The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
An Ordinance.

An Ordinance relative 10 licenses
peddlers or hawkers, transient trad
ers, auctioneers. pawn-brokers, sports
circuses, menageries, street carnivals
or any other exhibition or amusement
whatsoever.
THE CITY OF CRYSTAL FALLS
ORDAINS:
Section /. II shall be unlawful for
any person to engage in, carry on. or
exercise the business or calling OF a
neddler or hawker within the CITY
OF Crystal Falls, or 70 engage In, car
ry on or exercise the business OF sell
ing or offering for sale any goods,
wares or merchaRdise as a transient
trader, or to engage in, carry ON or ex-
ercise the business or calling of an
auctioneer, except a judicial or mort
gage foreclosure sale, or TO engage in,
carry on or conduct tine business OF
a pawn-broker, or exhibit any sport,
4 exhibition of natural or artificial curl
osities, caravan, circus, menagerie,
theatrical exhibition, street carnival
/ or any other amusement, show, exhi-
\ bition or performance OF any kind
whatsoever within said city, for which
/ money or other reward is in any way
! demanded, unless he shall have first
procured license 50 TO do; provided,
/ however, moving picture entertain
ments in picture houses permanently
located In said city, entertainments,
shows, exhibitions or performances,
the proceeds of which are for the ben
eft OF any public or private charity,
school or church, shall not be sub
ject TO the provisions hereof.
Section 2. Hawkers or peddlers
within the meaning OF this Ordinance
shall include all persons who shall
hawk or peddle any property or thing
OF value. or sell the same by going
about from place to place within said
city for that purpose, or from any
stand, cart, vehicle or other device in
the streets, highways, alleys or other
public grounds within said city.
Section 3. Auctioneers within the
meaning OF this Ordinance shall in
clude all persons who shall exercise
the trade or business OF an auction.
eer, or who shall sell or offer for
sale at public auction or after the
manner of public auction any article
or thing whatsoever within said city. |
Section 4. Transient traders with
in the mee/ing OF this Ordinance
shall include all persons who follow |
the business OF going from town to |
town for the purpose OF selling or Of |
fering for sale at retail or auction any |
goods, wares, merchandise or other |
property or thing and who shall en-
gage transiently in the sale OF such |
goods, wares and merchandise in said |
city.
Section 5. Any person or persons
desiring TO engage in, conduct or car
ry on the occupations, trades, or
amusements herein specified shall file
an application with the City Clerk,
which said application shall be In
writing and verified by the applicant |
or by some other person in his behalf,
and shall state the occupation, trade
or amusement for which license Is APP
piled for, the time when such occupa-
ton, trade or amusement is to be com
menced, and the term thereof, and
IL said application is for H.
cense TO engage In the business
of transient trader II shall In
addition state the value OF the
stock OF merchandise or property
brought into the city or proposed to
be brought therein i'm connection with
such proposed business.
Section G. II such application for
license conforms TO the provisions
hereof and If the license fee, in Sec
ton Z provided, is paid, the City
Clerk shall issue under the seal OF
said city a license certificate TO carry
on the occupation trade or amusement
set forth in the application herein
provided, which said certificate shall
have thereon It's consecutive number
and shall state the name and residence
OF the licensee, the occupation, trade
or amusement which the licensee Is
permitted to engage In, carry on or
exercise, and the term for which such
license Is granted, and shall be signed
by the Mayor and City Clerk; proyid-
ed that no license to transient trad
er as such shall be issued for per-
iod OF time beyond the commence
ment OF the next fiscal year thereaf-
ter
Section z. The fees for licenses
hereunder shall be as follows:
For each person or firm who acts
as an auctioneer or sells any
property at auction. the sum OF
ten dollars day. or forty dollars
week, or one hundred dollars
month.
2. For hawkers or peddlers, the sum
OF three dollars per day, or fifty
dollars for one year.
3. For transient traders:
a. For a stock OF merchandise OF
the value OF two thousand dol
lars or less there shall be paid
the sum of twenty-five dollars
per week. one hundred dollars
per month, two hundred dollars
for three months. and three hun
dred fifty dollars for six months.
b. For n stock OF goods OF the val
ne OF more than two thousand
dollars and not more than FIVE
thousand dollars there shall be
paid the sum OF fifty dollars
week, one hundred fifty dollars
month, three hundred dollars
for three months and four hun