The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-16

within the limits of SAID city, without hay
ing first obtained 4 badge from the City
Clerk, to be placed on some conspicuous
part OF the vehicle; also, badge with
number by which he may be identified and
known. to be worn on a conspicuous pay
of his person Dy the driver Of such ollni-
bus, wagon, cart, dray or other carriage,
under penalty of five dollars for each and
every day that such vehicle shall be so
run, to be recovered By information before
the Mayor, or any one Of the Aldermen of
said city.
SEC. \. Whereas all male persons be-
tween the ages Of sixteen and fifty years,
residing within the limits of the city of
Columbia. are required by the laws of this
State to work upon the streets of the said
city FOR full twelve days in each and every
year: BE II therefore ordained, That each
and every person liable to work on the
and shall be excus, / from the perform
ance of said duty, pom the payment of
five dollars to the City Clerk: and each and
every person so liable, who shall fail to
pay the said sum of five dollars within the
time hereinafter specified, shall, when
upon the streets of the said city for full
twelve days, under the direction of the
acting oversecr of streets: and if any such
person or persons shall neglect or refuse
to work upon the said streets at the time
when summoned, such person or persons
shall be fined two dollars for each and
every day that he or they shall neglect or
refuse so to work, to be recovered by in
formation before the Mayor and Aldermen
in Council assembled. And it shall be the
duty Of the City Clerk, and of the Chief of
Aldermen all defaulters under either of the
clauses of this section.
SEC. NJ. That for a license to retail spi-
rituous liquors, in quantities less than
quart, the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum shall be paid in ad-
vance; and Cor license to sell spiritu-
GUS liquors in quantities of quart or
moro, the SUM of seventy-fve dollars
per annum shall be paid in advance:
Procided, That no license to sell spi-
rituous liquors shall be granted for
shorter period than six months: and pro-
cided, ttu'the1, That the granting or with
holding of licenses, in each particular case,
will be at the discretion of the CITY Coun-
Gil. And the City Clerk shall be entitled
to receive, for issuing each and every
license, the sum of two dollars; to be paid
by the person or persons licensed.
SEC. MI. One per cent. on the incomes
OF brokers, and one per cent. on all in
comes derived from commission business,
or the practice of professions, within the
limits of the city, including the professions
of law, physic. dentistry and architecture.
SEC. Nil. Two dollars upon each and
every dog shall be paid by the person or
persons Oh whose premises the dog is kept.
And the police of the city of Columbia are
hereby authorized and required to take up
and hold twenty-four hours before dispos-
ing of him each and every dog found run
ming at large within the limits of said cor
poration, aud not having on badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said city,
SEC. NV. and be 1t fu,the,' ordained, 6y
tie authority AFORESAID, That no equestrian
or theatrical performance, or other cXhibi-
ton for gain. shall be held in the city of
Columbia, without a license from the Mayor
thereof first had and obtained, and the
payment, in advance, to the City Clerk Of
twenty-five dollars fc1 each and every ex-
hibltlon, and such sum as the Mayor may
assess for theatricals or other exhibitions
tor gam; and each and every person exhi-
biting for gain, without first having OBJ
taincd said license and the payment of said
tax in advance, shall be fined in i sum not
less than double the amount of said tax,
in manner hereinbcIore provided for the
Imposition of fines and forfeiturcs.
SEC. XIV. Ind be It furth0' oyoldjned
That an annual tax of fifty dollars shall be
paid "fGi: o;ic!!: and every ,Sairiic, poole
or kecle, or billiard table, and upon every
lowing saloon, nine or ten pin alley, or
pistol gallery, kept within the limits of the
said city; and the sum OF one hundred dol
lars shall b" paid, in advance, for license
to keep or have cockpit within the limits
of the said city, and no license for such
cockpit shal! be grantc d for any time with
In the fiscal year for a less SUM than one
hundred dollars: Progti.rt, That no per-
son or persons shall open any one OF the
places Of amusement mentioned in this
section, unit. he on they shall have obtained
4 license for that purposc from the C:ty
Council, aud shall have entered into bond,
with two or more good securities, to the
Mayor and Aldermen, in the sum of five
hundred dollars, conditioned to observe
the laws Of the State and city. and par
ticularly the laws against retailing. Any
within! this city, withou. first having OBJ
tanned the license and given bond as i fore
said, shall be subject to Il fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars for each day such cstab-
hshmcnt shall be kept open or used: also,
that such place shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to be, Il nuisance, and liza
bic to be abated a. such.
SEC. XVI. A,ld he II tu,H.e2' ordained.
That each and every occupant q any real
cstatr, upon whose premises water is
brought by pipes or otherwise from the city
reservoir, shall pay to the City Clerk, at
til" sam. time with the other taxes imposed
hy this Ordinance, such sum as may he as
scs>nd by the Committee on the Water
Morris
SIC. XVII. .lud be t,uIhet u,!.timci,
hat lnasnluch as many transient dealers
in goo Is, wares and merchandise either
as principals or agents, ipciuding spIitu-
oUs liquors, make sales by the exhibition
OF samples that such dealers shall make
deposit OF fifty dollars with the City Clerk,
and before they leave the city they shall
make a return Of sales, under oath, upon
which return two and half per cent. shall
be levied and paid to the City Clerk, who
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