Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-12-03
LAWS OF VERMONT.
published BY AUTHORITY |
Am ACT relating to pcdlers.
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is hereby endciedby he General assembly of The
State OF permont, as IoiloUS:
Sec l.. Any person going from town TO town,
or from place to pace in the same town. either on
foot or Otherwise, carrying to SELL or exposing for
sale any goods wares, or merchandise which are
the growth or manufacture of any foreign country,
or any cotton, linen, wooIlen or silk goods, goods
composed in part OF either OF said materials, plated
or gded ware, jewelry any patent medicine, or
any compound medicine, the composition of which
is kept secre from the public watches or clocks,
which are the growth, produce manufacture of
the United States and any person who shall trans
port any such goods, wares and merchandise from
town to town, or who shall come from without the
State, into any town wtn the same bringing any
such goods, wares or merchandise, and shall III any
town to which he may transport or bring the same,
Temporarily expose said goods, wares and merchan
die to sale by auction otherwise at any public
or private house, store or other piece, shall be
deened peGIer.
Sec =. Any person who shall be pcder, with
out having IN force a license therefor, correspond
ing TO his business agreeaby to the directions Of
this act, shall forfeit and pay 10 the Treasurer of
the State, SUN not exceeding one hundred and
fifty dollars, nor less than twenty five dollars.
Sec 3. Licenses to pedlers shall be issued and
signed by the County Clerk of the County where
in the person licensed shall reside, and be counter
signed by the Treasurer of such County each IL.
cense shall express the amount of duty paid there
for, shall be numbered and recorded by the Coun
ty Clerk issuing the same in book kept for that
purpose and sad clerk shall receive for so doing,
TO his own use, the SUN OF ty cents, TO be paid by
the person licensed; and said license shall be in
the following form:
STATE OF VERMONT.
County of
No. Be it known, that license is hereby
granted to A. b. of in said County to
be pedler within this State for one year lro the
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Given under my hand this day of
c. D., County Clerk.
Registered, f. F., County Treasurer.
Sec a. The County Treasurer of the County
when any license is granted, shall register in a
book kept for that purpose, the number of such IL
cense, the name and residence of the per-
son to whom the SINE is granted, the date
and sum paid therefor, and shall receive to
his own use, Tor so doing the sum of fifty cents,
to be paid by the person licensed, and shall coun-
terslgn the license according to the form above
prescribed and no license shall be valid unless the
same shall be countersgned as herein directed.
Sec B. Within ten days after each term of the
County Court, the Clerk shall account Tor and nav
over to the State Treasurer the amount received bv
hun tor pederS licenses, not before accounted for:
and shall embrace in his returns for the term TO
the auditor OF accounts statement of the n,oneys
80 received ny MN, WIN inc cerllncate Of the
County Treasurer, that the same is correct: and
the Auditor Of Accounts shall embrace such state
ment in his annual report to the Auditor in the
Treasury.
Sec q. On or before the first day of September
annually, the Auditor of Accounts shall ascertain
the Whole amount received for peders licenses
throughout the State Tor the year previous, under
this act, and shall apportion the same among the
different Counties, according to the population at
the previous census, and shall forward to the
Treasurer of each County an order on the State
Treas rer, for the amount SO found to be coming to
each County.
Sec. Z. No license shall be granted except to
persons residing in this State; and before any
County Clerk shall issue license, the applicant
therefor shall procure from the Selectmen of the
town where he resides, and file with such Clerk, u
certificate substantially as follows:
STATE OF VERMONT.
County of
The undersigned, sclectmen of the town of
In SAID County, hereby certify that A. b. is now a
resident OF this town, and that he has resided in
this State one year next preceding the date hereof
and is IN good repne for morals and integrity
"iVen under our hands, this day of