The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03

board shall receive as compensation for
their services three dollars per day AID
shall not charge fer more t;:an three
days in each month. The supervisor
Of the county shall BE- the chalaman o.
the board Meetings for the transac
tion Of business shall be held once 10
each month the days to be fixed by the
said board, but other meetings may be
called bt the chairman when business
deu,andS an extra meeting The board
shall use as their Office the off e of the
county supervisor Of the county and
the cl,.rk of the board Of c,unty com
.niSSipuerS shall acs rs the clerk Of the
board. The meetings Of the board
Sha ! be public aud minutes of Ill busl-
ness transacted and matters brought
before il >hal! be kept uy the clerk,
which shall always be open fpr the
inspection OF the puo .ic. The board
shall preserve as TART of the record
aud files Of their otfca ali petitions Tor
license, bond and ali oth.r pap rs per
tanning TO the grantins Of licenses, and
keep suitable book for all 'heir trans
ac,ions which shall be furnished by the
county like all o'h.r pahic records:
The board shall make such rules aad
regulations a. they may deem aivlsa-
Die in reference to the granting OF IL
cen>e TO sell and retail a.chohc
liqaors as beverages, which ere not IL
consistent vita the provisions Of this
act relating t0 su n c"unty or couotles
Tie board shall M ke quarterly report
to be filed in the Office Of the county
treasurer sho sing the names OF the
persons to whom license have been
granted for the proceeding year, the
namas f the suretlcs on the bond OF
such persons or the corporations, the
amount received from each for such IL
censes and all other irauSactlors OF the
board which said report shall be pub
lished in one of the newspapers for
su:h county or counties.
Section twelve provides that no
liccpse to sell and retail alcoholic
liqrors or beverages shall esransed bv
said board II any pcrs,a or corporations
except to sell and retail in the NUM-
cipal togos and cities within such
co. o..nty or counties and shall not De
granted to any such person or CORPORA
ton for less than six bus6red col liars
nor more than twelve hundred dollars
and for any intermediate sum which
may be drcmei advisable by the board
and only for one year, the lumber of
licenses te be granted ia aDy such
county or counties shall be determined
BY the said board Provided, That all
applications for license IN towns under
five thousand inhabitants shall be ac
comp panied by q petition signed By a
mai ,rity Of the freehold voters of said
town, and in cities Of over Ave thous-
and inhabitants applications for license
mast be accompanied by maj 'r!ty Of
the freehold v0;erS in the ward where
the license is to be operated. 1t shall
be unlawful for any person or corpora
ton 10 whom license is granted by the
said board TO sell alcoholic or mai,
liquors 10 quantities less than one halt
piut or to sell between shutdown and
sunrise, or to sell to any minor, drunk
ard or person in the habit of becoming
intoxicated, on Sunday, or to sell
adul,erated or diluted liquors Of any
kind. and any person or corporation
for violation Of these provisions, shall
upon conviction, be fned not less than
three hundred dollars nor more than
FIVE hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
not les than three months nor more
thaa six months in the State peulten-
,iary, or both, such 6ne and impriSon-
ment in the discretion of the court.
This section also specifies the Quaii6cs-
ton of the person to whom licenses
may be granted, which are about the
same as those of dispensers 1t also
provides for a bond and oath similar to
that of the dispenser. 1t al,o pro-
vides severe penalties for violation of
the law or the part of those to whom
license are granted.
Section thirteen abolishes the State
! B ard Of Control aud devolves It's
/ duties on she chairman of the com-
al;,tee of ways aud means of the house
Of representatives aud the chairman of
the inauce committee Of The senate and
the State treasurer This board shall
take charge of the State drspen>ary ann
shall exercise all the p"wers and duty
uow conferred upon the present State
Loard Of control In the management OF
the same. All county dispensers now
in Office shall continue in same until
after the next general election in 1900,
am! shall be governed by all The pro
,i>ioos of existing laws relating t"
them The State board shall not 7ur-
chase any liquors except to supply Ger
tain braads To enable county dispen-
ser, to work Of the stocks now on hand
and it shell be their business to dis
pose as much as possible of these
stocks so as to close up the operations
of the State aud count. dispenseries as
nearly practicable before the genera
election in 1900. The said State board
shall sell all he wagons, horses, mules.
furniture and all other pharaphernalia
of the State diSpcusary ou the first
Monday in JANUARY, 1900, at public
auction in the city Of Columbia, after
four weeks public advertisement, for;
cash, and to turn over the money aris-
ing from said sale to the State treas
urer. This section provided that after
the general election 10 1900 the Sa,t
Board shall sell all the liquors on hand
and close up the business Of the State
dispensery.
Section fourteen says the provisions
in this bill shall apply to al! counties
in the State 1t also provides that any
persons handling cooiraband liquor in
the day or night time i. any cpanty OF