The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-27

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chase thereof beyond the actual assets
OF the olspensary for which the pur-
chase is made The members OF the
county dispensary board and ali dis
pensaries shall be persons OF known
moral character and not directly OF
Indirectly applicants for appointment.
Sec. !. The said board shal 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
foliowir g, and the kind and quantities
shall be designated The bids shall
be sealed and there shall be no sign OF
mark upon the envelope indicating
the name Of the biocer. AL BIDS
must be sent by express or by register
ed mail to the county treasurer WIN
in 80 days after the first adVerIlse.
ment therefor. The county treasures
shall keep such bids without perm!to.
| ing inspection of the same untll the
eypirat ion of said 80 days, when uhey
shall be opened in pubic oy salo oosto ~
and the contract awarded ~ 1ne
lowest responsible bidder OF each,
kind: the board reserring the rlght TO
reject any bid, Provided, no bid shall
be opens d until 1t least one weeks
notice of the time and place thereof
shall be given in some newspaper pub
lishcd in the county, and s2id bid shall
then be opened. Said award Shal be
forthwith published once in news
pa per published in the county Said
published statement shall include the
grade of goods purchased, quantity
purchased, from whom purchased,
price per gallon, or dozen packages,
and the retail price at which the same
is to be sold, Provided, however, 10
purchases herein mentioned or con-
templated shall be made from any
person, firm or corporation residing
without the limits Of this State.
Sec. S. 1t shall be the duty OF
the said board to cause an analysis OF
the lioLorS in stock to be made by
some perS n con- petent to determine
whether any Of Sd d liquors are adul-
terated or impure, TO the END that no
impure liquors shall be sod by dis
pensaries. II upon ANALYSIS it shall
De determined that such liquors are
adulteraUed OF impure, the county
dispensery 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, in
stitute an action against the seller
for the recovery of the amount so paid
Sec. g. The county Gispensary
board shall. during the first week OF
each me nth, make q sworn statement
of he receipts, expenditures and liza
bilities OF each dispensary for the pre-
ceeding mouth, and cause the same tc
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 anc
q II sident Of the county in which the
disp nsary is located, who has never
pleaded guilty or been adjudged guilty
OF violating any law relating to intoxl
eating LIQUORS, who is not keeper o.
restaurant or place of public amuse
u ent, and is not addicted to the US O.
Intoxicating liquors as beverage:
Sec. IL. Each dispenser shall daily
tee posit, to the credit OF the county
| board, in a bank designated by the
board, all monies received by him from
sales.
Sec. y. The county dispensary
board, before permitting any diSpen
ser to offer any liquors for sale shal
cause the same to be put into pack
ages of not less than one-half pint no.
more than FIVE gallons and seal the
same. The dispenser shall sell by tht
package only, and no person shal
open the same or drink any Of tht
contents on the premises.
i Sec. 13. AL sales shall be TO-
cash and at a profit 10 be determined
by the board.
Sec. II. No sale or delivery per
mitted under this act shall be made
on Sunday. on a general or primary
election day, on a legal holiday, Oh
between sunset and sunrise Of any
day. nor shall it be lawful for dispen
ser to ship liquors or beverages in1 o
county where there is no dispensary
nor shall any common carrier. trans.
port such liquors or beverages from d
county having a dispensary into a
county having no d:spenSary.
Sec. Is. No sale or delivery shall
be made if the dispenser knows OF has
reason to believe that the purchaser
is a minor, or is intoxicated, or in
the habit Of using intoxicating llQuocs
to excess, or if the parent. husband
wife, committee or guardian has mace
written request that no sale or de-
livery be made to such purchaser.
Sec. 16. The dispenser shall sell
only in a room fronting public street,
without pictures, mirrors or any orna-
mentations whatever, inside or out
side, and without any screen curtain
or other device for preventing the
passing public from fully viewing
what may be transpiring within: nor
shall any restaurant, pool or billiard
room OF any other form Of public
amusement be run or conducted in
The building in which sai' loom is
situated, nor shall any opening COM
munication, nor such be permitted
Sec. II. The governor, county dis
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any city or town within which a dis
pensary may be located, are hereby
gwen the power and authority to
cause the places where sales are per-
mitted by this act to be temporarily
closed. as and for such time as the
public good may demand.
Sec. Is. On the first day Of January,
April, July and October in every year,
the county dispensary board shall file
with the clerk OF court sworn state
ment Of the profits of each dispensary
in the county for the three months
preceding said dates respectively,
which shall be recorded by him in a
book kept for that purpose. and pub
lished forthwith by said board, once
in newspaper published within the
county. The board shall file a copy
thereof with each Of the following Of
hcers; the county treasure. the county
supervisor, mayor or intendent where
the dispensary is located, and the coun.
ty Superintendent of education: and