The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-05
w. T. WALTER,
L. W. RADCLIFFE,
RICHARD WEARN,
Commit tee.

An Ordinance entitled can Or,li
nance to amend an Ordinance for the
regulation of junk shops and dealers
III old metals, &C., received its third
reading, passed, was duly ratified,
and became a law, Us follows:
IN Cj'dinaace TO license tttd 1cqullte
Shol,s ./or Ike purchase ant sale Of
al secondhand articles, ju0h', old
u1eftls, uad otter like communities. in
tie city IF Col'mdia
SEC. |. De IL orMHned 6Y tie -Ntyor
ay'A --ih}c3me.', in Cow,cI e,Ssem6iea
that from and after the ratification
Of this Ordinance, tho keeper or
Keepers OF every shop within the
limits Of the city Of Columbia, where
any kind Of second hand articles,
Junk, old metals, or other like com
moditles, are purchased, sold, bar
tered or exchanged, shall obtain from
the City Council license to do so,
and shall pay 10 the City Clerk. for
said license, the sum OF ifty dollars;
and such license (Which shall con
tinue for one Year, shall not be trans
ferred from one person to another
without the consent Of the City
Council
SEC. .. Application for license
shall be mado to the City Council,
and every application shall be &C
companied by the Recommendation of
at least three respectable freeholders,
who shall certify that the applicant is
a fit and proper person to be entrust-
ed with such license The person so
applying shall deposit with the City
Clerk the price of the said license,
and upon the license being granted,
shall execute a bond in the penal
sum OF one thousand dollars, with
two sureties, to be approved of by
the City Council, conditioned for the
faithful observance of the provisions
of this Ordinance, and all other Or
dinances hereafter passed in relation
thereto.
SEC. 3. Every person receiving
such license shall put up over the
principal entrance to his or her shop
a sign, designating that he or she is
licensed, and containing his or her
name; and shall keep a book, in
which shall be written, at the time of
every purchase or barter, descrip-
ton Of the article or articles pur-
chased or bartered for, the name and
residence Of the person or persons
from whom received, and the day
and hour when such purchase or
exchange was made; and such book
shall be at all times open to the in
spection OF the Mayor Of the city,
the Chief Of Police, or any person
duly authorized by them, or either of
them, to Inspect the same.
SEC. 4. Such shops shall not be
kept open for the purchase of any of
the articles mentioned aforesaid; nor
shall any purchase be made by the
keeper or keepers Of any such shop,
or by any person or persons for them,
except between sunrise and sunset;
and said shops shall be open at ali
times to the inspection of the Mayor
of the city, the Chief Of Police, or
any person duly authorized by them.
or either of them.
SEC. 5. No keeper OF any such
shop shall himself, or through any
other person, either directly or indi-
rrectly, purchase or receive, by way of
barter or exchange, any of the arti-
cles mentioned aforesaid, from any
minor or apprentice, without the
written permission Of the parent,
guardian or master of any such minor
or apprentice, which written permis-
sion shall be filed, and produced
whenever required, by any one au-
thorlzed to inspect such shops
SEC. 6. Every person having OBJ
tanned license, who shall violate any
of the provisions of this Ordinance,
shall forfeit the same, and upon con-
vlction thereof, shall pay fine of
not less than $40, nor more than $50;
and every person keeping such u
shop, and carrying on business there
in, without having first obtained a
license to do SO, shall pay a fine of
not less than $50, nor more than
S1O0, all OF which said fines shall be
recovered in the City Council, and
shall be disposed of as follows, viz:
One-half to the use of the person who
shall prosecute the offender to con-
viction, and the remainder to the use
Of the city.
Ratified in Council, this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven, and in the ninety-frst
year of American Independence.
j. j. Goodwin, M. d., rendered
his resignation as City Physician.
On motion, the resignation was ac-