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45 Ohio St. (N.S.) 663

State v. Winch

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1888

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1888-04-24

<p>Constitutional Law — Sec. 26, Article 2 — Act of April 12, 1876, void.</p>

Decided 1888-04-24

By the Court.

¶1An act passed April 12, 1876 (73 Ohio L. 321), to prevent gambling and the sale of intoxicating *664liquors “ on or within a distance of two miles of Chippewa Lake, in the county of Medina,” is in contravention of section 26, article 2, of the constitution of this state, which ordains that “ all laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation throughout the state,” and is consequently void.

¶2Exceptions overruled.

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