(Amended by Ord. No. 173, 587, Eff. 12/7/00.)
(a) (Amended by Ord. No. 127,508, Eff. 6/29/64.) Every honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the United States who is unable to obtain his livelihood by manual labor shall have the right to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or merchandise, except spirituous, malt, vinous, mixed or other intoxicating liquors, without payment of any license or fees required by this code or ordinance of this city providing for the payment of such license fee. A certificate of disability by a surgeon of the United States Army or Navy, or by the police surgeon of this city, or any physician regularly employed in the receiving hospital of this city, shall be sufficient proof of such disability. A certificate of honorable discharge from the United States Army or Navy, or an exemplified copy thereof, shall be sufficient proof of such service and honorable discharge, and upon presentation of the same it shall be the duty of the Office of Finance to issue a license without cost to such a soldier, sailor or marine.
The fact that Section 22.11 exempts a person from having to pay for a license does not excuse one from obtaining a license.
People v. Fitzgerald, CR A 1942.
(b) Each and every license issued under the provisions of this section shall not be transferable and shall be for the exclusive use of the person whose name is inserted therein. Such person shall be required to write his name on the margin of such license and on the stub retained by the Office of Finance at the time such license is issued. Such person shall be required to furnish to the Office of Finance at the time of application for such license, two copies of a photograph of himself. It shall be and hereby is made the duty of the Office of Finance to satisfy himself by proper examination and investigation that the same photograph is a true likeness of the person who makes the application and whose name appears in the discharge and in the physician’s certificate. One copy of said photograph shall be attached to the license and the other shall be attached to the stub written by the Office of Finance. The photograph shall at all times be kept attached to the license, and any license found without such photograph attached thereto shall be taken up and be forfeited and the person to whom said license is issued, and the holder thereof, shall forthwith surrender all rights thereunder and shall not again be entitled to any license.
Such person shall identify himself by his signature whenever required so to do by any police officer, license inspector, license collector or other officer of the City. Should any such license be found in the possession of any person other than the person named therein it shall be taken up, surrendered to the Office of Finance and cancelled, and the holder thereof shall not again be entitled to a license under this section.
Whenever the holder of any license uses any wagon, cart, tray, basket or other vehicle or receptacle in vending any goods, wares or merchandise such license shall be inserted, held and carried in a license holder to be furnished by the Office of Finance, and in the manner prescribed by law.
Every license issued under the provisions of this section shall be issued for a period of one year from date of issuance thereof. Upon the expiration of any license, as herein provided, a new license shall be issued under the provisions of this section. Not more than one license shall be issued to any discharged soldier, sailor or marine during any one calendar year from the date of the original license.
(c) No person, except the person named in such license, shall use or have in his possession any license issued under the provisions of this section.
(d) No person shall sell, purchase or transfer any license issued under the provisions of this section or transfer or convey the discharge or certificate mentioned herein to any other person for the purpose of securing the license herein provided for.