The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-24
The new COURT HOUSE
No Dispensary Money in 1.-THE People Pay tor
the New Building by Direct Taxation.

1t is being alleged by a good many persons that our New Coufe
House is being paid for by the profits from the County dlspensary; 10
provisions of the law in reference to the disposition of the dhpensary
profits and the act providing for the payment Of the costs OF the Ne"
Court Honse
Sect. Is of what is known as the Cary-Cothran act, provides IS i-
lows:
"On the first DAYS of January, April, July, and October in every
wear. the County Dspensary Board shall file with the Clerk OF Court
sworn statement of the profits of each Dispensary in the County, for
the three months preceding sad dates, respectively, Whlch snaA 70
recorded by him in q book kept for that purpose, and puollsneo orIn-
with by said Board once lin a news paper published "1tnin1n ooun-
ty. The Board shall file a copy thereof with each OF te nho"ine
officers: The County Treasurer, the County Supervisor and n county
Superintendent of Education. and the Mayor Or ntendant OF any eY
OF town within which a Dispensary may be located; and upon te
said DAYS shall divide the profits into three equal parts-one third TO
be paid to the Comfy Treasurer for ordinary county expenses; N
third to the County Treasurer for the County school fund or for ROADS
and bridges as may be determined by the election provided To- IN sec
ton three of this act and one third to the Treasurer OF the munlc-
nalitv in which said Dfspensary is located, for ordinary expenses
EXCEPT in the counties of Abbevine Union, Newberry, and Ian
caster where the profs shall be equally divided between the Counues
for ordinary County purposes and the town DR. city wnere a oepen-
sary is located for municipal purposes. Then in an act passed at III
next session of the Legislature, in 1908, being IAN act to provide FOL the
distribution ofthe funds arising from the sale of Alcoholic Liquors III
Abbevlle Countyy It's provided that all moneys arising from the
sale of alcoholic liquors in Abbeville county shall be distributed al fol-
lows. One third to the County, one third to the city of AbbeVl1e; one
third 10 the public schools of the County of Abbevine.
Then again-In ian act to raise supplies and make appropriations
for the fiscal year commencing 1908" the following taxes are LEVIED:
"For the county of Abbeville, for ordinary county purposes one ana
one half of one mill; one and q quarter mills for the purpose OF paying
interest and principal of the debt for the New Court House, and one
and one half of one nuMt for paying principal and interest Of debt for
completion of and furnishing the New Court House.
So if will he seen that in all these acts in reference to the dspo-
sition Of the dspensary fund and the building of the New Court House,
there is not one word said which would connect the two, OF furnish
grounds for the statement thatthe Court House debt is being paid from
dispensary profits.
norted on the profits from the dlspensary or that our County officials
who are paid salaries, are paid in that way, al to say that the New
Court House is being paid for out Of the profits of that institution.