Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-26

shah be distributed As follows, to-wifs
In every county, fbree- -foarths OF the
money paid as herein provided, into the
county treasury. on account OF any busi-
ness Aforesaid carried on in any city or
village thereof, shall. upon the warrant
Of the County Auditor. be paid into the
treasury Of such corporation-one.halft 10
the credit OF the police fund aud one
half 10 the credit Of the general revenue
fund thereof; provided, in corporations
having no police fund, the entire three
fourths shall be passed to the credit OF
the general revenue fund thereof. The
other fourth together with all other rev.
enues resulting hereunder in said county,
shall be passed to the credit OF the poor
fund of such county.
SEC. 8. Within. ten days after the
passage of this act, each County Auditor
in this State Is hereby directed to publish,
by one insertion in some newspaper OF
general circulation in his county, no
tice informing all persons engaged in the
traffic in intoxicating liquors that the
first assessments imposed by this act will
be due and payable on or before the Goth
day of June, A. d. 1888. The Attorney
General is charged with the duty OF see-
ing that the requirements OF this section
are observed. and may enforce the same,
if necessary, by proceedings in manda-
mus. The County Commissioners OF the
respective counties may allow their Coun-
ty Auditor reasonable compensation for
the discharge of the duties imposed upon
him by this act.
Sec. 8. That the sale of intoxicating
liquors, whether distilled, matt or vlnous,
on the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday, except by regular drug
gist on the written prescription OF a reg
ular practicing physician for medical
purposes only, is hereby declared to be
unlawful. and all places where such in.
toxicating liquors are on other days sold,
or exposed for sale, except regular drug
stores, shall on that day be closed, and
whoever makes any such sale or allows
any such place to be open or remain open
on that day shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding $100, and be imprisoned in the
county Jail or city prison not exceeding
thirty days. In regular hotels and eating
houses the word place. herein used,
shall be held to mean the room or part of
room where such liquors are usually sold,
or exposed for sale, and the keeping of
such room or part of room securely
closed shall be held, as to such hotels
and eating houses, as a closing of the
place within the meaning of this act;
provided, that nothing in this section
shall prevent the council of any munich
pal corporation in the State from regu-
lating and controlling on such first day
of the week the sale of beer and native
wine in such manner as may by Ordi
nance be provided. That the "act to
amend section 6944 of the Revised Stat
utes of Ohio, as amended April 8, 1884,"
passed April Is, 1882, be and the same is
hereby repealed. And any municipal
corporations shall have the power to reg
ulate, restrain and prohibit ale, beer and
porter houses, and places of habitual re-
sort for tippling and intemperance.
But if any municipal corporation shall
prohibit ale, beer and porter houses with
in the limits of such corporation, a rata
BILE proportion of the tax paid by the pro.
prietors thereof for the unexpired portion
of the year shall be returned to such pro-
prietors.
SEC. TO- Whoever sells intoxicating
liquors to minor, except on the written
order of his parent, guardian or family
physician, or to person intoxicated or
in the habit of getting intoxicated, shall
be fined not more than $100 nor less than
$25, and imprisoned not more than thirty
or less than five days.
Z SEC. II. Section 9941 of the Revised
Statutes of Ohio is hereby repealed.
SEC. 49, This act shall take effect on
its passage, but no assessments shall oc-
cur previous to the Fourth Monday of
April, 1888.