Pennsylvania Act 1901-270 — PEDDLERS, LICENSED

Act text

PEDDLERS, LICENSED
                 Act of Jun. 14, 1901, P.L. 563, No. 270              Cl. 60
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the licensing of hawkers and peddlers in the
        boroughs and townships of the Commonwealth, and providing a
        penalty for failure to obtain the same.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter any county
     treasurer of the respective counties of this Commonwealth is
     hereby authorized to issue a license to any person or persons to
     hawk, peddle or sell, within the county where such license is
     granted, clothing, dry goods, notions, crockery and tinware,
     other than their own manufacturing or product; and each person
     so applying for and taking out a license, shall pay to such
     county treasurer, yearly, as follows, to-wit: The sum of ten
     dollars for each person hawking, peddling or selling, where the
     same is done on foot or by traveling without any conveyance, for
     the sale of such goods, and the sum of forty dollars for the
     hawking, peddling and selling of such goods, wares or
     merchandise, where a horse and carriage, or any vehicle, is used
     in carrying on the business of hawking, peddling or selling
     goods, wares and merchandise, aforesaid: Provided, however, That
     this act shall not apply to any person or persons, nor alter
     existing laws, in the hawking, peddling or selling goods, wares
     and merchandise, where the manufacturer or producer hawks,
     peddles or sells his own manufactured goods or products:
     Provided further, That nothing in this act shall apply to an
     act, entitled "An act to permit disabled soldiers to peddle by
     procuring a license therefor, without charge," approved the
     eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred sixty-seven,
     extending such privilege to all soldiers, sailors and marines
     who are unable to procure a livelihood by manual labor, approved
     the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
     one: Provided also, That this act shall not apply to any
     boroughs, townships or counties of this State where, under
     existing laws, hawking and peddling is entirely prohibited by
     law.
        Section 2.  Any person hawking, peddling or selling goods,
     wares or merchandise, without obtaining the license aforesaid
     and in violation of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
     and upon conviction thereof in the court of quarter sessions of
     the peace, in and for the respective counties, shall be
     sentenced to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor
     more than five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county
     jail of the proper county for a period of not less than three
     months nor more than one year, or both, or either, at the
     discretion of the court. Every person or persons, granted a
     license under the provisions of this act, who refuse to exhibit
     said license upon request of any citizen of this State, shall be
     liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered
     according to law.
        Section 3.  This act shall not affect cities of the first,
     second and third classes, nor any existing local or special laws
     now in force.