The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-04
NEW LIQUOR LAW.
FULL TEXT OF TIE NEW Law TO Reg
ULATE LIQUOR SELLING.

AN ACT to prohibit the Manufacture and
Sale Of Intoxicatiny Liquors as Bev-
erage within this Suite, except as herein
permitted.
Be it enacted, etc:
Section 1. That on and after the first
day Of July, A. D. 1893, the manufacture,
sale, barter or exchange, or the keeping
or offering for sale, barter, trade or ex-
change, within this State of any spiritu-
Gus, malt, vinous, fermented or other
intoxicating liquors, or any compound or
mixtures thereof, by whatever nams
called, which will produce intoxication.
by any person, business firm, corpora
tion or association, shall be regulated
and conducted as provided in this Act.
THE BOSS BAR KEEPER.
Section 2. The Governor shall within
80 Gays from the approval Of the Act
appoint commissioner, believed by
him to be an abstainer from intexicants,
who shall, under such rules and regula-
tions as may be made by the State board
of control, purchase all intoxicating
liquors for lawful sale In this State, Civ
ing preference to manufacturers and
brewers in this State and furnish the
same to such PERSONS as may be desig-
mated as dispensers thereof, to be sold as
hereafter prescribed In this Act, this and
subsequent appointments to be subject to
the approval Of the Senate at the next
succeeding session. Said commissioner
shall reside and have his place Of busi-
ness in the city Of Columbia in this State,
and hold his Office two years from ap-
pointment, and until another is appointed
In his stead, subject to removal for cause
by the State board of control. He shall
qualify and be commissioned the same
as other officers, and receive an annual
salary of eighteen hundred dollars, paya-
BILE at tue same time and in the same
manner. as Is provided for the payment Of
the salaries Of the State officers. He
shall be allowed a bookkeeper, who shall
be paid in the same manner salary OF
twelve hundred dollars, aud such other
assistants as in the opinion Of tho board
OF control may he deemed necessary.
He shall not sell to the County dispensers
any intoxicating or fermented liquors
except such as have been tested by the
chemist Of the South Carolina College
and declared to be purs and unadultera-
ted. Said chemist md such assistants as
may be appointed to aid him, TO be allow
ed such compensation, II any, as the
board Of control may determine. he
shall not receive from said County dis
pensers for such liquors sold to them
moro than so per cent. above the net
cost thereof, and all amounts 30 received
by him from said Bales shall be by him
paid over to the Treasurer Of the State
monthly, under such rules as may be
made by the State board Of control to
insure the faithful return OF the same
and the State Treasurer shall keep a
separat account with said fund, from
which che commissioner shall draw, from
time TO time, uponwarrants duly approv-
sd by the said board, the amounts neces-
sary to pay tho expenses incurred In con-
Quoting the business Of said agency. All
rules and regulations governing the said
commissioner In the purchase Of intoxi-
eating liquors, or in the performances Of
any Of the duties Of his Office, where the
same are not provided for by law, shall
be prescribed by State board Of control,
composed Of the Governor, the Comp
troller General and the Attorney General.
He shall, before entering upon the duties
OF his Office, execute bond to the State
Treasurer, with sufficient sureties, to be
approved by the Attorney General, in
the penal sum Of ten thousand dollars, for
the faithful performance Of the duties Of
his Office. In all purchases or sales Of
intoxicating liquors made by said COM
missioner, as contemplated In this Act,
the commissions: shall cause a certificate
TO be attached to each and every package
containing said liquors, when the same is
shipped to him from the place Of pur-
chase, or by him to the County dispen-
sers, certified by his sf1icial signature and
seal, which certificate shall stats that the
liquors contained In said package have
been purchased by him for sale within
the State of South Carolina OF, are to bs
shipped out Of he State under the laws
OF said State, and without such certificate
any package containing liquors which
shall be brought into the State or shipped
out Of the State or shipped from place to
place within the State by any railroad,
express company or other common car
rler shall be regarded as intended for un.
lawful sale, and upon conviction thereof
such common carrier shall be liable in q
penalty Of five hundred dollars for each
offense, to be recovered against said COM
mon carrier in any Court Of competent
jurisdiction by complaint proceedings to
be Instituted by the solicitor for any cir
cult, with whom evidence OF the viola
ton may be lodged by any citizen having
knowledge or information Of the viola
ton and any person knowingly attach
ing or using such certificates without the
authority Of the commissioner, or any
certificate for the purpose Of
securing the transportation of any intoxi-
eating liquors into, out Of, or within this
State in, violation Of law, shall upon con-
viction thereof be punished by fine Of
not less than five hundred dollars and
in the Penitentiary for not
less than one year for each otfense. Said
commissioner shall make printed quar-
terly statement under oath, commencing
August 1, 1893, Of all liquors sold by him,
enumerating the different kinds and
quantity of each kind, the price paid and
the terms Of payment, and to whom sold.
Also the names of the parties from whom
the liquor was purchased, and their place
OF business and date Of purchase. which
statement shall be fled with the State
board Of control.
THE SIZE OF THH oFFIo1AL COCKTAIL.
Section 8. The State com mmissioner shall
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