The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

and the kind and amount OF 6lco-
holic liquors delivered, and the can
celed permits upon which said de-
Iliveries were made. Said report
and permits shall be kept in condi-
ton for convenient reference foI
1.-TWO years and then destroyed.
"Sec. 5. Such common carrier
shall permit any person to inspect
land examine from time to time,
said records, kept as required in the
preceding paragraph, as and when
they may make reasonable request
therefor, and any person shall have
a righ, at any time to cSamine ano
inspect the rerarts f1eu by sui
common carrier in the Office Of the
clerk Of court or other officer as
herein provided. t..
"Sec. 6. Any peace officer shall
have the right at any time to inspect
all packages Of alcoholic liquors ia
tho possession Of any common car
rier in this State, and seize such "a
are being transported for unlawful
sale or In violation Of law.
"Sec. z. It shall be unlawful for
any person or any common carrier,
servant, agent or employee thereof,
from + nnSTtRss without this sp State into this
State, or from any one point rr33or
place in this State to another point
or place in this State, any trunk,
valise, or package Of any kind, con-
tanning any alcoholic liquors, unless
the true nature and character OF
the contents Of such package is
clearly and ,legibly marked on the
Itoutside 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 a
passenger and carried for his per
sonal use or that of his immediate
family, or for sacramental purposes
Sec. 8. In prosecution under this
act for unlawful shipment or trans
portation of alcoholic liquors, the
offense shall be held to be commit
ted in any county Of the State
through which or into which said
alcoholic liquors have been carried
or transported, or to which they
have been conveyed or delivered.
"Sec. 9. No person shall receive
any alcoholic liquors shipped to
him within the State except at the
office of the common carrier trans
porting same nearest the residence
Of the consignee. .....
Must Have Certificate.
| "Sec. 10. Any person desiring to
import any alcoholic liquors under
this act shall apply to the judge Of
probate of the county in which he
resides and file with him an affidavit
that he has not received any like
permit during the same calendar
month, and containing one Of the
following statements:
"(a) The amount and kind OF al
coholic liquors desired, not exceed
ing one quart, that the consignee ls
not a minor nor student Of any
institution Of learning, and II q
woman, that she is the head Of a
family; the Office of the common
carrier from which delivery is desir-
ed and that same is the nearest office
of said common carrier to the resi-
dence of the applicant, and that
same is desired for medicinal pur-
poses; or,
a(b) Applicant is minister, pas
tor, priest, rabbi or regularly con-
stituted officer of regularly organ
lied religious congregation or church
and the name and location of the
church or congregation for which
the same is desired, and that the
same is purchased in good faith to
be used for sacramental or religious
purposes, and no other, the amount
and kind Of alcoholic liquors not ex-
ceeding one gallon of wine; or
"(c) That the applicant is the
head Of a family of the Hebrew
faith, is not minor, the amount
and kind of alcoholic liquors de.
sired not exceeding one gallon OF
wine, and that the same is desired
for religious purposes for use during
Passover. This application shall
only be filed during the month OF
March of any year.
"Upon the receipt of such afhda.
Wit and the payment Of g. fee OF lU
cents the said probate judge shal!
issue a permit under his hand and
official seal to receive the a!cononG
liquors specified, which permit. shall
contain the name Of the conslgnee,
the amount and kind Of alcoholic IL
ouors and the Office of the common
carrier from which delivery is to be
made.
"The said probate judge shall keep
a record Of all permits issued in q
permanently bound book, in which
the names of the applicants are en-
tered alphabetically and said permits
shall be numbered consequently and
the number, the name OF the con-
sienee, the amount Of alcoholic Ii.
uuors and the office of the deliver
ing carrier and the date Of said per-
NIT shall be entered on said record.
The said probate judge shall, out
of the fees received, procure the
permits and records herein required
to be kept, and shall keep the re-
mainder as his compensation for the
issuance of the said permit. =.
"Sec. 11.No common carrier shall
deliver any alcoholic liquors to any
person until he has filed with the
delivering carrier q permit issued as
above provided and dated within two
weeks of said delivery, which per.
init shall be Immediately cancelled