The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-02-23

is the report of the committee of free
conference on the one-quart-a-mohth
liquor bill which was adopted by both
the house and the senate and, having
been signed by Governor Manning yes
terday will become the law of the
State on April 20.
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, corporation or com
pany to receive, store, keep, or have
in possession, or to ship, transport, or
convey any alcoholic liquors from any
point without the State into this State,
or from one point to another in this
State, or to deliver the same to any
person, firm, corporation or company
within this State, except as herein
after provided.
Sec. 2. Any natural person over
the age of Fl years, except as herein
after forbidden, may order and receive
or transport in his personal baggage
from any point within this State not
exceeding one quart of alcoholic Ii
quors containing not more than so per
centum by volume of alcohol within
any one calendar month for medicinal
purposes for his or her own use or
the use of his or her immediate fam
lily, and not more than one gallon of
wine for religious purposes.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any
common carrier to deliver or any per-
son to receive any package contain
ing such liquors in the night time,
which shall be construed to mean from
sunset to sunrise.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty OF tie
common carrier to keep a true and
correct record of all alcoholic liquors
transported and delivered by them to
any person or persons, and to file with
the clerk of court of the county in
which such liquors are delivered, at
least once a week, a verified state
ment, either printed. plainly written
! or typeMkritten in duplicate, clearly
stating what liquors were delivered
by it since its last enactment, the date
on which the said alcoholic liquors
were delivered, the name and postof-
flee address of the consignee, the place
of delivery, and the kind and amount
of alcoholic liquors delivered, and the
cancelled permits upon which said de-
liveries were made. Said reports and
permits shall be kept in condition for
convenient reference for two years and
then destroyed.
Sec. 5. Such common carrier shall
permit any person to inspect and ex.
anime from time to time said re-
ceding paragraph, as and when they
may make reasonable request there
fore, and any person shall have a
right at any time to examine and in
spect the reports filed by such COM
mon carriers in the office of the clerk
of court or other officer as herein plO-
vided.
Sec. 6. Any peace officer shall have
the right at any time to inspect all
packages of alcoholic liquors in the
possession of any common carrier III
this State, and seize such as are being
transported for unlawful sale or in
violation of law.
Sec. 7. 1t shall be unlawful TO,
any person or any common carrier.
servant, agent or employee thereof, to
knowingly ship or transport from
without this State into this State, or
from any one point or place in this
State to another point or place in this
State, any trunk, valise or package of
any kind containing any alcoholic IL
quors, unless the true nature and
character of the contents of such pack
age is clearly and legibly marked on
the outside thereof in letters at least
one inch high. This provision shall
not apply to one quart or less of such
liquors in the baggage of passenger
that of his immediate family, for Sac
ramental purposes.
Sec 8. In prosecutions under this
act for unlawful shipment or trans
portation of alcoholic liquors, the of
fense shall be held to be committed
in any county of the State through
which or into which alcoholic liquors
have been carried or transported, or
to which they have been conveyed or
delivered.
Sec: 8. No person shall receive any
alcoholic liquor shipped to him within
the State except at the Office of the
common carrier transporting same
nearest the residence of the consignee.
SecS10. Any person desiring to i'm
port any alcoholic liquors under this
act shall apply to the judge of pro-
bate of the county in which he re-
sides and file with him an affidavit
that he has not received any like per-
init during the same calendar month,
and containing one Of the following
statements:
(a) The amount and kind of alco-
holic liquors desired, not exceeding
one quart, that the consignee is not a
minor nor a student Of any institu-