Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-11-26
LAWS OF VERMONT.
AN ACT relating to pedlers.
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IS hereby endctef, &c.
Sec |. ANY person going from town to town. or
from place to place in the same town. either on 1901 or
otherwise, carrying to sell or exposing to sale any
Foods wares or merchandise which are the growth OF
manufacture of any foreign couDtry, or any cotton
linen wooden or silk goods, or goods composed in part
of either of said mlterals plated gded ware, Jew
cry any patent medicine, or any compound medicine,
the composition Of which is kept secret from the pub
lic watches or clocks which are the growth, produce
or manufacture of the United States and any person
who shll transport any such goods, wares and mer-
chandize from town to town. or who snail come from
without this state, into any town within the same,
bringing any such goods, wares or merchandise, and
shall in any town to which he may transport or bring
the same temporarily expose said goods, and
merchandise to sale by auction or otherwise at any
public or private house, store other place, shall be
deemed pcdler.
Sec 9. Any person who shall be peder, with
out having in force license therefor corresponding
to his BUSINESS agreeable to the directions of this act
shall forfeit and pay to the Treasurer of the state,
sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, nor
less than twenty-five dollars
Sec. 3. Licenses to padlcrs shall be issued and
signed by the county clerk of the county wherein the
person licensed shall reside, and be countersgnad by
the treasurer of such county each license shall
press the amount of the duty paid therefor shall be
numbered and recorded by the county clerk issuing the
same in book kept by him for that purpose and said
clerk shall receive for doing to hisowu use, the sum
of fifty cents, to he ppid 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 grant
ed to A. B. Of in said county to be a
pedler within this state, for year from the date
hereof, and he has paid therefor the sum of
dollars
Given under my this day of
A.. D.
C. D., county clerk
Registered, Z. F.. county Treasurer.
Sec. 4. The county tire lsurer of the county, when
any license is granted, shall register in book kept for
that purpose, the number Of such license the name
and residence of the person to whom the same is
granted, the date and sum paid therefor and shall
receive to his use, for so doing the Of fifty
cents, lobe paid by the person licensed, and shall
countersgn the license according to the form above
prescribed, and no license shall be valid unless the
same shall be countersigned as herein directed.
Sec. s. Within ten days after each term of the
county court the clerk shall account for ana pay over
to the state treasurer the amount received by him ol
pedler licenses, not before accounted for; and shall
embrace in his returns for the term, to the auditor OF
accounts, statement of the monies received by him
with tie certificate of the county treasurer that the
same is correct and the auditor of accounts shall en-
brace such statement IN his annual report to the auditor
in the treasury.
Sec. G. 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 for the year previous, under this act ant
shall apportlon the among the different counties
according to their population at the previous census
and shall forward to the treasurer of each county
order on the state treasurer for the amount found
be coming to esch county.
Sec. Z. No license shall be granted except to per
sons residing in this sate and before any county cer
shall issue license, the applicant therefor shall pro
cure from the seectmen of the town where he resides
and file with such clerk, certificate, substantially al
follows;
STATE OF VERMONT
County of
The undersigned selectmen Of the town of
in said county, hereby certify that A. B. is now res
den of this town. and that he has resided in this stat
one year next preceding the date hereof ard is in goo