The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-19
AN ORDINANCE.

who desires to drum or solicit pat ronage for any hotel or boarding house in the City of Hot Springs. texcept any bona fide owner or prop prietor of such hotel or boarding house shall be required to obtain a license therefor, and, upon application ana giving bond as herein after provided and by payment to this City of the
 sum of Fifty Dollars in advance. may obtain sudh license to drum or solicit for such hotel or boarding house. for period of one year, un- der the conditions and manner set forth in this ordinance.
 Section 2.-The application for such license shall be made in writ Ing to the Mayor and City Clerk and state the name of the person to be licensed and for what hotel CT beard. ing house he or she intends to drum or solicit patronage. accompanied by a good and sufficient bond in the sum of five hundred dollars condition ed as hereinafter prescribed, and up- on the Mayor and City Clerk grant, ing said application shall pay to the City Collector the sum of fifty dol- lars per annum, in advance, said sum to be considered a, reasonable amount ffor issuing said license, keeping a re- cord of same, and all police and oth- Ter lawful regulations incident to and
 connected with such business. If the person named in said application Is, in the opinion of the Mayor and lCity Clerk, of good moral character and is bona fide resident and quail Iified voter of the City of Hot Springs the application shall be granted, oth- erwise the same shall be refused.
 Section 3. Tine license shall desig- nate the name of the person authoriz- ed to drum or solicit and the name of the hotel or boarding house for which he or she is authorized to drum or solicit, and the time of expiration
 of same.
 The bond as herein referred to shan
 be in the sum of five hundred dollars
 and payable to the City of Hot Springs, Ark, and shall be signed by surety to be approved by the may
 or and City Clerk, after the surety ...- ...,, tie;,S Irequired by the laws of the State of
 Arkansas for sureties on official
 bonds of State or County officers, and conditioned that such person author ized under said license to so drum or solicit patronage fo~ such hctel or
 boarding house designated in such
 license, without fraud. concealment,
 misrepresentation, oppression, impo-
 sition or deceit, and that he or she the business of drumming or soliciting lpersons or patronage for any hotel or boarding house, except the one
 named in said license. and that he or she will not drum or solicit, or by word, act or deed, induce or per- lsuade or attempt to induce or per- lsuade any person to employ or en- gage any physician or surgeon; and that he or she will not aid. abet or assist any inside man or any person
 whatever in drumming or soliciting iany person or inducing. or pefsuadiiis any person to employ or engage any
 doctor. and in all other respects com- lply with the terms of this oruinance Section 1.-The words. business
 of drumming or soliciting" as used
 in this ordinance, shall be construed to mean any word, deed or act or acts whereby such person shall en- deavor to persuade, induce. influence
 or prevail upon any stranger or per-
 son who does not reside in this City to patronlze any hotel or boarding
 house, or any doctor, physician or
 surgeon in this city, or to visit any such hotel, boarding house, or phy-
 sician or surgeon with view Of par
 ronizing or employing the same.
 Section 5-The license provided for | in this ordinance shall embrace only
 one hotel or boarding house and
 shall not authorize the licensee to drum or solicit for any other hotel or boarding house, except the one named in such license; provided that
 upon application by the said licensee the name of the hotel or boarding
 house designated in said license may be changed to that of some other l hotel or boarding house to be en- dorsed upon the license, as we'll as noted upon the stub Of the record in the Clerks office by the said Clerk lupon payment to the said Clerk or fee of Two Dollars and Fifty Gents
 for each new transfer and in which case no new license shall be requir- ed and the licensee may engage In
 and continue the business for the
 substituted hotel or boarding mouse
 provided, further, however. the num- n <xsa1