Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-04-23

fect July 4, 1c!U, SPECIFIES al ~ .h0 NoA
lection of frcs and who and what are
liable. All property of every kind,
without exception or exemption save
as provided in the Act regulating judg-
ments and executions at law, is made
liable. Furthermore, there is this ini-
portant provision:
sin case any person or PEI sous shall
rent or lease to another, or Others, any
building or premises to be occupied in
whole or in part for the sale OF intoxi-
eating liquors, vi s.,;.Il permit the same
to be used and occL. ed, in whole or
in part, such building OF. premises so
leased, used OF occupied, shall be held
liable for, and may be sold to pay. ali
fines. costs, and damages assessed
agains; any person OF persons occupying
such building or premises; and pro-
ceedings NAV be had to subject the
same to the payment of any such lines
and costs assessed or Judgment recov-
cred which remain unpaid, or any part
thereof, either before or after eXecu-
ton shall issue against the property OF
the person or persons against whom
such fines and costs or judgment shall
have been adjudged or assessed; and
when execution shall issue against the
property so leased or rented, the otfi- i
Ger shall proceed to satisfy said eXeeu-
ton out of the building or premises SO
leased or occupied as aforesaid; anu In
case such building Cr premises belong
to a minor, insane person, Or idiot, the
guardian of such minor, insane person,
or idiot. who has control of such build
ing or premises shall be liable, and ac-
count to his or her ward for all DANA
pes on account of such use and occupa-
fion of such building or premises, aid
sha liabilities for the fines, costs, ana
dapeges as aforesaid; and all contracts
wherehv any building or premises
shall be rented or leased. ana the same
shall be USED aF tccupieu In whole or
in part, for the safe ef Intoxicating IL
quOrs. SHALL be void, and the iesseeJ
uersOn or persons renting or leasing
said building or premises snail, on anu
after the selling or giving of fntoxlea,
| ting liquors as aforesaid, be coRSidefeq
and held TO be in possession OF salu
buildings or premises.
: Section IL prescribes the form pros
ecution and procedure under the pre-
ceding sections. All prosecutions are
to be in the a.sple # the State OF Ohlo'
and shall be coinme:ia@9,9i upon /. writ
ten omplaint, under oath or afffirna- #.
ton, betore any Justice of the Peace,
or Mayor. or by information or indIct-
nent as may be provided by law fof
offenses not capital or punishable by
/ Imprisonment in the Penitentiary. A
warrant shall be issued and the subse-
quent proceedings are to be in the usual
form.
Section lagiyes the form OF complaint
declared to be Sufficient in criminal
proceedings before Justices of the
Peace or MAY ors, under the act, when
applicable, but it may be varied to suit
I the nature OF the case The form is as
follows: -ai .-e
estate OF Ohio,-County, IS: Be.
fore me, A b, a Justice OF the Peace ol
said county (or Mayor Of etc., as the
case may be,) personally came = u,
who being duly sworn according to la y :,
! ,oeposeih aud Saith that on about the
day OF, in the ye r., at The
dS[l--atoresalG, E L did sell III
corn '~aors " one g II, TO be
toun.S f'1uii.;tiIn where .s99iq, (or e
'oA,Iatins 'tn.,,ie IL ,, iif !" a 1efsson IN
u IL, minor, etc., or u, aassS aassSs
toxlcated, or in the babit of z,
toxicated, (ss the case may BEL WIS.,
n. tnv Iinn,,f.l, ~, Ill
ton Of law, ana further saith not.
Signed CD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me |
thls"day Oh, A. D..
a b, Justice or Mayor, etc."
Section 13 .ecIares that in all prose
cutions under the Act, 10y indictment
or otherwise, it Shall not be necessary
to state the kind of liquors sold, and
for any violation vf the fourth section
it shall not be necessary 10 state the
name ofany person to whom sold; and,
IN all cases, the person or persons to
whom intoxicating liquors shall be
ioid IN Violation of the Act shall be
as witnesses to prove such
act, or any other tending thereto.
A supplementary Act which passed
md took effect April 5, 1865, made it
'nlawful for any person or persons to
'uy for, or furnish to, am person who ,
5 at the time intoxicated, or in the {
Iabit of getting intoxicated, or to buy '
Or or furnish to any minor, to be |
rank by such minor, any intoxicating 6
quors whatsoever, unless given by a /
MUSICIAN in the regular line of his Q
ractice. The penalty for the viola e
on of the act was fixel at a fine of ten :,
, one hundred dollars, or imprison- "
lent in the county Jail for ten to thirty "
ays, or both and to pay costs. I"
An Act which took effect February y
:, 1867, imposed a fine of from five to n
he hundred dollars for every case in IL
hich tavern keeper permits or al al
ws any kind of rioting or reveling in F.
xication, or drunkenness in his in
'use, or on his premises. b
An act passed March s, 1865, directs :.
at the act of May l, 1854 ito provide Ri
ainst the evils resulting from the sale 1t
intoxicating drinks in the State of it
no." shall be given special charge to pr
Grand Jury by the Judges of the th II,
'urt of Common Pleas of each term tn
ereof. tn
The Act of April u, 1853, as amend ha
May l, 1861, prohibits the selling or tn th
'posing of in any way of liquors or au
y other articles of traffic whatsoever. fel
At or within the distance of four Wv ~,
les from the place where any relig- be
Is society and assemblage of people RI
3 collected or collecting together for Al
igiOuS worship in anv field or xyn,,d | 80