The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-07-07
From the Delaware tO.) Herald.
The Law Prohibiting Sale of Int0x.
icating Liquors.

The Law Prohibiting Sale of Int0x-
icating Liquors.
A number OF newspapers have fallen
into an error concerning law prohibh.
ing the sale OF intoxicating liquors within
certain distance OF Institutions or
"within two miles OF the place where any
agricultural fair is being held" when
they state that the Law forbiddiug the sale
OF liquors within two miles of where sny
agricultural fair is being held, is ne,o
law passed last winter by the Legislature.
The fact is this law is An old one, occu.
pyirg place on the stat1te books OF
Ohio and in full force for 20 years.
On April IL, 1856. the Ohio Leeisla.
ture enacted law for the protection OF
agricultural fairs-a Law which provide g
that
"No person shall be allowed to keep
any, shop, booth, tent, wagon or other
carriage, vessel or boat, or any stand or
table for the sale of any spirituous or
other liquors, or sell or expose to sale,
give, barter or Otherwise dispose of, In
or near such shop, booth, tent, wagon ,or
other carriage, vessel. boat, stand or to-
BILE, or in any other way or place. any
spiri,uous or other liquors, at or within
the distance OF two miles from the place
where snv such agricultural fairs are
held. 20. L. vol. 50 p. l41.
This law has been in existence during
the 29 years, last passed, although dead
letter so far as executing the same, ye "a
live. existing law.
Later the State Legislature, on April
l6, 1874. enacted law relative to Ger.
tain institutions, which provides
"That 1t shall be unla sful for any per.
son, by agent or otherwise, to sell intox
icating liquors at or within twelve hun
dred yards OF the administrative or main
central building OF the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Homa or within
two miles OF the boundary lines of the
Ohio Reform Farm, located South of
Lancaster, Fairfield C,unty and every
person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeaaor, and on convic-
ton thereof be fined in any sum not less
Than ten nor n ore than one hundred dol
lars. or he imprisoned 10 the county jail
not exceeding thirty iays, or both, at
the discretion Of the court; and the place
wherein said Intoxicating liquors are or
may be sold in violation of this act, may,
on conviction Of the owner or keeper
thereof, as aforesaid, be shut up and aba.
ted as nuisance by order of the court" /"
% l., vol. II. p. 81
Subsequently when the laws Of the
State we're codi6ed q few yesrs ago, the
two above recited enactments we're EN-.
brsced in the folio wing section.
SEC. 6946 Whoever sells intoxicating
liqrors at, or within twelve hundred
yards OF, the administrative or main cen
tral building Of the iOhio Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home. or within two
miles OF the boundary lines OF the Ohio
Reform Farm located south of Lancas-
ter, Fairfield County, or within two miles
OF the place where any agricultural fair
Is being held. shall be 6ned not more
than one hundred Hor less than ten dol.
lars, or imprisoned not more than thirty
days, or both; and on conviction of the
owner or keeper thereof the place where
such intoxicating liquors are sold may,
by order Of the court, he shut up and
abolished as nuisance Revised Stat.
utes p 1853.
The Legislature last winter SIMPLY add.
ed the words, "Columbus asylum for the
insane, or OF the institution for feeble
minded youth" to existing law, and
passed no neW law, as other papers are
stating.
The point We are making is that the
statements made that the legislature oi
last winte: enacted new lsw prohibiting
the sale OF lqlors within two miles OF
the place where any agricultural iair 10
being held, are erroneous, that such q
Law was enacted 20 wears ago.