Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-13
PUBlIC LAWS or THE STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND PASSED At THE
JANUARY SESSION A. D. 1892.
CHAPTER 1867.
(Passel hpril 70. lsD3.) }

(fhbscu hprll 20. lsts)
An Act In amendment OF Chapter 500 OF
the Public Laws and In addition there
to, entitled "An Act to regulate and ro-
strain the sale of certain goods by tim
Grant vendors."
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
n Section I. Section 1 Of Chapter sos OF
the Public Laws IL hereby amended 80
that IL shall read ag follows:
"Section !. Every itinerant vonder who
shall sell or expose for sale, at public or
private sale, any goods, wares, and mer-
chandiso without state and local licenses
therefor, issued as hereinafter provided,
shall DO guilty OF misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by f1no not exceeding
fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not OK
coeding sixty days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Soc. 9. Section TOT Chapter S05 OF tho
Public Laws is hereby amended 30 that 1t
shall read as follows:
$50. z. No itinorant vender shall ad-
vertiso, represent or hold forth any sale az
an insurance, bankrupt, insolvcnt as
signce, trustee, testator, executor, ad-
miDistrator, receiver, wholesale or manu-
facturcr's, or closing out sale, or as a salo
OF any goods damaged by smoke, fire,
water or otherwise, or In any similar form,
unless no shall, before 30 doing, state
either In tho original application for a
state license or I'm supplementary APP
plication subsequently fliod and copied on
tho license, all tho facts relating TO the
reasons and character OF such special sale
80 advertised or represented, including a
statement OF the names OF tho persons
from whom the goods, wares, and NOR
chandiso were obtained, the date Of de-
livery to the person applying for the
license, and tho place from which said
goods, wares, and merchandise were last
taken, and all details necessary to exactly
locate and fully identify all goods, wares,
and merchandise to DO 80 sold"
See. 8. Section IA OF Chapter 500 IL here
by amended 30 that 1t will read as follows:
"Sec. Ia. The words 'Itlnerant Vender'
for the purposes of this act shall be con-
struod TO mean and include all persons,
both principals and agents, who engage
In temporary or transient business In
this state, other in one locality or I'm trav-
cling from place to place selling goods,
wares, and merchandise, and who for the
purposes OF carrying on such business
hire, lease or occupy any building or
structure for the exhibition and sale OF
such goods, wares and merchandise"
Sec. 4. The following sections are here
by added to Chapter S96 OF tho Public
Laws:
"Sec. 10. Tho provisions OF this act
shall not apply to sales made to dealers by
commercial travellers or selling agents In
the usual course OF business, nor to bona
fide sales Of goods, wares, and mer-
chandiso by sample for future delivery, or
TO hawkers on the streets, or to poddlers
from vehicles, or to sheriffs, constsblos or
public officers OF the state selling goods,
worcs and merchandise according to law,
or TO bona flde assigneos for the benefit OF
creditors residing within this state, or re-
ceivers appointed in this state selling
goods, wares and merchandise In this
state.
"Sec. 10. All acts and parts OF acts in
consist ent herewith arc hereby repealed,
and this act shall take OBJECT on aud after
It's passage"