The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-27

year: Be it 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, be required to work
upon the streets of the said city for full
twelve days, under the direction OF the
acting overseer of streets; and if anv such
person or persons shall neglect or refuse
10 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 thev shall neglect or
refuse so to work, to be recovered bv 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
Ponce, to report to the said Mayor and
Aldermen ali defaulters under either of the
clauses of this section.
SEC. NJ. That for a license to retail sol
rltuous liquors, III quantities less than a
quart, the sum of ono hundred and fiftv
dollars per annum shall he paid in ad-
vance; and COR a license to sell spiritu-
Gus liquors III quantities OF a quart or
more, the sum of seventy-five dollars
per annum shall be paid in advance:
Proclded, That no license to sell spf-
rltuous liquors s!:%!! 10 granted fir IL
shorter period than six months: And pro
ulded, 1u'Ite,, That the granting or with
holding OF licenses. i'll each particular case.
will be at TIE discretion Of the CITY Conn
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. XII. 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 law, physlc, dentistry and architecture.
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-fonr 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 badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said city.
SEC. XIV. and be 1t .fiuthe7' ordained, Ju
tie duttority aforesaid, That no equestrian
or theatrical performance, or other cxhibi-
ton for gain, shall be held in the city of
Columbia, without license from the Mavor
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 NAV
assess for theatricals or other exhibitions
tor gam; and each and every person exhi-
bltlng 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 herclnbcfore provided for the
imposition of fines and forfeitures
SEC. Nv. ind be ii .tiuther 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
lowing saloon, nine or ten pin alley or
pistol gallery, kept within the limits of the
sad city; and the sum of one hundred dol
lars shall be paid, i'll advance, for Il license
to keep or have = cock pit 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 4 less sum than one
hundred dollars: P,ouiied, That no per-
son or persons shall open any one of the
places of amusement mentioned in this
section, until he or they shall lave 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
ticularly the laws against retailing. Anv
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 a fine not exceed
ing nity dOllarS Tor 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 bated a. such
SEC. XVI. A,ld be Il furUer 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, 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
SEC. XVII. -A'ad be 1t further ordained,
That lnasmuch 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 a
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 a half per cent. hall
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,
That each and every express company,
transactlng business within the limits of
this city, shall make quarterly returns of
their gross receipts ana 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-
celpts, on which return shall be paid a tax
of one-half per cent.
SEC. XIX. ind ii is further on dained,
That each and every hotel, private board
ing mouse, or house of entertainment, re-