The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
TEXT OF THE Bill
CLOSING UP OF THE DIFFERENT
COUNTY DIsPENsARIES.

and Putting South Carolina in the
I Column Of Prohibition States OF
the South.
Below We print the first Of the
series Of Statewide prohibition bills,
which was passed under the truce
agreement upon Wednesday.
Section l. That Immediately upon
the approval Of this Act the several
county dispensary boards are hereby
prohibited from the purchasing OF
any more liquors, beverages or sup
plies for their respective dispensa-
ries, and they are hereby directed to
| close out the stocks of liquors and
| beverages that may be then in stock
IN due course Of business, under the
I regulations and laws now in force,
until the first day Of July, 1909,
| unless such stock Of the respective
dispensaries shall be disposed of be-
fore that date, as above provided,
in which event all dispensaries hav-
ing disposed OF the stocks OF liquors,
beverages and fixtures shall be clos
ed; and ia case any dispensary shall
not dispose OF its stocks on or before
the first day of July, 1903, such dis
pensary or dispensaries shall be clos
ed on said first day Of July, and the
stocks disposed of as hereinafter
provided.
Section Q. That all liquors, bev-
.erages and fixtures not disposed Of
as provided in Section Of this Act
shall be invepteried by the county
dispensary board. and sold for cash
by the county dispensary board OF
the respective counties to the high
est bidder for cash: Provided, fur
ther, that all payments shall be made
in gold and silver coin Of the United
:States, in United States currency,
or in national bank notes, after due
advertisement IN two daily news
papers of this State, and two trade
: papers published outside Of this
State: Provided, that any county
;dispensary board advertising for bids
sshall have the right of refusing any
<and all bids, and to advertise for
new bids: Provided, that all such
bids shall be filed in tripicate-one
bid with the county dispensary board,
,one bid with the county auditor, and
one bid with the clerk Of court,
which bids shall be open to inspec-
tion, after the acceptance or refusal
Of the bids; out Of the proceeds OF
such sales the county dispensary
boards shall pay all just and proper
claims, after such claims shall have
been audited and approved by the
dispensary auditor; any and all ap-
peals from the decisions or rulings
Of the dispensary auditor shall be
to the Court of Common Pleas for
the county where such claims are
made, and the trial shall be de
noTo.
Section 3. The dispensary auditor
is hereby authorized to employ such
competent expert bookkeepers as he
may deem necessary to aid him in
investigating the affairs, accounts of,
and the claims against the seevral
dispensaries. and the conduct Of the
several dispensaries, and said county
:dispensary boards, at a salary not
exceeding ten dollars per day for
the time actually employed in such
work; and all expenses incident to
the closing up Of said 6ispensaries
shall be paid out Of the moneys Of
such dispensaries; and the profits Of
said dispensaries shall be paid over
to county treasury of the county
where such dispenssry is located,
and distributed as row provided by,
law.
Section 4. The dispensary auditor
shall submit a report of his work,
and the work CT his deputies, to
the Governor, and separate report
to the grand jury Of the county in
which such dispensary was located.
Section 5. The dispensary auditor
and his deputies shall have the POI
er to send for ali books and papers,
and to subpoena witnesses, as may
be deemed necessary; and any per-
son refusing to furnish such books
OF papers, or who may obstruct the
work of said dispensary auditor. or
either Of the deputies herein provid-
ed, shall be guilty Of misdemea
nor, and, upon conviction for such
offence, shall be fined not more than
one hundred dollars or imprison-
ment not more than thirty days in
the county chain gang, one OR both,
at the discretion of the Court.
Section s. That nothing herein
contained shall repeal any part of an
Act entitled"An Act to declare the
law in reference to and to regulate
the manufacture, sale, use. consump-
tion, possession, transportation and
disposition of alcohol liquors and
| beverages within the State, and to
police the same" approved the 18th
day Of February, A. D. 1907, not
inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act.