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Show A bill that is before the Ohio Lensla-ture Lensla-ture introduces a new-feature in temperance temper-ance legislation. It provides for licensing licens-ing the drinker, and forbids the sale of liquor to any others. This bill provides That ahy person being a resident of Uhio and more than twenty-one years of age may become a legal habitual drinker of intoxicants by making affidavit before the Judge of the Probate Court of the county in which such person resides that he wishes to become such a drinker, and registering his full name, age, residence and occupation in the records of said court, and receiving the certificate, officially offi-cially sealed, of said probate judge that he has made affidavit and is thus registered, regis-tered, and has paid the sum of fifty cents for such registry and certificate." - |