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010 COUNTY OF ELGIN 10 By-Law No PEDLARS AND OTHERS TRADING TO IMPOSE Aj¿~,!,Y ON HAWKERS COUNTLOF ELGIN WITHIN THE Passed 21st December 1853 " BE IT ENACTED by the Municipal Council of the County of Elgin under authority of the Exise Duty Trans- fer Act for Upper Canada Sixteenth Victoria Chapter One Hundred and eighty-four, that there shall be raised, col- lected and paid to the Treasurer of the County of Elgin to and for the public uses of this said County the sev- eral Duties hereinafter mentioned for and upon the re- spective Licenses to be taken out in the manner and by the persons hereinafter mentioned. That is to say from and after the first day of January next in that and every ensuing year during the continuance of this By-Law there shall be taken out a Licence by every Hawker, Ped- lar and petty Chapman and other trading persons going from place to place or to other mens' houses or who have not become householders by permanent residence within this County either on foot or with a horse or horses, mule or mules or other beast bearing or drawing burthen, boàt or boats, decked vessels or other craft or other- wise within this County carrying to sell or exposing to sale any goods, wares and merchandize for which License there shall be paid the following sums viz of the sum For every man travelling on foot two pounds For every horse, ass or mule or other beast bearing or drawing burthen. an additional sum of three pounds. For every man sailing with a decked vessel, trading and exposing for sale goods, wares and merchan- dize on board or from the same, the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings For every man trading with a boat or other craft and exposing for sale goods, wares and merchandize, for each boat and craft the sum of seven pounds ten shillings AND BE IT further enacted that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to prohibit any person from selling within this County any goods, wares and merchandize or any printed papers or books. Such goods, wares and merchandize being the grow- th produce or manufacture of this County (Cont'd) Page 2 10 By-Law No Nor to hinder any person or persons who are the real makers of any goods, wares and merchandize of the manu- facture of this County or his, her or their agents from selling such goods, wares or merchandize by retail or otherwise AND BE IT enacted that it shall be unlawful for any Justice of Peace, Constable or Peace Officer to detain any such Hawker, Pedlar or petty Chapman or other trading person as aforesaid who shall be found tra- ding without a license contrary to this By-Law or being found trading shall refuse to produce a License accord- ing to this By-Law after being required to do so. Such persons may be convicted on satisfactory proof before any Justice of the Peace and fined in a sum not exceed- ing Ten Pounds currency, and costs of conviction to be forthwith levied by distress and sale of the goods with which such offender or offenders shall be found trading as aforesaid and for want of sufficient distress the offender or offenders may be imprisoned as such Justice of the Peace is authorized according to Law in such case to do. AND BE IT FURTHER enacted that the duties imposed by this By-Law and the penalty imposed thereby shall be paid to the Treasurer of the County for the general use of said County and the Clerk is hereby authorized to issue such License which shall be in force until the first day of January in the year following that in which such License shall be issued and to receive as his fee for issuing such License the sum of three and nine pence currency. AND BE IT FURTHER enacted that this By-Law shall be in force from and after the first day of Janu- ary next and not until then, anything to be contrary here- in not withstanding. Locker Thos. Warden Passed 21 December 1853 Certified W. McKay County Clerk Read the 1st time on Wednesday the 21st December 1853. Certified - vi. McKay C/C Read the 2nd time on Wednesday the 21st December 1853. Certified - W. McKay C/C Wednesday the 21st December 1853. Certified - W. McKay C/C Read the 3rd time on McKay C/C Passed on Wednesday the 21st December 1853. Certified - W.