The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-04
THE RzDfAPE COCKTAIL.
FnIi Text OF tks Ne~ Law to Regulate
LiqRor selliEs-Whas the People
VIII have q Pat Up wish fer
= Tw Years
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CosuMB11, DeS4seE DessSss4s;seE 2t:--The News
and Courier gives te only correct cop,
Of the Evars' disfnsary bill, which
was enacted at the acent session Of tn.
General Assembly. he law i. in man,
particulars the sam as the Nettles
Roper and Companpill already pub
iished. A comprehensive outline Of the
new lau has been glen, but those in.
teresfed will find thsrovisions Of the
bill worthy of close asntion. The bill
reads:
Act to Prohibit t. Manufacture
and Sale of Intoxicaee Liquors as q
Beverage within tilissate, except As
herein permitted.
Be il enacted, etc:
Section I. That on anefter the FIRST
day Of July, A. D., 1s9Sale manufac-
ture. sale, barter or exclnge, or tho
keeping or Offering for sle, barter,
trade or exchange, withinais State Of
any spirituous, malt, vino, ferment-
ed or other intoxicating Ieprs, or any
compouud or mixture there by what
esername called, which !" produce
intoxication, by any pessoE business
firm, corporation or associassn, shall
be regulated and conducted tprosi,i-
edin this Act.
THE BOSS BAR keeper
Section 2 Yhe Governor shsFithin
80 0days from the approval ofie Act
appoint commissioner, beiisd by
him to be an aSstainer from toxi-
scanss, who shall, under such land
regulations as may be made Ethe
State board Of control, purchase i'm
sexiessug fi1aeEs for lawful sale his !
State, giving preference to manic
furers and brewers in this Stated |
furnish the same to such persons I
may be designated as dispensers TIL
! Of. to be sold ss hereafter prescribeS
5his Act, this and subsequent appoA
ments TO be subject to the APPROVAL
the Senate at TIE next succeeding ss
aioa. Said commissioner shall resie
and have his place of business in I'd
city of Columbia in this State, and hoi;
his Office two years from appointment
and until another is appointed in hi
stead, subject TO removal for cause b
Che State board Of control. He shal
4 qualify and be commissioned the sam
sother officers, and receive an annns
salary of eighteen hundred dollars, pay
able at the same time and in the 50 "a
manner as is provided for the paymen
of5he salaries Of the State officers. III
sSall be allowed a bookkeeper, wh,
sshaH be paid in the same manner sal
ary oftWelye hundred dollars, and sucl
other assistants as in tsqe opinion Of th
hoard of control may be deemed nece4
ssry lie shall not sell to the count,
dispensers any intoxicating or fermen,
e liquors except such as have beel
testee by the chemist Of the Soutl
Carolina College and declared to b
pureand unadu!terated. Said chemis
,safid such assistants as may be appoint
ed to aid him, to be allowed such com
psnsatiep, is any, as the board Of con
trol, may determine. He shall not re
Sceiye from said county dispensers 70
sneh liquors sold TO them more than s.
per cent. above the net cost thereof
and all amounts so received by hin
from said sales shall be by him paic
over to the Treasurer of the Stat
monthly, under such rules as may b,
made by the State board Of control {,
Insure the faithful return Of the same
and the State Treasurer shall keep
separate account with said fund, from
Whieh the commissioner sbslI draw
from time to time, upon warrants duly
approved by the said boaed, th,
amounts necessary to pay the expense.
incurred in conducting the. business O
said agency. All rules and regulation.
geyerning the said commissioner in th,
purchase OF intoxicating liquors, or il
the performance of any Of the duties O
his Office, where the same are not pro
yided for by law, shall be prescribed BY
State board OF control, composed o
the Governor, the Comptro!ler-Genera
and the Acknowledgement He shall
before entering upon the duties OF hil
oiHee, execute a bond to the STATE
Treasurer, with sufficient sureties, t.
be approved by the Acknowledgement
sin the penal sum Of ten Thousand dol
lars for the faithful performance of tht
duties OF his Office. In all purchases
soc sales OF Intoxicating liquors made By
said commissioner, as contemplated II
this Act, the. commissioner shall Cause
certificate to be attached to each and
every package containing said liquors
when the same is shipped to him from
sshe place of purchase, or by him to The
eonnty dispensers, certified by his OH.
cial signature and seal, which certi6.
cate shall state that the liquors con
fained in said package have been pur
schased by him for sale within the State
of SoCfa Caroiina or are TO be shipped
outof the State under the laws Of said
Stale, and without any such certificate
any package containing liquors which
shall be brought into tbs State or ship.
ped outsof the State or shipped RON
place to place within the State by any
railroad. express company or other
common carrier shall be regarded al
intended for unlawful sale, and upon
eonvict5on thereof such common car
riershail be liablerin penalty Of five
hundred dollars for each offence, to be
recovered against said common carrie,