Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-22

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gether and in addition to the reg
ular state license. A transient
merchant is defined as one who
engages in the vending or sale of
merchandise at any place within
this village temporarily, and who
does not intend to become and
does not become a permanent
merchant of such village. And
this board hereby fixes and de-
termines that in order TO become
what is determined a permanent
merchant other than temporarily
or transient, he shall have remain
ed in business so engaged, at
least one year. That hawkers or
peddlers using a two-horse wagon,
automobile or other such vehicle
shall be required to pay the sum
of ten dollars a day; whereas a
hawker or peddler using a one
horse wagon or other vehicle
drawn by less than two horses,
shall be required to pay five dol
lars a day; and where such hawk
er or peddler uses in such bust
ness a hand cart push wagon or
other such vehicle, he shall be
required to pay three dollars a
day; and where he shall conduct
such business on foot by means of
pack, basket or other means for
carrying such merchandise on
foot, he shall be required TO pay
three dollars "A day. The license
for such transient merchant is
hereby fixed at five dollars a day,
and all merchants whom the pres
ident of the village believes to be
other than permanent, and If
complaint be made TO the presi-
dent of the village that any per-
son doing business therein is a
transient merchant, and such per-
son shall claim to be a permanent
merchant, he may be required as
a condition to transacting busi-
ness in such village, without the
payment of the license fee to such
village, to give a bond to such viii
lage to secure the payment of the
state and village license, in that
il he fails TO become a permanent
merchant in the penal sum of
FIVE hundred dollars, with sureties
to be approved by the village
clerk, and which bond shall be en-
forced in case of a breach there
of, by the local village officers,
and upon its collection the
amount of the state license is
paid into state treasury and
the remainder shall be paid into
the local treasury and become a
part of the license fund.
Section 5. Application for Ii
cense to do business in this viii
lage as a hawker, peddler or tran
sient merchant shall be in writ
ing to the village clerk upon
blanks to be furnished by him,
and upon the filing of such appli-
cation accompanied by the pay
ment of the license fees hereinbe-
fore provided for, the clerk shall
issue such license, stating the per-
iod covered by the license.
Section 6. Application for IL
censes other than hawkers,
peddlers and transient merchants,
covered by this ordinance, shall
be made to the president of the
village. Whenever the president
shall grant a license in pursuance
of this ordinance he shall give to
such person a certificate signed
by him specifying the amount to
be paid for such license which
certificate shall be delivered TO
the village treasurer, and said
treasurer is prohibited from re-
ceiving any money for such IL
cense from any person who does
not present and surrender to him
such certificate from the presi-
dent.
Section Z. Each license issued
shall be signed by the president
and countersigned by the clerk
and sealed with the corporate seal
of the village, and license issued
in pursuance thereof shall not be
assignable to the benefit of any
person other than to the person
20 whom such license was origin
ally issued. And no such license
Il Al.