Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-19
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IA Ordinance
CoycERNIAC AND REQUIRING LIcEN-
sgs Is CERTAIN CASES.

/ SIS Is CERTAIN CASES.
/ &c II oes:ained Iy ttc CITY Gouac0 q
the Cify Qf Kao1rlJc'
SEC. j. That every person engaging
I'm any Of The yOcatiOus hereinafter
named, shall first procure license
/ therefor, and for which shall be paid
The sum hereinafter designated fol-
such vocation.
| SEC. 2. Circus owners or managers,
and managers Of Circus and Aienage-
ries combined, shall pay twenty-five
| dollars for each days exhibition; and
| the owners or managers Of each side
show accompanying any Circus OF
! Menagerie shall pay ten dollars for
each days exhibition.
or Menagcries, shall pay twenty dol
lars for each days exhibition
SIC. 4. Travelling exhibitors Of leg
ordemain, wax figures, paintings,
statuary, theatrical plays, and any
nerann enc engage! i; ssT-ils ANY pupilc
entertainment or exhibition, 81 any
kind whatever, for reward, shall pay
| the sum Of five dollars for each day 8
exhibition; Prorided, No license shan
lie required for Lectures, nor for Con-
ccfte, or other public entertainments
piyon bv amateurs, rcharitable uses.
or for tie public benefit, nor for exhi-
billions OF purely literary or scientific
character.
SEC. 8. peddlers Of goods, wares
and merchandise Of any kind whatey-
or. shall pay ten dollars per annum or
one dollar per day. This Section
shall apply to those who sell or yend
their merchandise FROM wagon as
well as 10 those who carry their wares
and pehdle from house to house. Pro-
rfdcd, This Section shall not apply to
those whoscll at wholesale exclusively
and to the trade only.
SEc. 8. Itinerant vendors OF patent
or manufactured medicines Of any
kind whatever, whose business IL is to
cell by retail, shall pay license Of one
dollar per day, or ten dollars per
month.
FEc. 7. Nonresident auctionccrs
shall pay license Of two dollars per
day, or fifty dollars per month. And
every peddler Of goods, wares or mcr-
Or medicine, or Of any other
thing Whatever, who shall by public.
cutlery within the City, sell, orattcrnpt
to sell his said goods or wares, shall be
deemed an auctioncer, and shall pay It
license as provided in this Section.
SFc. &. All applicants for license
shall pay the amount required by this
Ordinance to the City Treasurer, who
shall give such applicant receipt
therefor stating fire amount paid, the
busincss or vocation for which paid
and the length oftinc paid for. Gpon
prcsentation Of such receipt the City
Recorder shall issue 10 the holder
thereof n license i'm conformity there
with, which license shall be signed by
the Mayor, and countersigncd by the
City Recorder.
SEC. o. Every person holding n
license from the City, shall be required
10 show the same to the Marshal al
any time, upon demand; and any per-
son ncglcctine or refusing to 90 50,
shall be liable TO tic penalties provi-
ded by this Ordinance against persons
cnTyinuon the business oroCcupations
herein mentioned, without license.
SEQ. TO- No license shall be trans
ferable without the written consent
OF the Mayor endorsed thereon.
SEc. II. Amy person required by
this Ordinance to procure a license
and filling to do so, and any person
violating any Of the provisions Of this
Ordinance shaliupon conviction there
of, pay n fine of not less than FIVE dol
lars, nor more than one hundred dol
lars, and costs OF prosecution, and in
default Of payment thereof shal! stand
committed to the Jail Of the County
till discharged in duo course Of law.
And every subsequent violation shall
be new oflanse, and upon conviction
shall be punished as in this Section
provided.
SEC. u. be IL .turtber ordained,
That an Ordinance entitled can Ordi-
nance concerning licenses adoptcd
Ivy the CITY Council of said City OF
Knoxville, August 9th, a. ID. 1866,
aud all Ordinances and parts Of Ordi-
nnnces amendatory thereto, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. I3. This Ordinance to take
effect and he in force from and after Its
publication according TO law.
Approved and adopted Aug. 2, 1869.
w. II. CARRUTHERS, Mayor.
Atte8t;; w. X. RIGG, Rccorfcr.