The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-05-17
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AN ACT To prevent the AdulteratiOn Of Alcoholic
Sec. /. Bel enacted by ths General
assembly offhe State of Ohio, Tha, If
any person shall adulterale any spiriiuous
or alcoholic liquors, by mixing The same
with any substance Of whatever kind, ex-
cspt as hereinafter provided; or If any per-
son shall sell or offer 10 sell any spirituous
OF alcoholic liquors knowing The same TO
be thus adul,erated. Or shall import into
this State, any spiri,uOus or intoxicating
liquors. and sell or offer for sale such
liquors, knowing the same TO be adul'era-
ted, or shall sell or offer to sell any spirilu-
Gus or intoxicating liquors, not inspected
as hereinafter provided, he, she. or they
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, nor less that one hundred dollars,
and shall bo imprisoned in the jail Of the
county, not more than thirty, nor less than
ten days. :.
Sec. 2. The probate judge in each
county in this State shall appoint a com
petent chemist as inspector, whose duty
shall be to inspect all alcoholic liquors i'm
ported into or manufactured in the
county in which no is inspector, unless the
same shall have the inspectors brand OF
some other county in,,his State which brand
shall be evidence of the purity OF the
article. l'
Sec. 8. Said inspector shall, befor en-
terine upon the duties ofhis Office, give an
undertaking that shall be approved by the
Judge of probate, in the penal sum ct not
less than one hundred, nor more that n
thousand dollars, running 10 the county,
and shall take and subscribe an oath to faith
fully discharge the duties Of his office.
Sec. A.. Said inspector shall keep an
accurate account Of all liquors by him in
spectcd, and place his mark on the casks
or barrels, pure, if SO found, ifnoi, impure:
and when he shall. find any adulierated
Ii ,uors, he shall give notice 10 the prosecu;;
ling attorney of the county, of the person
owning and offering for sale or offering for
sale such adullera,ed.li quors, who'shall forth
with institute proceedings against such per-
son as hereinafter provided; and If, upon
said trial, he. she, or they shall be found
guilty of a violation Of any of the provi-
sions Of this acl, said Inspector shall forth.
with destroy such aduIteratGdl liquors.
Said inspectors shall each be entitled TO
receive for their services aforesaid, two
dollars per day, per mile and mileage al
the rate of 5 cents, rorsscach mile he may
necessarily be required 10 travel in the dis
charge of his duties from the owner of the
same or the person offering TO sell,
Sec. 5. Any person who shall put in!c
barrel, cask, or other vessel, branded or
marked pure, by any inspector in this
State, adulierated liquors, sell or offer ioI
sale such liquors for The purpose oil de-
ceiving any persons by the sale thereof
shall be deemed guilty oil an attempt tt
practice a fraud, and upon conviction
thereof shall be imprisoned in the peniien-
,iary not more Than twelve months.
Sec. 6. The provisions Of this act sbaI
no, be so construed as 10 prevent druggists
physicians, and persons engaged in tn
mechanical arts, from adultrrallng iiquOr
for medical and mechanical purposes.
Sec. 7. Prosecutions for violations o
the first section Of this act, shall be com
lmenced by informadon,E6le1 in tho Pee
bate court Of The proper counly, by III
prosecuting attorney thereof; which infor
nation may be filed. without a previous
examination before a magistrate, and til
proceedings, after the filing Of The inGoI
nation, shall be the same as in other cGimi
nal cases in the probate court,
F. G. LEBL0ND,
Speaker Of the House of Rep.
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro lem.
May !, 1854.