No person, firm or corporation, by themselves, their agents, servants or employees, shall distribute any printed paper advertisement, advertising matter or thing, handbill or poster or sample for advertising, by throwing, distributing or casting the same upon any street, public square, court, alley or park within the limits of the City, and each article, paper or poster so distributed shall constitute a separate offense. The person, firm or corporation authorizing or hiring the distribution of such printed advertisement, advertising matter, handbill, poster, samples or other thing for advertising, so distributed by casting or throwing the same upon any street, court, alley, public square or park within the limits of the City, as well as the person distributing the same, shall be subject to the penalty provided under Section 501.99(a).
(1947 Code §20.1)