The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04


office, giving any information obtained
hat will be needed by him if applica-
ion is made for the release of the
goods. All packages must be plainly
marked. so that they can be identified.
Il. When any team is seized for
transporting liquor at night, or any IL
quors or personal property is seized,
under search warrant or otherwise, the
constable seizing same shall have an IN
vent01y and appraisement made BY
three sworn appraisers, providing the
property is worth more that fifty dol
lars. The constable will then publish
a notice for three weeks in three public
places. describing the articles, etc, and
requiring any person claiming them to
appear and make claim within thirty
days from the date Of the first publica-
ton Of the notice. limo claim is made
within thirty days, the constable or
other officer can sell the same, without
further advertisement to the highest
bidder. In giving the notice for the
three weeks the constable should
state in same that if the property is not
claimed within thirty days and bond
fled with the State board the property
will be sold, giving place where it will be
sold, and when sold. The bill for keep
of team may be paid from the proceeds,
and the balance remitted , the State
Treasurer. A complete statement,
showing gross proceeds, expenses and
the sum RENTED, most be mailed to the
clerk in the executive Office.
IS. Constables may enter any ex-
press, or other cars, or boats, in the
State, for the purpose Of searching for
contraband liquors, and may examine
the books and way bills Of the trans
portation companies. Constables may
use teams or horses in order to pursue
and capture teams or persons transport
ing liquor when they could not succeed
otherwise, but should not use teams to
drive over the country in search of
work. Only when reasonably sure of
accomplishing coed work may the ex-
pense of teams be incurred.
l9. 1t is the duty of all sherifs,
magistrates and magistrates constables
to enforce the dispensary law (see Sec
tion 90. and they are entitled to half
the value of the contraband liquor they
seize; but when the State constables
get them to serve warrants, or merely
to assist them in arrests or searches,
they are not entitled to this commls-
siou and it will not be allowed.
20. The proprietor, and his aids and
assistants, in any establishment where
liquors are sold contrary to law, may
be arrested and prosecuted.
q. Constables will study law
and enforce it's various provisions with
vigo.:.
%. Constables will report daily to
their immediate superior, who is re-
Quired to examine the same and forward
TO the executive Office.
%. Constables must be courteous to
all. but will refrain from talking un-
necessarily about their official plans and
business to the public. They owe no
apology or explanation to anyone for
doing their duty.
u. Constables will refrain from the
use Of liquors to excess, on pain Of ex-
pulsion.
25. When constables get case
against violators Of the dispensary Law
they should see that the witnesses are
bound over and urge the prompt hear
ing Of the case, especially if they are
witnesses themselves, 50 that if they
are called away the case will have been
disposed Of and they will not have to
return 20 attend the trial. When it
can be done, cases should be brought
within the jurisdiction Of the magis-
trate and finally disposed of. Atten-
dance on the Circuit Court by consta.
bles is expensive and takes much Of
their time.
1t will be well to note Section 13, to
cut it out and paste it up, as there is
very much more trouble from evasion
of this section than all Of the others
c c,mbined.
1t is announced that the rules may
may be changed at any time but the
present ultimatum is that where there
are violations of the dispensary law, as
promulgated in the rules to coEstahles,
the liquor will be seized and kept, and
there is no use to bother to ask for its
return. If liquor is ordered in copart-
nership, as is prohibited in Rule l3, it
may be considered as gone. If a wrong
name is given, as is prohibited, it is
another case Of contributing to the
State treasury, and so on.
This is 10 New Year ultimatum
either, but it is to go into immediate
effect.