544
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 544
TO LICENSE.... REGULATE AND GOVERN HAWKERLPE~~Y CHA!:MEN
AND QTHER§".
Passed 13th November 1895
The Municipal Council of the County of Elgin
enacts as follows:-
I From and after the passing of this By-Law it shall
not be lawful for any Hawker or Petty Chapman and
other persons carrying on petty trades or who go
from place to place, or to other mens houses on foot
or with any animal bearing or drawing any goods,
wares or merchandise for sale or in or with any
boat, vessel or other craft or otherwise carrying
goods, ware s , or merchandise for sale to carryon
any of the said trades, occupations, callings or
business within any part of the County of Elgin
unless and until he shall have procured a license
as hereinafter provided and any person so licensed
shall be subject to the provisions of this By-Law.
Provided always that no such license shall be
required for hawking, peddling or selling from
any vehicle or other conveyance any goods, wares
or merchandise to any retail dealer, or for
hawking or peddling any goods, wares or merchandise
the_growth, produce or manufacture of this Province
not being liquors with the meaning of the law
relating to taverns or tavern licenses if the same
are being hawked or peddled by the manufacturer or
producer of such goods, wares, or merchandise or
by his bona fide. Servants or employees having
written authority in that behalf and such servant
or employee shall produce and exhibit his written
authority when required so to do by any
Municipal or Peace Officer.
2 The word "Hawkers", in this sub section shall
include all persons who, being agents for persons
not resident within the County, sell or offer for
sale, tea, dry-goods, watches, plated ware, silver
(Cont'd)
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
(Cont'd
)
·
·
5
Any person contravening any of the provisions
of this By-Law shall for such offence, on
conviction before one or more Justices of the
Peace for the County of Elgin forfeit and pay
a fine of not less than twenty dollars and not
more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the
Justice or Justices, together with the costs, and
if not paid forthwith the same shall be levied by
distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the
offender, and in case of there being no distress,
·
Each Hawker, Petty Chapman or other person
aforesaid carrying on any such trade, occupation
calling or business within the said County of
Elgin for which a license is required under this
By-Law shall upon demand by such Municipal or
Peace Officer forthwith exhibit his license to
such Officer
4
Each license shall be in force for one
the date of issue and no longer
·
year from
To sailor travel with any
craft, seventy-five dollars
·
boat
To travel with one horse or other animal thirty
dollars, and for every additional horse or
other animal ten dollars
vessel or other
·
3
To travel on foot the sum of ten dollars
The Clerk of this Council for the time being is
hereby authorized to issue licenses under this
By-Law with the Corporate Seal of the Council
attached hereto and deliver the same to persons
applying therefor upon payment of the following fee
·
ware, jewellery or carry and expose samples or
patterns of any of such goods to be afterwards
delivered within the County to any person not being
a wholesale or retail dealer in such goods, wares
or merchandise
·
2.
By-Law No
544
Page 2
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
By-Law No. 544 Page 3
5. out of which the penalty can be levied
the Justice may commit the offender to the
Common Jail of the said County of Elgin for
any time not exceeding twenty-one days, unless
such fine and costs, including the costs of
the commital, shall be sooner paid.
County Council Chamber John Thomson
st. Thomas Warden
13th November 1895
K.W. McKay
County Clerk
Received and read a first, second and third time
and finally passed 13th November 1895
Certifiéd K.W. McKay County Clerk