The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-05
SENATE BILL NO. 50.
LICENSING PEDDLERS.
Introduced by Senator Crane. !,
Be IT ENACTED BY THE LEHIs.
IATIvE ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

Section i. 1T shall be un-
lawful or any person, partner
ship or corporation to engage in
the business of selling goods,
wares or merchandise at retail,
or to travel from place to place
fer the purpose of selling or ex-
posing for sale, or offering to
sell, barter or exchange any
goods, wares, merchandise or
other personal property by sam
pie or otherwise, in any city,
village or county in this state for
a temporary or limited period Of
time without first obtaining a
license therefor; provided, how
ever, that this act shall not apply
to any person. partnership or
corporation whose stock of goods
so offered for sale, or the capital
invested in such goods has been
duly assessed for taxation in the
year ia which such goods are
offered for sale; provided fur.
ther, that nothing in this act
shall be held to apply to parties
selling their own production; nor
to persons selling at wholesale to
merchants only.
Section 2. The city council
of any city and the govern
ing body Of any village within
the limits of their representative
jurisdiction, and the board of
county commissioners of any
county in this state, for all terri
tory in any suc.l county not in
cluded within the limits of any
city or village, are hereby auth
orized and empowered to estab
lish license tax rates and to
grant licenses for, and regulate
the traffic in transient or tenn.
porary sales Of goods, wares and
merchandise at retail and to
grant licenses to travel from
place to place to sell or expose
for sale, barter or exchange any
goods, wares, merchandise or
other personal property within
the respective limits of any such
city, village or county for a tenn
porary Or limited period of time,
not exceedingly one year in any
one case; and in fixing and deter
mini ly the amount of license fees
such governing bodies shall take
into account the length of time
for winch q license is to be grant
ed, the amount, kind and value
of the stock Of goods to be offer
ed, for sale, and the manner,
means and method to be employ
ed in exposing or offering the
same for sale.
Section 3. Each person,
partnership or corporation de-
string to obtain q license to sell
or expose or offer for sale, bar
ter or exchange any such goods,
wares or mer chandise or any
personal property in any city or
village or county within this
state shall! make application in
writing to the proper governing
body. Such application shall be
signed by the applicant, and
shall state the kind, quality,
amount and value of any such
stock of goods, wares, merchan.
u
disc or other personal property
to be offered for sale; the name
and address of the owner there
Of; the length of time for which
the license is desired, and
whether the applicant desires te
establish temporary booth, OF
place of business or to travel as
a peddler; and, if to travel as {
peddler, whether on foot or with
one or more vehicles to be drawn
by one or more horses or Other
draft animals.
Section 4. Whenever suct
application shall have been al
lowed, q certificate or license
shall be issued to such applican
by the clerk Of any such city
village, or county auditor 0,
such county, upon presentation