Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

W luO 0ouuty uIepOueeIo any III
toxicating or ferme nted liquor
except such as have been tested
by the chemist of the South College
and declared to be pure: Provided,
That said board of control shall
have authority to appoint such
assistants as they may find neces.
sary to assist, the chemist of the
South Carolian College in max.
ing the analysis required by this
act; and the said board of control
may fix such reasonable compensa.
tion, if any, as they may deem
proper for the services rendered by
such chemist or such assistants
Each county dispenser shall iemit
to the StBte treasurer all moneys
accruing to the State from the sale
of liquors under such rules as may
be prescribed by the State board
of control, and the State treasurer
shall keep Il separate account with
said fund, from which the State
board Of control shall draw from
time to time upon warrants, or i'll
such MANNER astthty may provide,
the amount necessary to pay the
expenses incurred in conducting
the business. All rules and
regulations governing the said
commissioner or county dispensers
in the performance of any of the
duties Of his office, where the same
is not provided for by law, shall
be prescribed by the State. board
of control. The State commissioner
shall, before entering unon the
duties of his office, execute a bond
to the State treasurer, with
sufficient sureties, to be approved
in the same manner as the bonds
of other State officers, in the penal
sum of ten thousand dollars, for
the faithful performance of the
duties of bis office. In all pur-
chascs or sales of intoxicating
liquors made, as contemplated in
this act, the State board of control
shall cause a certificate to be
attached to each and every package
containing said liquors, when 'he
same is shipped to State COM
missioner from the place of pur-
chase or by Stale commissioner
to the county dispensaries, certified
by their official signatures and
seal, which certificate shall state
that liquors contained in said
packages have been purchased by
the State board of control for use
within the State of South Carolina,
under the laws of said State, and
have been tested, as required by
this act, and without such
certificates any package containing
liquors which shall be shipped
from place to place within the
State or delivered to the consignee
by any railroad, express company
or other common carriers, or be
found il the possession of any
common carriers, shall be regarded
as contraband, and may be seized
without warrant for coniscatlon,
and such common carrier shall be
liable to a penalty of five hundred
dollars for each offense, to be
recovered sgaipst said common
carrier in any court of competent
jurisdiction by summons and
complaint, proceeding to be
institated by the solicitor of any
circuit, with whom evidence may
be lodged by any officer or ..citizen
having knowledge or information
of the violation; and any person
attaching or using such certificate
without the authority of :. the State
board of control, or any counterfeit
certificate, for the purpose of
securing the transportation of any
intoxicating liquors within this
State in violation of law, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine OF not less than
five hundred dollars and imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for not
less than one year for each effense.
Section 5r The intendant or
mayor of the town or city in which
a dispensary is located, and the
county auditor and supervisor of
such county, shall constitute the
board for all dispensaries in such
town or city, such board shall make
such rules and regulations as Will
be conducive to the best manage
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