The Cordova daily times., 1915-09-08
ORDINANCE NO. 4t.
Licensing Peddlers, Hawkers and Non
 Resident Salesmen.

Licensing Peddlers. Hswkers and Non
 Resident Salesmen.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
 Council of the Town of Cordova in
 the District of Alaska.
 Licenses.
 Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person either as agent owner or otherwise, to peddle, solict or transact any of the business hereinafter men, toned within the Town of Cordova for which licenses are required, with out first taking or procuring the li- cense required for such business or calling.
 How Issued.
 Section 2. Any person desiring to transact any of the businesses or call ings hereinafter mentioned shall first apply to and pay to the Town Treas urer of the Town of Cordova, the amount required under this ordinance for license to prosecute such business. Said Treasurer will, upon receipt of the amount of money so required, issue to said applicant a receipt there for, specifying the amount received, the period of time for which said H. cense is desired, and the business and calling of the applicant. The appli- cant for license, upon presentation of said receipt to the Town Clerk of the Town of Cordova, shall obtain a li- cense in accordance with said receipt. All moneys received for licenses under the provisions of this ordinance shall be credited by the Town Treasurer with the several amounts so received for such license, as the same appears upon the Treasurer's receipt upon which said Clerk has issued said li- censc.
 PeddIers and Hawkers 1 Section 3. Every person who shall, within the Town of Cordova, sell or contract to sell or cause to be sold, or solicit for sale or purchase any goods, wares, merchandise, drugs, medicine, i jewelry or ware, or any other property of any kind, or shall canvass or take orders for pictures or picture frames, or enlarging photographs, by going from house to house or by public out cry or any temporary stand or place of business within the town, shall be deemed peddler or hawker within the meaning of this ordinance, and shall first obtain a peddler's license from the Town of Cordova before prs ecuting or attempting to prosecute said businee. The amount required to be paid for peddler's license shall be $50.00 per day.
 1 Provided: That no person shall be required to take out license or pay any fee for peddling newspapers, maga- zines, fish, games, books, or farm gar den products grown in the District of Alaska and offered for sale by the pro- ducer thereof, or any article or thing manufactured or produced within the District of Alaska; and
 Provided further, that regular com mercial travellers employed by whole sale houses in selling staple articles and merchandise to merchants within the Town of Cordova, shall not be deemed within the meaning of this section.
 Section f. That any person or per sons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not more than One Hundred (s100.00)> Dollars, or be imprisoned in the town jail for not more than sixty. (60) days or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Mags- trate.
 Approved and passed this 7th day of September, 1915.
 l (SEAL) H, A. SAFER, Mayor. Attest; Edward F. Medley, i Town Clerk