The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-02-18
ORDNANCE NO. 63

An Ordinance relatingi to Transient and
Itinerant Merchants, and Vendors OF
Town of Leavenworth, Washington, pre-
scribing the terms and conditions upon
which such vendors may carry on their
business in said town, and providing n
penalty for violation of this Ordinance.
Be it Ordained by the Council of the Town
of LeaVenWorth:
Section l. From and after the passage by
the Council, approval and signing by the
Mayor, attestation by the Clerk, and publ
cation as required by law, of this Ordinance,
1t shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
company or corporation, to engage in, or
carry on n mere transient business of sell
ing out and disposing of stocks OF goods,
with no intention of becoming bonafide
residents of the town, without having first
obtained from the Council a permit as here
matter specified.
Section .. Any person, persons, company
or corporation coming into the Town OF
LeaYenworth for the purpose of dis posing of
stock or stocks of goods, wares and mer-
chandse, as transient vendors and not In
tending to become bonafide residents of the
town, before entering upon, engaging In, or
carrying on such business, shall deposit
with the Town CLERK the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars t$l00), which sum shall be for
feited to the town If said vendor, or trans
lent merchant, shall remain in such bust
ness for a shorter period than six months,
and in addition thereto shall pay license
fee of One Dollar (SD per day for each and
every working day he shall continue in said
business.
Section 3. When any such transient or
itinerant merchant or vendor of goods,
wares and merchandise, as mentioned in
Sections and of this Ordinance shall have
remained in said business in the said town
for the space of six months, he shall be en-
titled to the repayment of the One Hundred
(Sl00) deposited before the commencement
of said business and shall not thereafter be
required to pay any further daily license fee.
Section A. Upon presentation to the Town
Clerk of the receipt of the Treasurer for One
Hundred Dollars $500 deposited as pre-
scribed in Section of this Ordinance, the
Clerk shall issue to such vendor Il permit to
engage in the sale of his goods, wares and
merchandise upon the payment to the
CLERK of One Dollar as n daily license fee;
the said vendor may, at his option, pay In
advance any number of days license fee.
Section s. Any person, persons, company
or corporation, being of or belonging to the
class mentioned in the preceding sections OF
this Ordinance, who shall engage in said
transient business in the Town of Leaven-
worth, or attempt to so engage in or carry
on such transient business, without having
made the deposit required by this Ordt-
nance, and paid the daily license fee, and
received II permit from the Town Clerk to
engage in said business, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof in "a court of competent juris-
distion, shall be adjudged to pay tine in
any sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars $50; in
the discretion OF the court.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage by the Coun-
cil,approyal and signing by the Mayor, attes-
tation by the Clerk, and seven days after
the date of its publication once in The
LeayenwOrth Echo, n weekly newspaper
printed, publshet and of general circula-
ton in the said Town of Leavenworth, and
in Chelan County.
Passed by the Council the Sth day of Feb
ruary, 1910
Approved and signed by me.
j. h. BUTTERFLIES,
Mayor OF the Town of LeaYenworth, the Sth
day of February, 1910.
Attest: GUY A. HAMILTON, Clerk.
Published the 18th day of February, 1910.