The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-10

contemplated in this Act, the Com.
missioner shall cause certificate to be
attached to each and every package
containing said liquors when the same
is shipped to him from the place OF
purchase, or by him to the County
Dispensers, certified by his official
signature and seal, which certificate
shall state that liquors contained in
said package have been purchased by
him for sale within the State of South
Carolina, or to be shipped out of the
State under the laws of said State
and without such certificate any pack.
age containing liquors which shall be
shipped out of the State or shipped
from place to place within the State,
or delivered to the consignee by any
railroad, express company or other
common carrier, or be found in the
possession of any common carrier,
shall be regarded as contraband and
may be seized without warrant for
con6scation, and such common car
rier shall be liable to penalty OF
FIVE hundred dollars for each offense,
to be recovered against said common
carrier in any court of competent
jurisdiction by summon and com
plaint. proceedings to be instituted
by the Solicitor of any circuit with
whom evidence may be lodged by any
officer or citizen having knowledge or
information of the violation, and any
person attaching or using such GER
ti6cate, without the authority of the
Commissioner, or any counterfeit
certificate for the purpose of secur-
ing the transportation of any intoxicat.
ing liquors 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 imprisonment in the Penitentiary
for not less than one year for each
oHense.
Sec. 4. Said Commissioner shall
make printed quarterly statement,
under oath, of all liquors sod 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 bust.
ness and dates of purchase, which
statement shall be fled with the,State
Board of Control.
Sec S. The State Commissioner
shall before shipping any liquors to
Dispensers, except lager beer, cause
the same to be put into packages of
not less than one.half pint nor more
than five gallons, and securely seal
the same, and it shall be unlawfn! for
the Dispenser to break any such pack
age or open the same for any reason
whatever. He shall sell by the pack.
age only, and no person shall open
the same on the premises Provided,
This section shall not apply to malt
liquors shipped in cases, or bottles
thereof shipped in barrels, and such
malt liquors may be sold by the
County Dispenser in such quantities
of not less than one pint as he may
see proper Provided, The same
shall not be drunk on the premises.
Dispensers shall open their places Of
business and sell only in day time,
under such rules as may be made by
the State Board Of Control.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
State Board of Control to appoint a
County Board of Control, composed
of three persons believed by said
Board not to be addicted to the use
of Intoxicating liquors, who shall bold
their Office for term of two years,
and until their successors are
appointed. Said County Board ot
Control shall be subject to removal
for cause by the State Board of Con
troll. Said County Board shall make
euch rules as will be conducive to
the best management of the sale o1
intoxicating liquors in their respective
counties /; Provided. Ali such rules
shall be submitted to the State Board
and approved by them before adop-
ton Said County Board Of Control
shall qualify and be commissioned as
ere other county officers, without fees
therefor.
Sec I. Applications for position OF
County Dispenser shall be by peti'
ton, signed and sworn to by the
applicant and filed with the County
Board Of Control at least ten days
before the meeting at which the
application is to be considered, which
petition shall state the applicants
name, place Of residence, in what
business engaged, and in what bust
ness he has enpaped in two years