The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1896-03-21


of the State and county or any person
or persons who may be damaged or in
jured by reason of any violation on
the part of the obligor of the law rela-
ting to Intoxicating liquors purchased
or sold during the term for which said
appointment is made. The said bond
shall be deposited with tho County
Treasurer, and suit thereon shall be
brought ut any time by the solicitor or
person for whose benefit the same is
given; and in case the conditions
thereof, or any of them, shall be vio-,
lated, the principal and sureties there
on shall also be jointly and severallyi
liable for all civil damages, costs and
judgments that may bo obtained
against the principal in any civil action
brought by wife, child, parent, guar
dian. employer or other person under
the provision OF tho law. All other
moneys collected for breaches of such
bonds shall be distributed rs other
funds arising from the dispensary.
Said bond shall be approved as other
official bonds for tho county.
SEC. z. There may DO ono or moro
county dispensers appointed for each
county, the place of business of each
of whom shall be designated by the
county board, but the State Board of
Control must give consent before more
than one dispenser can be appointed
in any county; and when the county
board designates locality for q dis,
pcnsary, twenty days public notice
OF which shall bo given, it
shall DO competent for ma
jority of the voters of the township in
which such disponsary is to be located
to prevent its location in such town
ship by signing petition or petitions,
| addressed to the county board, re-
questing that no dispensary be estab-
llshed in that township. Tho county
board may in its discretion locate n
dispcnsary elsewhere than in an in
| corporated town in the counties of
Beaufort and Horny, and no others,
except such as arc authorized Ivy
| special act of the General Assembly:
Provided, however, That any county,
| town or city wherein the sale of alco-
holic liquors was prohibited by law
prior to July l., 1893, may secure the
establishment OF dispcnsary 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 n dispensary
| therein being fled with the county
supervisor of town or city council re-
| specially, they shall order an election
submitting the question of dispensary
| or no dispensary to the quail
fed voters of such county, town or
| city, which election shall DO conducted
MS other special elections; and if n
inaJo,..y on ,ne b1rf0rs crse m no ie-anl fse. >.
and declared to be for n dispensary,
then dispensary may he established
IN said county. town or city: Provided,
ihnt dispcnsaries may be established
in the counties of Williamburg, Pick
ems and Marion and at Seneca and
other towns now incorporated in
Oconce county without such election
or compliance with the other require
ments 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 dispensarics In other
counties, or county dispensers from
shipping samo to their places of resi-
doncc under proper labels or certili-
Gates: Provided, further, That nothing
In this net shall be construed to repeal
AN Act to allow tho opening of dis
pesaries in Pickens and Oconee
counties" approved December 18th.
1894.
Sec. 8. II the application for the
| position OF dispenser be granted, the
appointment 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 tho
effect and tenor following: "I,
-, do solemnly swear Tor afiirm)
that will well and truly perform all
and singular the condition of the within
bond. and keep and perform the trusts
conhded In me to purchase, keep and
sell Intoxicating liquors. L will not
sell, give or furnish to any person any
intoxicating liquors otherwise than is
provided by law, and, especially, i will
not cell or furnish Intoxicating liquors
to any minor, intoxicated person or
persons who are in habit OF becoming
intoxicated. and will make true, full
and accurate returns to County Board
OF Control on the first Monday of each
month OF nll certificates aud Requests
made to or received by me, as required
by law, during the preceding month;
aud such returns show evory sale aud
delivery OF such liquors made by me or
for me duriug 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 rs returned" Upon
taking said oath aud tho oath required
by the constitution, aud filing bond as
hereinbefore provided. tho County
Board os Control shall authorize him
to keep and sell Intoxicating liquor as
in this act provided, and every appoint.
ment so made shall specify the build.
ing, giving the street and number or
location. in which intoxicating liquors
may bo sold by virtue of the same, and
the length OF time, in which the same