The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-27

no license for such cockpit shall be granted for
any time within the fiscal year, for less than
$lO0 Provided, That no person or persons shall
toned in this section until he or they shall have
obtained a license Tor that purpose from the City
Council, and shall have entered into bond, with
Aldermen, in the sum of $780, conditioned to OBJ
serve the laws Of the State and city, and particu
the snsT Laws against retan Any
without having first obtained the license and
given bond as aforesaid shall bo subject to fine
not exceeding fifty dollars for each day such
establishment shall be kept opened or used; also,
that such place shall bo considered and is hereby
declared to be nuisance. and liable to be abatcd
as such.
SEC. 16. That zach and every tenant or occupant
OF any real estate, upon whose premises water is
brought by pipes, or otherwise from the city
time with tho other taxes imposed by this ordi-
nance, such sum as may be assessed by the Com
mittcc on the Water Works. And any owner or
his agent, or occupant of any real estate, upon
whose premises water is brought from the city
reservoir, failing to make report of the hydrant
or hydrants used by him, her or by any tenant
occupant on such promises, shall be liable to a
fine OF double the amount OF the assessment levied
thereon
SEC. II. Each and every express company trans
acting business within the limits of said city,
shall make quarterly returns of their gross
such returns at the cnd of each on Mach G
and every telegraph company shall, in like man
her, make quarterly returns of their gross
per cent
SEC. 1s. Each and every hotel, private board
ng-house or house of entertainment, receiving
transient travellers, and each public eating -houso
or saloon, shall pay q tax of onc-haf per cent.
upon their gross receipts, to bo paid quarterly.
or aae i' in tax % rS9 dollars
published in said city, shall pay tax OF one per
cent on their gross receipts, to be paid quarterly
gn within the corporate limits OF said city, shall
be required to procure license for the same from
the City Clerk, and shall pay twenty-five dollars
per annum i'll advance.
SEC. 90 All persons who shall enclose any streets
or part of streets in the city of Columbia, by and
with consent of tho Council, shall pay ali annual
tax OF five dollars on any street or part of any
street so enclosed, or such other price sum
may be fixed and determined by tho Council; but
each street or part OF any street enclosed by
the consent of Council may ut any time be opened
by the order OF the said Council any thing to the
contrary herein notwithstanding:
SEC. 81. ind be fufhey ordained, That if any
person or persons shall fail, neglect refuse to
make return to the City Clerk, on oath, of all
his, her or their taxable property, income. sales,
on or before the first day Of March next, such per-
son or perso, shall be then assessed by the AS
SCISSOR for all his, her or their property other
things taxed by this ordinance, according to the
best information which he can obtain of the value
OF such taxable property; and such person or per-
sons who shall fail, neglect refuse to make n
return az aforesaid, or pay the tax thereon, or
before the 18th day of March next, shall be subject
to, and pay, in addition to said tax, five per cent.
VII tiIc MIioit VI MS, neT OF tnclr tax, rs
imposed by this Ordinance; and the said Clerk is
hereby required to collect and receive the taxes
and dues levied and imposed By this Ordinance.
and all arrears of former taxes aud dues, and
make 4 return thereof, and of all persons who
shall then be in default, to the Mayor and Alder
men, on the 18th day of March next.
SEC. %. And be further ordained, That the
| said Mayor and Aldermen shall issue their execu-
be reported by the said Clerk to have failed,
neglected or refused to make returns, or pay the
taxes imposed by this ordinance, within the time
lodged with the Sheriff of Richand County, to be
collected according to the provisions of the Acts
provided
Done and ratified in Council assembled under the
Corporate Seal of the city of Columbia, this nine
teeth day of January Ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty mine.
JOHN MCKENZIE, Mayor.
J. S. MCMAHON, City Clerk.