The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10

To regulate licensing of vehicles of any and
all kinds used for the transportation OF pass
engers, baggage, merchandise and goods and
chattels of any kind, and the owners and
drivers of the same, and also auctfOneers,
common criers, hawkers, peddlers, pawn
brokers, junk-shop keepers, keepers OF bath
travelling and other shows circuses, theatre
cal performances plays, exhibitions, concerts,
skating Kinks, itinerant vendors of merchan-
disc, medicines or remedies and merry go
rounds, and the place or places or premises
at which or in which the different kinds of
| business or occupation mentioned herein are
to be carried on or conducted, in the Town
ship OF Northampton, Burlington County, n.
j., and to NIX the rates OF compensation 10 be
paid therefor
Be 1t enacted by the Township Committee OF
the Township of Northampton in the County
OF Burlington and State of New Jersey:
Section That it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons TO drive or any
hack, stage or any kind of carriage vehicle
used tor the transportation OF passengers,
baggage or merchandise or goods or chattels
OF any kind or for any person or persons TO
| follow, carry, use or exercise the business of
peddler, aucJioneer, common crier, hawker
pawnbroker, junk-shop keeper, keeper OF
| news stand, sweeps, scavengers, travelling or
other shows, circuses, thea trfcal perform
ances, plays, exhibitions, concerts, skating
Kinks, itinerant vendors of merchandise, med
icincs OF remedies, and merry -go-rounds,
within the limits of the said Township OF
northampton, in the County of Burlington
| and State of New Jersey, without having first
obtained a license from the Township Com
mitlee so to do.
Section IL. That any member of the said
Township Committee is hereby authorized 10
| issue said license or licenses aforementioned
and to collect from the licensee or Licensees,
| to cover the cost and expenses of issuing the
same the sum of seventy-dve cents in addi-
zion TO the fees hereinafter mentioned.
Section Ill. That every license granted as
aforesaid shall continue and be valid only
from the time the same is granted until the
expiration OF the time mentioned and set forth
in said license, and that the same shall only
apply to the person or persons to whom grant
or a nj al M hQ frarl lfa r4h q
Section w. That all persons licensed as in
| this ordinance provided for shall and they are
hereby required to show their license when
ever called upon so TO do, and in case they can
not or will not show said license when called
upon so to do, they shall be considered as hay
ing no license, and shall be subject to the
penalties hereinafter provided tor.
Section V. That the license fees under this
ordinance shall be as tollows
Hacks, carriages and stages
| " hOrses) .-.....-. $lOOO Tor month.
Same Il horse) .............. 500 for month
Cartmen and porters. ...... 1000 for year.
Peddler with basket or pack 800 for year.
" 100 for month
Peddler with wagon. 90 for year,
| 800 for months.
Auctioneers and common
criers ................. 500 for week
| Hawkers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000 for year.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800 tor months.
Pawnbrokers and junk
| shop keepers ............ 1000 tor year.
| Keeper of news Stands. 1000 for year.
| sweeps and scavengers. 100 for year.
Travelling or other shows
and circuses.. ..-......-... 1900 tor day.
| Theatrical performances.
plays, exhibitions and
concerts .................. 200 tor day.
ltinerant vendors OF medi-
| cine or remedies and mer-
chandise ..........- :. -. 100 for day.
| Skating Kinks. ............... 800 for day.
| Merry-go rounds ............ 25.00 for day.
Section vi. That the Township Committee
I may, in the name of the Township Clerk,
| prosecute each and every person violating
any of the provisions OF this ordinance, be-
| fore any Justice OF the Peace elected in the
| said Township OF Northampton, and that
every person convicted of violating any of
1 the provisions of this ordinance shall be pun
iShed by fine not exceeding one hundred
| dollars nor less than two dollars or ten days
| imprisonment in the county jail, or Doth in
1 the discretion of the Justice before whom
| said conviction was had f.; provided, however,
that nothing in this ordinance shall apply TO
persons selling the product of his or he
| farm, or to persons selling meat, milk, bread
| or cakes.
| Section VII And be enacted, That this or.
dinance shall take effect ON the 18th day OF
| May, A. ID. 1888
| Passed May 9th. 1898.
| c. c. COwPERTHWAIT,
Chairman
| A. A. ANDERSON,
T.LACEY AKINS,
| Attest, Township Committee.
| ERNEST d. HoLRMAN, Clerk.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
| copy OF an ordinance now on file in my office
| ERNEST ID. HoLEMAN,