The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11
NO. 243.

An Act to Amend an Act Entitled AN
Act to Provide for the Election @. a
State Board of Control, and to Fur
Their Regulate the Sale, Use, Con-
sumption. Transportation and Dispo-
sition of Intoxicating and Alcoholic
Liquors or Liquids in the State, and
Prescribe Further Penalties for the
Violation of the Dispensary Law, and
to Police the Same" Approved March
3, 1896, and to Amend an Act Entitled
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled
An Act to Provide for the Election Of
State Board of Control, and TO
Further Regulate the Sale, Use, Con-
sumption, Transportation and Dispo-
sition 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 9Th, 1885,
so as to Regulate the Importation of
Liquors for Personal Use,' Approved
March g. 1897, by Abolishing the State
Board of Control, and by Deyolving
Their Duties on Other Officers Named
in This Act, by Providing for the
Election of Dispensary Commits
sioner. and by Defining His Duties
and Powers, by Providing for the
Purchase and Sale of Liquors, the
Bonding of State Constables, the Pun
ishment for Violations of the Dispen-
sary Laws, and by Making Other
Amendments of Said Acts
Law Amended Act 1886, 123
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That an Act entitled IAN Act
to provide for the election of a State
Board of Control, and to further regu-
late the sale, use, consumption, trans
portation and disposition of Intoxicating
and alcoholic liquors or liquids in the
State, and to prescribe further penalties
for violating of the Dispensary Law. and
to police the same" approved March 6,
1886, and an Act entitled AN Act to
amend an Act entitled An Act to pro-
vide for the election of State Board of
Control, and to further regulate the sale.
use, consumption, transportation and
disposition of intoxicating and alcoholic
liquors or liquids in the State, and pre-
scribe penalties for violation of the Dis
pensary Law, and to police the same
approved March 9th, 1886, so as to regu-
late the importation of liquors for per-
sonal USE" approved March 9Th, 1897.
be amended as hereinafter set forth.
State Board of Control Abolished
Sec. q That the State Board of Con-
troll is hereby abolished.
Board of Directors Created; Election of.
Term of Office, Etc.
Sec. g. A Board consisting of three
members, to be known as the Board of
Directors of the State Dspensary, is
hereby established, whose duties and
powers shall be hereinafter defined The
members of said Board shall be men of
good moral character, not addicted to
the use of intoxicating liquors, as bev-
erage, and shall be elected by the Gem
era1 Assembly in joint session as fol-
lows: The chairman of the Board shall
be first elected, and then shall be elected
the two remaining members The term
of Office of the members of said Board
shall be for two years, unless sooner re-
moved by the Governor; they shall quail
tfy and be commissioned in the same
manner as other State officers. In the
event OF vacancy on said Board by death.
resignation or otherwise, such vacancy
shall be filed 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
unexpfred term. Each member of the
said Board shall receive for his services
the same per diem and mileage allowed
to members of the General Assembly:
Provided, That no member of said Board
shall receive per diem for more than 100
days in any fiscal year. The said Board
shall devise such a system of bookkeep-
ing and accounting as 1t may deem ad-
sisable. The said Board shall prescribe
all rules and regulations, not inconsist-
ent with law, for the government of the
State Dispensary and the County Dispen-
saries. The General Assembly shall. at
the present session, upon the approval 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 a candidate for any other
Office.
Commissioner; Election of; Term. of Of
flee.
Sec. 4. Dispensary Commissioner
shall be elected by the General Assem-
bly,, who shall hold his office for the
term of two years, and until his sue
cessor shall be elected and qualified, and
who shall receive an annual salary of
s., 000 to be paid as now provided by
law. The Governor shall have the right
at any time to suspend the said Com
missioner for any cause which he shall
consider sufficient until the next meet
ing of the General Assembly, and ap-
l &f- -,,sA- IL - $50.