The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-08

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person or persons who shall be convicted
OF opposing or interrupting the Chief Of
Police, or any of the Assistant Policemen,
IN the legitimate discharge OF his or their
duties, shall be fined in a sum not exceed
ing nifty dollars for each and every offence,
at the discretion Of the City Council
SEC: 13. BE 1t further ord1j4eG, That nei-
thcr the Chief of Police nor any of the As
sstant Policemen shall be allowed to visit
grog-shops or retail drinking houses, ex-
cept on business connect ed with their
duties as policemen. That on conviction
before the City Council of either the Chief
or any of the Assistant Policemen of q vio-
lation of this section of this Ordinance, he
or they shall be fined not exceeding five
dollars for each and every violation, which
tine shall be deducted from his or their sala-
rles; and should they, or either of them,
persist in violating this section, they may
DC discharged by the City Council.
SEC. Il. Be IL further ordained, That this
Ordinance shall be of force from and after
Its passage, and that all Ordinances, or
parts OF Ordinances, heretofore passed by
the City Council of Columbia in relation to
the duties and powers of the police, now of
force, are hereby repealed.
An Ordinance entitled can Ordinance
concerning beef CATTLE" received its second
and third reading, passed, was duly rati-
hcd, and became law, as follows:
an Ordtn0nce Conce'7tjag Beef Cattle.
Be II ordaimed by tie Mayor aud The
aldermen Of the city Of Colum6id, IN Cou',-
c1 ossemb'ed, md by the authority of tie
same, That any person who shall, after the
9TH day OF December, 1866, sell, or offer to
sell, at the Market, or elsewhere in the
city OF Columbia, any beef or veal or part
OF beef or veal, before producing and
cXhlbltlnS to the Clerk of the Market the
hide and cars of such beef or veal, shall,
on convection before the Mayor, forfeit and
pay for each piece of beef or veal so sold or
on rcd Tor sale the sum of twenty dollars.
BE II fhuilter 0,tluined. That the Clerk of
tue Market shall keep book in which he
shall make record of the color of the skin
ana the marks OF the ears OF each beef or
veal SO exhibited to him, which shall at all
tlmes be open to the inspection of the pub
lie; and the Clerk of the Market shall be
MADE by him, to be paid by the party e1-
hlbltlnS the skin and ears as aforesaid.
An amendment to an Ordinance entitled
An Ordinance tor regulating the Market" ;"
received its first reading. BY unanimous
consent of the Council, the rules were sus-
pended when it received its second and
third reading, passed, was duly ratified
and became a law, as follows. That section
SECOND be so amended as to read: ''rhe
salary OF the Clerk of the Market shall be
c1Sht hundred dollars per annum payable
quarterly"
An amendment to an Ordinance entitled
AN Ordinance for the regulation Of Junk
shops, &c., received its first reading and
was ordered to second reading at next
regular meeting.
lhc following resolutions were offered
and adopted:
BY Alderman Radcliffe:
ReSo'ted, That his Honor the Mayor be
requested to call q meeting of the citizens,
10 take into consideration the Droprietv of
Issuing new bills of the corporation, not to
exceed III amount $J0,0O0 to redeem the
present circulation, and for other purposes
l'y Alderman Mcdonald:
HeSotced, That an election be held, at
the next regular meeting OF Council, for
one policeman, to fill the vacancy occa-
sloued by the resignation Of Policeman
Dooley, ami for four additional policemen
by Alderman Mcdonald:
HeS0ired, That the pay of Assistant Po
ilceman Cooper be stopped during the
time that he has been absent from duty.
BY Alderman Taylor:
ResoLred, That the duties Of the steeple-
men be discontinued from this date
BY Alderman Mcdonald:
Resotued, That the City Clerk be an
thorlzed and required to re-assess the real
estate within the city OF Columbia, and
that he be required to do so by or before
the lst day of January next; and that he
be paid the sum of two hundred dollars for
said services.
BY Alderman Walter:
Resolved, That the City Clerk be author
ized to receive the city coupons in pay
ment for the taxes Of the present year.
BY Alderman Wearn:
Resolued, That hereafter no application
lor license to retail spirituous liquors.
be considered by this board, unless the
amount of money which is required for
such license accompany the application.
On motion, Council adjourned.
j. S. MCMAHON, City Clerk.