The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-24
No. l9
Of the City Of Hope, North Dakota.

OF the City Of Hope, North Dakota.
An Ordinance Relating to Hawkers,
Peddlers, Transient Traders and
Others, Regulating the Lincensing
OF Persons Engaged in Such Occupa-
tions, and Prescribing Penalties for
Violation of its Provisions.
Be it Ordained by the City Council:
Section l. License for Peddling,
What Excepted). No person shall be
allowed to travel from house to house
or place to place in the City of Hope,
North Dakota, for the purpose of
carrying to sell, exposing for sale, or
selling any goods, wares or merchan-
disc unless he shall first have obtained
a license as a hawker and peddler as
hereinafter provided. Provided, how
ever, that no license shall be required
for peddling or vending or marketing
hay, vegetables, grain, fruit not can
ned or preserved, fowls, nuts, cake,
candy or other like product or refresh
ment, or newspapers Or periodicals.
Section 2. TransientM Merchants and
Traders). No transient trader or mer-
chant shall be allowed to sell, or ex-
pose for sale, in the City of Hope,
North Dakota, any goods, wares or
merchandise unless he shall first have
obtained a license therefor, as herein
after provided.
Section 3. Gift, Fire and Bankrupt
Sales). No person shall within the
City OF Hope, North Dakota conduct
any gift, fire or bankrupt sale without
first obtaining a license therefor as
hereinafter provided.
Section 4. License Required Under
Section One of this Ordinance). That
the license required under section one
OF this ordinance shall be Sixty Dol
lars (S6O.OO) per year; and for q per-
lOd OF one month or more and less
than one year at Ten Dollars ($lO. OO)
per month, and for a period of less
than one month at Two Dollars ($S2. O0)
per day.
Section S. Lincense Required I'm
der Section Two.) That the license
required under section two of this or
dinance shall be one hundred and
twenty dollars (Sl20. 00) per year, or a
proportionate amount for any period
less than one year; but no license
shall be issued for a shorter term than
one month or at a less price than ten
dollars (sl0. OO)
Section 6. License Required Under
Section Three). That the license re-
quired under section three of this or
dinance shall be one hundred and
twenty dollars (S120. O0) per year, or a
proportionate amount thereof for a
period less than one year, but no lie
ense shall be issued for a shorter term
than one month or for an amount less
than ten dollars $4,000
Section I. Licence How Obtained).
Any person desiring to obtain a lie
ense under any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall in personorby his
ing, to the City Auditor, and upon
payment to the City Treasurer of such
sum as shall cover the period for which
the license is desired, receive the
Treasurer's receipt therefor, specify
ing the purpose for which the same
was paid, and upon filing the said re-
ceipt with the City Auditor, shall re-
ceive a license signed by the Mayor,
or in his absence the President of the
City Council, and coutersigned by the
City Auditor, authorizing the holder
thereof, to sell goods, wares and mer-
c%handise as therein specified, within
said city, for such length of time not
exceeding one year as may be specified
therein; and the license shall show to
which class above specified it belongs.
Section s. Not to use Streets Or
Public Grounds). Nothing in this Or
dinance or in the license granted here
under shall be SO construed as to en-
title any person to the privilege of oc-
cupying or maintaining any stand in
any street, alley, avenue, market
place, public building, common, pub
lie ground, park or sidewalk with
tables, benches, or otherwise, unless
such privilege is otherwise granted in
the license.
Section 8. All ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 10. Penality). Any person
who shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall, upon convic-
ton thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than five dollars ($5. COY O
more than one hundred dollars
$500. O0)
Read the first time May 7th 1906.
Read the second time May 18th 1906.
Passed May 18th 1906.
Approved May 18th 1906.
GEO. A. WARNER,
Mayor.
Attest: GEO. A. FEAD,
City Auditor.