Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

his intention to become q permanent mer-
Giant, may be required as a condition of
transactfng business, to give bond to the
city, village or town to secure payment of
the state and local license, in the event
that he fails to become a permanent mer-
chant under this act, in a penal sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars, to be de-
termined by ordinance or resolution Of such
town, city or village with sureties to be
approved by the clerk of said municipality,
the said bond to be enforced In case of
breach thereof, by the proper legal officer
of the city, village or town, and upon its
collection the amount of the state license
to be paid to the state treasury agent, and
the remainder to be paid into the treasury
of the city, village or town as otherwise
provided herein for the disposition of the
local license; and provided further that any
peddler on entering any city, village or
town for the purpose of selling or offering
for sale his goods, wares or merchandise,
SHALL II required by any treasury agent or
any official of any such city, village or
town, appear before the clerk thereof, ex-
hibit his state license and make affidavit
that he is the person named in such license
After making such affidavit, such clerk shall
issue certificate setting forth that the
above requirement has been complied with
for such city, village or town, which GER
tifcate shall be good for thirty days from
its date. Any peddler failing to comply
with the above requirement shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding ten dollars or
by Imprisonment in the county jail for ten
days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 8. Section 1874 of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: Section 1874, Every owner, man
ager or agent of a caravan, circus or
menagerie, before he shall be allowed to
exhibit the same in this state shall procure
a state license as a public Snowman in the
manner hereinbefore provided for peddlers,
and shall pay into the state treasury there
for the sum Of one hundred dollars; and
every owner or manager of a so-called side
show, merry -go-rOund or ocean wave, and
pYhibitinp for
trained animals, wild animals or any object
of curiosity shall procure a state license as
public Snowman and pay therefor twenty
dollars.
Section 4. Section 1875 Of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1875. The secretary of state upon
the payment of his fees, shall grant to
every such applicant, upon the filing of his
application, and the receipt of the treasurer,
showing the payment of the proper license
fees, license under his official seal, signed
by himself or his assistant, authorizing such
lcenSee to travel and prosecute business in
the manner stated in his application, for
the term of one year; but all licenses shall
expire on the thirtieth day of April in each
year and the amount due for licenses Of
peddlers and patent right dealers, shall be
reckoned prOportionately for that part of
the year from the first day of the month
in which the liability is incurred, to the
first day of May following, provided the
secretary Of state may issue a like license
to any applicant therefor to peddle, on foot
or with one horse, or to deal in patent
rights, who shall prove to his satisfaction
that he served as a soldier in the United
States army or navy, or in the quarter
masters or commissary's department there
of, during the late rebellion, and was so
disabled as to render him unfit for hard
manual labor in such service, and honorably
discharged therefrOm, without the payment
of any license fees; provided further that
the secretary Of state may issue like IL
cense to any applicant therefor to sell
goods, wares or merchandise on foot or
with one horse, and wagon or bicycle who
is blind or deaf and dumb so crippled
as to incapacitate him for manual labor
without the payment Of any license fees;
except that the said secretary of state, upon
the request of the treasury agent. may re-
Quire any such applicant to submit to an
examination by a physician designated by
him, as to said applicants crippled cOndi-
ton, when the same is not apparent, before
issuing such license; the cost Of such eX-
animation, not exceeding two dollars shall
be in all such cases borne by the applicant.
Section S. Section 1876 of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1876. Every person who shall be
found travelling or trading contrary to the
provisions of this chapter or to the terms
of any license that may have been granted
to him or shall when licensed as q transient
merchant, trader or dealer neglect or re-
fuse to pay the per diem tax authorized by
section 1872 according to the ordinance or
resolution of the town, city or village, pass
ing the same, shall for each offense forfeit
NOT less IMAM IIIY QOItdFS nor more IMAM
one hundred dollars which the district at
tOrney of the proper county shall sue for
in the name of the state and cause to be
collected and paid into the state treasury
for the benefit Of the school fund. The
court imposing such forfeiture may order
that there may be paid to the district at
torney, out of the sum collected in the
ton prosecuted by him, a sum not exceed
ing fifteen per centum thereof, and to the
witnesses or other persons furnishing the
information Of the violation Of law, a sum
not exceeding ten per centum Of the sum
collected, provided that if any person shall
engage in trade in any town. city or village
contrary to the provisions of this chapter
respecting transient merchants, traders or
dealers, nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent such town, city or village from suing
for and collecting the amount Of the per
diem tax imposed upon such person for the
use of such town, city or village, according
to the provisions of chapter 49, and in ad-
ditiOn thereto a forfeiture of a sum equal
to the amount Of such tax. Upon the trial
Of any such action the fact that such per-
son has not been engaged in trade in the
plaintiff town, city Or village for the space
of six months or has not paid any tax
therein on his goods, wares and merchan-
QIse, as such resident dealers have done,
shall be prima facie evidence that he Is a
transient merchant, trader or dealer and
that he is liable to such per diem tax if
it has not been paid. Every person having
q license under the provisions of this chap
ter shall at all times when engaged in
business as such peddler or merchant, have
present with him such license, and every
such person who shall be engaged in busi-
ness as such peddler or trader without hav-
ing such license present with him or who
shall refuse to produce 1t for examination
when lawfully required to do so by the
treasury agent or any special treasury agent
or any sheriff, under sheriff, deputy sheriff,
policeman, marshal, constable or any peace
officer of any town, city or village shall be
punished by a fine of not more than twenty
dollars or by Imprisonment In the county
Jail not more than twenty days or by both
such fine and Imprisonment, and any fail
ure to produce such license when required
by such officers shall be prima facie evil
dence that no such license has been OBJ
tanned.
Section G. Section 1584e of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1584e. The application for state
license under the preceding section shall
be made to the secretary of state under
oath, shall disclose the name and residence
Of the applicant who shall, before making
such q sale or advertising to do so, state
in his original CT supplementary applica-
ton the details concerning such sale, in
Guiding all the facts relating to the inSur-
ance, bankruptcy, insolvency or other rea-
son for making the same, with sufficient
fuIIness as to time, place and persons, to
permit the verifcatiOn thereof. Such state
ment shall be copied on the license issued
by said secretary of state and all applica-
tionS shall be filed by him and q record Of
all licenses issued be made. All files and
records of the secretary of state and of the
town, city and village clerks shall be in
convenient form and open for public IN
spection. Any false statement in either
such application or any failure of any IL
censee to comply with all the requirements
of this section shall render him liable to
the same penalty as Is imposed by section
1584i for making, without a license, such a
sale as is within the preceding section,