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(BBMM?BKBB?????aw?? I THE LEXiNGTOH DISPATCH. Wednesday, August 22, 1906. BA.TS0B-MAN2TI1TG BILL. Synopsis of the Measure Designed to Beform the Dispensary. T The Original Bill was the Work of Senators Raysor, of Orangeburg, and Manning, of Sumter, But in the ? ?- ? n D.aI, rinai rurm, as nupuncs oaua uum the Committee, Were Embodied the Suggestions of Others. , v The bill popularly known as the p Raysor-Manning, because it was the joint work of Senators Raysor, of IE Orangeburg and Manning, of Sumter, being the fruit of the matured thought and labor of these two men; who conscientiously believing that the dispensary system, properly and honestly conducted, offers, under "the conditions prevailing in the State, not only the best, but the only practical and satisfactory means of controlling the liquor traffic and minimizing the evils that attend the use of any and all alcoholic liquors as a beverage, sought! to frame a law that would purge the , State dispensary of the corruption believed to exist therein and so to hedge about the management with restrictions that the opportunity for graft . and dishonesty in the purchase of liquor and other supplies, which the law as it stood not only permitted, but appeared to invite, would be impossible. Senators Raysor and Manning, with the same object in view, viz: to make the dispensary as nearly as possible a kno^rkAetei incfitriflATI TirV?ir?ll ^raiirpiwi k/uom^vw xuouwuuvu; nuvu under the exercise of the police power of the State should control and regulate the.liquor traffic, which is conceded by all to be an evil that of necessity must be regulatsd and curtailed for the public good, worked independently at first, each preparing a bill to be introduced in the Senate. When the legislature convened they found that their bills were drawn on similar lines and they, therefore, decided to jointly prepare a new bill, utilizing the best features of each of ? the two "previously prepared. The greatest care was exercised in drawing this bill; information and sugges- i taons were sought from Senartors and j others who desired to purify the dis- j pensary system and make it the in- I ?... strument for good that it was and is capable of being made. When the bill was completed and introduced in the Senate it at once came to be known as the Baysor-Manning bill, jgfy Upon being referred to committee in the regular order, the bill was given thoughtful consideration and a rigid and patient analysis. The result of ij: the committee's consideration was a substitute bill, which embodied the distinctive features of the original bill, that being used as a frame work, and also the ideas of the committee and others who had made suggestions looking to the perfection of the proposed new dispensary law. Among - the suggestions thus embodied in the bill was one made by Senator Tillman that liquor be purchased from United States bonded warehouses exclusively. This substitute bill which was in fact, the committee's bill, although built upon the Baysor-Manning bill as a foundation, was still popularly known ] t as the Baysor-Manning bill and by that title it is yet known. This is the bill that the House of j Kepresentatives rejected and practically refused to consider at all, after the effort to force the Morgan (House) bill through the Senate had failed . This is the measure that is now the leading issue in the State campaign, and which is the dispensary plank in the platform of Mr. Bichard I. Manning in his campaign for governor. Occupying as it does so important a place amongst the issues of the campaign, a synopsis of the bill will be both interesting and instructive. Section 1. Prohibits the manufacture,, sale or keeping of spiritous, malt or other intoxicating liquor that is used as a beverage, except as hereinafter provided, under a penalty. All liquors sold or kept in the State, whether manufactured here, or imported, are required to be tested by the chemist of the South Carolina College to determine their purity, and all liquors not so tested are declared detrimental to the morals, good health * and safety of the State, and all 9uch liquors may be seized wherever found, without a warrant. It al30 prescribes the procedure to be followed by those who desire to import liquor ior personal use in order that they may do so legally. The expense of making tests of liquors to determine their purity are to be paid by the State treasurer, out of the funds of the dispensary in his hands, and not by the board of directors as heretofore. Section 2 Repeals Section 556 which creates the State Board of Directors and thereby abolishes that board, the three members of which are intrusted with the management of a $3,000,000 business and paid only $400 a year a piece. This is one of the most important, as well as sensible and necessary reforms comtemplated by the bill. The next Section (3) is