The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-02-15
DISPENSARY BILL.
Senate Bill As II Has Been Amended
By The House.
As 1T WILL, IN ALL PROBABILITY,
BecOms aLaw-Comrent in Columbia
is Generally in Favor of the Bill as
1t Now Stands.

The general opinion seems 10 be that
the House amendments to bill 9o2 are
in excellent shape and that TIE Senate
will likely adopt most OF :h9 sugScS-
tiOrs of me House. The bill as Il pass
ed the House shows the present status
Of the dispensarv legislation.
The bill is mc:e eagcr'; 'va;"aed lcr
than any other pending legislation, and
us there lave been so many amend
mentS the bill as It passed the House
has been amended at pains. 1t reads:
Section /. That section , Of an act
entitled An act to provide fCr the cleo
tion CT a State board of control. anu
10 further regulate the sale. use. con-
sumption. transportation and disposi-
tion of Intoxicating and alcohohc IL
quors or liquids in the State, and pre-
scribe penalties for violation OF dis
pensary laws, to police the same, ap-
proved March 6, 1885, as amended by
the act approved 5th of MaHh, 1891.
be stricken out. and insert in lieu
thereof the following, to be and to be
known as section.2
Section 9 That the State board OF
control is hereby abolished.
Section 8. A board consisting OF 5
members. to be known as the board OF
directors of the State dispensary. is
hereby established whose duties and
powers snail be herinafter defined. The
members of the said board shall be
men of good moral character, net ad-
dicted TO the use of intoxicating IL
ouor as q. beverage. and shall be elect
ted bv the General Assembly in joint
session as follows: The chairman OF
the beard shall be first elected anu
then shall be elected the two remaining
members. The term of Office ca the
members OF said board shall be for two
years. unless sooner removed by the
governor: they shall qualify and be
commissioned in the same manner as
other State officers. In the event OF
vacancy On said board by death. re-
signation. or otherwise, such Vancancy
shall he filled by appointment by the
governor until the next session OF the
General Assembly, when an election
shall be held to fill said vacancy for
the uneXpired term. Each member OF
the said board shall receive for his
services the same per diem and mileage
allowed 10 members of the General AS
sembly: Provided, that no member
CT said board shall receive per diem
for more than one hundred days in
: any fiscal year. The said board shall
devise such a system of book keeping
and accounting as it may deem advis-
able. The said board shall prescribe
all rules and regulations, not inconsist-
ent with law, for the government of the
State diSpensary and the county dis
penseries. The general assembly shall
at the present session upon the approx
al OF this act. elect the members of said
board as provided for in this section:
Provided, that no member OF this board
OF directors. while holding this office,
shall become candidate for any other
office.
Section l. A dispensary commission
er shall De elected by the General AS
sembly. who shall hold his office for
the term CT two years and until his
successor shall be elected and qualified
and who Shall receive an annual salary
OF three thousand dollars. to be paid
as now provided by law. The Cover.
nor shall have the right at any time
TO suspend the said commissioner for
any cause which he shall consider
sufficient until the next meeting o. the
General Asse mbly and apoint some
suitable person to fill such vacancy
during such suspension. In case Of
the removal OF said commissioner by
the Governor he shall on the first day
of the next meeting of the Legislature,
make report to said General Assem-
bly, stating the reasons for his action.
which action. if approved by the Gen
eral Assembly. shall operate as a re-
movaI and the General Assembly shall
elect successor to said commissioner.
In case of the death, suspension or
other disability Of the commissioner
the Governor shall have the right to
appoint a successor to fill said vacancy
until the next meeting OF the General
Assembly. Said directors Of the dis
pensary shall. within thirty days after
the approval Of this act by the Gov
ernor. and thereafter quarterly. adver-
t;se in TWO or more daily newspapers
of this State and one or more daily
newspapers published without this
State for bids to be made by parties
desiring 10 furnish liquor to the dis
pensary for said quarter; said bids
shall be placed IN an envelope, Sc
curely sealed with the seal Of the COM
pany. firm or corporation. and having
been so scaled, shall be placed in the
express office. directed to the State
Treasurer, Columbia. S. c.; and only
one bid shall be made by any onc,
which shall state the quantity, price
and chemical analysis thereof, and ac-
companying said bids there shall be a
sample OF each kind Of liquor offered
s.,lo MD min NOT more thaI.