The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-22

full supplies required in the conduct OF
the business of the State dispensary,
and these shall be let to the lowest
bidder, in like manner as provided for
the bidding for liquors, and a bond
with good and sufficient sureties shall
be required for the faithful perform
ance of the contracts. The commis-
sioner,having ordered out the whiskey
and cologne spirits of the kinds and
qualities designated, is authorized and
empowered to employ for a period of
four months a skilled expert to blend
the same under his direction and
supervision, in such way as to sup
ply as nearly as practicable the liquors
known to commerce but which shall
not in any way be adulterated by ad-
mixture, of any injurious or unhealth-
full ingredients, and in order to do
this he shall take out a rectifer's S
license from the United States gov
ernment, and thus be enabled to recti-
fy or mix the liquors which are re-
quired for the business. Such blend
ing shall be done upon formula that
shall be posted in the commissioners
Office, subject to personal inspection
By any citizen. The liquors thus mix
ed or blended shall be designated by
the signs x, Xxx and Xxx and the age
of the whiskey mixed with the cologne
spirits shall constitute the basis, to
wit: Whiskey one year old with the
proportion of cologne spirits used,
shall be designated as x; three years
old as Xxx; and five years old as xxx;
provided, That if there shall be de-
mand FOR the straight whiskey IN
mixed with cologne spirits, the same
may be used instead Of the blended
goods, and the price shall be governed
by the relative cost of the same and
the labels indicate the character of
liquor, whether blended or two stamp.
There shall be another brand, known
as xxx whiskey, which shall be whis-
key bottled in bond, not less than
seven years old; or the same varieties
of liquors as designated by the dis
tillers brand may be purchased from
the bonded warehouses, as hereinbe-
fore provided, in the barrel, and may
be bottled at the State dispensary the
same as otherSliquors are bottled.
There shall be no case whiskey kept
in stock at the State dispensary. All
such purchases must be made upon
special orders sent through the county
dispensers to the State dispensary- by
the person or persons desiring ito OBJ
tain same and the State dispensary
shall order the said goods shipped di-
rect to the county dispensary. All
whiskey, whether ''blended'' or
straight" shall be put up in bottles
of full measure and labelled as here
inbefore provided, and the proof, or
alcoholic contents of each package
shall be printed on said label, together
with the price as fixed by the State
board, and the grade of the whiskey
shall be blown in the glass as x, Xxx,
Xxx, or Xxx. Provided this shall ap-
ply to only such whiskey as may be
bottled at the dispensary, and it shall
be misdemeanor for the commits
sioner to bottle, label or sell any
| liquors which shall not be true to
grade blown in the glass punishable
by fine or imprisonment in the discre-
ton of court: Provided, further, That
| nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent said commissioner of the dispen-
sary from making distillers in this
State contracts for the purchase of
liquors manufactured by them within
this State.
Section 4 of the bill amends Section
55s of the Code so as to have the
salaries of employees fixed by the
general assembly, instead of by the
State Board of Directors. The COM
missioner is to be put under $4,000
| bond approved by the attorney gen
eral. The commissioner is charged
with the management and control of
the State dispensary, subject to the
provisions of the dispensary law, and
is empowered to enter into contracts
and employ or discharge the officers,
and laborers necessary to the conduct
| employees and laborers necessary to
the conduct of the business. He is
forbidden, however, to employ any
person who is related to him by blood
or marriage within the sixth degree.
Liquor sold to the county dispensers
| shall be sold at profit not exceeding
ten per cent. of the cost to the State.
The county boards of control are to