West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 73

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 73 by Charlie Miller

_____February 10, 1874 - An Ordinance to restrain Ale, Beer and Porter Houses, and Shops and Places of Habitual Resort for Tippling and Intemperance - 

SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the council of the Incorporated Village of Jefferson, in the County of Madison, State of Ohio, that it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep within the said Corporation any house, room, shop, booth, cellar, arbor or any place of habitual resort for tippling or intoxication. 

SECTION II. Be it further ordained that it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep within the said Corporation a house, shop, room, booth, arbor or cellar or place where ale, porter, or beer is habitually sold or furnished to drink, in, upon, or about the house, shop, room, booth, arbor, cellar or place where sold or furnished. 

SECTION III. And it be further ordained that for any violation of the first sections of this ordinance that, the person or persons so offending, shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 and shall also be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 20 days. 

SECTION IV. Be it further ordained that all prosecutions under this ordinance shall be in the name of the Incorporated Village of Jefferson and shall be commenced upon a written complaint before the Mayor of said Village; and upon the filing of such complaint, the Mayor shall issue a warrant directing the Marshal of said Village, to arrest the accused. The Marshal shall forthwith arrest the person that’s charged and bring the accused before the Mayor, who shall proceed as provided by law, and the Mayor, upon the conviction of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance may make it part of the sentence, that the accused shall stand committed to the jail of the county until the fine and costs assessed against such person shall be secured or paid, or otherwise discharged according to law. 

SECTION V. It shall be the duty of the Marshal and Asst. Marshal of the said village to make a complaint against all persons found violating any of the provisions of this ordinance. 

SECTION VI. That an ordinance entitled “An ordinance to restrain and prohibit places of habitual resort for tippling and intemperance” passed January 27, 1874, be and hereby is repealed. This ordinance shall take effect after the expiration of the period of 10 days after the date of its first publication. 

Passed February 10, 1874. 

George W. Lewis, Mayor, William Putnam, Clerk. 

____March 11, 1874 - The Madison County Democrat - The last of the saloonists of West Jefferson, three in number, caved in on Wednesday last and threw in the sponge. Jeff is now regenerated and reconstructed on a cold water basis. So elated were the temperance folks of the downfall of the last of the enemy’s fortifications that they sent the victorious female crusaders into the carriages, which were drawn by men and boys about the streets with shouts of triumph and songs of victory---Hurrah for Jeff!