The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-18
LIcen ses.
Licenses.
OFFICE CITY TREASURER,

The following ordinances arc pub
lished FOR tie information of all COLI
ccrDed. The penalties therein pre-
scribed for exercising, conducting or
carrying on any trade, business or pro.
fession, without first obtaining H.
oense therefor, will be imposed on and
after the Goth instant:
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE LICENSES
FOR THE YEAR 1873
SECTION l. Be IL ordained 6v Me
Mayor and Aldermen Of the city of Co.
lumbia, IN Council assembled, That
every person, firm, company or corpo-
ration, engaged in, or intending to be
engaged in, any trade, business or pro-
fession hereinafter mentioned, shall
obtain, OH or before the 9Th day Of
January, A. D. 1873, license there
for, in manner provided; those COM
mencing business after the 9th of jim
uary, shall obtain 8 license before en-
teripg upon that business.
Sec. g 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 Treasu-
rer-frst, his or her name or style,
and in case of firm or company, the
names Of the several persons consti.
tuting such firm or company, and their
places of business; second, the trade,
business or profession for which Ii
ccnse is required; third, tho place
where such trade or profession is car
ried on; if wholesale or retail dealer
in goods, wares and merchandise, tho
amount, extent and value of business
intended to be carried on, excluding
distilled spirits; all of which shall be
given under oath.
Sec. 3. If any person or persons
exercise or carry on any trade, business
or profession, for the exercising, car
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, he,
she or they shall, besides being liable
to the payment for the license, be sub
iect to penalty Of $40. on conviction
before the Mayor or any conrt of com
petent Jurisdiction; one-half Of the
penalty, after deducting expenses of
the prosecution, to be pail to the per-
son who first informs of the matters
and things whereby the penalty is re-
covered, and the other half to the city
Sec. 4. In every license to be taken
out, under or by authority of this or
dinance, shall be contained and set
forth the purpose. trade, business or
profession for which such license is
granted, and the name and place of
business of the person or persons
taking out the same; if Wholesale or
retail dealer in goods, wares and mer-
chRndise, 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 the same, as the City
Clerk shall direct. Any evasion of the
provisions of this section sholl, on con-
viction before the Mayor. be punisha-
bic by fine of $40.
SEC 5. The licenses granted under
this ordinance shall not authorize the
person or persons, or firm, company or
corporation mentioned therein, to OK
ercise or carry on the trade, business
or profession specified in such license
in any ether place than that mentioned
therein, unless permitted so to do by
the Mayor. A license granted on and
after January /, 1873. shall continue
in force until the 1st Of January fol-
lowing; and ali licenses granted after
the 1st Of January, A. d. 1873, shall
be issued upon payment of IL rntenble
portion Of the whole amount of money
imposed for such license: Prorilc,l,
hoCercr, That no lccnsc shall bo
granted for less period than three
months, though the timo to the end Of
the year be less than that. Each IL
cense granted shall be dated on tho
first duy Of tue month in which the
liubility therefor accrued. md tie
amount to be paid therefor shall be
computed therefrom until the end of
the year, except rs hereinbcforc mel
toned: Pyoridetl, That after license
is grauted by tie city, no portion
thereof will be refunded
SEC. 6. Upon the removal Of any
person or persons from the honso or
premises ut which the trade, business
or profession mentioned in sn.h license
vas authorized. it may and shall he
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 liconse at
the place to which such person may
have removed