The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-12

within the limits of said city. without hav-
ing first obtaincda badge from the CITY
Clerk, to be placed on some conspicuous
part of the vehicle; also badge with
number by whichhc may be identified and
known, to be worn on Il conspicuous part
OF his person by the driver Of such omni-
bus, wagon, cart, dray or other carriage,
under a penalty oftivc 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. X. Whereas all male persons be-
tween the ages CT sixteen and fifty Gears,
residing within the limits of the city of
Columbia, arc 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: lie u therefore orddined That each
and every person liable to work on the
streets OF the said city of Columbia may
and shall be excused from the perform
ance of SAID duty, upon 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
summoned TO doso, be required to work
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
Police, to report to the said Mayor and
Aldermen all defauters under either Of the
clauses of this section.
SEC. NJ. That for q license to retail spi-
lltnOOS hon Gn3ntItIhS lose fhon
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
more, the sum of seventy-ive dollars
per annum J., shall be. paid in advance:
rituous liquors shall be granted for
shorter period than six months: And pro-
U1ded, further, 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 orpcrsonS licensed.
SEC. MI. Oneper 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.
s'A>S <hAAA. L W. NOlldiS upon cdCl1 sluU
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 are
hereby authorized and required to take ND
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
poratloA and not having on q badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said city
SEC. XIV. and be ii .fil'tlie1' ordained, 6y
Tie 0uthority GfWesnid, That 10 equestrian
or theatrical performance, or other exhibi-
ton for gain, shall be held in the city of
Columbia, without a license from the Mayor
thereof first had and obtained, End the
payment, z. a;!"3Gce, to the City Clerk of
twenty-five dollars for each and every ex-
hlbltlon, and such sum as the Mayor may
assess for theatricals or other exhibitions
for gain; and each and every person exh;-
biting for gain, without first having OBJ
tanned said license and the payment of said
tax In advance, shall be fined in sum not
less than double the amount of said tax,
in manner hercinbcforc provided for the
imposition of fines and forfeitures
SEC. Nv. And be 1t .j'urU,e1' ordained,
That an annualtax Of fifty dollars shall be
paid upon each and every bagatclle, poole
or keele, 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 ba paid, i'll advance, for 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: Pforjdcd, 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
q 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
ticularly the laws against retailing. ANY
person opening any such establishment
within this city, without first having OBJ
tanned the license and given bond as afore-
said, shall be subject to II fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars for each day such estab-
lishment shall be kept open or used; also,
that such place shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to be, a nuisance, and liza
BILE to be abatcl as such.
SEC. XVI and DE ii fsrNe1- 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 timew tn the other taxes imposed
by this Nrdinancc, such sum rs may hc as
scssed hy the Committee ON thc Water
Works.
SEC. NVlI. And he it jtufI;er ordaiued.
That inasmuch as many transient dealers
III goods. wares and merchandise, either
as principals or agents, including spiritu
ons liquors, make sales by the exhibition
OF samples. that such dealers shall make q
deposit Of fifty dollars with the City Clerk
and before they leave the city they shall
which return two and q half per cent. shall