The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-03-13

Town Council o! Oakland, Mary
land, to repeal Chapter 9 of the Re-
vised and COdified Ordinances of the
said town of Oakland, passed June
Bird, 1912, relating to licenses and
providing fees and penalties, and
all subsequent amendments thereto,
and to re-enact the same with
amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted and or
dained by the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil of Oakland, Nd, That Chapter 9 of
the Revised and Codified Ordinances of
the town of Oakland, passed on June
3rd, 1912, relating to licenses and pro-
viding fees and penalties, and all sub
sequent amendments thereto, be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as
follows:
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, firm or cor
poration, without having first obtained
license as herein provided, to con-
duct or carry on any business herein
after enumerated within the corporate
limits of the town of Oakland, Mary
land.
SECTION 8. The Town Clerk be,
and he is hereby empowered and di-
rected to issue licenses and collect the
fees therefor as follows, to-wit:
(a) To conduct, manage or operate
as licensee, manager, agent or propri-
etor any kind of mercantile bust
ness, grocery, meat market, restau-
rant. confectionery, news stand, cigar
stand, oil or gas station or other es-
tablishment of any kind where COM
modities are kept or offered for sale:
License fee per year where the q
stock does not exceed -
100000 ................ 500
For each additional 100000 or
fraction thereof ........ loo
(b) To peddle any goods, wares or
merchandise whatsoever, in or along
the streets of Oakland, or to go from
house to house, either in a vehicle or
on foot, license fees shall be as fol-
lows:
Travelling on foot, by auto or
wagon, per year. .Sl5.UU
Travelling on foot, each person,
per day ................. 3.0O
Travelling by auto or wagon, per
.
Where the vendor, hawker or
peddler stations himself or
herself on any public street
or other public place offer
ing goods, wares or mer-
chandise for sale, license
fee per day. ............. 3.OO
Each additional day Cf
without intervaD ...... ESQ
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, and shall in
clude the selling from wagons or other
vehicles at retail any fresh fruits, veg
etables or other country produce OF
which the vendor is not the bona fide
grower, as provided in Sections 81
and 35 of Article Sc of the Code of
Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland.
But this subsection shall not ap-
ply to persons selling by sample where
the goods are not then in Oakland or
in the possession of the party offer
ing the same for sale and where the
goods are delivered and collection
made by some person other than the
solicitor or his agent, not to farm
ers and gardeners offering for sale the
produce from their own farms or gar
dens.
(c) To import any goods, wares or
merchandise into the town of Oakland
to be sold at public auction, or to offer
the same for sale, or to sell the same
at public auction, license fee:
First day $50: ...-.;... So'oU
Each additional day (if without
lnterVaD ................ l.oU
Per year ................. 25.OO
Cd To keep, maintain or operate a
gasoline pump at the curb or on the
pavement of any street or alley, Ii
cense fee per yrar for use of loca-
ton as rental:
Each additional pump ....... 800
(e) To keep, maintain or operate
an oil pump or tank or oil vending ma
chine, bootblack stand or any display
table or stand of any kind at the curb
or on the pavement on any street or
alley, license fee for use of location
as rental:
Each pump, tank, machine, table
or stand, per year. ....... $500
Per week or fraction. ......... 100
f) To conduct or carry on any
shooting gallery or room wherein rifle
or pistol shooting is practiced, license
fee:
Per week 500
Per year .................. zo.UU
(g) To engage in or carry on the
business of a pawn broker, license
fee:
Per year $1,000
CHI To sell or offer to sell at whole
sale from railroad car, auto, truck,
wagon or other means of conveyance,
any kind of merchandise, produce, oil
or gas, including fresh fruits and veg
etables where the vendor does not
have an established place of business
in the town of Oakland, license fee:
Per week or fraction. ......... $500
fef year 5000 1o'uU
(D For conducting a business of
clairvoyant, palmist, fortune telling,
phrenologist, or similar business, Ii
cense fee:
Per week or fraction. ........ $500
Per year ................ Z5.UO
Cd For conducting a skating rink,
license fee:
Per week or fraction ......... ESQ
Per year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25.UO
(k) For conducting shoe shine
nar1oT lioonSa foo.