Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-13
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS Fl. FORD.
President Of the Senate.
April II, 1856.

HOMhO II. FOhD'
President OF the Senate.
April II, 1856.
mo. 1o1. AN ACT.
To protect Agricultural Fairs, and Fair
Grounds.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the General
ASSEMBLY of the State of Ohio, That it shall
be lawful for any justice of the peace, on
the application of any of the officers of any
state, county, township or any independent
agricultural societies, OF industrial associa-
tions to appoint suitable number Of special
constables, to assist in keeping the peace
during the time when such society shall be
holding their annual fairs, and make an en-
try in his docket of the number and names
of all such as he shall appoint.
SEC. 2. All such constables so appointed
shall have all the power of constables' to
suppress riots, disturbances and breeches Of
the peace; they may, upon view, arrest any
person or persons who may be guilty of vio-
lating any of the laws of the state, may pur-
sue any person fleeing from justice in any
part of the state; to apprehend any and all
persons in the act of committing any offence
against the laws thereof. and may, upon rea-
sonabIe information, supported by affidavit,
procure process for the arrest of any person
or persons who may be charged with a
breach of the peace, and forthwith bring such
person or persons before the competent au-
tbority, and enforce all the laws for the
preservation of good order.
SEQ. 3. No person shall be allowed to
keep any shop, booth, tent, wagon, Or 9th
er carriage, vessel or boat, or any stand or
table for The sale of any spirituous or other
liquors, or sell or expose to sell, give, barter
or otherwise dispose of, in or near such shop,
booth, tent, wagon or other carriage, ves-
sci, boat, stand or table, or in any other
way or place, any Nprituous, or other liquors,
at or within the stance of two miles from
the place where any such agricultural fairs
are held.
Sec. 4. That any person or persons who
shall be guilty of breach OF thls act, ano
shall lie notified by any one OF the Officers
authorized to make an arrest or seizure, o.
by any other person that he, she or they
are violating the law; and if, after such no
tice, such person shall continue in such vl9
lation, he, she, Or they, shall forfeit and pay
for such offence, fine of not less than five,
nor more than fifty dollars, to be paid over
to the treasury Of such agricultural society
where the offence was committed; and any
Judge of the court, sheriff, coroner, justice
of the peace of the proper county, or any
constable of the proper township, Or the
constables especially appointed, shall, upon
view or information, without warrant, ap-
prehend any person SO offending, and seize
such booth, tent or wagon, OF other car
riage, stand, vessel or boat selling spiritu-
Gus or other liquor, and convey the same to
place of safe keeping, and take the person
so offending before some officer having COM
petent jurisdiction, together with an inven-
tory of the things seized, and the officer be-,
fore whom such alleged offender shall be
brought, shall proceed forthwith TO inquire
into the truth OF the accusation, and if true,
shall enforce the penalties of this act.
Sec. 8. If the accused shall fail to pay
such fines as shall be assessed, together with
all of the costs of proceedings, including
the necessary expenses of such seizure, the
said officer before whom such offender was
t1ried, shall forthwith issue ventitioni ex-
ponas, commanding any constable of the
. township in which such inquiry shall be
Yheld, to make the fine and costs, necessary
expenses, and costs of execution by sale Of
so much of the property as shall be neces'
sary therefor, and make return thereof with
in ten days thereafter
SEC. 6. That in the execution of the ven
ditioni exponas, the said constable, at leas
ten days before the sale, shall advertise the
property to be sold, at two of the most pub
lie places of the township, where the same
is to be sold, at ole of which places, to be
designated in the notice, between the hours
ften o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M.
said sale shall be held, said constable frs
selling Or offering for sale, the articles which
the offender brought on to the ground fol
traffic, and the overplus of the property Sc
seized as aforesaid, after the satisfaction O
said vendtioni exponas shall be delivered t.
the defendant on demand; but if ho shal
fail to demand the same fol- ten days aftel
such sale, the same shall become forfeited tt
the said agricultural society, and if the prop
erty SO seized shall be found insufficient II
satisfy said venditioni exponas and costs o
execution, said justice of the peace shall, a
any time thereafter, on request of the treas
urer of said society, issue a feri facias tc
collect the balance thereof
April II, 1856.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
aw LESTER TAYLOR,
| President pro tenn of the Senate: