(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of hawking or peddling within the corporate limits of the town, without first obtaining a license therefor and otherwise complying with the provisions of this section, unless exempted by law therefrom.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the words PEDDLE and HAWK are defined as meaning to sell, or offer to sell, any personal property directly to a user or consumer, either by one going from house to house for the purpose of selling and delivering the property, or for the purpose of taking orders for the future delivery thereof, or by one selling and delivering the property from a vehicle, pack or other container in any street, alley or other public place in the town, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.
(C) The license fee required by each person desiring to engage in hawking or peddling within the town, shall be as follows.
(1) For one day, the fee shall be $4.
(2) For one week, the fee shall be $20.
(3) For one year, the fee shall be $300.
(D) Any person desiring to secure a license for hawking or peddling in the town, shall apply to the Clerk-Treasurer, and upon payment of the fee provided herein, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a license, signed by the Clerk-Treasurer and sealed with the seal of the town, for the period of time the applicant desires to hawk or peddle within the town limits. Each license shall be numbered and registered by the Clerk-Treasurer in a book kept for that purpose.
(E) Any person engaged in peddling or hawking within the town shall carry the license at all times while so engaged, and shall be required to exhibit the same to any person or officer whenever called upon by them or any of them so to do. Failure to comply with this division (E) shall constitute a violation of this section.
(F) This section shall not apply to the sale of anything manufactured, grown or produced by the labor of the person actually engaged in selling the same, nor to sales made by salespersons at wholesale to local merchants for resale in the town, nor to the sale of bibles or newspapers.
(G) Any license issued under the provisions of this section shall be personal to the person, firm or corporation to which the same is issued, and shall not be subject to assignment or transfer to any other person, firm or corporation.
(Prior Code, § 110.02) (Ord. 9-53, passed 9-5-1953) Penalty, see § 10.99