Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-03-05
PROHIBITION ORDI-
NANCE.
An ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
To Prohibit Ale, Beer, and Porter
houses or shops; houses and pla-
ces of notorious or habitual re-
sort for tippling or iatemperance.
SEC. L. Beifordained by the City
Council Of the City of Mount Yer
non, Ohio. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons, by
agent or otherwise, to keep within
the limits of said City hotel, tav
ern, eating house, grocery, store, Of
fee, saloon, house, shop, room, eel
lar, booth, arbor, stall, stand, tent,
bar or other place, where ale, porter
or beer is habitually solder furnish
ed to be drunk in, or upon, or about
the place, where sold or furnished.
SEC. 2. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons, by
agent or otherwise, to keep within
the limits of said city a hotel, tav-
ern, eating-house, grocery, store
grocery, office, saloon, house, shop,
room, cellar, booth, arber, stall, tent
stand, bar or other place, where in
toxicating liquors, of any name OIL
description are habitually sold oil
furnished, to be drank in or upon, ol
about, the place where sold or fur
nished.
SEC. 8. That it shall be unlaw.
full for any person or persons, by
agent or otherwise, to keep within
the limits of said city hotel, tav'
ern, eating house, shop, room, cellar
booth, arbor, stall, stand, tent, bar
or other place of notorious, or habl
tual resort, for tlppling or intemper
ance.
SEC. 4. That it shall be unlaw
full for any person or persons, BY
agent or otherwise, to sell within
the limits of said city, in any guam
tity, intoxicating liquors of any de
scription whatsoever, to be drank il
or upon, or about the building o.
premises or place where sold, or t.
sell such intoxicating liquors, to b.
drank in an adjoining room, build
ling, premises, or other place of pub
llic resort connected with said build
ing.
| Sec. 5. That it shall be unlaw
full for any person or persons, b.
agent or otherwise, to sell within tn
limits of said city, intoxicating liq
uors of any description whatsoever
: to q minor or minors, unless upol
the written order of his. or hers, o
their parents, guardian, or famil.
physician.
Sec. 6. That it shall be unlaw
, full for any person or persons, b
agent or otherwise, to sell with
the limits of said city, intoxicatin
} liquors of any description, to a pei
son or persons intoxicated, or VIII
, Is, or are iE the habit of getting il
r toxicated.
Sec. z. That all places, wher
any of the beverages enumerated j
this ordinance, are sold, or furnish
ed in violation of this ordinanc,
and all places of habitunal resol
/. for tippling and intemperance, keI
in violation of this ordinance, sha
be taken, held and declared, to be
common nuisance, and upon th
: conviction of the owner or owner
s or keeper or keepers thereof, sha
be. shut up and abated, as q publ
nuisance, by order of the Mayor,ul
til such time, as the owner or owl
e ers, or keeper or keepers, theret
q shall give bond in the sum of or
t Thousand dollars, to the acceptant
, of the Mayor, payable to the city
= Mount Vernon, Ohio; conditioned
u that he, she or they, will not keep
= maintain, or cause to, be kept G
= maintained, within the limits of sal
t city, any place enumerated in tt
. preceding sections of this ordlnanG
for the sale of any of the beverage
{ enumerated in this ordinance, in v
: olation of the provisions thereof;
r to be used, as a habitual resort ft
o tippling or intemperance, in viol'
tion OF this ordinance; and will pa
all fines, costs and damages, tn:
may be assessed against such ownt
or owners, or keeper or keepers, ft
any violation thereof.
SEC. s. That it shall be unlav
: full for any person to be in the stat
0 of intoxication, within the city lin
its; and persons Sc found in stat
of intoxication thereof, be fined
Il the sum of five dollars for the fir
$ offence, and every person so often
n ing after the first offence and CO..
e viction thereof, shall upon convi
. ton for the second and every SUI
sequent offence, be fined in the su
L. of five dollars, and shall also be iI
e prisoned in the county Jail not le
IS t1an one nor more than three da,
{. and pay the costs of prosecution.
,tl SEC. 9. That for every Violate
= of the provisions of the first,secon
- third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seve
'e tn, sections of this ordinance, evel
i. person so offending, shall forfeit al
.e pay fine of not less than TWEEN
" nor more than fifty dollars, and
. imprisoned in the Jail OF the coun
'e for not less than ten, nor more ths
70 thirty days. and pay the costs
n- prosecution.
IL Sec. 10. That the giving aw
9. within the limits of said city at Al
q of the places specified in this orc
" nance, of any ale, beer, porter,
It intoxicating liquors of any desert
le tion whatsoever, or other shift or &
n- vice to evade the provisions of I'll
:. ordinance, shall be deemed and he
= to be an unlawful selling or furnis
IL ing, within the provisions uf tt
81 ordinance.
SEC. IL That the words own
owners, keeper, or keepers; shall
/. held to mean and embrace, male q
IN female, and be construed to apr
alike to both sexes.
:, Sec. 12. In all proceedings und
g this ordinance, it shall not be I
Ut cessary to state the kind of a
RS beer, porter or intoxicating liqu'
at sold or furnished, otherwise, tn
if as one forbidden by this ordinan
. or to describe the place kept in v
10 lation of the provisions of this
cy dinance, otherwise, than as one en-
o. merated by this ordinance, and
vs. being within the limits of the ci
:; of Mount Vernon, Ohio; and