Year: 1875

The following is full text of the new
Liquor Law, being the amendment to
the Adair Law, as passed the Senate OIL
the 1ith inst, "a amended by the House.
and is now a law:


4 bill to amend an amendment of section


seven of an act to provide against the


evils resulting from the sale of intoxi-


eating liquors in the State of Ohio,


passed May l. 1854, IS. & c., 143IJ


and amended April 18, 1870.


SECTION l. Be 1t enacted ty the Geii-
eyd assembly If the State Of ohio, That
the amendment Of section seven of the
above recited act be- amended so as to
read a. follows:


SEC. Z. That every husband, wife,
child, parent, guardian, employer, or
other person who shall be injured in per-
son or property, or means of support by
any intoxicated person, or in conse
quence Of the intOxication, habitual or
otherwise, of any person, such wife,
child, parents, guardian, employer, or
other person shall have a right of action
in his or her own name, severally or
jointly, against any person or persons
who shall, by selling or giving intoxica-
ting liquors, have caused the intOxica-
ton, in whole or in part, of such person
or persons; and the owner OF, lessee, or
person or persons renting or leasing any
building or premises, having knowledge
that intoxicating liquors are TO be sold
therein in violation Of law, or having
leased the same for other purposes, shall
knowingly permit intoxicating liquors TO
be sold in such building or premises,
that have caused the intoxication, in
whole or in part, of such person or per-
sons, shall be liable, severally or jointly,
with the person or persons selling or CIV
ing intoxicating liquors as aforesaid, for
all damages sustained as well as eXem-
plary damages; and a married woman
shall have the same right to bring suits
and control the same, and the amount
recovered, as Il femme sole; and all dam
ages recovered by a minor under this act
shall be paid either to such minor, or
to his or her parent, guardian or next
friend, as the court snail direct; and the
unlawful sale or giving away of intoxica-
ting liquors shall work forfeiture of all
rights Of the lessee or tenant under any
lease or contract of rent upon premises
where such unlawful sale or giving away
shall take place; and all suits for dam
ages under this act shall be by a civil
action in any of the courts of this State
having jurisdiction thereof; provided,
that such husband, wife, child, parent,
guardian, or other interested person, lia-
BILE to be so injured by any sale of intox-
izating liquors to any person or persons
as aforesaid, and who shall desire to pre-
vent the sale of intoxicating liquor to the
same, shall give notice either in writing or
verbally before a witness or witnesses to
the person or persons so selling or giving
the intoxicating liquors, or to the owners
or lessees of the premises wherein such
intoxicating liquor is given or sold; or
shall file with the township or corpora
ton clerk in the township, village or
city, wherein such intoxicating liquor
may e sold, notice to all liquor-dealers
not to sell to such person or persons any
intoxicating liquor from and after ten
DAYS from the date of so filing such no.
tice: and such notice or notices filed
with such clerk shall be entered by the
clerk of such township, city or village, in
a book to be kept for such purpose,
which said book shall be open for the
inspection of all persons interested; any
notice entered in such book shall be
erased and so obliterated as not to be
legible, by tile officer having charge of
the same, upon the demand of the per-
son or parsons by whom such notice was
filed. aud thereafter such notice shall
cease and end; otherwise the aforesaid
injured person or persons shall not be
entitled to real or exemplary damages
for the alleged injuries which they may
have sustained by the intoxicatiOn of
any of the aforesaid persons, viz: hus-
band, wife, child, parent, guardian, EN-
ployer or any other person or persons
whomsoever; provided that such notice,
whether served personally or filed with
the clerk as aforesaid, shall, during its
existence, inure to the benefit of all per-
sons Interested in the same, as IL notice
had been served by each, and if any
clerk shall fail or refuse to make such
record, as herein provided, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction before any court of
competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding S25 nor less than
S., and the same shall work a forfeiture
of Office held by such clerk.


SEC. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
saloon keeper, grocer or other person, to
publish the fact that any notice has been
given as furnished ia the foregoing sec
ton, by pasting such notice In any sa-
loon, grocery or other place, or by print
ing or causing the same to be printed in
any newspaper, circular, or any other
way to give publicity to the fact that
such notice has been given. Any per
son violating the provisions of this sec
ton shall upon conviction thereof, in any
court of competent Jurisdiction be fined
in any sum not less than $40 nor mora
than $50 and pay the cost Of prosecution.


SEC. 5, That section seven of the
above mentioned act be and the same is
hereby repealed.


SRc. 4. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.


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lieved from doubt as to whether iron
was known in the time Of Moses, 3, 400
years ago, by the discovery Of a wedge
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