Pennsylvania Act 1881-121 — PRODUCE, SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE PROHIBITED

Act text

PRODUCE, SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE PROHIBITED
                 Act of Jun. 10, 1881, P.L. 109, No. 121              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     To prohibit the peddling, selling or hawking of produce and
        merchandise, in cities of the second and third classes within
        this commonwealth, without a license.

        Section 1.  License required; penalty for peddling without
     license: exception
        No person or persons shall be employed, engaged or concerned
     in the business or employment of hawking, peddling or selling
     produce or merchandise, or either or any of them, within the
     limits of any city of the second and third classes within this
     Commonwealth, without having previously taken out a license; and
     if any person or persons shall go from house to house within the
     limits of such cities to sell or offer or expose for sale such
     articles or any of them, without having paid such sum or sums as
     may be fixed by ordinance of councils of such cities into the
     treasury thereof, and received a license therefor, the person or
     persons so offending shall forfeit and pay, for each and every
     offense, the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered summarily
     before the mayor of such city wherein the offense shall have
     been committed: Provided however, That nothing herein contained
     shall be construed so as to prohibit farmers, gardeners or
     dairymen from selling the products of their own farms, gardens
     of dairies.  1881, June 10, P.L. 109, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Councils to regulate licenses
        Councils of the cities of the second and third classes, after
     the approval of this act, shall be empowered to fix by ordinance
     the amount to be paid for a license, and the time the same shall
     be granted for, and prescribe and regulate the manner of payment
     thereof into the treasury of such cities.  1881, June 10, P.L.
     109, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Act to be accepted by ordinance
        This act shall not be in operation, nor shall it go into
     effect in any city of the second and third classes, until
     councils accept the same by ordinance.  1881, June 10, P.L. 109,
     Sec. 3.