The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-02-10


ofall prisoners before and after con
victiOn when in the custody OF the
Supervisors and Sheriffs of this State"
approve the 9th day of March, A. D.
a bill to require certain officers to
keep an itemized account of their in
come by virtue Of their Office, aud to
require them to mako aD annual re-
port Of the same 10 the County Super
visor.
a joint resolution to authorize and
require the Directors Of tho State Pen
itentiary to furnish to the trustees Of
Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col
lege fifteen convicts.
Mr. Mayfield introduced q bill dis
posing of tho Dispensary and subSti-
tutipg prohibition and local option.
In substance 1t is as follows: I! for
bids theimportation, manufacture and
sale OF alcoholic liquors except for
sac,amental, 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
at tho County seats, whose names
shall be certified to by the Clerk of
the Court and published for sixty days
in County newspapers, liquors tobe
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 q misde-
meanor and fined not less than 500 or
imprisoned in the County Jail for not
less than twenty-nine days for each
otfense. Local option is provided
upon written application Of one-fourth
Of the qualified electors Of any Coun
ty asking for an election, which shall
be held i'll tire same manner as other
elections. II the sale is allowed by a
majority vote it shall be sold by OIL
GERS appointed by the County Board
OF Commissioners and municipal au-
thorities, or be sold under licenses
granted by the Secretary of State on
approved applications secured by bond
for. the faithful observance of tho law,
and on this question the vote Shall be
"By officers or Under license" The
parties selling liquor under license
shall be approved of by the County
Board of Commissioners and municip
al authorities Of tho place whore the
sales are to be made. The County
Board shall fix fee which shall bc
paid in advance and divided between
the County and Municipality. Appli-
cants shall make full declaration of
capital proposed to be iu vested, etc.,
and the County Board snail approve
or disapprove the application. Bond
to the amount Of double the capital
shall be given. Liquors shall be pur-
| chased at actual cost from the County
Dispcnsaries until their stock is ex-
hauatcd, then from the State Dispen-
sary until it's 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 ofali p0r.
I ISL NO B liss
lpsnsary at present. IN case the Slec-
tion shall be in favor Of the sale by
| officers the Board OF County Commits.
sioners and the municipalities shall
select the mon 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 capt
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 pric,, and shall be
paid into the State Treasury. This
Privilege Tax shall be added to the
cost of all liquors bought from
County and State Dispensaries. It
| shall be kept by the State Treasurer
for the benefit of the public
schools. Secretary of State shall pro-
vide tho tax lables and they shall
be affixed to all packages. Liquor
manufactured in the State is subject to
the same Privilege Tax, which must
be affixed before it is removed or
stored. Any liquor found without
such liable shall be liable to confsca-
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 Sherifls and MUM
cipal officers. Sherilfs may be sus-
pended for failure to enforce it. The
Governor may suspend all authorities
ntrusted with the enforcement of
1.-THE Act, and appoint such others as
he may deem proper. All manufactur.
ers Of alcoholic liquors and bower
ages in this State at the time this Act
goes into effect shall be registered
with the Secretary Of State and q full
exhibit of the business made. For
this registration an annual fec of $25
is chare ID 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 an annual fee of $25 is charged.
Mr. Mayfie introduced another bill
in regard to the control of the whisky
traflic. 1t provides for the payment
by all persons or firms or corporations
transporting liquors in this State Of a
privilege tax. The Senate then nd.
journed over to Friday.
In the senate Friday Senator Scar.
borough's labor lien bill was the lea-
ture OF interest. This bill provides
that all employees in factories, mines,
mills, distillerles, stores and all and
every kind of trading or manufactur-
ing establishment in this State shall
have a lien upon all the output of the
factory, mine, mill, distillery, or
other trading or notwithstanding es-
tablishment 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
YYaQcS as may ha duo and n,u;aa "a