The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-03-18
THE Law AS 70 LIQUOR.
lccST1SUED FROM PAGE one.

iCGNTlNI ED + ED-G i-A''r- N-'i-'
or petitions, addressed to the county
board, requesting that no dlspen>ary
be established in That township. The
county board may II lis discretion 10
cate 6ispensarv elSewher than II an
Incorporated town IN the counties or
Beaufort and Horny. and no others,
except such are authorized by special
act OF the General Assembly: Provid-
ed, however, That any county, town
or city wherein the sale of alcoholic
LIQUORS was prohibited by Law prior to
July l, 1898. may secure the eStab-
lishment of dispensary within It's
borders in the following manner:
Upon petition signed By one-fourth Of
the qualified voters Of such county,
town or city wishing dispensary
therein being fled with the county su
pervisor of town or city council re-
spectfully, they shall order an election
submitting the question Of dispensary
or no dispensary to the eQuaiitied voters
of such county, town or city, which
election shall be conducted as other
special elections; and if majority OF
the ballnts cast be found and declared
to be for a dispensary, then a
dispensary may be este b.
lished in said county, town or city;
Provided, That dispensaries may be
established in the counties OF VIII
liamsbure, Pickens and Marion and at
Seneca and other towns now lncorpo-
rated in Oconee county without such
election or compliance with the other
requirements of this act; Provided,
That nothing in this act contained
shall be so construed as to prohibit
persons resident in counties which
shall elect to have no dispenSary from
procuring liquors from dispensaries
in other counties, or county dispensers
from shipping same to their places Of
residence under proper labels or GER
tifcates; Provided, further, That Moth
ing in this act shall Be SSeozsrr6ed to
rsnssl ss>es entitled ''An Act to al
low the opening of dispensaries IN
Pickens and Oconee counties" ap-
proved December 18th. 1894.
Sec. S. If the application for the po-
sition of dispenser be granted, the ap-
pointment shall not be made until the
applicant shall make and subscribe on
oath, before some officer authorized
by law to administer oaths, which
shall be endorsed upon the bond, to
the effect and tenor following: I,
-, &c solemnly swear (or
AFFIRM that I will we'll and truly per-
form all and singular the condition Of
the within bond, and keep and per-
form the trusts confded in me to pur
chase, keep and sell intoxicating Ii
ouors. I will not sell, give or furnish
to any person any Intoxicating liquors
otherwise than provided by law, and
especially, I will not sell or furnish
intoxicating liquors to any minor, In
toxicated person or persons who are
in the habit of becoming intoxicated,
and I will make true, full and accu-
rate returns to the County Board of
Control on the first Monday of each
month of all certificates and requests
made to or received by me, as required
by law, during the preceding month;
and such returns show 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 and granted; and such
returns SHALL show all the liquors sold
or delivered to any and every person
as returned" Upon taking said oath
and oath required by the constitution,
and fling bond as hereinbefore pro
vided, the County Board of Control
shall authorize him to keep and sell
Intoxicating liquors as in this act pro-
vlded, and every appointment so made
shall specify the building, giving the
street and number of location, in
which intoxicating liquors may be
sold by virtue of the same, and the
length of time in which the
same shall be in force, which
in no case shall exceed twelve
months. appointments made under
this act shall be deemed trusts reposed
in the recipients thereof, not as mat
ter of right, but of sufficient showing
by order of the County Board Of Con-
troll; and upon the removal OF any
county dispenser, or upon the demand
of the County Board of Control, he
shall 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 prosecut-
ing the county dispenseror or of any en-
ployees 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 successor.
Sec. 9. The County Board Of Control
shall use as their office the office OF
the county supervisor Of their county
and shall elect one of their number as
chairman and clerk of the said
county board of control. The comfy
board shall preserve as part of the
records and files Of their Office all pc.
titions, bonds and other papers per-
tanning to the appointment of dispen-
sers and keep suitable book in which
bonds shall be recorded. The books
shall be furnished the county like
other public records. The county
board of control shall designate or
provide suitable place in which to
sell the liquors. The members OF the
county board ::of control shall meet
once month or oftener, on the call of
the chairman, and each member of
the board shall receive per diem of
$500 and cents mileage each way,
but they shall not receive compensa
ton for more than 80 days in any one
year, except in the county of Charles
ton, where they shall not receive COM
pensation for more than go days in
any one year, and in Barnwell county
not more than so days in any one
year. They shall, upon the approval
of the State board of control, employ
such assistants for the county dispen-