The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
TAXING THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
FULL TEXT OF THE POND
BILL, AS INTRODUCED IN
THE OHIO SENATE.

/ A Bill more effectually to provide
against the evils resulting from The
/ traffic in Intoxicating liquors.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
! General Assembly of the State o.
! Ohio, that every person engaged II
the traffic in intoxicating liquors
shall, within thirty days after the
| passage of this act, and on the first
of May in each succeeding year
thereafter; and every person here
after engaging in such traffic shall,
before engaging therein, and in the
first week of May in each succeed
ing year thereafter, during his con
tinuance in such traffic, pay into the
treasury Of the proper county, upon
the certificate of the County Audi
tor, as follows, tO-wit
When his place of business is To-
Gated not within any village or city,
nor within one mile thereof, 500;
when within a village having a pop
ulation of less than 1000 by the next
preceding Federal census, or with
in one mile thereof, $500; when with
in any other village or city, having a
population of less than 10000 inhab-
itants, or within one mile thereof,
$500; when within any city of the
second class, having a population Of
10000 inhabitants or more, or within
two miles thereof, $3.50; and when
within any city of the first class, or
within two miles thereof, S400.
Sec. 2. Every person engaged in
such traffic, and every person here
after engaging therein, shall, at the
time fixed by the preceding section
for making said first payment into
the County Treasury, execute to the
State of Ohio his penal bond, if in a
city of the first class, or if in city
of the second class, having a popula-
ton of 10000 inhabitants or more,
at the last Federal census, or within
two miles thereof, in the sum of
$4,000, and if in any other territory
described in the first section hereof,
in the sum of $1,000, with at least
two sureties, residents of the county,
and each owning therein freehold es-
tate, not exempt from execution,
worth at least double the amount Of
the bond above membranes, which /
bond shall have indorsed thereon a |
pertinent description of the lot or
premises wherein said traffic is or
shall be carried on, together with
the name ofits owner, the amount .
of which bond shall be fixed by, and |
the sureties thereon be to the accep-
tance OF, the Probate Judge of the |
who shall keep and record /
the same, together with the indorse-
ment thereon, in a book to be by him
kept for that purpose, which bond |
shall be conditioned for the faithful
of all and singular the
Of this act, and the
Probate Judge shall receive in each .
case for his services under this act,
to be paid by the person giving such
bond, the sum of 50.
Sec. 8. Every person who shall
engage or continue in the traffic of
intoxicating liquors after default
made in any payment in the first sec
ton Of this act required, shall be
deemed to have broken the condi-
ton of his bond, and an action shall
lie thereon against him and his sure
ties, in the Court of Common Pleas,
for double the amount of such de-
fault, with costs, and it shall be
made a part of the judgment of the
Court that he be restrained and per-
petually enjoined from further con-
tinuing in such traffic,
Sec. 4 Every person who shall en-
gage or continue in such traffic with
out having executed the bond in the
second section of this act required,