Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-03

NO. 59.--AN ACT TO PREVENT AND PUNISH FRAUD IN
SALES OF GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE AT
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE BY ITINERANT vEND.
oRS AND TO REGULATE SUCH SALES.
hereby enacted BY The General assembly Of Tie State .,
Vermont
SECTION The words tneran vendors for the purposes
Of act shall be construed to and include all both
principals and agents. who engage in temporary or transient
business this State either locality or in travelling from
place place selling goods and merchandise and who for
of carrying such business lease or occupy
building structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods
wares and merchandise
SEQ The provisions of this act shall not apply to sales made
dealers by travellers selling agents the usual
course Of business bona sales goods wares and mer-
ndse by sample for future delivery, hawkes on the
ueets or peddlers from vehicles.
SEQ Every itnerant vendor who shall sell or expose for
at public private sale, any goods and merchandise
State and local licenses therefor issued as hereinafter
ed shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
lays by fine Of not more than fifty dollars, both.
SEQ All persons both principals and agents. who shall by
cuar hand BILL newspaper in any other manner advertise
such sales those referred to in the section last preceding
proper licenses shall be issued the vendor shall be pun
Imprisonment for not than sixty by fine
lot more than fifty dollars, or both.
SEQ 1t shall be the duty of every nerant vendor whether
principal agent before commencing business to take State
and local licenses the hereinafter forth but
ong herein contained shall affect the right Of any municipal
corporation to such ordinances relative neant vendors
permissible under the general law under their respective
harter
SEQ Every tnerant vendor desiring do business in this
shall deposit with the State Treasurer the of five hun
red dollars special deposit and after such deposit upon ap
LEGATION proper form and the payment Of further Of
twenty-five dollars State license e the Treasurer of the State
hall issue to him tnean vendors license authorizing him
business in this State in conformity with the provisions of this
for the term of year from the date thereof Every license
hall set forth copy Of the application upon which it is granted
UGH license shall not be transferable give authority to
person to sell goods nerant vendor either by
gent clerk in any other way than his proper person.
censee have the assistance Of persons
hucnncr who haua ooid
Epal, but not to act for or without him.
Sec. 4 All applications for licenses shall be to- shall dis
the and residences of the parties in whose
said business conducted and shall be kept file by the
Treasurer and record shall be kept by him of all licenses
ued upon such applications All files and records both Of the
Treasurer and Of the respective city clerks shall be
|onvenient form and open for public inspection
SEc s. Before selling under said State license every
ndor shall exhibit the to the clerk Of the town city where
proposes to make sales And payment said clerk Of
her local license fee be asceaned in the provided
the following secon and proof Of payment of all such other
cene fees any, legally chageabe upon local sales the
Jerk shall record the said State license full shall endorse upon
the words loca license fees paid" and shall ax his official
(gnature together with the date of such endorsement Any
lure to obtain local license and the proper to
though no State license had been issued.
Sec Any nerant VENDOR before making any sale goods
merchandise shall make application the clerk Of the
Fly town which such goods kept kept exposed
sale sold by him and together with such application shall
true statement under oath OF the quantity and
stock goods wares merchandise 50 kept or to be kept
exposed for SALE Such clerk shall submit such statement to
board Of listers Of such city town. who shall forthwith after
mnaton Of such goods merchandise kept to be
exposed for SALE place valuation thereon and transmit
fca of such valuation to such clerk who shall submit the
me the board Of aldermen seectmen, the may
shall forthwith act upon such applications and in the udg
n such board such application should be granted such city
town clerk be authorized to issue license such applicant
such clerk shall hereupon ascertain the amount to be paid
local license, by computation based npon the valuation
@ by said listers such stock of goods merchandise
kept to be kept exposed for SALE in the ratio and at the
the last preceding assessment Of taxes including the State
such city town. and upon receipt of the amount
acertaned shall issue to the person filing furnishing such
me local license authorizing the sale Of such goods
merchandise within the limits Of such city town, which license
all be and continue force long the censee Hereunder
continuously keep and expose for sale in such city town
M stock Of goods merchandise, except that such
l shall in any event terminate and expire the thryf
March next following its date If the statement required
this section is not fled aforesaid the board Of aldermen
cen the city town in which such goods kept
posed for a where such itnean vendor desires to sell such
% merchandise shall hereupon fix the to paid
such license which shall be binding upon the parties
SEQ TO- All State licenses issued under this act shall expire by
imitation year from the date thereof and may be- desired
rendered any time prior thereto for cancellation.
H. Upon the expiration and surrender Of each
Fate license the shall cancel the endorse the
Of delivery and cancellation thereon and place the on
He shall then hold the special deposit Of each cnsee herein
mentioned for the period Of sixty days. and after satyng
and all claims made upon the under the section next fol
wing shall said deposit such portion Of the same