the most striking feature of the entire bill as it contains the provisions that will wipe out the graft that has attended the purchase of liquor and other dispensary supplies. It first provides for the election of a commissioner at a salary of $3,000 per year, who shall be the executive board of the State dispensary. Sis term of office is fixed at two years. The governor is empowered to suspend the commissioner | for cause. Tiie commissioner is requireu w au- i vertise for twenty days, commencing the first day of March in each year, in two or more daily papers of this State, and one daily newspaper in each of the cities of Louisville, Ky., Cincinnati, Ohio, Baltimore, Md., and Pittsburg, Pa., for bids to apply the kinds and qualties of liquors required for sale by the State dispensary during the ensuing year, the same being specified in the advertisement. These bids must be sealed, and without mark to distinguish th^m one from another and sent by express within ten days of the last advertisement to the State treasurer in whose custody th%-remain until opened on March 31st, in public by a committee of three citizens, appointed by the governor on or before March 20th. Contracts are to be awarded by this committee to the lowest responsible bidders for the several kinds of liquors and other supplies required. The members of the committee are to be paid $10 each per day and five cents mileage for each mile actually traveled, and they are ineligible for re-appointment. All bidders are required to give good and sufficient bond as a guarantee of good faith for the perr formance of the obligation in the event i of receiving a contract. The contracts ! must be approved by the attorney j general and the amount of bond shall ! equal 20 per cent, of the estimated cost of the liquor or other supplies to be purchased. The kinds of liquor that shall be purchased are the following: Pure Cologne Spirits, or deodorized alcohol, 95 per cent, from government bonded warehouses. Two stamp whiskey, 50 per cent, proof from the bonded warehouses of the United States, with the understanding that the State shall buy the whiskey on the warehouse certificates and shall pay the revenue taxes itself in order to insure its not being adulterated or tampered with. The three kinds of liquors, corn, rye and bourbon, shall be purchased in this way in the quantities, which in the judgment of the commissioner, will be required by the demand in this State. It is permissibly to make contracts for each. Of the four kinds of alcoholic products above designated with different persons for the supply needed for the year to be ordered out by the commissioner, as indicated, and the bidding for the different varieties of whiskey shall indicate not less than twenty different brands of whiskey quoted on the market in the wholesale prices current of the various cities designated. No whiskey shall be purchased for use in this State that is less than one year old as shown by the warehouse certificate. A record of all bids shall be kept in book provided for that purpose, The bids above designated shall . include wniskey one year old, whiskey three years old, whiskey five years old, and these whiskies of the age3 designated shall be a basis, when mixed with cologne spirits, or sold just as they are received, for the different grades to be furnished the county dispensers. The commissioners shall also in the same way invite bids to be opened and contracts awarded at the same time and in the same manner as hereinbefore provided, for Cognac brandy, California brandy peach and apple brandy, rum and gin in such quantities, with the right to purchase more, as may be in his judgment necessary to supply the demands. These bids shall specify the kinds and quantities of such liquors, and bids for wines, liquors, and cordials shall be limited to such as may be advertised' for by the dispensary commissioner as hereinbefore provided. Bids for beer (to be advertised for, opened, etc., as aforesaid; shall designate the alcoholic contents not less than 4 per cent., and the amount of malt and hops to be used in its manufacture, and no beer shall be purchased that is not shown by chemical analvsis not to contain salacilic acid, or any other adulterant to prevent fermentation. No beer shall be purchased except export beer, or that which is already in bottle and pasteurized and beer in kegs aged at least three months in cold storage. Bids shall also be advertised in the manner already provided in the purchase of jiquors and at the same time for supplying the State dispensary with glass bottles, demijohns, corks, labels, sealing wax, shipping cases, paper wrappers for the bottles and all other need ful supplies required in the conduct of tne Dusmess 01 rne estate dispensary, j and tliese shall be let to the lowest j bidder, in like manner as provided for ! the bidding for liquors, and a bond ! with good and sufficient