The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-28
An Ordinance TO Raise Supplies for the
Year IHR9

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fhe Guy Of Columbia, in Council assembled, dnt
oy the authority Of the same, That tax to cover
the period from January lat. 1869, to January Let
mentioned, shall be raised and paid into the pub
lie treasury OF the said city, for the use and
vice thereof.
500 Of the assessed value Of real estate, lyine
within the limits OF said city; and the value Of al
taxable real estate within the city of Columbia
shall be assessed by the City Assessor.
SEC. q Fifty cents upon every 500 of sales O
goods, wares aud merchaudize, embracing sale,
OF all articles of trade, for barter or exchange
merchants, traders and dealers within the city O.
Columbia from the 1st day of January 1869, to tho
1st day Of January, 1870: ProUided, That al
merchants and others whose sales of goods. wares
and merchandise shall exceed $50 900 for the ycal
1862 shall pay one dollar only, on every $1,000 o
such excess.
cent upon all sales at auction, ON all goods ant
chattels, and onc-half pei cent. on sales at auc.
ton of all real estate and stocks of every dcscrp
ton: PrOctded That no tax shalt be levied OH any
sales at auction made hy order of court process
of law.
SEC 4. There shall be paid. quarterly, by al
merchants or others, one per cent. on all goods
wares and merchandise sold on consignment; tive
per cent. OH the premiums of each and every in
surance company or agent thereof. The refusal
or neglect to make regular quarterly returns, Oh
pay the tax thereon to the City Clerk, shall subject
the parties who shall neglect ur refuse, to e
fine OF two dollars per day, tor such refusal OF
neglect.
SEC >. There shall be paid three dollars on each
and every horse, mare, stallion. gelding and mule
kept or used within the city of Columbia, sold
by traders or their agents; besides, the following
tax on vehicles, viz: Upon euch four wheel plea.
sure carriage or barouchc, drawn by two or more
horses, twelve dollars upon each carriage buggy
Darouche gig or sulky, (nOt used for hire, drawn
by one horse or mule, six dollars; upon each vchi
Gle used for the breaking or exhibiting of horses
or mules, ten dollars; upon each carriage or hack
drawn by two horses, and run for hire fifteen dol.
lars; upon each One-horse buggy, gig or suky
kept or run for hire, eight dollars; upon each fonr
horse wagon, twenty dollars upon each two-horso
wagon, fifteen dollars upon each one-horsc wa gon
cart or dray, ten dollars; upon each express
wagon, 500; upon each and every omnibus OF
stage, twenty-five dollars; Procided, That no
thing herein contained shall be construed to cx.
tend to wagons. carts or other vehicles going tC
or from market, and owned by non-rcsden,s o
said city. Each livery stable keeper agent foi
the sale of horses or mules, shall be subject tho
same penalty for not making proper quarterly re-
turns on oath, IL designated in section 4 OF tli.
ordinance.
SEC. &: No person shall let or hire any wagon
cart or dray, or other carriage, or any omui-
bus, stage, hack or other carriage, for the trans
portat"n o. goods orpasscnScrs, within the limits
OF SAID city, withOut having first obtained badge
from the CI'y Clcra, TO he placed some conap
cu0us part OF thc vehci,, under a penalty of five
dollars for each and every day that such vehicle
shall be 80 run; to be recovered by information
before the Mayor, or amy one of the Aldermen o
said city.
SEC. 7. That each and every person, between
the ages of Is and 80 years liable to work twelve
days III each Year, on the streets of said city may
and shall be excused fl1m the performance of this
duty, by the payment of three dollars to the City
Clerk. On failure to pay the said sum of three
dollars, at the time of payment of their genera
tax, 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 ovcrseel
OF tne streets ANY person refusing or neglectne
to obey the summons, shall be fined two dollars
tor each days ncglec of the samc to DO recovered
by information before tho Mayor and Aldermen
in Council assembled. And it shall be the duty oi
the City Clerk and of the Chief of Police, to re-
port to the said Mayor and Aldermen, all default.
crs under either OF the clauses of this section.
SEC 8. That for a license to retail spirtuous
liquors i'll quantities less than Qnart the sum OF
$l5O per annum shall be paid in advance for a
license to sell spirtuous liquors in quantities of
quart or more, the sum Of S75 per annum shall be
paid il advance; and for license to sell lager
Deer alc porter or other malt liquors, In quanti-
ties less than one quart, the sum of S25 per an
mum, shall be paid i'll advance PiOCided, That
this section shall not be construed to include
malt liquors sold in original packages as prepared
by the manufacturer. No license for the sale OF
spirituous or malt liquors shall be granted for a
less period than six months, the receiver of ca eli
license to pay to the City Clerk the sum of two
That the granting or Withholding of licenses in
each particular case, will be at the discretion OF
the City Council.
SEC. 8. That for the privilege of establishing
and keeping junk shop within the limits of said
city, the sum Of fifty dollars per annum, shall be
paid in advance. Application to be made to the
CITY Council for a license for that purpose.
SEC. 10. There shall be paid two per cent. upon
the incomes Of all brokers and bankers transact
ing business within the limits of said city, and
two per cent. upon all incomes derived from
commission business Of the practice of profess
sions, within said limits including the professions
OF law, physic, dentistry and architecture, to be
paid quarterly.
SEC. H. 1t shall not be lawful for any vendor of
patent medicines or other articles of merchandise
who are non-residents Of said city, to sell their
wares or merchandise within its corporate limits,
without first having obtained license to do So
and paying in advance to the City Clerk such sum
as the Mayor may assess for said license.
SEC. IL. Inasmuch as many transient dea lers.
either as principals or agents, make sales OF
goods, wares and merchandise, by sample or
otherwise, within the limits OF said city, all such
persons shall mako return, under OATH to the
City Clerk, and pay tax of one per cent. thereon.
For fallnra NEGLECT q uifl