The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-06-16

given outside the town limits, there
shall be charged license fee equal to
one-half of the license fee for showing
within the town limits.
2. To conduct, manage or operate
as licensee, manager, agent or pro-
prietor, any carnival, license fee per
day .................. -. $4,000
3. To peddle any goods, wares or
merchandise whatsoever, wholesale or
retail, in or along the streets of Oak
land, or to go from house to house,
either in vehicle or on foot, or where
the vendor stations himself or her.
self on any public street or place,
offering goods, wares or merchandise,
license fees shall be as follows:
Per day, .............. > 1.O0
Per week, .............. 2.5O
Per year, ............. 1000
Where the vendor stations himself
or herself on any street or public
place, license fee per day 80. $500
A peddler shall be construed to
mean any person who has not regu-
lar established place of business, in
Oakland, who solicits orders for and
delivers merchandise himself or her.
self or through his or her agents, and
collects for the same.
But this subsection shall not apply
to persons selling by sample where the
goods are delivered and collection
made by some person other than the
solicitor or his agent, nor to farmers
or gardeners offering for sale the pro-
duce from their own farms and gar
dens.
4. For conducting a skating rink,
license fee per years. ......
5. For posting bills or operating
bill boards, license fee per year $500
Section 4. No person shall offer
Except at regularly established
place of business) any magazine or
periodical of any description, or solicit
for the charging of pictures or So
licit for any other purpose whatso-
ever, or offer to sell any soaps or
perfumes, or any other article usually
offered by solicitors without first hav-
ing obtained a permit in writing from
the Mayor and Town Council so to do,
which said permit shall be applied for
and obtained in the same manner as
heretofore provided for licenses.
Section 5. The Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland shall have the
power and authority to refuse any
license applied for under this ordi-
nance whenever in their opinion the
party applying for the same is not of
good moral character, or whenever in
their opinion the place where said
business is supposed to be carried on
is not proper one, taking into con-
sideration the peace and good order of
the neighborhood and the availability
of police protection.
Section 6. All licenses granted I'M
der this ordinance, if yearly license
fee be paid, shall run from the first
day of May and expire the last day of
April following.
Section 7. Any person or persons,
firm or corporation, violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction, pay fine of not less
than five dollars (S5.00) nor more
than twenty-five dollars (S25.00) for
each offense, and each day such viola
ton shall be continued after the frsrt
conviction shall be a separate and dis
tlnct offense. Any person so convic-
ted shall, upon failure to pay the fine
and costs, be confined in the County
Jail until said fine and costs are paid
but not exceeding thirty days for any
conviction.
Section 8. And be it further enact
ed and ordained that the aforegoing
ordinance shall take effect from the
date Of its passage.
AN ORDINANCE of The Mayor and
Town Council of Oakland, Mary
land, prohibiting soliciting of money
Ot bnr thin~ Of rol,,o viii
the corporate limits of said town
without a permit from the Mayor
and Town Council.
dained by the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil of Oakland, Maryland, that it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation, to solicit upon
the streets or anywhere else within
the corporate limits of said town for
money or ony other thing of value
without first having obtained permit
therefor from the Mayor and Town
Council
Section 2. Any person or persons,
tirm or corporation offending against
the provisions Of Section 1 of this ordi-
nance shall be fined upon conviction
not less than fifty dollars and not
more than one hundred dollars and
each act of solicitation shall be con-
sidered separate and distinct Of
tense.
Section g. And be it further en-
acted and ordained that the afore-
going ordinance shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
By order of the Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland,
A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
ORDER MIST