The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-21
AFTER STORED LIQUORS.
BIG RAIDS ARE TO BEGIN AFTER FRI
DAY WEEK,

BIG RAIDS ARE TO BEGIN AFTER FRI
DAY WEEK,
Thu 5 ate Il bard of Control Vi1l Eaforce
The Law Sir:ctly-Parties Who Have Il
quoe Stored Must Get Cer'fcs+es or
Have is Ssiged.
COLUMBIA S. c.. Feb. 13.-After
Friday week those who have liquors
stored away in quantities greater
than five gallons, and who do not apply
to the liquor commissioner for certi6
Gates to De placed upon tn EN-, will
% AXE / heir places liable to search anC
all such property found thereon will be
s8:zed and sold. Such is the action Of
{ the State board of control at meet
Ing held yesterday, acting under Ger,
tain sections of the act.
at this meeting yesterday there was
full attendance Of the members OF the
board, and Commissioner Traxler was
present By invitation. It was decided
that Section 35 OF the act shall be rigid.
ly enfosced on an after the 23d. This
section reads as follows:
Section 35. That violations Of any OF
the sections Of this act. wuere punish.
ment upon conviction is not especially
provided for, the person or persons or
corporation so convicted shall be pun
lshed IN the discretion of the couet try
ing the same. Ali alcoholic liquors,
other than domeetic wine, and in quan.
tity more than five gallons, which do
not have on the packages in which they
are contained the labels and certificates
going to show that they have been pur-
chased from a State officer authoriz ed
to sell them are hereby declared COZ
traband, and on seiznre will be forfeited
to the State as provided in Section 81 /.
Provided. That this section shall not
apply to liquor held by the owners OF
registered stills. Persons having more
han i've gallons of liquor elsewhere
chan at his or her home, which they
wish to keep for their own use, may
throw the protection Of the law around
the same by furnishing an inventory
of the quantity and kinds to the State
commissioner, and applying for certlh-
Gates to affix thereto. After sixty days
from the approval of this act any liquor
found in the State not having such
certificates may be seized aod conhs-
Gated. Persons having more than they
wish to use may obtain certificates to
ship beyond the limits of the State.
Any persons afixing or causing to be
affixed, to any package containing al
coholic liquor any imitation stamp or
device than those furnished by the
State commissioner shall for each Of
fence be liable to a penalty Of ten
days. imprisonment or twenty. i've
dollars fine.
The State board fixes a specific day
in order to allow all those who nave
such liquors stored away and who may
not be acquainted with this provision
of the law, time to secure the required
certificates from the State liquor com;
missioner. The board holds that the
certificates cost nothing and can be had
by simply applying to the commission
er as sspecided in the act. The members
of the board say, whether as bluff
cannot be told, that they have infor-
nation of where great deal of such
llQ uor is stored away In Colnmbis and
elsewhere, and if the application Is not
Immediately made, and the certificates
not secured by the date named, men
will be put to work seiZing the stuff at
once.
The board decided not to allow the
commissioner to issue any such cretl-
fcates to former liquor dealers who
have taken out revenue licenses since
the dispensary law went into effect,
claiming that they have the right to
make such refusal, under the following
section of the act:
Section II. The payment of the Uni
TED STATE special tax as a liquor seller,
or notice of any kind in any place OF
resort, or in any store or shop, indicat-
ing that alcoholic liquors are there sold
Kept or given away, shall be held to be
pr!ma facie evidence that the person or
persons paying said tax and the parties
displaying such notices are acting 10
violation of this act, aud unless said
person or parties are selling uader per-
nit as prescribed by this act they shall
be published by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars OF imprjsment not
more than thirty days.
1t remains to be seen how the scheme
Will work out. 1t shows that some one
is studying out the various phases of
the law with the view to breaking up
the blind tiger business, if possible.
No action has yet beea taken by the
Attorney Generals Office to carry the
local lioQuor cases futher. Assistant
Attorney General Barber is to have
control of the matter and nothing IS
going to be done until his return to the
city. ---