Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-02-21
LOCAL OPTION LAW
Full and Corrected Text of the New Act Signed
by Gov. Ansel at An Earlv Hour
Sunday Mornina


>aid dlspenSary, at any general
election occurring four years or
more after It's establishment, in
the same manner in which il WAS
voted in: Provided, Tha, the
cuuutieS of Laureus and Edge.
held may vote upon the oues-
ll"u OF dIspenSary or no dispeu
sary at the general election. in
the year 1908, in The mode here.
III prescr ibed.
Sec. 3. AT such election the
election commissioners for such
county shall at each voting pre-
clnct therein provide two Nall0t
boxes in which the ballots must
be cast. Any person who is a
qualified eleclOr of such county
may vote in said election. Every
voter who may be in favor of the
sale or liquors and beverages in
such county shall cast a ballot in
box provided therefor, on
Which shall be printed the
word, For Sale and every voter
oppt sed shall cast ballot upon
which shall be printed the words.
Against Sale. Every voter who
may be in favor of the applica-
'ion of 0ne-third of the dispeu-
Sary. profits to the county school
fund, shall cast ballot in a box
provided therefor upon which
shall be printed the words, For
School Fund; and every vote op-
posed thereto, but in favor of its
application to roads and bridres.
snail cast ballot upon which
shall I've printed the words, For
Roads and Bridges
Sec. 4. If a majority of the
ballots cast in such election be
For Sale it shall be lawful for
such liquors and beverages to be
sold in said county as herein
e6a-.>->A.l-.le-s -.-Ae..iA--s,
such election be reversed by u
subsequent election.
Sec. S. If the sale of
alcoholic liquors and beverages
be authorized by such election,
the governor. upon recon menda-
ton of the county board of edu
cation of such county, if the
result of the election as to appli-
cation of profits be in favor of
county school fund, or the couu.
ty board, of commissioners, if
such results be in favor of roads
and bridges, the mayor or in
tendant of the city or towns
within which a dispensary may
be located and the senator and
members of the house of rep
resentatives of such county shall
appoint three qualified electors
of the county who shall be known
as county dispensary board
and whose term of office shall be
two years, subject to removal by
the governor for cause. One
member of the board shall be
recommended by each of the
bodies above named, which shall
also have the power to fill any
vacancy, a majority thereof i.
each instance controlling. If
there be more than one city or
town in such county within
which a dispensary may be To-
Gated, then, aud in such case, a
majority of the mayors or ihlend
ants of such cities and towns
shall control in their recon-
mendation; and if there shall be
a failure Oh their part for any
reason to agree, then the ap-
pointment of the member to be
recommended by them shall be
made by the delegations: Pro-
vided, That in the counties of
Dorchester, Berkeley, Fairfield,
Orangeburg, Union, Newberry,
Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Barn
we'll, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter
and GcGGee. said board shall be
appointed upon the recon menda-
tion of the members of 9he gen.
eral assembly, from said counties,
or majority of the respective
delegations; except in the county
of Abbeville, where one mem Der
shall be recommended by the
citv cOnncil of hbeuillo and txuo