The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11
SOUTH CAROLINA
DISpENSARY LAW
Concluded

Evidence of Illegal Sales.
Sec. II. The payment OF the OhiteS
States special tax as a liquor seller, OF
notice of any kind in any place OF re-
sort, or in any store or shop, Indicating
that alcoholic liquors are there sold
kept or given away, shall be held 10 pt
prlma facie evidence that the person OF
persons paving said tax, and the parties
displaying such notices, are acting III
violation of this Act; and unless SAID
person or parties are seiing hnder ap-
poin,ment as prescribed by tns Act
they shall be punished by hne Oh no'
less than SI00 nor more than Sooo' OF pS
Imprisonment for a term of not less IMAM
three months nor more than twelve
mouths Conviction in the United States
courts of Illicit sales of liquors shall be
taken as prima facie ev4uence of Viola
ron of the provis.o ns of this Act, and
any distiller or manufacturer Oh hquors
containing alcohol so convicted In the
United States courts shall, by reason OF
conviction, forfeit the permit or license
granted him by the State Board OF Con-
troll, in addition TO the otNer pel'aA'ie'
herein provided.
Privileges to Licensed Druggists.
Sec. 49, Licensed druggists conducting
drug stores and manufacturers of pro-
prietary medicines are hereby authorized
to purchase of dispensers OF the countleS
of their residence intoxicating liquors
mot including malD for the purpose OF
ccmpounding medicines, tinctures and
extracts that cannot be used as bev-
erage.
Ten Per Cent Net Profit Charged.
The dispenser shall not charge such IL
censed druggists more than 10 per cent
net profits for liquors so sold. Such
purchasers shall keep record or the
uses to which the same are devoted, CIV
Ing the kind and quantity so used, ana
quarterly they shall make and nle with
the County Auditor and with the Coun-
ty Board of Control sworn reports, Civ
ing full and true statement of the
quantity and kinds of such liquors pur-
chased and used, the uses to which the
same have been devoted, and giving the
name of the dispenser from whom the
same was purchased, and the dates and
quantities so purchased, together with
an invoice of each kind still in stock
and kept for such compoundings.
Penalty for Selling, Etc, by Druggist
If said licensed druggist shall sell, bar
ter, give away or exchange, or in any
manner dispose of, said liquors for any
purpose other than authorized by this
section, he SHALL upon conviction, for
felt his license, and be Liable to all pen
alties. prosecutions, and proceedings at
law and in equity provided against per-
sons selling without authority, and upon
such conviction the Clerk of the Court
shall. within ten days after such judg-
ment or order, transmit to the Board of
Pharmaceutical Examiners the certified
record thereof, upon receipt Of which the
said board shall strike the name of the
said druggist from the list of pharma-
cists and revoke his certificate: Provid-
ed, That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to authorize the manufac-
ture or sale of any preparation or COM
pound under any name. form or device,
which may be used as a beverage, which
is Intoxicating in it's character.
Sell Alcohol by Barrel.
And provided further, that the State
Commissioner shall be authorized TO sell
to manufacturing chemists and whole
sale druggists alcohol by the barrel at
not exceeding 10 per cent above the net
cost
False Signatures, Statements, Etc. Pen
atty.
Sec 10. If any person shall make any
false or fictitious signature, or sign any
name other than his or her own to any
paper required to be signed by this Act,
without being authorized to do so, or
make any false statement in any Taper,
request or application signed to procure
liquor under this Act, the person SD of
Tending shall be guilty of a mis1efhea-
be punished by a fine of not more than
s25 or be imprisoned not more than thirty
days.
False Oaths and Illegal Acts of Dis1cn-
SerS.
Sec. 20. If any dispenser his clerk
shall make false oath touching any mat
ter required to be sworn to under the
provisions of this Act, the person so Of
Tending shall, upon conviction, be pun
ished as provided by law for perjury. If
any county dispenser shall procure any
intoxicating liquors from any other per
SON than the State Commissioner. OF
make any false return to the County
Auditor, or use any request lor liquors
for more than one sale, in any such case
he shall be deemed guilty of mlsdemea-
nor, and upon conviction, be punished by
a fine of $500 or six months imprison-
ment
Liquors at Clubs Prohibited.
Sec. 81 Every person who shall, di-
rectly or indirectly. keep or maintain
by himself, or by associating or COM
bining with others, or who shall III any
manner aid, assist or abet in keeping
or maintaining any club room or other
place in which any Intoxicating liquors
are received or kept for use, barter OF
sale as a beverage, or for distribution
or division among the members of an!
CluD VI dSSOCIdllOu ny ally iledlS "hot
ever, and every person who shall receive
barter, SELL assist or abet another in re
ceiving, bartering or selling any alcoholic
liquors so received or Kept, shall bt
deemed guilty of a mis- emeanor, anf
upon conviction thereof shall be punish
ed by a fine of mot less than 800 no.
more than $500, or by imprisonment TO,
term not less than three months no
more than twelve months:
Provisions as to Hotels. May Search
Hotels.
Provided, That the State Board of Con
troll shall have the power, upon a prope
showing, and under such rules as the.
may adopt to exempt hotels where tour
lists or health-seekers resort, from be
ing considered nuisances or as violating
this Act. by reason of any manager o
such hotels dispensing liquors bough
from the dispensary, by the bottle, eth
er night or day; but before any sucl
exemption shall be granted, the Stat
Board of Control shall require the man
ager of such hotel to give good ant
sufficient bond in the penal sum of -,
900. conditioned for the observance Of al
the rules, regulations, and restriction
prescribed and imposed by the SAT-
board. and with all the requirements o
this Act. and it shall be lawful for an.