The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-22

Ciey OF Columb1A subsequent TO the tame
fixed for making tax returns. paying the |
city taxes and procuring ANNUAL licenses.
shall, after the lapse Of one month from
City Clerk of the value OF the stock and
,otheesproperty> employed therein, and
paYtkeir taxea aud Licenses; the taxes
on The value OF; the'said stock and other
property to be charged for the full fsoal
year, but the Licenses tosbe paid in Pro-
portion to the remainder ofsithe said
year: Provided. hoacsner, That oil tran
sient dealers shall pay their full annual
Licenses to the close thereof.
SEC. IA. That all attorneys at law and
physicians, who follow their respective
professions within the city OF Columbia,
shall procure licenses from the City Clerk
and Treasurer, and pay, each, therefor
the sum Of twenty dollars; for each
foundry, ten dollars; and for any other
business or profession not otherwise pro-
vided for, license tax Of ten dollars.
SEC. Is. That 1t shall be. and it is
City Assessor to assess all the property
named in this Ordinance for city taxa
ton, at a reasonable valuation, and the
City Clerk and Treasurer to collect the
| taxes levied thereon and the per cent.
| imposed upon all other things as sources
from which q oity revenue by this Ordi-
nance is directed or contemplated to be
| raised, although not specifically men-
toned. according to the rates herein
declared: Provided. Ao,ceoer, That every
taxpayer shall have the right of appeal
to the Mayor and Committee OF Ways
and Means from the assessment of the
City Assessor for q revision thereof, in
case he should thereby feel himself ag-
| grieved.
SEQ 1G. That in case it should be-
come necessary to issue nm execution
against the property of the defaulting
taxpayer and to sell Hereunder his real
property in order to collect the taxes
due by him, it shall be the duty of the
Mayor. and he is hereby empowered so
to do. in order to put the purchaser
thereof into immediate possession, TO
issue his warrant of ejectment against
the owner, or against his lessee or lessees,
or against any other person or persons
who may be in possession thereof, and
to place the said warrant in the hands of
the Chief Of Police, or any other officer
whom he shall select, who shall proceed
without delay to execute the same, at
the expense and costs Of the party or
parties in default: Prouided, That the
owner of the fee, his lessee or lessees.
shall not be deprived Of the use and pos
session for q longer period than two
years from the day of sale.
SEC. II. That the Mayor and Alder
men shall issue their execution against
each and every person or corporation
and Treasurer to have failed, neglected.
or refused to make returns, or pay the
taxes imposed by this Ordnance, within
the time herein presoribed; and all exe-
cutions issued by the said Mayor and
Aldermen shall have attached thereto
the signatures OF the Mayor nnd City
Clerk and Treasurer and the seal Of the
city of Columbia, in the name of which
such executions shall be entitled.
Sec. 18. That all executions which
may be issued to enforce the payment oi
taxes, fines and licenses, by the said
Mayor and Aldermen, in conformity with
the foregoing section, shall be lodged in
the first instance in the Office of the
Sheriff of Richland County, and may be
!. directed to the said Sheriff or to the
Chief of Police, or other persons ap
pointed by the said Mayor and Aldermen
to collect and receive the same with the
costs.
SEC. 10. That the words "real pro
perty" and 'real estate" as used in thi.
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ing with lands, tenements and heredita
ments; the word personal property,
as herein used, includes money, goods
chattels, things in action and evidences
of debt, and the word property" in.
cludes property, real and personal.
Done and ratified in Council this Goth
day of March, A. d. 1871.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor.
Attest: WM. J. ETTER, Clerk Council
A DECIDED SNUB.-Greeley, in hif
Tribune, does not comment very kindly
upon the maiden speech of the first
/; black Representative of South Carolina
He says:
"Mr. Elliott, one Of South Carolina'f
new Representatives, asserted on Tues
| day that the Ku Klux disturbers of the
| South are the very class of men whom il
} is proposed to relieve of their politica
disabilities.' In the absence of proof
probabilities are entitled to weight, and
Mr.. e. g naked assertion does not suffice
} to prove that the midnight riders and
raiders in masks and multiform dis
J guises, by whom the South is now dis
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