Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-24

ordinance 50 OF the City OF Beldng. regulat
ing the business or occupation or blllposting.
The City of Bedding hereby ordains:
Section 1. Billposters, within a meaning of
this ordinance, shall be construed TO include
all persons who engage in the business or occu-
patton OF posting, by fastening pasting, paint
ing or otherwise, or circulating from house TO
house or distributing upon the streets, any
advertising matter, bills, posters pictures, or
other thing wha' SOever, advertising the DuSl-
ness OF any person, firm or corporation. whether
that OF merchant manufactures, publisher,
or person or persons engaged in any business
or Industrial pursuit or OF Operas, tbeaters.
hows circuses or other exhibitions. Provided
that nothing herein contained shall apply TO
the painting OF store, office or other signs by
sign painters; nor TO any local merchant when
distri outing his own handbills, contain ing the
else. from house to house or among individuals
upon the streets nor to any church or chart
table or benevolent society, or any person
engaged in advertising such work only.
Section g. No billposter shall follow or en-
gage in the business or occupation OF blllpost
ing within the limits OF the City OF Belding
without having first paid TO the clerk OF said
city, TO the use and benefit OF said city. the
license fee provided for in section three of this
ordinance, and without having first obtained
from said clerk billposter's license, as herein
provided.
Section 3. Upon the payment by any person
to the city clerk OF the sum OF ten dollars for
the use and benefit OF the city, and the further
sum Of fifty cents as clerks fee the said clerk
shall issue to said person billposter's license
for the term OF one year from the date OF issu-
ance thereof. No license shall be issued for a
longer time than one year, nor for less than the
amount hereinabole named No license shall
be issu ed for a fraction 81 year excelt upon
the payment OF the license fee for year.
Section 4 II shall be unlawful for any bill
poster TO post or in any way afix any bill or
other advertise matter as specified in section
one OF this ordinance, upon any fence, hitching
post telegraph pole telephone pole. sidewalk,
Dire hydrant or any public building within the
limits OF the City of Bedding, or 20 scatter the
-ame loosely about the streets, nor upon any
private building, except by the owner thereof
OF with his consent
Section Any distribution of samples OF
medicine OF any kind, either in bottles or pack
ages is positively prohibited, unless handed TO
some adult member OF family.
Section g. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prohibit the posting OF legal
notices by public officers or attorneys.
Section g Any person violating this ordi
nance, any provision thereof, shall
upon conviction thereof be punished by
a fine OF not more than twenty-five dollars and
the costs OF prosecution, and in the imposition
OF such fine, the court may make a further
pay ment OF such fine and costs within the time
fixed by the court for the payment thereof, be
imprisoned in the co nty jail OF Ionia county
until such tine and costs shall be paid. Pfovid
ed that TIE term Of such imprisonment shall
not exceed thirty days.
This ordinance shall be known as ordinance
number 50 and shall take effect within twenty
days after the date OF its passage.
Adopted and approved this 18th day OF March
A. ID. 1904. GEO. w. MoULToN.
w. Il. FISHER, City Clerk
Pres Protein. OF Council