Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-20
,ounty board of ). commissioners.

such results be- IN favor OF roads art
bridges, the mayor or intendant Q:
the city or town within which.a dis
pensary, may be located and the sen
ator and. members Of the House o.
Representatives of such county. shall
appoint three qualified electors !. o.
the county who shall be known a:
"county esdispensary board, = ant
whose term Of Office shall be 2:years
aject to removal by the governol
for cause. One member OF tht
board shall be recommended by eacl
Of the bodies above named, wliicl
shall also have the power to ill, any
vacancy, a majority: thereof in each
instance controlling. If there be
more than one,city or town in such
county within which a dispensary
may be. located, then, and ;ip such
case a majority Of the mayors, or liz
tendants;s: Of ffsssueh cities and towns
s6sl sll:s>eontrdl in their recommends
ton ;ands if there should3b a failure
on their part fferSalry reason to agree;
thonst esappofnt Of any member
to- be recommended by them shall be
made by the delegation: Provided,
This section also provides for the
appointment otherwise. in certain
counties. of the board.
sfSecs S. The members Of the said
county dispensary board are hereby
declared 10 be county officers, and
are hereby authorized and empower
ed under the authority and in the
name Of this State to buy in, any
market and retail within the State
liquors aud beverages as provided
herein ~, Provided, That the State
shall netabe hable upon any contract
for the. purchase thereof beyond the
actual assets Of the .dispensarY for
which the purchase is made. The
members of the county dispensary
board and all dispensaries shall be
persons OF known morals character
and not. directly or indirectly appli-
cants for appointment.
"Sec. Z. The said board shall adj
vertise in two or, more daily papers
il. this State, and :oneaweekly paper
of the county, for bids to supply the
kinds and. quantities of liquor and
beer to be bought. Such bids, shall
be only for the liquor and beer to
he furnished during the three months
following, and the kind and quanti-
ties shall be designated. The bids
shall be sealed and there shall be no
sign or mark upon the envlope indi.
eating the name;of the bidder. All
bids must be sent by express or by
registered mail to the county treas
urer. within 30 days after the first
advertisement therefor. The county
treasurer shall keep such bids with
out permitting inspection Of the same
until the expiration Of said 30 days,
when they shall be opened, in public
by Said. board and the contract
awarded dsto. the loWestssresponsible
bidder Of. each kinds the .sboard re
serving the; right: to reject
any bid: Provided, nos bid
shall be opened until at least one
weeks notice Of the time and place
thereof shall be j given i'm some news;
PAPER publ lished sin sthe- GO oun Is, and
Said Ibid shall then stbe ea&opensds SAID
award sshall be forthwith hs published;
once; III a newspaper publish inSthe, ;
county,. Said publised statement
shall include tie: grade OF: goods pur-
chased, quantity purchased from whom
purchased, price per gallon, or dozen.
packages, and the retail price at
which the same is to be sold: Pro-
vi6ed, however, no purchases herein
or. contemplated shall be
made from any person, firm OF cor
poration residing without the limits
of this State.
sSec. s. 1t shall be the duty of
the said board to cause an analysis
of the liquors in stock to be made by
person competent to determine
whether any of said liquors are adul-
terated or impure, to the end that
no impure liquors shall be sold by
dispensaries. sssIf: upon analysis it
shall be determined that such liquors
aresadulterated OF impure, the county
dispensary board may retain the
price thereof from the seller, or if
they have been paid for, the said
board shall not allow liquors to be
sold, and may, in the name of the
State, institute an action against the
seller for the recovery Of the amount
SO paid: =
board shall, during the. first week of
each month, make sworn statement
Of. the receipts, expenditures and la
bilities Of each dispensary for the
preceding month, and cause IT,
same to be published once in some
newspaper publisheds'in the county
during that week. :,
"Sec. 10. Each. dispenser shall be
a qualified elector of Ibis State and
a re ;ident of the county in which the
is located, who has never
pleaded guilty or been adjudged
guilty. of violating any law relating
to, Intoxicating liquors, who is not
a keeper of restaurant or pace
of public amusement, and is not ad-
dicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors as. a beverage.
ftSec. III. Each dispenser shall
daily deposit, to the 2eredit of the
county. board, in a bank designated
by the board, aulmonies received by
aSec: IL. The county dispensary
board, before, permitting any dispen-
1Sesa ! se to offer any liquors for sale Shall
tcause. the same 70 he. put into pack
ages of not less than one-hf pint
nor more than five gallons and sea
| the same. The dispenser shall sci
by the package only, and no persol
shaleopen the same OF drink any %
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