The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER 10Th. F. NO. ia.

AN ACT to license peddlers and hawkers
in organized townships in the state OF
Minnesota. - ~.
Be it enacted by the Legislature VI 'ii0
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. No person shall hereafter be
allowed to sell or expose for sale any per
sonal property within any ORGANIZED Town,
shin within the State Of Minnesota, as
peddler or hawker without first obtaining
a license therefor from the proper au-
thorities Of said organized toWnship IN
the manner hereinafter prescrioed. -.
Sec. g The township SUPERVISORS OF
every organized township in the state OF
Minnesota are hereby authorized and en-
powered to establish rates and prescrlpe
ers and peddlers within the limits respect
iyely of such organized township Inc
fee for such license In any org "a re
township shall not exceed thirty (oo) ool-
The SUPERVISORS of any organized town
ship may, in prescribing the rates OF Il
cense prescribe different rates for ped
dlers and haWkers carving Inslo If t tboes
carving the same by one Q or two "
horse wagon conveyance, ana may oy OF
dinance or resolution regulate their man
ner of doing business. and such ordinance
or resolution need not be published, out
all such regulations shall be written or
printed in the body of or on the PACK OF
such license certificate issued 10 ahy IL
cenSee. ,.
Sec. 8. Any person desiring to obtain
license as peddler or hawker snail Apply
to the clerk of the township Tor the same
and the manner of transporting his goods
and wares, and shall pay to said clerk the
fee therefor; thereupon the clerk snail Is
sue his license. good for one year. ~
All fees received by eny town clerk TO
be paid over to the town treasurers.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall sell or ex-
pose for sale any kind of personal prop
erty in any organized township in this
state as a peddler or hawker, without
having obtained license therefor as
hereinbefore provided, shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be deemed guilty OF a ms
demeanor and be punished by fine of not
less than ten 0W dollars nor more than
one hundred 600 dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the county jail FOR pc
Rod not exceeding h ninety @ee DAYS s.
cense who shall refuse to exhibit the
same to any person demanding to see the
same shall, upon conviction Thereon, pc
nunished by a fine of not less than i've to)
dollars nor more than twenty-five (2o) dol
lars.
Sec. s. This act shall not be construed
to apply to any person travelling from
wares, merchandise, with or without sam
ples where such goods, wares or mer-
chandise are to be delivered by or through
a person or corporation other than the
one soliciting such orders; neither shall it
be construed to prevent the sale accom-
panied by delivery of goods, wares or
merchandise to retail dealers; nor shall 1t
be construed to apply to train boys; nor
shall It be construed to prevent any man.
ufacturer. mechanic nurseryman, farmer
butcher fish or milk dealer, selling, as the
case may be, his manufactured articles,
ar products Of his nursery or farm, or his
wares as a fish or milk dealer or butcher,
either by himself or employee.
Sec 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the town
clerk issuing license under this act to
make a record of the same, including the
date when issued. the name of the per
SON receiving the license. the purpose for
which it was issud, and the amount re-
ceived therefor.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after June first QsD,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven QS9O.
Approved April 9, 1897.