Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-27

the State is hereby directed to publish, by
one insertion IN some newspaper Of general
circulation in his county, a notice informing
all persons engaged in the traffic in intoxica-
ting liquors that the first assessment imposed
by this act will be due and payable on or be
fore the 20th day Of June, A. ID. 1886. The
Attorney General and the Prosecuting Attor-
neys of the respective counties are charged
with the duty OF seeing that the requirements
of this section are observed, and may enforce
the same, if necessarily by proceedings IN man
1amus. The County Commissioners OF the
respective counties may allow their County
Auditor a reasonable compensation for the
discharge of the duties imposed upon him by
this act.
SECTION II. That the sale of intoxicating
LIQUORS, whether distilled, malt or vinous, on
the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, except by a regular druggist on the
written prescription of regular practicing
physician for medical purposes only, is here
nv declared to be unlawful, and all places
where such intoxicating liquors are on other
days sold or exposed for sale, except regular
drug stores, shsll on that day be closed, and
who ever makes any such sale, Or allows any
such place 10 be open OF remain open on that
day, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
500 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 keep
ing 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 with
IN the meaning of this act; provided, thBt
nothing in this section shall prevent the Coun-
Gil of any municipal corporation in the State
from regulating and controlling, on such first
day of the week, the sale of beer and native
wine in such manner as may by ordinance be
provided. And any municipal corporation
shall have full power to regulate, restrain and
prohibit ale, beer aud porter houses, and other
places where intoxicating liquors are sold at
retail for any purpose or in any quantity other
than as provided for in section eight OF this
act But if any municipal corporation shall
prohibit ale, beer and pOrter-houses, or other
places where intoxicating liquors are seld
within the limits of such corporation, ra-
table proportion of the tax paid by the pro
prietors thereof for the unexpired portion of
the year shall be returned to such proprie-
tors.
SECTION 12. Whoever sells intoxicating
liquors to a minor except on the written order
of his parent, guardian OF family physician,
or to a person intoxicated or IN the habit OF
getting intoxicated, shall be fined not more
than 500 nor less than S25, and imprisoned
not more than thirty or less than five days.
SECTION 13. The abrogation or repeal of
any section or clause of this act shall not be
held to abrogate or repeal any other section or
clause thereof.
I SECTION a Section 6941 of the Revised
Statutes is hereby repealed.
SECTION Is. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.