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

IOE t1e purchase lLSleol Ueyollu tHo
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 moral character
and not directly or indirectly appli-
cants for appointment.
"Sec. T. The said board shall ad-
vertise in two or more daily papers
in this State, and one weekly 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
be 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 indl-
eating the name Of the bidder. All
bids must be sent by express or by
registered mail to the county treas
urer within 80 edays after the first
advertisement therefor. The county
treasurer shall keep such bids with
out *iinspection OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
until the expiration of said 80 days,
when they shall be opened in public
by said board and the contract
awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder Of each kind; the board re-
serving the right to reject
any bid: Provided, no bid
shall be opened until at least one
weeks notice Of the time and place
thereof shall be given in some news
paper published in the county, and
said bid shall then be opened. Said
award shall be forthwith published
once in a newspaper published in the
county. Said publised statement
shall include the 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-
vided, however, no purchases herein
mentioned or contemplated shall be
made from any person, firm or cor
poration residing without the limits
Of this State.
"Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty Of
the said board to cause an analysis
of the liquors in stock to be made by
some 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
dispenseries. If upon analysis it
shall be determined that such liquors
are adulterateG or 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 said 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.
"Sec. 9. The county dispensary
board shall: during the first week Of
each month, make sworn statement
of the receipts, expenditures and lia-
bilities Of each dispensary for the
preceding month, and cause the
same to be published once in some
newspaper published in the county
during that week.
"Sec. 10. Each dispenser shall be
a qualified elector Of this State and
resident Of the county in which the
dispensary is located, who has never
pleaded guilty CT been adjudged
guilty Of violating any law relating
to Intoxicating liquors, who is not
a keeper Of a restaurant or pace
of public amusement, and is not ad-
dicted to the use Of Intoxicating
liquors as beverage.
"Sec. II. Each dispenser shall
daily deposit, to the credit Of the
county board, in a bank designated
by the board, all monies received by
him from sales.
"Sec. -. The county dispensary
board, before permitting any dispen-
ser to offer any liquors for sale shall
cause the same to be put into pack
ages Of not less than one-half pint
nor more than five gallons and seal
the same. The dispenser shall sell
by the package only, and no person
shall open the same OF drink any OF
the contents on the premises.
"Sec. 13. All sales shall be for
cash and at profit to be determined
by the board.
"Sec. IA. No sale or delivery per-
mitted under this act shall be made
on Sunday, on general OF primary
election day, on a legal holiday, or
between sunset and sunrise Of any
day, nor shall it be lawful for dis
pensers to ship liquors or beverages
into county where there is no dis
pensary, nor shall any common car
rier Transport such liquors or bever-
ages from a county having a dis
pensary into a county having no dis
pensary.
"Sec. Is. No sale or delivery shall
be made if the dispenser knows or
has reason to believe that the pur-
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