sureties shall j be required for the faithful perform- j ance of the contracts. The commissionerffiaving ordered out the whiskey and cologne spirits of the kinds and qualities designated, is authorized and empowered to employ for a period of four months a skilled expert to blend the same under his direction and supervision, in such a way as to supply as nearly as practicable the liquors known to commerce but which shall not in any way be adulterated by admixture, of any injurious orunhealthful ingredients, and in order to do this he shall take out a rectifier's license from the United States government, and thus be enabled to rectify or mix the liquors which are required for the business. Such blend 1 n 1- - J r , mg snail ue uone upu 11 a, lumiuia vuau shall be posted in the commissioner's office, subject to personal inspection by any citizen. The liquors thus mixed or blended shall be designated by the signs x, xx and xxx and the age of the whiskey mixed with the cologne spirits 9hall constitute the basis, to wit: Whiskey one year old with the proportion of cologne spirits used, shall be designated as x; three years old as xx; and five years old as xxx; provided, That if there shall be a demand for the straight whiskey unmixed with cologne spirits, the same may be used instead of the blended goods, ana the price shall be governed by the relative ccst of the same and the labels indicate the character of liquor, whether blended or two stamp. There shall be another brand, known as xxxx whiskey, which shall be whiskey bottled in bond, not less than seven years old; or the same varieties of liquors as designated by the distillers brand may be purchased from the bonded warehouses, as hereinbefore provided, in the barrel, and may be bottled at the State dispensary the same as other^liquors are bottled. There shall be; no 'case whiskey kept in stock at the State dispensary. All such purchases must be made upon special orders sent through the county dispensers to the State dispensary, by the person or persons desiring Ho obtain same and the State dispensary shall order the said goods shipped direct to the county dispensary. All whiskey, whether "blended" or "straight," shall be put up in bottles of full measure and*- labelled as hereinbefore provided, and the proof, or alcoholic contents of each package shall be printed on said label, together with the price as fixed by the State board, and the grade of the whiskey shall be blown in the glass as x, xx, xxx, or xxx. Provided this shall apply to only such whiskey as may be bottled at the dispensary, and it shall be a misdemeanor for the commissioner to bottle, label or sell any liquors which shall not be true to grade blown in the glass punishable by fine or imprisonment in the discretion of court: Provided, further. That nothing herein contained shall prevent said commissioner of the dispensary from making distillers in this State contracts for the purchase of liquors manufactured by them within this State. Section 4 of the bill amends Section 558 of the Oode so as to have the salaries of employees fixed by the general assembly, instead of by the State Board of Directors. The commissioner is to be put under $75,000 bond approvld by the attorney general. The commissioner is charged with the management and control of the State dispensary, subject to the provisions of the dispensary law, and is empowered to enter into contracts and employ or discharge the officers, and laborers necessary to the conduct employees and laborers necessary to the conduct of the business. He is forbidden,. however, to employ any person who is related to him by blood or marriage within the stozth degree. Liquor sold to the county dispensers shall be sold at a profit not exceeding ten per cent, of the cost to the State. The county boards of control are to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative delegation, or a majority of the same, from the respective counties, instead of by the State board, as heretofore; and the governor is given authority to remove members of the county beards for cause. The county boards of control employ the dispensers and clerks, who are not to be related to them. The commissioner, instead of the State board, is required to attach a certificate as to the chemical analysis, purity, etc., to every package of liquor sold in, or brought into, the State. Any packages of liquor without such certificate may be seized and sold as contraband, and the common carrier bringing it in may be fined. Beer dispensers are hereby express- j ly prohibited. The U3e of request blanks by county | dispensers are required, but hereafter these books shall be furnished to the auditors by the county board of con trol, instead of the State board, and I shall be paid for out of the funds of the county dispensaries. County boards or control are given authority to establish dispensaries and to designate their location, of