The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-24

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 ovcrsecr of streets; and if anv such
person or persons shall neglect >or refuse
to work upon the said streets at the ti,ac
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 i'll
formation before the Mayor and Aldermen
IL Council assembled. And it shall be the
duty OF the City Clerk, and of the Chief of
Police, to report to the said Maycr and
Aldermen all dcfaultcrs under citl!c+ uf the
clauses of this section
SEC. NJ. That for 4 license to retail spi-
rltuous liquors, III quantities less than Il
quart, the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum shall be paid in ad-
vance; and or license to sell suiritu-
Gus liquors i'll quantities of Il quar-. or
more, the sum of sovcnty-five dollars
per Gnnum shah be paid ii advance:
I''0cidcd, That no license to sell spi-
rituous liquors shall be granted fr a
shorter period than six months: d1.d p, D.
rided, t"'fhef, That the granting or With
holding of licenses, i'll each particular case,
Will be at the discretion Of the Citv Coun-
ell. And the City Clerk shall bc 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 of professions, within the
limits of the city, including the professions
of law, physic, 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 tho city of Columbia are
hereby authorized and required to take up
ing of him each and every dog found run
ming at large within the limits OF said cor
poratlon, and not having on q badge or
collar, furnished by authority of said city.
SEC. NV. ind be 1t .ftt,the5. ordained, 6y
the authority 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 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 for thcatricals or other exhibitions
for gam; and each and every person cxhi-
biting for gain without first having OBJ
tanned said license and the payment Of said
tax IN advance, shall be fined in Il sum not
less than double the amount of said tax,
in manner hcreinbeforc provided for the
imposition of fines and forfeitures.
SEC. Nv. Ind he ii .ftu'thc,' os'tlc,incd,
That an annual tax Of fifty dollars shall be
paid upon each and every bagatellc. poole
ia taI
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 Il license
to keep or nave :. cock pit within the limits
OF the said city, and no license for such
cockpit shall he granted FOR any time with
III the fiscal year for a less sum than one
hundred dollars: Prorided 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
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
tlcularly 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-
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 lia-
BILE to be abated as such.
Sec. XVI. and be 1t further 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 sun. as may be as
sessed by the Committee on the Water
Works.
SEC. XVII. And be 1t further, ordained,
That inasmuch as many transient dealcrs
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 half per cent. shall
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. ind be it further ordained,
That each and every express company,
trans acting business within the limits of
this 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-
ccipts, on which return shall be paid a tax
of one-half per cent.
SEC. KIN. and is tiutte,' ordained,
That each and every hotel, private board
ing house, or house Of entertainment, re-
celvlnS transient travellers, and each pub
lie eating house, or saloon, shall pay tax
of ha1f