The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03

township fix by proper ordinance or
| by law the fee for such license such
fee shall be twenty-five dollars per
annum in all organized townships.
Provided, that the supervisors of any
organized township may, in prescrib-
Ing the rates of licenses, prescribe
different rates for peddlers and
hawkers carrying their goods by foot
or rail transportation and Of those
carrying the same by one or two
horse-wagon conveyance. and may by
ordinance OF resolution regulate their
manner OF doing business, and such
ordinance or resolution need not be
published, but all such regulations,
shall be written or printed in the
body OF or on the back of such license
certificate issued to any licensee.
Section 3. Any person desiring to
obtain license as hawker or peddler
shall first pay into the township
treasury for the benefit. of the general
fund of such township the amount
above designated and make written
application to the town clerk of the
organized township, stating the
general nature of his business, and
the manner of transporting his goods
and wares, rendering to such clerk
receipt signed by the treasurer of the
organized township showing that he
has paid into the treasury thereof the
sum required for such license.
Section 4. Any person who shall
sell or expose for sale any kind of per-
sonal property in any organized town
ship in this state as a peddler or
hawker. without having obtained a
license therefore as heretofore provid-
ed shall, upon conviction thereof, be
deemed guilty of misdeanor and be
punished by fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars (S25) nor more than
one hundred dollars ($100) or by i'm
prisonment in the county jail for a
period not exceeding ninety days: and
any person having said license who
shall refuse to exhibit the same to
any person demanding to see the same
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by fine of not less than
five dollars 1851 nor more than twenty
five dollars ($25).
Section S. This act shall not be
construed to apply to any person
travelling from place to place solicit
ing orders for goods, wares, merchan-
disc with or without samples where
such goods, wares, or merchandise are
to be delivered by or through person
or corporation other than the one
soliciting such orders; neither shall it
be construed to prevent the sale
accompanied by delivery of goods,
wares, merchandise to retail dealers:
nor shall it be construed to apply to
train boys; nor shall it be construed
to prevent any manufacturer,
mechanic, nurseryman, farmer, butch
er, fish or milk dealer selling, as the
case may be, his manufactured
articles, or the product of his nursery
or farm. or his wares as fish or milk
dealer or butcher, either by himself
) or employee.
} Section 6. 1t shall be the duty of
the town clerk issuing license under
: this act to make record of the same,
including the date when issued, the
name OF the person receiving the
license, the purpose for which it was
issued and the amount received there
for.
Section 7. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's
passage.
The bill if passed will be bad for
) the resident merchants here, where
the license fees at present are $5 per
day or 500 per year. BY the act the
fees would be reduced to $50 a year
} which is inadequate to prevent to any
extent the unfair competition to
which the resident business men are
subjected.
The people of Tower held mass
meeting last week and passed resol-
ution to the effect as stated above a
copy of which will be sent to Mr..
: Feig aud our representatives in the
J House and Senate, urging the change
from $50 to 800 per annum also u fee
of S. per day.
Change in Business.
AS will be seen by an ad in another
column, the firm of M. E. Gleason Sc