Every approved applicant for an business tax receipt or an identification card as a commercial solicitor or peddler shall, prior to receiving a business tax receipt or identification card therefore, file with the Town Clerk a surety bond approved by the Town Clerk, payable to the town, in the amount of $1,000, conditioned upon the applicant’s full compliance with all of the provisions of the ordinances of the town and the laws and regulations of the state regulating and concerning the business and activity aforesaid. The surety bond shall be written to include the activities of each and every agent, employee or representative of the holder under his or her direction, supervision and control in regard to his or her business activity in the town, who shall be named and, identified by specific enumeration therein. The surety bond shall be conditioned upon the further requirement that all monies paid, in whole or in part, toward the purchase or payment for any goods, merchandise, services, subscriptions and orders will be accounted for and applied according to the representations of the solicitor, canvasser or peddler both oral and written and shall guarantee to all citizens of the town with whom he or she transacts business that the property, goods and merchandise so purchased, paid for and ordered will be delivered in all respects as represented.
(Ord. 2009-03, passed 7-28-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99