner of the same or the
person offering to sell.
Sec s. Any person who shall put IN
to barrel, cask, or other vessel, branded
or marked pure, by any inspector IN this
State, adulterated liquors, sell or offer tol
sale such liquors for the purpose Of decely-
ing any persons by the sale thereof, shall
be deemed guilty Of an attempt to practice
fraud, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be imprisoned in the penitentary not moro
/, than twelve months.
Sec. 6. The provisions Of this ac
shall not be SO construed as to prevent
druggists, physicians, ana persons ehgag
ed in the mechanical arts, from adultera-
ting liquors for medical and mechanical
purposes. 400 ~. ~ ~ s
Sec. 7. Prosecutions for violations Of
the first section of this act, shall be com,
menced by information, filed in the Pro
bate court of the proper county, by the
prosecuting attorney thereof; which in.
: formation may be fled without previou;
, examination before magistrate, and The
proceedings, after the fling of the infor
nation, shall be the same as in other Grim
inal cases in the probate court.
f. c. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
=. ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro tenn.
May 1st, 1854.