Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-08
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

The Common Council of the civ of WANNA.
tosa do ordain as follows:
AN ORDINANCE to provide fol the licensing
OF hawkers and peddlers in the City of Wau-
watosa Wisconsin.
Section /. No person shall engage in or fol
low the business or occupation of a hawker or
peddler within the corporate limits of the City
Of Wauwatosa, without first having obtained
license for that purpose as herein provided.
Section 2. Every person who snail engage
in or follow the business or occupation men
toned in the first section of this ordinance
shall pay to the City or Wanwatosa an annual
license fee as follows:
Where he shall use in such business or occu-
patton wagon or other vehicle drawn by two
or more horses. or other beasts of burden. or
automobile. other vehicle or conveyance
propelled by any mechanical power. the sum
OF Fifty dollars: where he shall use in such bus
mess or occupation wagon. or other vehicle,
drawn by one horse. or other beast of burden,
the sum of Tvs enty five dollars where he shall
use IN such business or occupation a push or
hand cfrt. or other vehicle not drawn BY horses
or other beasts of burden. the sum OF Twenty
five dollars; and where he shall conduct such
business or occupation on foot by means of
pack. basket or other means for carrying mer-
chandise on foot the sum Of Five dollars.
Section 3. The application for license under
this ordnance shall be made in writing to the
City Treasurer sn blanks 10 be furnished by
him, wherein the applicant shall specify wheth-
Their he intends to carry on his business by
wagon or other vehicle or on foot. The apph-
cant shall pay to such Treasurer at the time of
filing his application for license the amount
prescribed in the preceding section and apple
able to the manner in which he shall carry on
his business. and the Treasurer shall thereupon
issue to the applicant a receipt therefor; pro
vided. however that the said application shall
be endorsed by two residents and free holders
of the City of WauwatoSa, who shall certify
thereon that the applicant is tit person to
receive such license and further provided that
no resident or free holder shall certify TO more
than three applicants for such license IN any
one year
Section 4. Upon prosecution of a receipt from
the City Treasurer, by the applicant TO the CITY
Clerk. showing the payment of the fee as here
I in proyided the City Clerk shall issue to such
applicant license for period OF one year
commencing from the date of the issuing OF
the receipt of the City Treasurer. the full
license fee to be paid in every case
which license shall be signed by the City
Clerk. and every such license shall
authorize the person receiving the same
10 use one wagon or other vehicle drawn by
two or more horses or other beasts of burden
or automobile or other vehiclesor CONVEYANCE
propelled by mechanical power. one wagon or
other vehicle drawn By one horse or other
beast of burden and no more, one push or hand
cart or other vehicle not drawn by horses or
other beasts of burden and no more. or the
baskets packs. or other means necessary for
one peddler carrying merchandise on foot as
the case may be, and such license shall not De
asSignable or transferable
Section s. Every person who shall engage
in or follow the business or occupation OF Il
hawker or peddler within the corporate limits
OF the City OF Wauwatosa without having first
obtained license as by this ordinance proYd-
ed shall upon conviction thereof be punished
by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, or in default of the payment
of such fine by Imprisonment in the House OF
Correction of Milwaukee County for period
of time not exceeding ninety DAYS for such of
Tense; and the Common Council shall have the
right TO revoke the license issued TO any hawk
CIR peddler under the provisions OF this ordl-
nance, who shall be guilty Oh any fraud. mis-
representation or imposition in the sale of his
goods.
Section G. All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances contravening the provisions of this or
dinance are hereby repealed.
Section :. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Passed and dated at Wauwatosa. Wisconsin,
this 5th day of October. 1909.
EDWARD COURTYARD.
City Clerk
Approved this 5th day of October. lyoS,
CHAS. b. PERRY
Mayor of Wauwatosa. Wisconsin