For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"PEDDLER." Any persons selling or offering for sale, barter, or exchange at retail by sample or otherwise, the product, goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or description, worth whatsoever, traveling by foot, wagon, motor vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or in, about, along or upon any street, alley, highway, or any other public grounds in the town.
"SOLICITOR" or "CANVASSER." Any person taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of products, goods, wares, and merchandise of any kind or description whatsoever, for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not the person has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of the sale or whether he is collecting advance payment on the sales or not, traveling by foot, wagon, motor vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, house to house, or in, along, about, or upon any street, alley, highway, or other public place in the town.
"TRANSIENT MERCHANT." Any person, whether a resident of the town or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling or delivering products, goods, wares, and merchandise within the town, and who, in furtherance of such purpose, hires, leases, uses, or occupies any buildings, structures, motor vehicle railroad car, public room in a hotel, lodging house, apartment, shop, street, vacant lot, alley, or other place within the town for the exhibition or sale of such products, goods, wares, and merchandise.
('82 Code, § 23-100)