Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-16
South Garolina ga1rs.
LIOuOR LICENSE LAZY.

LIQUOR LICENSE LAW.
An Act to Regulate the Sale of Intoxicating Lii
quors, and to Alter and Amend the Law in re-
lation thereto.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority Of the same.
Section /. That the provisions of Chapter
eighty (LXXX), of Title fourteen (14), Part
one %, of the General Statutes, relating to
the granting of retail and tavern licenses, be-,
and the same are hereby, declared to be ap-
plicable solely and confined to the granting of
such licenses inside Of the incorporate limits
sof cities, towns and villages.
- Sec. 2. That the proper municipal authori-
ties Of all incorporated cities, towns and vii
lagos shall have power to grant licenses to
retail spirituous liquors inside the incorporate
limits Of such cities, towns and villages, in
quantities less than one quart, to keepers of
drinking saloons and eating-houses apart from
taverns, and to fix the price of the same,
which shall not be less than seveaty-6ve dol
lars, the person to whom the same is granted
being first recommended by six respectable
taxpayers of his neighborhood, and entering
into bond, in the sum Of one thousand dol
lars, with three good sureties, for the keeping
of all orderly house, and for the due obser-
vance of all laws relating to the retailing of
spirituous liquors.
Sec. 8. The proper municipal authorities Of
all incorporated cities, towns and villages
shall have power to grant licenses for the re-
failing of wine, cider, brewed or malt liquors,
within the incorporate limits of said cities,
towns and villages, upon the payment of
license fee Of not less than twenty-five dol
lars, the person to whom the said license is
granted being first recommended by six re-
spectacle taxpayers of his neighborhood, and
entering into bond, in the sum of FIVE hun
dred dollars, with two good sureties, for the
keeping of an orderly house, and for the ob-
servance Of all laws regulating the sale Of
such liquors, and that he will not sell any
spirituous liquors or any admixture thereof
Sec 4. Any person intending to apply for
license to retail spirituous liquors, in quanti-
ties less than one quart, outside of incorpo'
rated cities, towns and villages, shall file his
petition with the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the county where he resides, fifteen days
before the first or second session of said
Court in each year, setting forth the locality
and township where be proposes to retail
such liquors, with certificate Of six respect
able taxpayers of his neighborhood that he
is q person Of temperate habits and good
moral character, and shall pay to said clerk
fee of two dollars for his services in connection
with the same; and it shall be the duty of the
said clerk to place notice on the court house
door of such application, giving the name of
such person, the place of his residence, and
the names of the persons recommending him !;
and the petition and accompanying certificate
shall be submitted to the Grand Jury of the
county, at the first ensuing term of the Court,
who shall, in their presentment, report wheth-
er or not the petitioner should receive IL
cense, and the price at which the same shall
be granted (Which price shall be uniform for
all applicants, and the presiding Judge of the
circuit, unless good cause be shown to the
contrary, shall order the clerk to certify the
proceedings to the County Commissioners,
who thereupon shall grant license to the per.
son recommended to the Grand Jury, upon
the payment of the license fee fixed by them,
which shall not, in any case, be less than
fifty dollars; and the person to whom the
same is granted shall enter into a recogni-
zance, with at least three good sureties, in the
sum of one thousand dollars, for the keeping
of an orderly house, and for the due observ-
ance of all laws relating to the retailing of
spirituour liquors.
Sec. 5. The County Commissioners of the
several counties of this State shall have pow
er to grant licenses for the retailing of wine,
cider, malt and brewed liquors, in places out
side of incorporated cities, towns and villages,
to any person of temperate habits and good
moral character, who may be recommended
by four respectable citizens of his neighbor-
hood, upon the payment of license fee of
twenty-five dollars, said person to enter into a
recognizance in the sum Of five hundred dol
lars, with two good sureties, that he will keep
an orderly house, and that he will not sell
sprituous liquors, or any admixture thereof.
Sec. 6. All persons engaged in retailing
liquors under licenses granted in accordance
with this act, or under tavern licenses granted
under preexisting laws, shall expose their
licenses t. public view in their chief place of
making sales; and no such license shall au-
thorize sales by any person neglecting this re-
quiremeps. And any person selling or re-
failing intoxicating liquors without license
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than fifty dollars nor more than two hun
dred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one
month or more than six months, or both
and any person who shall be convicted Of re-
failing spirituous liquors or any admixture
thereof, while engaged in retailing under
license to sell wine, cider, malt or brewed Ii.
quors, shall suffer like punishment, and
shall, besides, forfeit his license. Any person
who shall be convicted twice, within two
years, for retailing without license, shall not
be entitled to receive license for two years
next succeeding the date Of the last convic-
ton, and any license granted to such person
shall be utterly without effect, and shall
afford no protection.
Sec 7. Wilfully furnishing any intoxica-
ting drink, by sale, gift, or otherwise, to any
person of known Incorporate habits, or to
any person when drunk or intoxicated, or to
q minor, or to any insane person, for use as a
beverage, shall be held and deemed a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, the Of
fender shall be fined not less than ten dollars,
or more than one hundred dollars, and i'm
prisoned not less than ten days, or more than
thirty days and it shall be lawful for any
member of the family, or blood relation, or
guardian of such Incorporate person or mi
nor, and for the committee Of such insane per-
son, or for any trial justice of the township
where any or either of such persons reside, or
have their legal settlement, to give notice
in writing to any person or persons engaged
in retailing, selling or having Intoxicating
liquors, forbidding him or them, as the case
may be, from furnishing such Incorporate