Any person desiring to engage in the City in house-to-house canvass, as a solicitor of orders, at retail, for goods, wares, merchandise or services, for future delivery or performance, or as a solicitor, at retail, of orders for, or subscriptions to, magazines, periodicals or newspapers, for future delivery, shall present himself at the City Clerk's office for registration and be registered as a solicitor before engaging in any such canvass; provided, that no such registration shall be required in the case of a person soliciting orders for, or subscriptions to, any newspaper, periodical, or magazine published in this City.
(1968 Code §21-1)