The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-03-04
Temperance Column.
The Amended Aaair Law.

knc Amen0eO AOa1r Law.
An Act to amend an amendment of
section seven of an act to provide
against the evils resulting from the
sale of intoxicating liquors in the
State of Ohio, passed May L, 1854
Is. & G. 1431), and amended April
Is, 1870.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, That amendment of section
seven of the above recited act be
amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. Z. That every husband, wife,
fehild, parent or guardian, employer
or other person, who shall be injured
IL person or property or means of
support by any intoxicated person,
or in consequence of the intoxica-
ton, habitual or otherwise, of any
person, such wife, child, parent, guar
dian, employer or other person, shall
have right of action in his or her
own name, severally orjointly, against
any person or persons who shall, by
selling or giving intoxicating liquors,
have caused the intoxication, in whole
or in part, of such person or persons;
and the owner or lessee, or persons
renting or leasing any building or
premises, having knowledge that in
toxicating liquors are to be sold
therein, in violation of law, or having
leased the same for other purposes,
who shall knowingly permit intoxi-
eating liquors to be sold in such
building or premises, that have
caused the intoxication, in whole or
in part, of such person or persons,
shall be liable, severally or jointly,
with the person or persons selling or
giving intoxicating liquors as afore-
said, for all damages sustained, as
well as exemplary damages; and a
married woman shall have the same
right to bring suits and control the
same and the amount recovered as a
femme sole; and all damages recov-
cred by o minor under this act shall
be paid to such minor or to his or
her parent, guardian or next friend,
as the court shall direct; and the un-
lawful sale or giving away OF intoH-
eating liquors shall work forfeit
ure of all rights of the lessee or ten
ant under any lease or contract of
rent upon premises where such un
lawful sale or giving away shall take
place; and all suits for damages un-
der this act shall be by civil action
in any of the courts of this State
having jurisdiction thereof; proci-
ded, that such husband, aoite, child,
parent, guardian or other interested
person, liable to be so injured By
any sale of Intoxicating liquor to
any person or persons aforesaid,
acho shall desire to prevesat the sale
Of iratoeicatiny liquors to the same,
shall gice notice, either IN acriti'ag
or cerbally, before a aoitness or 'cit-
nesses, to the pesron or persons sell
ing or gioi'sg the Intoxicating kq
uor, or to the oacnes. or lessor of the
premises aoherei,a the Intoxicating Iiq-
uor is gioen or sold, or shall file aoith
the tosenship or corporation clerk an
the toscoslip, village or city aohereira
such Intoxicating liquors may be
sold, notice to all liquor dealers not
to sell to such person or persons any
Intoxicating liquors from and after
ten days after the date Of. filing such
notice and such notice or notices,
fled with such clerk, shall be enter
ed by the clerk of such township,
city or village, in book to be kept
for such purpose, which said book
shall be Kept open for the inspection
of all persons interested; any notice
entered in such book shall be erased
and SO oSliterated as not to be legi-
BILE, by the officer having charge OF
the same, upon the demand of the
person or persons by whom such no
/ tice was fled, and thereafter such
: notice shall cease and end other.
r wise the aforesaid injured person OF
5 persons shall not be entitled to real
S or exemplary damages for the al
+ legged injuries which they may have
sustained by the intoxication of any
t of the aforesaid persons, viz: hus
band, wife, child, parent, guardian
/ employer, or any other person O.
e persons whomsoever;
r Procided, that such notice, aohethe
seryed personally or filed ,oith til
clerk, as aforesaid, shall, during ii
- existence, in,sre to the benefit Of 0i
!. persons interested, the same as If
: notice had been filed By each; and
any clerk shall fail or refuse to max
> such record as herein provided, b.
4 shall be deemed guilty of a misdt
. meanor, and, upon conviction befor
:, any court of competent jurisdiction
= shall be fined in any sum not excee
- ing twenty five dollars nor less tina
: five dollars, and the same shall wor
:: a forfeiture of Office held by sue
clerk.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful fc
- any saloon keeper, grocer, or otht
person, to publish the fact that on
notice has been given, as provided
O. the foregoing section, by postin