Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08
TO REGULATE PEDDLING,
is. B. No, 15l,

An Act Entitled Act to Regulate Peddling in
this State and to Provide a License Fec for Per
sons Engaged in Peddling.''
Be it enacted, etc.:
SECTION /. 1t shall not be lawful for any per-
son to travel from place to place in any county in
this state for the purpose Of carrying to sell, ex-
posing or offering for sale or barter, at retail or to
customers, any goods, wares, merchandise, or
other articles of trade whatsoever, whether BY
sample or otherwise, or whether delivered at the
time of sale or to be delivered at some future time,
except as hereinafter provided, unless such person
shall have first obtained Il license as a peddler
or travelling merchant as hereinafter provided; but
nothing herein shall be SO construed as to prevent
any inventor, manufacturer, mechanic, nursery
man or farmer from selling his invention, work or
production, In person or by agent, or any person
from selling or offering to sell at wholesale to re-
tail dealers only any goods, wares or merchandise
whatsoever, or train boys from selling their wares
to persons travelling on railroad trains.
SEC. 2. To obtain a license an application in
writing must be made to the auditor of the county
ness of a peddler or travelling merchant. Such ap-
plicatiou shall be signed by the applicant and shall
state whether the license sought is for travelling
and trading on foot or with one or more horses or
other beasts of burden.
SEC. 3. No license shall be issued until the fee
therefor has been paid into the treasury of the
county. The fees for licenses, good for the term
of one year, shall be as follows:
L. To travel on foot, including railroads or other
public conveyances, 500.
2; Ie garry goods sds with a single horse or other
1~hS@ ~ u
3. To carry goods with two or more horses or
other beasts of burden, $50.
SEC. 4. Upon the filing of an application for 4
license and the treasurer's receipt for the fee in the
office of the county auditor, he shall issue Il license,
under seal, signed by himself or his deputy. Such
license shall authorize the licensee to pursue the
business of a peddler or travelling merchant in the
manner stated therein in the county where it is
issued for the term therein stated. All licenses
Shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each
year.. If such license is not taken out during the
month of May, the fee therefor shall be reckoned
proportonately for that part of the year from the
first day of the month in which it is issued to the
first day of May following, but no license shall be
issued for a fee of less than SIS.
SEC. 5. Any person who shall pursue the bust
ness of trading rs peddler or travelling merchant
without license, or who refuses to produce his
license for examination upon the request of any
resident or officer of the county in which he is
carrying on such business is guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof is punishable,
in the discretion of the court, by a fine of not ex-
ceeding $50 or by imprisonment in the jail of the
county in which the offense is committed not en-
ceeding thirty days.
SEc.6. Nothing contained in this act shall be SC
construed rs to impair, interfere with, or take away
the right of incorporated towns, villages or cities
to license and regulate ~pcddling within their cor
porate limits.
Emergency clause.)
Approved March 10, 1895.