The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-31
AN ORDINANCE

Liquors or Beverages Any Person
May Order, Receive, Keep, Store or
Deliver in One Calendar Month,
Regulating the Quantity, Fixing the
Place of Storing and Keeping-Reg-
ulating Its Use--Exceptions, Etc,
in the City of Union, S. c., and PEN
alties for Violating.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
the Aldermen constituting the City
Council of the City of Union, S. c.,
now met in Council assembled and by
authority of the same:
Section l. Liquor Ordering, Re-
ceiving, Bringing into City Over One
Gallon in One (1) Month
That from and after the 1st day of
January, A. ID. 1916, it shall be ur,.
lawful for any person, firm, corpora
tion or agent directly Or indirectly to
order from any point without or with
in the City of Union, or to receive
within the City of Union or to receive
without the City of Union and bring
into and within the City of Union, any
quantity of alcoholic liquors or bev-
erages containing over one (1) per
cent alcohol for any use or purpose
whatsoever in any package, vessel,
bottle, jug, demijohn, or other con-
tainer, totalling in amount any guam
tity exceeding one G) gallon, within
or during the calendar month in
which it is ordered, received or
brought in.
Section 2. One Gallon Liquor Per
Calendar Month. That from and af-
ter the 1st day of January, A. ID.
1916, it shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm, corporation or agent, di-
rectly or indirectly to bring into this
City for any person, firm, corporation
or agent, any quantity of liquors as
mentioned in section one (1) herein,
and deliver or cause to be delivered to
any person, firm, corporation or agent
any liquids as mentioned in Section
One G) herein, in any total amount
or quantity exceeding one gallon in
all in the calendar month of delivery
or bringing in or ordering.
Section 3. Third Party Delivering
over one gallon: 1t shall be unlaw-
full on and after the 1st day of jan
uary, A. d. 1916, for any person,
firm, corporation or agent under any
pretense, false pretext or fraudulent
designs of any kind to make delivery
OF any package containing liquors O.
alcoholic beverages containing over
one per cent alcohol of any kind to
person, firm, corporation or agent in
amounts exceeding one gallon vfo
lating any portion or part or pro-
vision of section Nos. 1 and 2 herein.
Section d. Keeping and Storing One
Gallon and Under: 1t shall be un-
lawful on and after the 1st day of
January, A. D. 1916, for any person.
firm, corporation or agent to keep
and store in any place within this
City any liquors or alcoholic bever-
ages as mentioned in Section One (1)
herein, in any quantity exceeding one
I'D gallon, and that no place, or deS
posltory of any such liquors or bev-
erages in any quantity from one (1)
gallon and lesser quantities shall be
lawfully kept or stored excepting in
the private living room or home of the
true owner thereof.
Section 5. Exceptions to One Gal
lon Law: Provided nothing in any
section or the provision of any sec
ton of this ordinance shall be held
or construed to curtail or prevent the
ordering, the receipt, the delivery, the
transportation or the selling and stor-
age of alcohol as are provided for and
in accordance with sections 795, 796,
797, 798, 799, 800, Sol, 8O2, 8O3, 8O4,
8O5, 806, 807 and 8O8 of the Criminal
Code of 1912 of the State of South
Carolina, and any amendments there
to, and by order of Court and consti-
tuted authority.
Section 6-Penalties: Any person,
firm, corporation or agent found
guilty of violating any part or pro-
vision of any section of this Ordinance
shall in the discretion of the Trial
Judge be sentenced to pay fine not
exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($1OO)
or to serve not exceeding thirty (3O)
days on the chain gang at hard labor.
Done and ratified in Council assem-
bled this 9th day of December, A. d.
1915, at Union, South Carolina.
l.. c. Wharton, Mayor.
j. H. Schoppaul, Alderman w. 1
o. f. Smith, Alderman w. 2.
r. R. Berry, Alderman w. 8.
S. r. Lybrand, Alderman w. 4.
Attest:
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