The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-15
COLUMBIA. s. c. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY is 1867

the transportation Of goods or passengers.
within the limits of said city, without hav-
ing first obtained 4 badge from the C:tv
Clerk, to be placed on some conspicu Gus
part of the vehicle: also. a badge with n
number by which he may be identified and
known, to be worn on a conspicuous part
of bis person by the driver of such oTnni-
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 ali 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
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 do So, he required to work
upon ,he streets of the said city for full
twelve days, under the direction of the
acting overseer of streets: and if any such
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 defaulters under either of the
clauses of this section.
SEC. NJ. That for license to retail spi-
rtuous liquors, in quantities less than a
quart, tho sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum shall be paid in ad-
vance; and Cor q license to sell spiritu-
Gus liquors in quantities of quart or
moro, the sum of seventy-five dollars
per annum shall be paid in advance:
Provided, That no license to sell spi-
rituous liquors shall be granted for
shorter period than six months: ind pro-
Uaded, 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 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 or professions, within the
limits of the city, including the professions
SEC. XIII. 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
nlng at large within the limits of said cor
poratlon, and not having on a badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said city.
SEC NV. And be .fu,the'' ordained, by
The authority aforesaid, That nc equestrian
or theatrical performance, or other exhibit
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, in advance, to the City Clerk of
twenty-five dollars for each and every ex-
hlbltlon, and such sum as the Mayor may
assess for theatrcals or other exhibitions
for gain; and each and every person exhi-
biting for gain, without first having OBJ
tanned said license and he payment of said
tax In advance, shall be fined in n sum not
less than double the amount Of said tax,
IN manner hereinbeforc provided for the
imposition of fines and forfeitures.
SEC. Nv. ind Je ii tuothe1. ordained.
That an annual tax of fifty dollars shall be
paid upon each and every bagatellc. poole
or kcele, 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
to keep or have l. cockpit within the limits
u tiIo -iilu c.t,, and no license for such
cockpit shall he granted for any time With
III the fiscal wear for q less sum than one
hundred dollars: iPrOuiderl, That no per
son or persons shall open any one Of the
places of amusement mentioned in this
section, until h" or they shall have obtainet! |
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, III the sum of five
hundred dollars, conditioned to observe
the laws of the State and city and par
tlcularly the laws against retailing. Any
person opening any such establishment
within this city, without first having OBJ
tained the license and given bond as afore-
said, shall be subject to Il fine not exceed
ing tifty dollars for each day such estab-
lshment shall be kept open or US I'd: also,
that such place shall be considered, and is
hereby declared to be, nuisance. and liza
bic to be abated as such
SEC. NVI. And be Il ftrUle, ordained,
That each and every occupant of any real
brought by pipes or otherwise from the citv
reservoir, shall pay to the City Clerk, at
the same time with the other taxes imposed
by this Ordinance, such sum az may be as
sesscd by the Committee cn the Water
Works.
SEC. XVII. .ind he 1t .ttu,Ate,' or-duiued.
That lnasmuch as many transient dealers
III goods, wares and merchandise, either
as principals or agents, including spritu-
Gus liquors, make sales by the exhibition
Of samples, that such dealers shall make a |
deposit Of fifty dollars with the CITY Clerk,
and before they leave the city they shall |