The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-27
LOCAL MATTERS.
IN. xcu Law In Relation 60 Merchants
and sample

=, ANY person who shall sell, or offer 10
III any description Of goods, wares, or
,,,ercbandise. by sample, card. description,
~ other representation, verbal, or other
80 crapy agent for the sale or collection OF
"rdcrs by sample or description list, such
~ /. furnished by the G. o. ID. Supply Com
nv 81 America. or any similar company
- imerisa. or any similar company, shall
80 deemed. 70 be a sample-merchani. 1t
.h,u no; hc lawful for any person or per-
IN. "a sell. or offer 10 sell. any description
- ,.oods. wares. or merchandise, without
80 having obtained n license therefor
en-, the commissioner OF the revenue OF
'.,'e county or corporation. which license
sbsu grant the privilege TO sell any-
,-here I'm the state, and shall be valid
,,r ono wear from the date OF its issue;
49, II uscd out Of the county or corpora
49,, where granted, the clerk OF such
'..,,,v or CORPORATION shall certify thereon
,.;,b Tho seal of the court affixed that the
.s,-,~ sio-,ing the said license j. really the
Nl,,,ois.ioncr OF the revenue OF the district
,,icrciu the license issued, and that his
H,r,ture /, believed 10 be genuine: pro-
,.5fl5 that Il shall not be lawful for the
,ler, N any court or corporation 10 fur
nm any certificate relating 10 the granting
- license other than in the manner author
"a hv this section. Such license thus
rt,sincd shall De a personal privilege, and
,,.n not Re transferable. nor any abate-
I'm; in the tax thereon allowed. No
',-nty. city. or town shall have the right
-. f-,r or collect tax on sample merchants.
,,, rer.on or persons who shall sell or
e. - sen I'm violation n this act shall pay
r,.o "a 5000 for the first offence and $500
,.,.b succeeding otcncc-thc intoTmcT
.-..,i,e one hall Of the fine 30 collected.
,N.tsinr IN thi, section shall he construed
.f,,g .lmulc-mcrchants IL sell 10 any
,.r..n other than a manufacturer or
t..,.ed merchant, keeper Of an ordinary
~r,.finr.bousc. without taking out the adj
l;.ionsl license required OF merchants;
. .b,V snyihing in this section he con-
.r-.,5 ~ allow any manufacturer 20 sell by
.,,,,'o suv Goods wares, on merchandise,
49,. no .hal have been assessed and
,a1,3 m C.e capital invested Is provided
s,rrib rlss>iicaiiOn Of Schedule {
ii.,,i. ,rt. az shah take out the ucense-taX
,'.-,irad oi .ampc-mcrchants, y provided
IN ,l,,ion - II this act]
rivoy sANPLE-NERCIANTS.
83 Tie specific lcensC-taX for the priyi-
L-roi selling by sample, card, description,
or other representation, shall be $3.50; and
apv ,amule-mlrchant who shall permit any
D.r,on. except duly-authorized agent or
salesman. % sell under his license other
vi.r than for bis exclusive Use and benefit,
>lal. yay q tine Of $50 for each offence. No
sr.Df or salesman shall Ice pcrinittedtO sell,
oroa,r % >fli. as aforesaid, except he have
With him a; the time the license granted
IN fbe person FOR whom he acts,
and du.y-cXccuted power Of attOr-
mos from sid person constituting him
M, AGENT or salesman for the time be-
boz. Additional salesmcn may be allowed
under the following restrictions: For each
additional agent or salesman employed 10
.fla, Aforesaid there shall be an additional
uxoi $50. and the said additional agent
of salesman shall not Dee permitted TO sell
O. Offer 10 sell a, Aforesaid. except he have
with him 10 tie time q certificate from the
Auditor Of Public Accounts that license
ha. been granted 10 the person for whom
he acts. n3 that the additional tax re-
CURED hy this act has been paid; which
said certificate and power Of attorney shall
Dc exhibited whenever required by any Of
ficer 81 the law or private citizen. sales
oi wine. ardent spirits. malt liquors,
cider. or any mixture Of any Of them,
iy sample. hall he limited 10 sales by
wholesale: and any person who desires %
sci wines, ardent spirits, malt liquors. ci- /.
der, or any mixture Of them, by sample, +
may do so unon paving the same specific F.
lcen,e.iaX that is required to be paid by
Toe wholesale liquor-meTchant. This sec (
ton shall not Doe - construed a. 10 prevent
any planter from selling all tobacco raised
ty himself hy sample or otherwise. Moth .
in- in Obi, Or The preceding section shall
le construed % require any licensed mer-
chant or manufacturer who has paid il
ccn,a-iaX Of not less than $3.50 20 pay IN
additional Tax for selling or offering 10
,elI hv sample, either by himself or agents.
IAnd any -lmp. G-mcrchant who shall hire
ID. license o. another, or allow the Use OF
ilc >lmc TO amy other person. firm. or cor
loriion. shall forfeit his license. and the
person, hnn. or corporation so using such
hcel-e shall ley hne OF $3.50 for each Of
ltnce; ANA amy person. firm. or corpora
non using anr such license in this State
Nhrl and T, a,ceItainel o. De fraudulent,
,i'I person. tm. or corporation shall be
deemed guilty ~ @ mi,demeanor, and on
conviction shall De fined $3.50 and impri-
')nmeni Tor ore year; and provided iur-
ilef, That This ,cltion shall apply alike to
resident and nonresident samplc-mer-
cant,.l
iae amendment, offered by Mr. LOven-
stem 90 section 81, and incorporated in the
lN, ere within brackets. The amendment
u bracket, o. section 81 was offered by Mr..
smith. q AleXandria.
TAX oN MERCHANTS.
Is. ON every license 10 a merchant or
lerCniile iirm the tax % be paid shall be
--etuiod a- follows: II the amount OF
purchases shal not exceed one thousand
collars The FAX shalt be five dollars; where