Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25
NO. So.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE IL
CENSING OF PEDDLERS, TIN
ERANT VENDORS AND AUG
TIONEERs, AND REPEATING
NO. POI OF THE ACTS OF 1918.
SECTION 10y OF NO. I OF THE
ACTS OF 1915, AND CHAPTERS
80. 2s2 AND 1913 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section /. A person going from town
to town, or from place to place in a
town, carrying or exposing for sale
goods composed in whole or in part of
cotton, linen, wool or silk, plated or
gilded ware, jewelry, patent medicine or
compound medicine, the composition of
which is kept secret from the public,
watches or clocks, hardware, stoves or
ranges, groceries, oranges, bananas, or
wearing apparel of any kind, and per-
son who transports such goods, wares or
merchandise from town to town, or who
comes from without the state into town
within this state, bringing such goods
wares or merchandise, and, in the town
to which he transports or brings the
same, temporarily exposes such goods
wares or merchandise for sale at auction
or otherwise, at public or private house
store or other house, or in park, street
or highway, shall be deemed peddler
Sec. 2. A peddler shall pay license
tax as follows: If he travels on foot
fifteen dollars; if he travels with horse
or other beast, bearing burden, or with
a vehicle drawn by one beast or more, OF
by motor vehicle or by railroad con.
veying his goods, thirty dollars. The
amount paid for a license shall deter
mine the manner in which the goods ma,
be conveyed from place to place.
Sec. 3. Licenses to peddlers shall b,
issued and signed by the commissions
of taxes. Each license shall express tn,
amount paid therefor, shall be numbered
and recorded by the commissioner o
taxes in book kept for that purpose
land such license shall be in the following
form:
No. ......
STATE OF VERMONT.
Be it known that license is hereb
, granted to Observation-Disclosures.
to be a peddler within this state 70
: one year from the date hereof, to trave
paid therefor the sum of $..... Thi
license expires .....,.............
Given under my hand and seal thi
.......... day of ..........,... 10.
Commissioner of Taxes.
| Sec. T. Application for peddler'
, license shall be made in writing to til
$ commissioner of taxes upon blanks pre-
r pared by him and furnished for that pun
2 pose. Such application shall contain
/ statement of the name, place Of residenc
. and address of the applicant, class &
license desired to be obtained and sue
t additional information as the commi!
n sioner of taxes may require. The applica
n ton shall be accompanied by the *
t covering the amount Of the tax for tn
: license sought to be obtained.
e Sec. S. A license granted as herei
provided shall be in force for one yes
n from the date thereof
s Sec. 6. The commissioner of tax,
n shall register in a book kept for tn,
v purpose the number of the license IN
4 the name and residence of the person
o whom the same Is granted. the date az
the sum paid therefor. A license sha
j. not be valid unless the same is signt
n by said commissioner of taxes. and Z
e license to peddle shall be issued .
d granted by the officials Of towns or vi
It llages to any person who has not receive
n q license issued by the commissioner
Is taxes according to the provisions OF tn
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