The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-12


ance OF said duty, upon the payment of
tive dollars to the City Clerk: and ca cb and
every person so liable, who shall fail 70
pay the sad sum Of five dollars within the
Tune hereinafter specified, shall, when
summoned to do So he rconircd "a VOL,
upon the streets Of the said CITY for fniI
twelve days, under the direction of the
acting ovcrsecr of streets: and if anv such
person or persons shall neglect or refuse
to work upon the said streets at thetim
when summoned such person or persons
shall be fined two dollars for each on1
every day that he or they shall NEGLECT or
refuse SO to work, to be recovered bv in
formation before the Navor and Aldermen
III Council assembled. And it shall be the
duty OF tho CITY Clerk, and Of the Chief of
Police, to report to the said MAJOR and
Aldermen al! GciaulteEs uull,r G.: her of the
clauses OF this section.
SEC. XI. That for license to retail sni-
niuous ilGuJrs, III quantities less than a
quart, the SUM Of one hundred and fifty
dollars per anllum shall be paid in adj
vance: and or Il license to sell spiritu-
Gus liquors III quantities OF a quart or
more, the sum Of scvcniy-iive dollars
per amman shall be paid III advance:
Proridoi. That no license to sell sp;-
rituo~ls liquors shall Ec granted for a
shorter period than six months: .tj,d }g2.l-
ri"tI, t'tsff'ei, THAT the granting or with
hoidlnS of licenses, il: cacll part icU!ar case
Will be Al the discretion of the Citv Co,n-
ci. And the City Clerk ahall be entitled,
to receive, ior issuing each and cvc,.-
license, the sum OF two dollars; 10 be paid
by the person or persons liccnscd.
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
Ilmlts OF the city, including the professions
OF law, physlc, dentistry and Gl chitecturc.
SEC. NIL. Two dollars upon each and
every dog shall be paid by the person or
persons on whose premises the dog is kept.
And the police of the city OF Columbia arc
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
poratlon, and not having on u badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said CITY.
SEC. NV. and be Il ti9tficl' of.daia,ed jY
the dHttortty G1orcS0jd, That no cqucstrian
or theatr!c3l performance, or other cXhibi-
ton 1or gain, shall be held in the city OF
Columbia, without q license from ,hc Mavor
thereof first had and obtained, end the
payment, Ill advance, to the City Clerk OF
twenty-five dollars for each and every cx-
hlDltlon, ahd such sum as the Mayor NAV
assess for thcatricals or othcr exhibitions
Tor &aln; and each and every person cXh:-
bltlnS tor gain, without first having OBJ
tanned SAID license and the cp&ymcnt Of said
tax in advance, shall be fined in 2 sum hot
less than double the amount of said tax,
III manner hercinbcfore provided for the
OF fines and forfcitures
SEC. AE. 1nd Ge 4 .tiu,Hlel' ordained,
That an annual tax OF fifty dollars shall be
pald upon each and every baSatellc, poole
rowllng 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 be paid, i'll advance, for Il license
to keep or have cockpit within the limits
OF the said city, and no license for such
cockpit shall be granted for ANY time with
IN the fiscal year for a less sum than one
hundred dollars: Pr0cided, That no per
son or persons shall open any one OF the
places OF amusement mentioned in this
section, until he or they shall have obtained
a license for that purpose from the City
Council, and 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
tlculariy the laws against retailing. ANY
person opening any such establishment
within this city, without first having Oh
the license and given bond as atore-
sad, shall be subject to Il fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars for each day such cstal-
lishment shall be kept open or used; also,
that such place shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to he, Il nuisance, and lia-
bic to be abated as such.
-, SEC. NJ. and be Il JurH,e1' ordained,
That each and every occupant OF any real
estate, upon whose premises water is
brought by pipes or otherwise from the city
reservoir, shall pay to the City Clerk, ut
the Same time with the other taxes imposed
by this Ordinance, such sum as NAV be as
sessed by the Committee on the Water
Works
49, SEC: WI. .lnd be It tu,72,c,, os.dqined
That O1SnlJch 81 t,oD i
III goods, wares and merchandise either
as principals or agents, including spiritu-
Gus 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 return of sales, under oath, upon
winch return two and Il half per cent shall
be levied and paid to the City Clerk. who
shall account at the time Of such payment
for the deposit made with him.
SEC. XVIII. and be 1t further ordained,
Ihat each and every express company,
transactlnS business within the limits of
tins city, shall make quarterly returns of
their gross receipts and pay one per cent.
on the amount of such return at the end
OF each quarter; and that each and every
telegraph company shall, in like manner,
make quarterly returns of their gross re-
ceipts, on which return shall be paid a tax
OF one-half per cent.
SEC. KIN. and 1t is further ordained
That each and every hotel, private board
ing house, or house of entertainment. re-
celvlng transient travellers, and each pub
nc eating house, or saloon, shall pay a tax
of one-half per cent. upon their gross
receipts, to be paid quarterly. That each
barber shop shall pay tax of three dol
lars for each quarter in advance.
SEC. Xxx. -And Je 1t further ordained,
Ihat each and every cotton press, and cot