(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to go from place to place in the city or on or across the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or other public places in the city, either on foot or by a vehicle of any type or kind, peddling, hawking, soliciting, selling, or offering for sale or exchange, or taking orders, for either present or future delivery of any goods, wares, merchandise, medicine, produce, baked goods, fruits, vegetables, meats, magazines, periodicals, or any other article or thing of value of any kind or character, without having procured a license and having given bond as hereinafter provided.
(B) For the article or articles so sold or offered for sale or for which an order is taken for future delivery, such license shall comply strictly with the legal standard of weights and measures as fixed by the statutes of Indiana. Such licensee shall not misrepresent the quality, quantity, or condition of the article or articles sold or offered for sale by him or for which an order is taken for future delivery. Any person or purchaser may bring an action on the bond hereinafter provided for in this chapter in case any article or articles of merchandise shall be so sold in violation of the statutes of the State of Indiana relating to weights and measures, or if the licensee misrepresents the quality, quantity, or condition of the article sold or offered for sale by him or for which he may take an order for future delivery.
(C) All orders taken by solicitors within the city shall be in writing and in duplicate, and shall state the full terms of the transaction, the amount paid in advance, if any, the balance due, the date of delivery. A copy of such order shall be delivered to the purchaser. These orders shall comply with the requirements of the statutes of the State of Indiana.
(D) Nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of agricultural produce which the seller has raised, or the sale or distribution of milk, or the sale and distribution of newspapers, or sales by traveling salesmen to retail merchants, or high school, children, boy scouts, girl scouts, or civic groups.
(Ord. 242, passed 11-21-38)
Statutory reference:
Weights and measures, see IC 24-6-l-l et seq.