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An Act to alter and amend the license laws of this State. 1849 557 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0374 and id is 1 raw text is: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A. D. 1840. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND TiE LICENSE LAWS or THIS STATE. No. 3070. I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met Act smended. and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, no License shall be granted in this State for the sale of spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart, or Conditions of which shall authorize the drinking of such liquors at the place where sold, Salc, except to tavern keepers in the manner prescribed by this Act and not otherwise. II. That no person shall be licensed to keep a tavern, bhut such as shall Tavern Licen- be recommended by at least three respectable freeholders, of the neigh-e. borhood where said tavern is proposed to be kept, who shall certify that the person so recommended by them is of good repute for honesty and sobriety, and is known to the persons recommending, to have at least two spare beds and necessary bedding, more than are required for the family of the said applicant, and is well provided with house room, stabling and provender; and thereupon the Commissioners of said Roads, to whom such application is made, may, in their discretion, grant the license prayed for; which shall continue for the term of one year, and no longer. III. That every person, before he or she shall receive a License to Recogniannce. keep a tavern, shall become bound by recognizance to the State in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two good and sufficient sureties, being freeholders in the District, to be approved of by the Commissioners of Roads granting such License; which recognizance shall be in the form or Fonn of re- to the effect following: Know all men by those presents, that we, A. B., cognc. C. D., and E. F., of the District of , acknowledge ourselves to owe the State of South Carolina the sum of one thousand dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, each and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents; witness our hands and seals, this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and The condition of this recognizance is such, that whereas the above bound A. B. is licensed to keep a tavern, in the house occupied by him (or her) in (the location particularly described,) for the space of one year from the date hereof. Now, if the said A. B., during the con- tinuance of the said License, shall not keep a disorderly house, nor suffer or permit any unlawful gaming in or about his (or her) said house, nor violate the laws concerning the traffic in spirituous liquors, but shall during the said time, in all things use and maintain good order and rule, and find and provide good, wholesome and sufficient lodging, diet and entertain- ment for man, and stabling and provender for horse, and observe the di- 557

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