The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
No. 5o.--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 the Of
Vermont!
SECTION l. The words 'nerant vendors for the purposes
of this act shall be construed and include all persons both
fncpas and agents who engage in temporary or transient
place to place selling goods and merchandise and who for
the of carrying such business occupy
building structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods
and merchandise.
SEC The provisions apply made
of business bona tide sales of goods wares and
chandse by sample for future delivery to hawkers the
streets or peddlers from vehicles.
SEQ Every itnerant who shall or expose for
sale at public or private SALE any goods wares and merchandise
vde shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than sx
days. by fine of not more than fifty dollars, BOTH
SEQ All persons both principals and agents. who shall by
circular hand BILL newspaper any other manner advertise
any such sales those referred to in the section last preceding
before proper shall be vendor shall be pun
shed by imprisonment for not than sixty days by fine of
more than fifty dollars, both.
SEQ 1t shall be the duty of every tnernt VENDOR whether
principal agent before commencing business take State
license and local licenses in the hereinafter FORTH but
nothing herein contained shall affect the right any municipal
corporation such ordinances relative neant vendors
be permissible under the law under their respective
Every tineran desiring do business in this
State shall deposit with the State Treasurer the of five hun
pcation proper the payment of further sum Of
twenty-five dollars State license Fee State
shall issue to him an ineant vendors license authorizing him o
do business in this State in conformity with the provisions this
act TOR the term Of one year from the date Every license
Such license shall not be transferable give authority to more
but cepe may have the assistance Of
conducting his business who shall have authority to aid that prn
cpal, but not to act for or without him.
SEC. All applications for licenses shall be to- shall
close the and residences of the parties whose
interest said business conducted and shall be kept file by
State Treasurer and record shall be kept by him of all licenses
Of respective town city clerks shall be in
convenient form and open for public inspection
SEQ Before selling under said State license every nerant
vendor shall exhibit the the clerk of the city
ne proposes to make sales And upon payment to said clerk of
IN the following ecton and proof of payment of all such other
license fees any legally ohargab!e local sales the
it the words l0ca license fees paid and shall afx his official
failure obtain local license and the to be
made said license shall subject such vendor the penalty
though no State license had been issued
SEC Any nerant vendor making any sale goods
merchandise shall maxi application to the clerk of the
for sale sold by him and together with application shall
tile true statement under oath Of the quantity and value
exposed shall submit such statement to
the board Of listers Of such city who shall forthwith
examination of such goods merchandise kept be
kept exposed for SALE place valuation thereon and transmit
the board of aldermen seectmen may be-
who shall forthwith act such applications and the
clerk may be authorized license applicant
and such clerk shall theeupon ascertain the paid
placed by said listers such goods merchandise
kept or to be kept exposed for sale the ratio and the
OF the last preceding of taxes including the State
tax IN such city town. and receipt of the amount fixed
and acertained shall issue the filing furnishing such
statement local license authorizing the sale Of such goods
merchandise within the limits of such city which license
shall be and continue in force long the censee Hereunder
shall continuously keep and expose for sale in such city
such stock of goods merchandise, except such
license shall in any terminate and expire the
day of March following its date If the required
by this section not filed aforesaid the board aldermen or
eectmen of the city in which such goods kept
exposed for sa where such nean
goods merchandise shall hereupon the paid
for such license, which shall be binding upon the parties
SEC TO- All State licenses issued under this shall expire
limitation from the date thereof be- if desired
surrendered at time prior thereto for cancellation
SEC H. Upon the expiration each
State license the state shall the the
date OF delivery and cancellation thereon and place the
file He shall then hold the special deposit of each cense herein
before mentioned for the period sixty after
any and all claims made upon the under
lowing shall return said deposit such portion the
may remain in his hands, to the censee depositing it,
Said deposit shall be subject the payment of any
and penalties incurred by the censee through violations of
the clerk the which, Justice bv whom
such fine penalty is imposed shall theupon notify the
Treasurer name of the cenee against whom such fine
penalty adudged and of the of penalty and