The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-18

Fsions, within the limits Of the CITY.
including the professions of Law,
Physic. Dentistry and Architecture.
SEC. IL. 50 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 kill each and every dog
found running at large, and no. hav-
ing on the city badge for the current
year.
Sec. IL. And be ii f,uAer ordained,
That no equestrian or theatrical per-
formance, or other exhibition for
gain, shall be held in the city of Co.
lumbia, without q license from the
Mayor thereof first had and obtained,
and the payment. in advance, to the
City Clerk of $50 for each and every
equestrian exhibition; and such sum
ms the Mayor may assess for theatri-
Gals or other exhibitions for gain;
and each and every person exhibiting
for gain, without first having obtained
said License, and TIC payment Vi saiti
tax in advance, shall be fined in a
sum not less than double the amount
OF said tax, in manner hereinbefore
provided for the imposition of fines
and forfcitures.
SEC. 13. And be IL t,utler ordained,
That an annual tax of $50 shall be
paid upon each and every bagatelle,
poole or keele, or billiard table, and
upon every bowling saloon, nine or
ten-pln alley, or pistol gallery, kept
within the limits of the said CITY:
and the sum Of 800 shall be paid, in
advance, for license to keep or have
q cockpit within the limits of the
said city, and no license for such
cockpit shall be granted for any time
within the fiscal year for less sum
than 500. P,'ooided, 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 n license for that pur-
pose 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 $500,
conditioned to observe the laws of
the State and city, and particularly
the laws against retailing. Any per-
son opening such establishment with
in this city, without having first OBJ
tnined the license and given bond as
aforesaid, shall be subject to n fine
not exceeding $50 for each dny such
establishment shall be kept open or
used; also, that such place shall he
considered, and is hereby declared to
be, a nuisance, and liable to be abated
as such.
SEC. IA. And be ii further ordained,
That each and every owner of any
real estate upon whose premises
water is brought by pipes or other
wise 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; and that any owner
Tor his AGENT of any real estate upon
whose premises water is brought
from the city reservoir, failing to
make report of the hydrant, or hy-
drants, used by him, her, or by any
tenant on such premises, shall be
liable to fine of double the amount
of the assessment levied thereon.
SEC. 15. Amd be ii .turlher ordained,
That inasmuch as many transient
dealers in goods. wares and merchun.
die, either rs principals or agents,
including spirituous liquors, make
sales at their place of business. or by
the exhibition of samples, that such
dealers shall make n deposit of $50
with the City Clerk, and before they
leave the city they shall make q re-
turn of sales, under oath, upon
which return 21a per cent. shall be
levied and paid to the City Clerk, who
shall account at the time of such pay
ment for the deposit made with him.
SEC. 16. Each and every Express
Company, transacting business with
in the limits of this city, shall make
quarterly returns of their gross re-
ceipts and pay 1 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 receipts, on which re-
turn shall be paid tax of 1 per cent.
SEC. II. Each and every hotel,
private boarding house, or house of
entertainment, receiving transient
travellers, and each public eating
house, or saloon, shall pay tax of