The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.

DTeSCllDeu bI ID" III 9etid >o>J'
Tuesday, August Il, 1909, as provided
in the following act:
AN ACT to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, barter, exchange. giving away
to induce trade, the furnishing at
public places or otherwise dlsposlng
of alcohol, spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors or beverages, or other liquors
or beverages by whatsoever name
called. which if drunk to excess will
produce intoXicatiOn, except for sale
Of alcohol in certain cases upon GER
tain conditions, ,and except the sale OF
wines for Sacramental purposes, and
to provide penalties for the violation
thereof.
SECTIoS |. Be il cnocted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina. That all alcoholic liquors and
beverages, whether manufactured
within this State or elsewhere, or any
mixture by whatsoever name called,
which if drunk to excess Will produce
intoXication, are hereby declared to be
detrimental. and their use and consump.
ton to be against the morals, good
health and safety of the Sta, e, and con-
traband. That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, corporation or assocl-
alton within this State to manufacture,
sell. barter. exchange, receive, accept,
give away to induce trade. deliver,
store. keep in possession in this State,
furnish at public places or otherwise
dispose of any spirituous, malt, vinous,
fermented, brewed or other liquors and
beverages, or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and IS
used as a beverage, and which If druhk
to excess will produce intoxication, en-
cept as hereinafter provided.
Sec 2. That wholesale druggists may
lawfully sell in wholesale quantities to
retail druggists and to public or chari-
table hospitals or to medical or pharma-
ceutieal colleges, and in no other way,
pure alcohol for medical purposes only,
or grain alcohol to be used by chemists
or bacteriologists actually engaged in
scientific work and for such purposes
only. and such wholesale druggist shall
at the end of each month in which any
such sales have been made file With the
clerk of the court of the county IN which
they do business, a statement IN writ
ing under oath, giving the name of the
purchaser, the price paid, the date of
sale and the quantity and character OF
the alcohol sold. That if said wholesale
druggist making such sale is not res
ident of the State of South Carolina,
then such statement shall be filed In
the office of the clerk Of the court OF
the county in which the purchaser re-
sides.
Sec 8. That any retail druggist whose
place of business is located in any OF
the incorporated towns or cities OF this
State, who is himself a registered or IL
censed pharmacist, or who regularly
employs registered or licensed phar-
macist, may sell, in the manner herein
set out, upon filing bond in the sum Of
FIVE thousand dollars, to be approved by
the clerk of the court of the county IN
which such druggist does business, con-
ditioned for faithful observance Of
the provisions of this act. such bond to
be approved by the clerk of the court,
pure alcohol for medical purposes only,
grain alcohol to chemists and bacteriol-
ogists actually engaged in scientific
work, and for such purposes only, and
wine to be used for sacramental or rellg-
ious purposes only: Prooided, That no.
thing herein contained shall prevent
such druggists from using alcohol in the
compounding OF prescriptions or other
medicines, the sale Of which would not
subject him to the payment of special
tax required of liquor dealers by the
Government of the United States:
Provided, further, That nothing herein
contained shall prevent such druggists
from compounding OF selling medicinal
preparations manufactured IN accord
ance with formulas prescribed by the
United States Pharmacop9ia and Ma
tional Formulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract the
medicinal properties of the drugs con-
tanned in such preparations, and no
more alcohol than is necessary to holo
the medicinal agents in solution, and
which are manufactured and sold as a
medicine, and not as beverage.
Sec 4. That no sale of pure alcohol,
for medicinal purposes, shall be made
by any retail druggist except upon the
prescription of regular practicing
physician of this State, who, before
writing such prescriptions, shall make
an actual examination of the person for
whom the prescription is issued, and
the said prescription shall be substan.
italy in the following form: State Of
South Carolina, ............ County.
To-. druggist. I.............
a regular licensed and practicing ply
sician under the laws of this State, do
hereby certify that have examined
"a patient in my charge, and |
do hereby prescribe for the use of said
patient =. alcohol, and l further certify
that the use of such alcohol is, in my
Judgment, absolutely necessary to allie
viate or cure the illness or disc from
which said patient is now suffering, and
that / am not interested in the drug
store to which this prescription is di-
rected, nor in the profits on the drugs
herein prescribed. Dated. ..........
See 5. That no prescription shall be
filled herein except upon the day upon
which it is issued OF the following day
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