Krnich v. McCleary

Citations

• 103 Ohio St. (N.S.) 457

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Intoxicating liquors — Assessment upon traffic — Section 6071, General Code — Not inconsistent with prohibition amendment — Section 9, Article XV, Constitution — Collection of assessment by county auditor and treasurer — Sections 6073 and 6077, General Code.</p> <p>1. Section 6071, General Code, which provides for the assessment of the sum of $1,000 yearly on the business of trafficking in intoxicating liquors, is not inconsistent with Section 9, Article XV of the Constitution of Ohio, prohibiting the sale and manufacture for sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.</p> <p>2. The auditor is authorized by Section 6073, General Code, to levy an assessment upon the business of trafficking in intoxicating liquors in such proportion as the total number of days between the day such business is commenced and the fourth Monday of May thereafter, inclusive, bears to the whole number of days in the year, except that it shall not be less than $200 in any case, and the treasurer is required by Section 6077, General Code, to attempt, in the manner therein provided, to collect such assessment.</p>