The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16
sions, within the limits of the city,
including the professions of Law,

lncludlng the professions of Law,
Physic, Dentistry and Architecture.
| SEC. H. 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 not hav-
ing on the city badge for the current
year. - 't
Sec. 12. Andbe il further ordained,
That no equestrian or theatrical per-
formance, or other exhibition for
gain, shall be held in the city of Co
lumbia, without 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 sUc!; sum
| as the Mayor may assess for theatri-
Gals or other exhibitions for gain;
ana each and every person exhibiting
Tor gain, without first having obtained
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 hereinbefore
provided for the imposition of fines
and forfeitures.
SEC. 13. Ana be it. further ordained,
That an annual tax of $50 shall be
paid upon each and every bagatelle,
poole or keclc, or billiard table, and
upon every bowling saloon, nine or
ten-pin 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
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 q less sum
than 500. Proci1eR, That no per-
son or persons shall open any one of
the places of amusement mentioned
i'll this section, until he or they shall
have obtained license for that pur-
pose from the City Council, and shall
have entered into bond, with two or
moro good securities, to the Mayor
and Aldermen, i'll the sum of $500,
| conditioned to observe the laws of
the State and city, aud particularly
the laws against retailing. Any per-
son opening such establishment with
III this city, without having first OBJ
taincd the liccnse and given bond as
aforesaid, shall be subject to fine
not exceeding $50 for each day such
establishment shall be kept open or
used; also, that such place shall be
considered, and is hereby declared to
be, nuisance, and liable to be abated
as such.
SEC. IA. -l,Mde il .fu1her 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
scsscd 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 a report OF the hydrant, or hy-
tlrants, 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. 10. -4a0 be il .fWiher ordained,
That inasmuch as many transient
dealers i'll goods, wares and merchan.
dize, either as principals or agents,
including spirituous liquors, make
sales at their place of business or by
the exhibition of samples, that such
dealers shall make q deposit Of $50
with the City Clerk, and before they
leave the city they shall make a re-
turn of sales, under oath, upon
which return 2la 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. 1G. 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 ut 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 a tax of per cent.
SEC. IL. 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
y per cent. upon their gross receipts,