The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-03-05
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True copy, D. B. MILLER, Clerk.
Read and received as information.
The Committee of Ways and Means pre-
sented the following: Tho COMMITTEES of
Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
petition of j. A. Selby, beg leave to report
by ordinance, as follows:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENrI-
tiled GAN ORDINANCE TO RAISE SUPPLIES
FOR THE YEAR 1862
BE ordained by lie Mayor onti aldermen
IN Council assembled, That tho last paragraph
in Section Is of an ordinance to raise sup-
plies for the year 1869, taxing the gross re.
ceipts of newspapers be stricken out, and
be SO amended as to read, Fifty cents on
every SlOO or the gross receipts of all print
ing Offices i'll this city, over and above ST. 900
per annum." The report of the Committee
of Ways and Means was received and adopt
ed, and on motion, it was considered to have
had Its first reading and was ordered to its
second reading, ut next regular meeting of
Council.
The following bills received their third
reading, amended, passed, were duly rati-
fled and became laws, as follows:
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE RAILROAD CROSS
BE ordained by tie Mayor and Aldermen
in Council assembled, and bv autloritv of the
same, That the respective railroad compa-
MES, whose tracks cross the streets of the
city OF Columbia, be required to plank, at
such respective crossings, for the breadth of
the street, between and on the side of their
rails so as to make the same convenient for
passage, and also, to keep such planking in
| repair.
Be further ortiuineci, That the said rail
road companies be required to bridge the
drains at all such crossings, the entire
breadth OF the street and to keep the same
In repair, where such drains or bitches exist
or may hereafter exist. Also, that the said
railroad companies be required to keep up
oil embankments or raisings of the streets,
which now exist, or may he, eafter be re.
CURED at such crossings by the said Mayor
and Aldermen, aud to open al other streets
now closed, when tie City Council of Co.
lumbia shall deem it to the interest of the
city so to decide
| BE ii Jurttcr ordained, That the said rail
road companies be notified of the require
ments OF this ordinance, and that on non
compliance, within ten days after such
notification, the Mayor do impose fine of
ten dollars for every day the said companies
fail or neglect to comply with the provi-
sions of this ordinance, after the expiration
of the ten days, as specified.
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CROSS SIGNS AND
WOODEN AWNINGS ON THE STREETS OF CO.
| LUMBIA.
BE ii ordained By tie MAYOR and Aldermen
Of the city Of Columbia, in Council assembled
and by authority Of tie same That cross
signs and wooden awnings extending across
the sidewalks and pavements on ali of the
streets of said city, be removed, and from
ana an !, alter the passage OF this ordinance,
shall not be permitted to be put up.
Be fmther ordained, That all persons
owning such signs and awnings be notified
to remove the same, and on non compliance
within ten days after such notification, the
Mayor do impose fine of ten dollars for
every day the said person or persons fail or
neglect to comply with the requirements Of
this ordinance.
Be ii f'oAter orclniae,l, That, in addition
to the penalties above imposed, fine of
twenty dollars shall be imposed on each
person or persons, who shall, after the pas
sage OF this ordinance, put up. or cause to
De put up, any cross sign or wooden awning,
on the said streets of Columbia
| bill antitled "An Ordinance concerning
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com.
pany, came up for its third reading. On
motion of Alderman Hope, the bill was laid
on the table.
bill entitled "An Ordinance concerning
enclosed streets within the corporate limits
OF the city of Columbia" received its second
reading and was ordered to its final reading
at next regular meeting Of Council
The following resolutions were offered:
BY Alderman Hope:
ReSoleed, That the blacksmith and wheel
wright work required for the Street Depart
ment, be left to the Committee on Streets
for the present, with power to act. Adopted
| by Alderman Shields:
ReSoIreA, That the Columbia Gas Com
pany be, and are hereby, instructed to light
richardson street, from the State House to
to Laurel street. with three lamps on each
square, as soon as practicable.
After discussion, the Alderman asked and
obtained permission to Withdraw the rcso-
! luton.
On motion, Council adjourned