The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-17

OFFICE CITY TREASURER,
COLUMBIA, s. c., July IL, 1874.

Ine following Ordinances are pub
lished for the information of all con-
ccrneti. The penalties therein pre-
scrlbed for exercising, conducting or
carrying on any Trade, business or pro.
fession. without first obtaining Ii.
cense therefor, will be i'm posed on and
after the Goth instant:
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE LICENSES
FOR TIE YEAR 1878.
SECTION l. BE il ordained 6y the
Mayor and aldermen Of the c::.y of Co.
tuna6ia, IN Council assembled, That
every person, firm, company or cofpo-
ration, engaged in, or intending to be
engaged in, any trade, business or pro.
fesslon hereinafter mentioned, shall
obtain, on or before the 9th day of
January, A. D. 1873, license there
for, in manner provided; those com
mencing business after the 9th of Jan
uary, shall obtain license before en-
tering upon that business.
SEQ. 2. Every person, firm. company
or corporation required by this ordi-
nance to obtain license to engage in
any trade, business or profession for
which license is required, shall re.
gister with tue City Clerk and Ircasu-
rer-frst, his or her name or style,
and in case Of firm or company, tho
names of the several persons consti-
tutlng such firm or company, and their
places Of business; second, the trade,
business or profession for which Ii
cense is required; third. the place
where such trade or profession is car
ried on; if u Wholesale or retail dealer
in goods, wares and merchandise, the
amount, extent and value of business
intended to be carried on, excluding
distilled spirits; all of which shall bs
given under oath.
SEQ. 3. If any person or persons
exercise or carry on any trade, business
or profession, for the exercising, cur.
rying on or doing of which license
is required by this ordinance, without
first registering and taking out such
license, as in that behalf required, lie,
she or they shall, besides being liable
to the payment for the license, be sub
ject to penalty of $40, on conviction
before the Mayor or uny court of com
petent jurisdiction; onc-hnlf of the
penalty, after deducting expenses Of
the prosecution, to be paid to tho per-
son who first informs of tho matters
and things whereby the penalty is re-
covered, and the other half to the city.
SEQ. 4. In every license to be taken
out, under or by authority of this or
dinance. shall he contained and set
forth the purpose. trade, business or
profession for which such liconso is
granted, and the name and place Of
business OF the person or persons
taking out the same; if q Wholesale or
retail dealer in goods, wares and mer-
chandise, the amount, extent or value
of the business intended to be carried
on. The City Clerk and Treasurer
shall prepare proper form of license
to be issued in each case, which license
shall be posted up or kept by the per-
son receiving tho same, as the City
Clerk shall direct. Any evasion of the
provisions of this section sholl, on con-
viction before the Mayor. be pnnisha-
bio by fine of $50.
SEQ. S. The licenses granted under
this ordinance shall not authorize the
person or persons. or firm, company or
corporation mentioned therein, to ex-
ercise or carry on the trade. business
or profession specified i'll such license
in any other place than that mentioned
therein, unless permitted 30 to do by
the Mayor. A license granted on and
after January l. 1873, shall continne
in force until the 1st of January fol.
lowing; and all licenses granted after
the 1st of January, A. D. 1878, shull
be issued upon payment of rateable
portion of the whole amount of money
imposed for such license: Provided,
hos0euer, That no license shall be
granted for less period than three
months, though the time to the eud of
the year be less than that. Each H.
cense granted shall be dated on the
first day of the month in which the
liability therefor accrued. and tue
amount to be paid therefor shall be
computed therefrom until the end of
the yeur, except as hereinbefore men
toned: Prorileti. That after IL license
is granted by the city, no portion
thereof will bc refunded.
SEQ. Upon the removal of my
person or persons from the house or
premises at which the trade, business
or profession mentioned in such liconsc
was authorized, it mny and shnll be
lawful for the Mayor to authorize. by
endorsement of such license, the per-
son removing AS aforesaid to any other
place to carry on the trade, business or
profession specified in such license ut
the place to which such person may
have removed.
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