The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-02-20

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dispensary profits to the county
school fund ;h.,i Cast a bai:,'t in a
box furnished therefor, upon which
shall be printed the words
sFor school fund.- and every voter
opposed thereto, but in favor of its
application to roads and bridges,
shall cast ballot upon which shall
be printed the words For roads and
bridges
"Section 4. If majority Of the
ballots cast in such election be For
sale,' it shall be lawful for such
liquors to be sold in said county as
hereinafter provided until the result
Of such election be reversed by a
subsequent election.
"Section 5. IF the sale Of aleo-
holic liquors and beverages be au-
thorized by such election, the gov
ernor, upon recommendation Of the
county board of education Of such
county, if the result Of the election
as to application of profits be in
favor of county school fund, or the
county board Of commissioners, if
such results be in favor of roads and
bridges, the mayor or intendant Of
the city or town within which dis
pensary may be located and the SEN
ator and members of the House OF
Representatives 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 2 years,
'bject 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 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 in such
case majority Of the mayors or in
tendants of such cities and towns
shall control in their recommended
ton ;and if there should be a failure
on their part for any reason to agree,
then the appointment Of any member
to be recommended by them shall be
made by the delegation: Provided,
That in the counties of Dorchester,
Berkeley, Fairfield, Orangeburg, Uni
on, Newberry, Kershaw, Lee, Lex
ington, Barnwell, Marion, Marlboro,
Sumter and Oonee, said board shall
be appointed unon the recommended
ton of the members Of the general
assembly from said counties, or a
majority of the respective delega-
tions; except in the county of Able
vile, where one member shall be re-
commended by the city council Of
Abbeville, and two by the delegation
in the general assembly; in the coun-
ty of Aiken, where one member shall
be recommended by the city council
of Aiken, and two members by the
delegation in the general assembly;
in the county Of Chesterfield, where
one member shall be recommended
by the county treasurer, the county
superintendent Of education and the
county supervisor, one member by
the town Of Cheraw and one men,
Der by the delegation in the general
assembly; in the county of George
town, where one member shall be re-
commended by the city council of
Georgetown, one member by the
county board of education and one
member by the delegation in the gen
eral assemly; in the county Of Lam
cacter, where one member shall be
recommended by the town council Of
Lancaster and two members by the
delegation in the general assembly.
Each member of the board shall be-
fore entering upon his duties enter
into a good all sufficient bond in the
sum of $4,000 with a surety COM
pany, the fee therefor to be paid out
of the profits of the dispensary, in
the form prescribed by section 5S4,
volume l, code Of laws, 1902. The
board shall organize by the election
of a chairman and secretary from
among their number. Each member
Of the board for his services shall
receive So per day for not exceeding
10 days in each month, and mileage,
five cents per mile each way, travel
ing in the most direct route. Said
board shall have the power and is
hereby required to make from time
to time, rules and regulations for
the government of any dispensary
under its control. The said board is
hereby authorized and required to
establish dispensary OF dispensaries
as said board may deem proper, for
the sale of alcoholic liquors and bev-
erages as herein provided, and may
close any dispensary so established
except the dispensary located at the
county seat when in their judgment
the, public good requires it: Provid-
ed, That in the county Of Abbeville
no dispensary shall ever be located
outside of the city of Abbeville. ,