Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-20
An Ordinance.

An ordinance amending and re-enact-
ing the last paragraph of Section 6, page
Is, of the town ordinances: also section
g, page 10, of said ordinances, and enact
ing in their stead and adding thereto the
following:
Be it enacted and ordained BY the May
or, Recorder and Common Conncil OF
ShepherdStown, County of Jefferson,
State of West Virginia, that an ordinance
for the licensing and collecting license
taxes hereinafter described for the pur-
pose Of raising additional revenue for the
actual and needed expenses of said Cor
poration, and for the protection of those
lawfully and otherwise engaged in buSi-
ness in said town. Therefore be II en-
acted:
Section 6. No person shall hawk, ped
die or vend any wares or
HawkerS merchandise upon the streets
and or highways Of the said town,
PeddIers nor shall any itinerant peddler
60 from house TO house 10 vend
or sell any wares or merchandise, either
| by sample or otherwise at retail, without
having first applied 10 the Recorder or
the Mayor and Common Council and ia
ken out license therefor as provided in
the following section:
Section GA Every person who shall
hawk, peddle or vend any wares or mer-
chandiSe of any description upon the
streets or highways OF the town, and
every person selling goods as provided
in the preceding section, shall pay for
such license the sum of twenty dollars
annually.
Section 6B. Nothing contained in the
first and second sections of this chapter
shall be construed to apply TO any sales
OF produce under permits inst had and
obtained by applying TO the Recorder OF
said Corporation; provided however,
that the produce so offered for sale was
grown, cultivated or raised on the per-
sons property, either by rental or other
wise, offering the same for sale. All
others selling or vending produce other
than that raised as aforesaid shall be re-
quired TO pay a license as provided in the
preceding sections of this Act.
Sec. &C. Any person or persons who
shall be convicted OF violating any OF the
provisions of the preceding sections OF
this chapter before the Mayor, Recorder
or other proper officer, shall be fined a.
sum not less than five dollars, nor more
than ten dollars, and costs, or suffer i'm
priSonment for a period not exceeding
ten days, or until the tine and costs which
may have been imposed shall be paid.
Section 9. Every person, whether prin-
cipal or agent, not engaged
Transient at this time in permanent
Business business within the corporate
limits OF ShepherdStown, but
entering into, beginning or desiring 10
begin business in said town for the sale
OF any goods, wares or merchandise
whatsoever, including the occasion when
the same shall be represented or held
forth TO be bankrupt, aSSignee'S or about
to quit business, or OF goods damaged by
fire. water or otherwise, or by any attrac-
tive or conspicuous advertisement what
Soever, shall first apply TO the Recorder
of said Council for a license therefor, for
which every person as aforesaid shall pay
the sum OF twenty-five dollars.
Section ga. Any person who shall be
convicted of violating any OF the provl-
SionS of the last preceding section OF this
chapter before the Mayor, Recorder or
other proper officer of the town, shall be
fined a sum of not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, aid
costs, and in default of payment thereof,
be sentenced toimpriSonment in the county
Jail for a period not exceeding twenty
days, or until such fine and costs as may
have been imposed shall be paid.
Section H. On every license to carry
on the business of a junk dealer,
Junk an annual license fee OF twenty
Dealer five dollars, said license to be
secured from the Recorder, as
other licenses are had and obtained.
ANY person guilty of soliciting or car
rying on the said business without having
obtained a license therefor as above spec
flied, shall upon conviction before the
Mayor, Recorder or other proper officer
be fined not less than ten dollars or more
than fifty dollars and costs, and in default
of payment may be imprisoned in the
town or county Jail from ten to thirty days,
or both, at the discretion OF the aforesaid
officer.
Section II. These ordinances shall be
in effect from their passage, and all or
dinanceS or parts Of ordinances inconSist-
ent herewith are hereby repealed.
Passed May 10, 1909.
u. S. Martin, Mayor.