The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-04-04
ORDINANCE NO. =.
Series 81 l0ly.

table feddlers, Regulating their
Conduct Hereunder, and Repeating
All Ordinances or Parts Df Ordi-
nances Inconsistent with this Or
dinance.
BE IT ORDAINED. BY the City
Council of The City of Canon City,
Fremont County, Colorado.
WHEREAS. That portion of Water
Street between Seventh and Tenth
Streets in The City of Canon City,
Fremont County, Colorado. herein
after referred to as said limits" is
largely occupied by railroad tracks.
and the passenger and freight depots
OF The Denver and Rio Grande Rail
road Company are adjacent to said
limits, and.
WHEREAS. peddlers OF fruits, ber-
ries and vegetables, make a practice
of selling such articles to passengers
and others who are travelling upon
passenger trains within said limits,
often times to their own danger and
to the danger OF passengers and train
men, by reason of the carelessness
and negligence of many OF such ped
dlers in approaching passenger cars.
and crossing before moving trains.
and.
WHEREAS. The reputation of said
City of Canon City, with it's tributary
country has been injured as a fruit
growing center by reason of said ped
dlers selling unwholesome and in
ferior articles, and also some peddlers
have been unclean and unsanitary In
clothing and person, TO the damage
of the wholesomeness of said articles,
SO sold by them
Section /. NOW. THEREFORE,. For
said reasons, and other good and suf-
ficient reasons to the said City Coun-
ell appearing. the peddling of any
such articles. to-wit: fruits, berries,
and vegetables within said limits is
hereby declared TO be a public nuls-
ance. except as hereinafter permitted,
and is hereby absolutely prohibited.
except under the following condi-
tions:: t-..
Section 9. Said City Council, at any
regular or special meeting. may Issue
what shall be designated as Fruit
Peddlers License" to such respective
person or persons as II may deem ad-
visable. but not more than four of
such licenses shall be outstanding at
any given time. and each such license
shall be issued TO but one person.
1t shall be the duty OF said City
Council to keep four licenses out
standing. II In the uncontrolled and
final Judgment and discretion OF said
City Council there shall be suitable
applicants therefor. as defined in this
Section 3. No such license shall be
issued to any person. unless. In the
opinion of said City Council. the ap-
plicant Is person OF good moral
and OF clean and decent
habits, and has attained the age OF
16 years.
Section 4. Such license shall en-
title the lIcensee therein to peddle
fruits. berries and vegetables within
said limits, but not ~isewhere, under
the following conditions. and not
otherwise: said licensee shall peddle
only those apples known In the Can
on City market as fancy or first ap-
pies. Such apples shall be clean.
sound and ripe. and only apples shall
he peddled. which are. when 80 ped
died. ut for eating. as distinguished
from those it for cooking. All ber-
ries and vegetables shall also be
clean. sound and ripe. and all said
fruits. berries and vegetables shall
be sold at reasonable prices.
Section 5. II shall be the duty OF
the food inspector OF said City of
Canon City to seize and destroy all
fruits, berries or vegetables In the
possession OF any such licensee with
In said limits for peddling. when the
same shall come TO his knowledge.
which are not as specified in Section
hereof. and said food inspector
shall inspect the fruits. berries and
vegetables 40 offered for sale al rens-
enable and proper times. aud all OF
said licensees shall permit him 20
make such inspection whenever he
may desire to do SO.
Section g. The City Marshal of
said City OF Canon City. or in his alb
sence the city officer In charge of
said limits. shall designate the sides
Of the passenger trains upon which
said licensee. or any OF them. shall
keep, and they shall all
obey the orders OF said City Marshal. |
Or other officer so In charge. ms TO
approaching the platform of said cars
and in general shall obey said orders
In respect to peddling SO that they
may not become a public nuisance
Section I. For the purpose Of is
suing such licenses. the year shall be
divided into four equal quarters. COM |
with the month OF January.
and said license shall cover the quar- 1
ter In which issued and three success
sive ones. at the rate of SIX Dollars
and Twenty-Five Cents ts6.25D per
quarter. payable quarterly in advance. !
and for the quarter In which issued (,
the rate shall correspond 10 that Of
three months In ratio to the time of
issuance ~
Section s. Any person desiring |
such license shan make written ap-
plicaiion therefor OF the office OF the
City Clerk OF said City Of Canon City. /,
rpon form 10 he furnished by said !
City Clerk. which shall be In sub
stance as fellows: