The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
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vided by law, and especially L will cot
sell OF furnish Intoxicating liquors to
any miner, intoxicated person or per-
sons who are in the habit of becomlug
| intoxicated, and l Will make true, full
and accurate returns to the County
Board of Control the first Monday OF
each month of all certificates and re-
quests made to or received by me, as
required by law, during the preceding
month; and such returns shall snow
every sale and delivery of such liquors
made by me or for me during the
month embraced therein, and the true
signature to every request received anu
granted; and such returns shall show
all the liquors sold or delivered to any
and every person as returned. upon
tax ing said oath and filing bond as
hereinbefore provided, the County
Board of Control shall issue to him
permit authorizing him to keep and
SELL intoxicating liquors as in this Act
provided, and every permit so granted
Shall specify the building, giving the
street and number or location, in which
Intoxicating liquors may be- sold by
virtue of the same, and the length OF
time in which the same shall be 10
force, which in no csse shall exceed
twelve months. Permits granted un.
der this Act shall be deemed trusts re.
posed in the recipients thereof, not as q
matter Of right, but of confidence, and
NAV be revoked upon sufficient show
ing by order of the County Board of
Control; and upon the removal OF any
County Dispenser, CT upon demand or
the County Board OF Control, ne shau
Immediately turn over to the County
Board of Control all liquors and other
property in his possession belonging TO
the State or county. Said County
Board of Control shall be charged with
the duty. of prosecuting the County
Dispenser, or any of his employees,
who may violate any of the provisions
of this Act. On the death, resignation
or removal of a County Dispenser, or
expiration of his term of Office, the
County Board shall appoint his success
sor.
Sec. 10. The County Board of Con-
troll shall use as their Office the office OF
the County Commissioners of their re-
spective counties, and the Clerk Of the
Board of County Commissioners shall
serve as their clerk. They shall pre-
serve, as part Of the records and lilies
of their Office, all petitions, bonds and
other papers pertaining to the grant.
ing or revocation of permits, and keep
suitable books in which bonds and per-
mits shall be recorded. The books
shall be furnished by the county like
other public records. The County
Board of Control shall designate or
provide a suitable place in which to
sell the liquors. The members of the
County Board of Control shall meet
once a month, or oftener, on the call OF
the chairman, and for their services
they shall each receive a per diem OF
So, and cents mileage each way, and
their clerk shall receive So per day for
the days actually employed as such,
but they shall not receive compensa-
ton for more than thirty days IN any
one year. They shall, upon the ap-
proval Of the State Board Of Control,
employ such assistants for the County
Dispenser as may be necessary. The
| Dispenser and his assistants shall re-
ceiVe such compensation as the State
Board of Control may determine. All
profits, after paying all expenses of the
County Dispensary, shall be paid one
half to the County Treasury and one
half to the municipal corporation In
which it may be located, such settle
ments to be made quarterly: ProVld.
ed, That if the authorities of any town
or city which in the judgment of the
State Board of Control do not enforce
this law, the State Board may withhold
the part going to the said town or city
and use it to pay State constables.
Sec. II. Before selling or deliVe Ing
any intoxicating liquors to any person,
request must be presented to the
County Dispenser, printed or written
In ink, dated of the true date, stating
that he or she is of age, and the resi-
dence of the s1gner for whom or whose
use the liquor Is required, the quantity
and kind requested. and his or her true
name; and the request shall be signed
by the applicant in his own true name
and signature, attested by the County
Dispenser or his clerk, who receives and
files the request. But the request shall
be refused If the County Dispenser fill
ing it personally knows the person ap.
plying is minor, that he ID intoxicat-
ed, or that he Is in the habit OF using
intoxicating liquors to an excess; or If
the applicant is not so personally
known to said County Dispenser, be.
fore filing said order or delivering said
liquor he shall require Identification
and the statement of reliable and
trustworthy person Of good character
and habits, known personally to him,
that the applicant Is not a minor, and
Is not IN thu habit of using intoxlcat.
ing liquors to an excess.
Sec. IL. Requests for the purchase of
liquor shall be made upon blanks fur
nished by the County Auditor, In pack
ages of 100 each, to the County Dlspen-
sers, from time to time as the same
shall be needed, and shall be numbered
consecutively by the Auditor: The
blanks aforesaid shall be furnished to
the County Auditor by the State Board
of Control, in uniform book like bank
checks, and the date of delivery shall
be endorsed by the County Auditor on
each book, and receipt taken therefor
and preserved in his Office. The Dis
penser shall preserve the application
In the original form and book, except
the filing of the blanks therein, until
returned to the County Auditor. When
return thereof is made the County
Auditor shall endorse thereon the date
of return, and file and preserve the
same to be used in the quarterly set
Elements between such Dispenser and
the County Treasurer. All unused or
mutilated blanks shall be returned or
accounted for before other blanks are
issued to such County Dispenser.
Sec. I3. On or before the tenth day of
each month each Dispenser shall make
full returns to the County Auditor of