The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-10

| SODSfElSrrS aDU sNQSJIuS ct LtttS DLealS,
approved the 9th day Of March, a. D.
1896.
y bill tc require certsin officers 10
keep an itemizeG account of their in
come By virtue Of their Office, ard 10
REQUIRE them 10 make &c annual re-
port CT the same TO the County Super
visor.
A Joint resolution to authorize and
require the Directors q the State Pen
iten,iary to furnish to the trustees of
Winthrop Normal ard Industrial Col
leee fifteen cGnvictS.
Mr.. MsyfeId introduced bill clS
posing OF the Dispensary and suosti-
tuting prohibition and local option.
Ia substance it is as fellows: /: for
bids theimportation, manufacture and
sale OF alcoholic liquors except for
sacramental. scientific and medicinal
purposes. It allows Importation by
| licensed druggists, TO be sold only on
order OF reputable physicians, selected
by the medical fraternity, and located
a! the County seats, whose names
shall be certified to by the Clerk Of
the Court and published forsixty days
in County newspapers, liquors to be
sold IN no less quantities than half
pint packages and under the same re,
strictions as now in force under the
DispenSary law. Any other person
importing liquors Or selling IN any
other manner than the one provided
shall be deemed guilty Of misde-
meanor and fined not less than SS9 or
imprisoned in the County jail for not
less than twenty-nine days for each
ofense. Local option is provided
upon written application Of fone-fourth
CT the qualified electors Of any Coun.
" asking for 81 election, which shall
be held II tre same manner as other
elections. II the sale is allowed by a
majority vote it shall be sold by otii-
GERS appointed By the County Board
OF Commissioners and municipal au-
thcrities, or be sold under licenses
granted by the Secretary Of State on
approved applications secured by cond
for the faithful observance CT the law,
and on this question the vote shaI! De
by officers or Under license" TIE
parties selling liquor under llcense
Shall be approved Of by the County
; Board of Commissioners aud nunlc!p
81 authorities Of the place where the
sales are to be made. The County
Board shall fix a fee which shall be
paid in advance and divided between
the County and Municipality. Appll.
cants shs'i make full declaration OF
capital proposed to be invested, etc,
and the County Board shall approve
or disapprove the application. Bond
to the amount of double the capital
stan be given. Liquors shall be pur-
chased at actual cost from the County
Dispensaries until their stock is ex-
hausted, then from the State Dlspen-
sary until its stock is exhausted.
These institutions shall be closed as
rapidly as practicable. Purchases
may then be made as provided by the
Privilege Tax Act from other parties;
Original packages are to be divided
into smaller packages containing not
less than one half pint. Adulteration
is forbidden. Only cash transactions
are allowed. The names o. all pur'
chaserS shall be taken as in the Dis
pensary at present. In case ths cleo
lion shall be in favor of the sale by
officers the Board OF County Commls.
sioners and the municipalities shall
select the men and fix their salaries,
fix their bond and prescribe the rules
under which it is to be sold. They
shall also decide the amount Of capl-
tai to be invested and share the profits
as they may agree. The Privilege
Tax shall be at the rate OF 40 per cent.
OF the purchase prics, and SHALL be
paid into the State Treasury. This
Privilege Tax shall be added to the
cost Of ell liquors bought from
County and State Dispensaries. 1t
snail be kept by the State Treasurer
for the benefit of the public
schools. Secretary of State shall pro.
vide the tax labIes and they shall
be affixed to all packages. Liquor
manufactured in the State is subject to
the same Privilege Tax, which must
be sffxed before it is removed or
stored. Any liquor found without
such liable shall be liable to conhsca-
ton, and half the proceeds Of The sale
shall be turned into the State Treasury
for the public schools, the other to the
County Trasury for ordinary County
purposes. Authority to enforce this
Act is given to the Sherifs and NUM-
cipal officers. Sheriffs may be sus-
pended for failure to enforce it. The
Governor may suspend all authorities
ntrusteG with the enforcement OF
1.-THE Act, and appoint such others as
he may deem proper. All manufacture
erS OF alchclic liquors and bever-
ages in this State at the time this Act
goes into effect shall be registered
with the Secretary Of State and full
exhibit of the business made. For
this REGISTRATION an annual fee OF SIS
IS charged and no others shall be al
lowed to be established except as they
comply with this law and are licensed
by the Secretary Of State. For such
license al annual fee of S25 is charged.
Mr. May field introduced another bill
in regard to the control of the whisky
traffic. It provides for the payment
By ali persons or firms or corporations
transporting liquors in this State OF
privilege tax. The Senate then aG-
journed over to Friday.
In the senate Friday Senator Scar
borough's labor lien bill was the fea-
ture Of interest. This bill provides
that all employees in factories, mines,
mills, dissiIlerles, stores and all and
every kiud of trading Or manufactu--
ing establishment in this State shall
have lien upon all the output OF the
factory, mine, mill, distiIlery, or
other trading or manufacturing es-
taolishment IN which they may be
employed, either by the day or month,
whether the contract be IN writing or
not, to the extent of such salary or
wages as may be due and owing TO
! them under the terms Of their con-
tract with their erronl0verS sunh lien