revoked at any time. The provisions of sections fifteen, thirty-four and forty-two shall not apply to such licenses.

Sec. 89. If any person is convicted of exposing and keeping for sale or selling intoxicating liquor on the premises occupied by any club or organization described in section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-five or of illegal gaming upon said premises, or of being present where implements of gaming are found upon said premises, the selectmen of the town, or the mayor and aldermen of the city, in which such club or organization is situated, except Boston, and in Boston, the board of police, shall immediately notify the secretary of the commonwealth, and he shall, upon receipt of such notice, declare the charter of said club void, and shall publish a notice, in at least one newspaper published in the county in which said club or organization is situated, that such incorporation is void and of no further effect.

Sec. 90. The forms heretofore in use may continue to be used in prosecutions under the provisions of this chapter, and if substantially followed shall be deemed sufficient to fully and plainly, substantially and formally describe the several offences in each of them set forth, and to authorize the lawful doings of the officers acting by virtue of the warrants issued in substantial conformity therewith; but the provisions of this section shall not exclude the use of other suitable forms.

Dispensary Law of South Carolina

With Amendments.

Adopted February, 1900.

An Act to Provide for the Election of a State Board of Control, and to Further Regulate the Sale, Use, Consumption, Transportation, and Disposition of Intoxicating and Alcoholic Liquors or Liquids, in the State, and Prescribe Further Penalties for Violation of the Dispensary Laws, and to Police the Same.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That the manufacture, sale, barter or exchange, receipt or acceptance for unlawful use, delivery, storing and keeping in possession within this State of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed (whether lager or rice beer), or other liquors, any compound or mixture thereof by whatever name called or known, which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage, except as is hereafter provided, is hereby prohibited, under a penalty of not less than three nor more than twelve months at hard labor in the State Penitentiary, or pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or both and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court, for each offense. All alcoholic liquors in this State, whether manufactured within this State or elsewhere, not having been tested by the chemist of the South Carolina College and found to be pure and free from poisonous, hurtful and deleterious matters, are hereby declared to be of a detrimental character, and their use and consumption are against the morals, good health and safety of the State, and all such liquors may be seized whenever found, without a warrant, and disposed of as hereinafter provided. Any person resident in this State intending to import for personal use and consumption any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed, or other liquor containing alcohol from any other State or foreign country, shall first certify to the chemist of the South Carolina College the quantity and kind of liquor proposed to be imported, together with the name and place of business of the person, firm or corporation from whom it is desired to purchase, accompanying such certificate with a statement that the proposed consignor has been requested to forward a sample of such liquor to the said chemist at Columbia, South Carolina. Upon receipt of said sample the said chemist shall immediately proceed to test the same, and if found

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to be pure and free from any poisonous, hurtful or deleterious matters, he shall issue a certificate to that effect, stating therein the names of the proposed consignor and consignee, and the quantity and kind of liquor proposed to be imported thereunder, which certificate shall be dated and forwarded by said chemist, post paid, to the consignor at his place of business. The said consignor shall cause such certificate to be attached to the package containing the liquor when it is shipped in this State, and no package bearing such certificate shall be liable to seizure and confiscation; but any package of spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed, or other liquor or liquid containing alcohol imported into this State without such certificate, or any package containing liquor other than described in the certificate thereto attached, or any package shipped by or to any person or persons not named in such certificate, shall be seized and confiscated as provided in this Act. Any certificate obtained from the chemist as herein provided, shall be used within sixty days after the date of its issue, and shall be invalid thereafter. It shall be unlawful to use said certificate for more than one importation, and any person attempting to counterfeit said certificate, or to make any improper use thereof, or who shall make any false statement in obtaining or attempting to obtain the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than twelve months, or to pay a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Any person or persons convicted of selling or otherwise unlawfully disposing of any liquor imported under the provision of this Section shall suffer double the punishment provided for a sale in violation of other provisions of this Act. All expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this Section, including compensation for such assistant chemists as may be necessary to make prompt analysis and the express charges on samples shall be paid by the State Board of Control hereinafter provided for as an expense of the State Dispensary established by this Act. If the chemist of the South Carolina College shall willfully fail or refuse to make or have made an analysis of any sample sent to him in accordance with this Section, he shall, upon conviction thereof before a Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one hundred dollars for each offense.

Sec. 2. A board consisting of five members, to be known as the State Board of Control, shall be elected by the General Assembly at this session to carry out the provisions of this Act. The terms of office of the board so elected shall be for one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, and those elected shall determine by lot which shall take the respective terms. At the expiration of the term of office of each member his successor shall be elected for a term of five years. They shall receive for their services the same per diem and mileage as members of the General Assembly. The State Board of Control shall devise and inaugurate such a system of bookkeeping and accounting as they may deem advisable, and shall elect a clerk or bookkeeper, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the board, and shall receive as