Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-02-08

conducive to the best management
of til sale of Intoxicating liquors in
their respective counties: Provided,
all such rules shall be submitted to the
State board and approved by them be-
fore adoption. Said county board of
control shall qualify and be commits
stoned the same as other officers, with
out fees therefor.
Sec. 5. If any county dispenser, or
his clerk, shall purchase any intoxicat-
ing liquors from any other person or
persons except the State commissioner,
or if he or they, or any person or
persons in his or their employ, or by
his or their direction, shall sell, or offer
for sale, any liquors other than such as
have been purchased from the State
commissioner, or shall adulterate, or
cause to be adulterated, any intoxcat-
ing, sprituous or malt liquor which he
or they may keep for sale under this
act, by mixing with the same any col
oring matter or any drug or ingredient
whatever, or shall mix the same with
other liquors of different kind or
quality, or with water, or shall sell or
expose for sale such liquors so adulter-
ated, knowing it to be such, he or
they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined in a sum of not less than
5000 or imprisoned in the county Jail
for not less than six months.
Sec 6. That on and after the first
day of July, 1898, no person, firm, as
sociation or corporation shall manufac-
ture for sale, sell or keep for sale, ex-
change, barter or dispense any intox-
icating liquors for any purpose what
ever otherwise than is provided in this
act. County dispensers, as herein pro-
vided, shall alone be authorized to sell
and dispense intoxicating liquors, and
all permits must be procured, as here
matter provided, from the county board
of control: Provided, that no license
for the sale of spirituous liquors now
authorized to be granted by municipal
authorities, shall be of any force or
effect after the 30th day of June, 1893,
but licenses may be issued or extended
to said 3Oth day of June, 1898, upon
payment of one-half of the annual IL
cense required by the municipal and
county authorities in cities or towns,
where such licenses are or may be au-
thorized to be issued: Provided fur
ther, that manufacturers of distilled
malt or vinous liquors who are doing
business in the State, shall be allowed
to sell to no person in this State except
to the State commissioner and to par
ties outside of the State. Every pack
age, barrel or bottle Of such liquors
shipped beyond the limits of this State
shall have thereon the certificate of the
State commissioner allowing the same,
and otherwise it shall be liable to con-
fiscatiou, and the railroad carrying it
shall be punished as in section 2. And
provided, that any person shall have
the right to make wine for his or her
own use from grapes or other fruit.
Sec. 7. Applications for position of
county dispenser shall be by petitions
signed and sworn to by the applicant
and filed with the county board of con-
troll, at least ten days before the meet
ing at which the application is to be
considered, which petition shall state
the applicants name, place Of resi-
dence, in what business engaged, and
in what business he has been engaged
two years previous to filing petition
that he is a citizen of the United States
and of South Carolina; that he has
never been adjudged guilty of violating
the law relating to intoxicating liquors,
and is not a licensed druggist, keeper
of hotel, eating house, saloon, restau-
rant or place of public amusement,
and that he is not addicted to the use
of Intoxicating liquors as beverage.
This permit or renewal thereof shall
issue only on condition that the ap-
plcant shall execute to the county
treasurer a bond in the penal sum
of $4,000, with good and sufficient
sureties, conditioned that he will
well and truly obey the laws Of the
State of South Carolina now or hereaf-
ter in force in relation to the sale of
intoxicating liquors that he will pay
all fines, penalties, damages and costs
that may be assessed or recovered
against him for violation of such laws
during the term for which permit or
renewal is granted, and will not sell
Intoxicating liquors under his permit at
a charge exceeding fifty per cent above
the cost thereof. Said bond shall be
for the use of the county or any per-
son or persons who may be damaged
or injured by reason of any violation
on the part of the obligor of the law
relating to Intoxicating liquors pur-
chased or sold during the term for
which said permit or the renewal there
of is granted. The said bond shall be
deposited with the county treasurer,
and suit thereon shall be brought at
any time by the solicitor or any person
for whose benefit the sameis given and
in case the conditions thereof, or any of
them, shall be violated, the principal
and surctics thereon shall also be joint
ly and scverally liable for all civil dam
ages, costs and judgments that may
be obtained against the principal i'll any
civil action brought by wife, child,
parent, guardian, employer or other
person, under the provision of the law.
All other moneys collected for breaches
of such bond shall 90 into the county
treasury. Said bond shall be approved
by the county board of control. under
the rules and laws applicable to the
approval of official bonds.
Sec. S. There may be one county
dispenser appointed for each county,
whose place of business shall be at the
county seat Of said county, except the
city of Charleston, for the county of
Charleston, where there may be ten
dispensers, and except for the city of
Columbia, for the county of Richland,
where there may he three dispensers
appointed whose place of business
shall be located in such sections of
said cities as will be most convenient
for the accommodation Of residents
thereof. At least ten days before the
first day Of the meeting at which the
applications for the position of county
dispenser are considered, the applicant
shall file with the county board of con-
troll, and a copy thereof with the clerk
of court, in support of the application,
such a petition as is provided for in
section 7, signed by majority of the
freehold voters of the incorporated
town or city in which the permit is to
be used, and each person aforesaid shall
sign said petition by his own true name
and signature, and state that each, be-
before signing, has read said petition
and understands the contents and
meaning thereof, and is we'll and per-
sonally acquainted with the applicant:
Provided, that in the judgment of the
county board of control, other dlspen-
corioc NAV hn established in other