The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-16

streets OF tho said city of Columbia may
and shall be excused from the perform
ance of said duty, upon the payment of
nve dollars to the City Clerk; and each and
every person SO liable, who shall fail to
pay the said sum of five dollars within tho
time hereinafter specified. shall. when
summoned to do so, be required to work
upon the streets of the said CITY for full
twelve days, under the direction of the
acunS ovcrscer OF streets; and if any such
person or persons shall neglect or refuse
co work upon the said streets at the time
%hGn ,i summoned, such person or persons
shall be lined two dollars for each and
every day that he or they shall neglect or
refuse SO to work, to &c recovered by in
formation before the MAYOR and Aldermen
III Council assembled. And it shall be the
duty OF the City Clerk, and of the Chief of
iollce, to report to the said Mayor and
Aldermen all deflultcrs under either of thc
clauses of this section.
SEC. NJ. That for license 70 reta;! spi-
rltuous ilqu ors, IN quantities less than a
quart, the sum OF one hundred and tifty
dollars per annum shall be paid in adj
vance: and or license to sell spiritu-
Gus liquors i'll quantities of a quart or
more, the sum of seventy-five dollars
per annum shall be paid in advance:
Prooided, That no license to sell spi-
rituous liquors shall be granted for a
shorter period than six months: ind 71r0-
ct0ed, t'"Uee', That the granting or with
holdln.S 81 licenses, in each particular case.
will DC at 5he discretion of the CITY Coun,
ch. And the City Clerk shall be entitled
10 receive, tor issuing each and every
ilccnse, 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 cav Jaw PhyslG; dentistry and architecture.
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 are
hereby authorized and required to take up
and hold twenty-four hours before dispos-
ing of him each and every dog found run
nlnS at large within the limits of said cor
poraton, and not having on a badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said CITY.
SEC. XIV. And be 1t further ordained, 6y
the authority aforesaid, That no equestrian
or theatrical performance, or other exhibi-
ton for gain, shall be held in the city of
Columbia, without q license from the Mayor
thereof first had and obtained, snd the
payment, in advance, to the City Clerk of
twenty-five dollars for each and every cx-
hlbltlon, and such sum as the Mayor may
assess tor theatricals or other exhibitions
for gain; and each and every person exhi-
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 herclnbeforc provided for the
imposition of fines and forfeitures
SEC. AF. And be ii further ordained,
That an annual tax Of fifty dollars shall be
PAID upon each and every bagatelle, poole
or keele, or billiard table, and upon every
bowling 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, in advance, for q license
to keep or have a 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: Provided, 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
license for that purpose from the CITY
Council, and shall have entered into bond,
with two or moro 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
ucnlarly the laws against retailing. Any
within this city, without first having OBJ
tanned the license and given bond as afore-
SAID shall be subject to a fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars for each day such estab-
lshment shall be kept open or used; also,
that such place shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to be, nuisance, and La
BILE to be abated as such.
SEC. WI. -I,ld be it furH.e,. ordained.
That each and every occupant of any real
estate, upon whose premises water is
brought by plpe2 "- otherwise from the CITY
reservoir, shall pay to the City Clerk, at
the same time with the other taxes imposed
by this Ordinance, such sum as may be as
sessed by the Committee on the Water
Works.
SEC. XVII. ind be 1t tiulle,. ordc:ned.
That inasmuch as many transient dealers
IN 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
which return two and half per cent. shall
be levied and paid to the City Clerk, who
shall account at the time of such payment
Tor the deposit made with him.
SEC. XVIII. And be 1t further ordained,
That each and every express company,
transacting 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 tax
OF one-half per cent.
SEC XIX. ind IL is further ordained,
That each and every hotel, private board
ing house. or house of entertainment, re-
cciving transient travellers, and each pub
nc eating house, or saloon, shall pay 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 13,H Jo