The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-07-09
IiOuOr InsDectiOn Law.


The following are the provisions
of this law, as now in the statute
book of Ohio. In some respects, it
is difficult law to carry out:
SECTION 1. That if any person
shall adulterate any spirituous or al
coholic liquors, by mixing the same
with any substance of whatever kind,
except as herein after provided, or if
q person shall sell or offer to sell any
spirituous or alcoholic liquors, know
ing the same to be thus adulterated,
or shall import into this State any
spirituous orintoxicating liquors, and
sell or offer for sale such liquors,
knowing the same to be adulterated,
or shall sell or offer to sell any spiri-
tuous or intoxicating liquors not in
spected as hereinafter provided, he,
she, or they shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars,
nor less than one hundred dollars,
and shall be imprisoned in the jail Of
the county not more than thirty nor
less than ten days. e-
Sec 2. The probate Judge in each
county in this State shall appoint
competent chemist as inspector,
whose duty shall be to inspect all al
coholic liquors imported into or man.
ufactured in the county in which he
is inspector, unless the same shall
have the inspectors brand of some
other county in the State, which
brand shall be evidence of the purity
of the article.
SEC. 3. Said inspector shall, be-
fore 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 thou
sand 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
him inspected, and place his mark on
the casks or barrels, pure, if so found,
if not, impure, and when he shall
find any adulterated liquors, he shall
give notice to the prosecuting attor-
ney of the county of the person own
ing and offering for sale such adul-
terated liquors, who shall forthwith
institute proceedings against such
persons as hereinafter provided and
if upon said trial, he, she, or they
shall be found guilty of violation of
any of the provisions of this sact, said
inspector shall forthwith destroy
such adulterated liquors. Said in
spectors shall be entitled to receive
for their services aforesaid two dol
lars per day, and mileage at the rate
of five cents per mile for each mile
he may necessarily be required to
travel in the discharge of his duties,
from the owner of the same, or the
person offering to sell.
SEC. 5. Any person who shall put
into any barrel, cask. or other vessel,
branded or marked pure, by any in
spector in this State, adulterated Ii
quors, OF sell, or offer for sale such
liquors for the purpose of deceiving
any persons by the sale thereof, shall
be deemed guilty of an attempt to
practise a fraud, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than twelve
months.
Sac. 6. The provisions of this act
shall not be so construed as to pre-
vent druggists, physicians, and per
sons engaged in the mechanical
trades from adulterating liquors for
medical and mechanical purposes.
SEC. 7. Prosecutions for violations
of the first section of this act shall be
commenced on information, fledin the
probate court of the proper county,
by the prosecuting attorney thereof,
which information may be fled with
out previous examination before a
magistrate, and the proceedings, after
the fling of the information, shall be
the same as in other criminal cases
in the probate court.
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