The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-23
TEXT OF The NEW
DISpENSARY ACT,
ALL MAY SEN WHAT CHANGES ARR
MADE IN TIiIc Law.
The New System OF Purchnsing-t;n nor
Has Power OF kcmovai Of Bonrd and
Commissioner rOr t,utii-
a CtCnt Cause.

General Assembly just ended there
L are mono in which SO much interest
i8isstaker as the now dispensary act.
slM MANY inquiries have been made RS to
8theitext Of this act, and We print it
!55alsit Will appear in tho volume of the
4 acts for tho session Of 1900. Here
,5isSthe full text, emitting only tho en-
acting words:
Section I. BE it enacted by the
Genoral Assembly or tho State Of
South Carolina: can Act to provide
for election of Il State Board of Con.
! troll, ard to further regulate the sale,
, use, consumption, transportation and
disp 1siton ofintoxicatingandalco
lc liquors or liquids in State; and pro
scribe further penalties for violation
of disponsary law, to | "lice the same,
approved March Gth, 1862 and an
act entitled "An Act to amend an uct
entitled an act to provide for tho
election Of State Board Of Control.
and to further regulate the sale, use,
consumption, transportation and dis
position of Intoxicating and alcoholic
liquors or liquids in the State, and
prescribe penalties for violation Of
the dispensary laws, and to police
the same, approved March g.. 1862"
so rs to regulate the importation OF
liquors for personal use, approved
March 5, 1897, bo amended as here
matter set forth.
Section 2. That tho State Board
of Control is hereby abolished.
Section 3. A board, consisting of
three members, to bo known as the
board Of directors Of the State dis
spensary, is hereby established, whcso
duties and powers shall be herein.
.after defined. The members Of said
Eboard shall bo mon Of good moral
scharactor, not addicted to tho use Of
Intoxicating liquor as Il beverage, and
sshall b. elected by tho General AS
Esombly in joint session, as follows:
@The chairman Of the board shall bo
Ntirst elected and then shall DO elected
Athe two remaining members. The
Sterm Of Office Of the members Of said
kboard shall DO for two years, unless
gsooner removed by the Governor;
8they shall qualify and be commits
y 8siGned in tho same manner as other
State officers. In the event Of a va.
! cancy on said board, by death, rcsig-
@nation or otherwise, such vacancy
j shall bo filed by appointment by
q the Governor until the next session Of
q tho General Assembly, when M
y election shell bo held to fill said va
Il cancy for the unexplred term. Each
member of said board shall receive
u for his services the samo per diem
y and mileage as allowed to members
g. Of the General Assembly: Provided,
81 That no member Of said board shall
d receive per diem for more than one
b hundred days in any fiscal year.
q The said board shall devise such a
Msystem of bookkeeping and account
81 ing as it may deem advisable. The
Il said board shall prescribe all rules
q and regulations, not Inconsistent
g with law, for the government Of the
81 State dispensary and the county dis
n pensaries. Tho General Assembly
IS shall, at the present session, upon
tho approval Of this act, oloct the
ESM mombers of said board, as provided
ssS for in this section: Provided, That
ssh no member Of this board Of directors
| while holding this Office, shall be.
Sa como candidate for any other Office
8 8 Section 4. A Disponsary Commis
s Z sloner shall be elected by the Geno
| |8 raj Assembly, who shall hold his
| oillce for tho torn Of two years, anc
until bis SUCCESSOR shall bo elected
M and qualified, and who shall receive
@ IN annual salary Of three Thousand
dollars, to be paid as now provided
oy law. The Governor shall have
IsS @ 'ho right at any time to suspend th'
Ssla Commissioner for any caus'
@ which he shall consider sufficient uu
vi the noxt meeting Of tho Gcnora
assembly, aud appoint some suitabl
@ pefscn to fill such vacancy durin,