The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-11

plies Tor the dSpenSary. he ShouId De
required to make contracts, not for
any specified amount of liquor, but for
such supplies as may be actually re-
CURED. such requirements to be deter
mined by the commissioner, based, as
far as possible, upon orders received
by him from dispensers. approved by
the county boards, and fled with him
thirty days before the advertisement
for bids by that officer.
Each contract made by the COM
missioner should require the firm
contracted with to guarantee the sale
Of such goods as may be ordered, and
shipped to the state dispensary, said
guarantee to-. entered as a. part OF
the bond. All advertisements for bulk
goods should be placed strictly and abb
Esoluteiy upon competitive basis, by
letting it beadistinctly understood that
the lowest responsible bidder shall be
awarded the contract Il should furtt1-
ed be the duty OF the commissioner to
make; each year, quarterly reports to
the state board OF directors, showing
the amounts contracted, for the: pre-
vious quarter, including the brands and
prices, which report the. state board Of
directors shall have published in sat
least two daily newspapers Of the
State Board ag directors.
ssThe board should, be required to
meet each tweekat their Office in the
state dispensary, 10 remain in session,
as. long as may be necessary for the
transation Of their business. The gen-
-eraa Supervision and management Of
aalseonnty dispenriies should be in
heirssharge; they should be spe-,
cifcaaiy charged WITH the duty Of see,
ing that all RESTRICTIONS governing the:
various dispensaries should be strictly
enfoseed. These are responsible and
ardnens duties, for which the mem
berssof this board should receive q
salary OF not lesssthan s1.50o per an-i
ns,n eachl and should sbe required to-
2alaa bond OF notaess chan $4,000.
ea further recommend that the law:
as to- the lscatsansof- county dispense
RES be amended to restrict them to-
such incorporated towns and cities as,
-insfhe opinion OF the county board Of
control, furnish adequate police pro-
:fecffen to the public against disturb
tences Of the peace. :.
Should these erecomm lamentations be
.adopted I am constrained to believe
that they will accomplish two pur-
poses, namely: They win place the
.dispensary upon a more business-like
basis and will also provide the ma
,chinery by which the legal restrictions
;of. the system will. be proprely en-l
forced.
s. The reports OF the state board Of di-'
rectors will be submitted for your
consideration, showing the business
transacted during the past fiscal year.
and / respectfully refer you, for alls
details, to these reports.
Removal Of Dispensaries.
eat your last session there was en-
acted a law giving to counties which
desire prohibition the right by a ma
jofity vote to close their dispensaries,;
and upon the taxable property Of all
counties so voting it was required that
there be levied an annual tax Of one;
half mill, this tax to be expended by;
the governor in enforcing the law,
should the local authorities fail to- do
so. Objection has been made to this
law on account of the tax imposed, it
being contended that it is in the ma
.ture OF a penalty, its effect being to-
deter the people from voting for the.
removal Of dispensaries.
ST do not agree with this view. K
prohibition be substituted for the dis