The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-03-11
.OHBITION Law PASSED
BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
. THIS Law WILL OBTAIN In ALL The
y"DRY" COUNTIES C0MPRO-
MISE MEASURE.

uuIueu1 pIofiues as ioiio"'.
Section l. That all alcoholic
ors and beverages, whether
,ufactured in this State or else
re, or any mixture by whatso-
name called, which, if drunk
3 mcess will produce intoxicatlon,
80 hereby declared to be aetrimen-
al, and their use and consumption
to be against the morals, good health
aI4safety of the State, and contra
~. That it shall be unlawful
fof,any person. firm, corporation or
association within the State to man
ufscture, sell, barter, exchange, re-
ceive, accept, give away to induce
trade, deliver, store, keep in pos
session in this State, furnish at
public places or otherwise dispose
of any spintuous, malt, vinous, fer
mented, brewed or other liquors and
beverages, or any compound or mix
ture thereof which contains alcohol
and is used as beverage and which
if drunk to excess will produce in
toxication, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
ssSec. 2. That wholesale drug
glsts may lawfully sell in wholesale
quantities to retail druggists and to
public or charitable hospitals or to
medical or pharmaceutical colleges
and in no other way, pure alcohol
for medical purposes only, or grain
alcohol to be used by chemists or
,acteriologists actually engaged IN
scientific work and for such pur-
noses only, and such wholesale drug
gists 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 writing
under oath, givlnng the name OF the
purchaser, the price paid, the date
of sale and the quantity and charac-
ter of the alcohol sold. Thvt if said
wholesale druggist making such sale
is not resident of the State of
South Carolina then such statement
shall be fled in the Office of the
Jerk of the court of the county in
hich the purchaser resides.
aSec 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
registered or licensed pharmacist,
or who regularly employs registered
or licensed pharmacist, may sell, in
the manner herein set out, upon
filing bond in the sum of $5, 1000,
to be approved by the clerk Of tn
court, pure alcohol for medical
purposes enly, grain alcohol to
chemists and psychologists actual
ly engaged in a scientific work, and
FOR such purposes only, and wine to
Se used Cor sacramental and religious
,>furposes only: Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall pre-.
vent such druggists from using al
cohol in the conpounding of pre-
scriptious or other medicines, the
sale of which would not subject
him to the payment of a 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 cr
selling medicinal preparations man
ufactured in accordance with for
mulas subscribed by the United
States Pharmacopoeia' and National
Formulary,' which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract
the medicinal properties of the
drugs contained in such prepara-
tons, and no more alcohol than is
necessary to hold the medicinal
agents in solution. and which are
manufactured and sold as medicine,
and not as beverage.
"Sec 4. That no sale of pure al
'cohol, for medicinal purposes, shall