which twenty days' notice shall be given. The establishment of a dispensary may be prevented by a majority of the voters of the township in which it is to be located signing a petition to the county board, requesting that the proposed dispensary be not established. The failure of dispensers to perform their duties is to be reported to the governor, instead of the State board of directors, and he is required to forthwith institute proper proceedings to enforce the law. Heavy penalties are fixed for the violation of any of i the requirements of the law by dis- , pensers. Dispensers are required to use the request bocks, and report to | the auditor on or before the 10th of mnrirli on/1 t/^ anV?Q/?r?V,o +.r? Jin 111 Vai hvAJk U11V1 LV V?** oath that they have complied with the law in this respect. The sale cf liquor to minors, intoxicated person or persons in the habit of becoming intoxi- I cated is forbidden and fails to make accurate returns as required by law, showing the true signature to every request by him received and granted, or sells liquor to any person without first requiring a written request therefor, is liable to a suit for $200 damages on the bond of such dispenser, to be brought by the solicitor, who is required to bring suit when in- < formation is lodged with hiin. Permits to manufacture liquor may : be granted by the commissioner under proper restriction, provided in Sec- : tion 13, which amends Section 571. ' i The payment of the United States tax as a liquor dealer or notice of any kind in any place of resort or in any store or shop, indicating that alcohoic < liquors are there sold, shall be held as i prima facie evidence that the dispensary law is being violated, and a pen- < alty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 fine, or imprisonment for . three to twelve months is imposed for such violation. Section 19, the last section of the ; bill, is one of the most important and ! is as follows: Section 19.?That S ^ction 003, Vol. 2, (Criminal) Code cf Laws, S. C., 1902, be amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The said committee shall have the power to ' make, prescribe and promulgate, and the commissioner shall enforce such rules and regulations governing the conduct of the officers, employes and methods of business of the State Dispensary, as, in their judgment, may seem wise and proper not inconsistent with law; so that when so amended the said section shall read as follows: "Section 603. The presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives shall annually appoint a committee, consisting of two members of the House of Representatives and one Senator, whose duty it shall be to make quarterly examinations of the books and financial transactions of the State dispensary for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of November previous to the date of their appointment, and to make a written report of such examinations to the General Assembly at the session next succeeding after their appointment. It shall be the duty of at least one member of said committee to be present at the taking of the inventory of the stock of the State Dispensary at the end of each quarter. Each member of said committee shall receive the same per diem and mileage as members of the General Assembly, to be paid cut of the dis- , the system. Rev. M. O. Stockland, Pastor of the first M. E. church, Little Falls, Minn., writes: ''We have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for several years and find it a very valuable remedy, especially for summer disorders in children." Sold by | Kaufmann Drug Co, The candidates after the Leesville meeting organized by electing Rev. Jaob Edwards Chairman and J. M. Epting as Secretary. IMHBMBMBBBagnBBggiEBBangi S?JLB< AIR LINE J N ORTH-SOUTI Two Daily Pullman Vestibu ISOUTH AND First Class Dining Car Service. 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We have some very good barg will be pleased to have our ! shown through our stock. ^ / rftT.TTTI/rR peiisary luuus uy wa.ira.xit ux JL/ispeii- * sary commissioner on the State Trea$/ urer; Provided, That no per diem be allowed to the members of said committee for more than twenty-four days during any fiscal year. The said committee shall have the power to make, prescribe and promulgate, and the commissioner shall enforce, such rules and regulations governing the conduct of the officers, employes and methods of business of the State dispensary as, in their judgment may seem wise and proper, not inconsistent with law." ? ? ? Summer Diarrhoea in Children. During the hot weather of the summer months the first unnatural looseness of a child's bowels should have immediate attention, so as to check the disease before it becomes serious. All that is necessary is a few doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil to cleanse IT IS PLEASANT TO TAKE. 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