The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
BILL AS PASSED.

Section Z. There may be one or
more county sp diensers appointed for
each county, the place Of business Of
each Of whom shall be designated by
the county board of control. bnt the
State board Of control must give con-
sent before more than one dispenser
can be appointed in any county, and
when the county board designates
locality for dispensary, twenty-five
days. public notice of which shall be
given, it shall be competent for ma
iority of the qualified voters of the
township in which such dispensary is
to be located to prevent it's location IN
such township, by signing petition
or petitions, addressed to the county
board requesting that no dispensary
be established in that township. A
dispensary may be located elsewhere
than in an incorporated town in the
counties of Beaufort and Horny and
no others, except such as are author
lied by special Act Of the General
Assembly. Any county may secure
the establishment of a dispensary or
dspensaries, or the removal of dispen-
sary or dispensaries within its limits,
in the following manner: Upon the
petition of one-fourth. Of the qualified
voters of each county for an election
upon either the question of the estab
lishment or the removal of dispense
ries therein being filed with the coun-
ty. he shall order an election submit
ting the question of "dispensary'' or
.sno dispeusary'' to the qualified
voters OF such county, which shall be
conducted as other special elections,
and if a majority Of the ballots cast
be- found and declared to be for dis
pensary, then a oispenssry may be
established in said county, but if
majority of the ballots cast be found
aud declared to be against the dispen-
sary then no dispensary shall be estab-
lished therein, and any dispensary al
ready established shall be closed. Elec-.
tSons under this section can be held
not oftener than once in four years.
No dispensary shall be establisbd in
any county, town, or city wherein
the sale Of alcoholic liquors was pro-
hibited prior to July /, 1895. ecxept
as herein permitted: Provided, That
where dispensaries have been estab-
listed in such county, town or city
they shall remain as established until
removed or closed as permitted in this
sct: Provided, 4 tax of one-half mill
annually is hereby levied. upon every
dollar of the value of all taxable prop
erty in all counties voting to lemove
or close the dispensaries, as above
provided, for the purpose Of defraying
the expenses of the enforcement of the
dispensary law III said county, under
and by direction Of the Governor,
said tax to be collected as other taxes
and forwarded to the State treasurer,
TO be expended, or as much hereof as
may be necessary, AS now provided by
law, for such purposes. Any balance
cemaiung uneXpended at the end of
che year to be returned by the State
treasurer to the county treasurer of
such county for general county pur-
poses and that the value OF all confs-
cations of contraband goods seized in
such county, as determined by tie
State board of directors, shall be paid
to the State treasurer. to be credited
to the fund raised by said levy for the
enforcement of the law, as above pro-
vided And any amount expended in
said county for the enforcement of the
dispensary law, shall be refunded 10
the State treasury upon the collection
of rhe tax above levied. Any county
vo.ing out dispensary shall not
the reafter receive any part of the sur
plus that may remain o. the disp n
sary school funds, after dehceuices in
the various county school funds MY
h. We been made n, as provide ! y
law.