The Winslow mail., 1924-03-14
City Ordinance No. 122


Licensing Business Institutions,
Peddlers, Transient Merchants,
Street Vendors, ClairvOyants, Spir-
itualists, Spirit Medium, AstrOl-
ogers, Soothsayers, Palmists and
Fortune Tellers.
Be it ordained by the Common
Council of the Town of Winslow, as
follows, to-wit:
Sec. /. 1t shall be and is unlawful
for any person or persons, firms, or
corporations to carry on, operate or
conduct any trade calling, profession,
business or anything of that nature
in this Ordinance specified, without
first obtaining a license from the
Town of Winslow for same and each
and every day or fractional part of
any day that any trade, calling pro-
fession or business or occupation in
this Ordinance specified is conducted
or carried on or operated without
such license shall be and is mis-
demeanor and each offense is punish
able by a fine of not more than
$4,000 or by Imprisonment for a
term not exceeding ninety days or
both fine and imprisonment; that the
amount of license fee of such trade
calling, profession, business or oc-
cupation in which any person or
persons, or firm or corporations shall
or may be carrying on or operating
or conducting shall be and is debt
due and payable to the Town of
Winslow in any Court of Competent
jurisdiction and said amount may be
obtained by suit together with III
costs of said suit.
Sec. II. The language used in this
ordinance shall be defined as follows,
to-wit:
(a) A "Transient Merchant" with
in the meaning of this ordinance
shall and does include every person
who solicits orders from house to
house for future delivery of goods
or who shall and does deliver
goods previously solicited by
a solicitor at retail on an order OF
orders for future delivery; provided
that such soliciting is not done fol
or through a fixed business within
the Town of Winslow.
(b) AS used in this Ordinance the
term "Street Vendors" includes ano
means all persons or firms or cor
porations engaged in selling in OF
upon the streets, alleys or vacant
grounds within the Town of Winslow
any goods, wares, merchandise OF
articles of any kind and also in
cludes and means all persons, firms
or corporations operating, conducting
and carrying on or engaging in any
ring or knife or similar game, OF
any ''faked" business, game or device
in or upon the streets alleys OF
vacant grounds within the Town OF
Winslow.
(c) AS used in this Ordinance the
term "Peddler" shall and does in
clude solicitors and vendors OF all
kinds who do not have permanent
place of business in the Town OF
Winslow.
Sec. III. Applications for license
herein or hereafter required shall be
made in writing to the Town Clerk
which application shall be in form
herein required or in form that may
hereafter be required.
Sec. w. All licenses issued under
the provisions of this Ordinance shall
state the person or persons or firm
or corporation to whom issued, the
trade. calling, professions, business
or occupation to be followed, carried
on, operated or conducted and the
place or places at which the same
is to be operated or carried on, en-
gagged in or conducted and the
amount of the license fee or tax for
same; and said license shall be signed
by the Town Clerk, who shall make
delivery thereof upon receipt by him
of tho amount therein shown; and a
duplicate shall be made of each
original license issued which shall
be signed by each applicant, which
duplicate shall be kept intact by
book form by the Town Clerk; and
by and with the consent of the Town
Mayor, a license may be assigned or
transferred, but any assignment or
transfer without such consent IN
writing shall be and is null and void,
and such license sought to be assign