The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
FARRAR LIQUOR BILL
Passes the House by a Vote Of "a
to "a.

= ooS0S tuo 11Ou50 Oy q vote or GA
to "a.
-.sepublicans Except One Vote solidly
tor It, and Democrats Contra.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb 24.-The Farrar LIQUOR
Dill passed the House to-day by q vote Of
o4 to IA, the Republicans voting yea, with
the exception OF Brockman, Of Hamilton
County. Following is the bill:
A bill to provide against evils resulting
from the traffic IN intoxicating liquors by
taxing The same.
Section /: Be it enacted by the General As
hereafter be assessed annually upon traffic in
Intoxicating liquors in this State and collect
eo and PAID into the treasures Of the several
the the manner hereinafter provided, the sum of
~ Sao per year for each person or place where
mall, v1nous and spiritous liquors, but II
malt and vinous only then the sum Of 800
per- Per year, & which said assessments shall be
!ected as now provided by law for the collec-
ton of taxes in the State Of Ohio; provided,
sass whenever such traffic is begun after the
as herein provided it shall be the duty of the
person owning or conducting the same to
auditor, and thereup n the same shall Be
assessed and pay at the rates Aforesaid in
Proportlon 10 tne time said business ts so
carried on; provided, further, that whenever
any person SO engaged having been assessed
as aforesaid, and who has paid or is charged
thereof discontinues such business the Audi.
tor, upon being satisfied Of that fact, shall
tnereupon issue to such person a rcfunding
Section2. It 1s hereby made the duty Of
every assessor when he makes return Of the
annual assessment Of personal property as
now required by law, to also make out and
return to the auditor upon q blank to be
provided for that purpose list Of ali persons
saeed %a sSe 1r a
son, description. Of the place and name Of
such sssindnss fns nsenss' Is cslsss .nsss
on and whether the same Includes the sale Of
malt and ,n yin0us san, and spiEisous liquors or malt
signed and verified by the person making
such return, and If any person shalTrefuse o
assessor, the fact shall be SO returned to the
be doubled; provided, that II any person shall
and shall afterwards and during said assess,
liquors also. the assessment se upon ss bis b1si.
ness shall thereupon be increased to the sum
OF $3.50; All assessments herein provided for
levied and collected as now provided by Law
Ohio. and upon all assessments made and re-
there shall be added and collected Herewith
penalty Of 20 per cent.
and preserve dnplicates Of the Sssessmenf are nr
vided for by this act, showing the amount and
date Of each. by whom to be paid and q de-
carried on, and shall, upon receiving sstisfac-
tory Information OF any such business being
carried on liable to assessment, or liable to In
creased assessment as aforesaid returned by
the assessor, forthwith enier the same upon
such duplicate, and also upon the county
treasurers copy thereof, and on the first
deliver to the county treasurer copy there
of. charging him with the full amount of such
assessment to be collected, and also with any
Section 4. The county treasurer shan col.
turned @ I to him. and any ssss asseasment 81 Shall
not be paid when due, he shall forthwith pro-
= Seed as provided In section llN Of the
the, same with the penalty thereon
and an other provisions of the
and collection of taxes are hereby made ap-
plicabe to the enforcement of liens, and the
collection of such assessments and penalties.
The treasurer shall also charge himself with
all such assessments placed in his hands for
collection, and shall account to the auditor
for the same, together with all penalties col
Section 5. The phrase .trafiic in intoxicat-
ing liquors." as used in this act, means the
ing liquors otherwise than upon upon prescriptions M %
issued in good faith by reputable physicians
in active practice, or for exclusively known
purposes, but such phrase does not include
the manufacturing Of Intoxicating liquors
from the raw mat rial, or the sale tIereof by
Of one gallon or more at any one time.
Section T. Then the revenues arising from
the PROVISIONS Of this act shall be distributed
money paid as hereinbefore provided into the
county treasures OF the several counties Of
this State on account Of any business osTrsd
he be the paid Saraas insa tSs
to Be paeed to a5s ereas of the po
lice fund, and one-half to the credit of the
general revenue fund thereof. The remain
passed to the credit of the poor fund in the
respective counties; provided, that in cor
gorations having no police fund, the entire
passed to the credit of the general revenue
fund of such corporation.
every county auditor in this s State, wit within
ten days after the passage of this act, to pub
lish by one insertion IN some county news
paper of general circulation therein, q notice,
informing all persons engaged in the traffic in
intoxicating liquors within their respective
counties, that said assessments will be made
and returned as provided in section 9 of this
act, and that one-half Of the first assessment
hereunder will be due and payable on or be-
fore the twentieth day OF June following, as
other taxes.
Section 8. It shall be the duty of the At
torney-General to see that the provisions Of
section are observed, and he may proceed
by mandamus to enforce the same If neces-
sary, and for their services under this act the
assessors and auditors of the several counties
as the board of commissioners of their re-
spective counties may allow.
Section 8. That sections l, 8, 4, s, O, Z and
of the act further providing against the evils
resulting from the traffic in intoxicating
liquors" passed April II, 1883, and the amend.
ments to section thereof, passed April IA.
this act take effect and be In force from anf'
after its passage.