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(Cont'd)
3. 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 thereto,
and deliver the same to persons applying therefore upon
payment of the following fee:
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2. The word "hawkers" in this sub-section shall
include all person who being agents for persons not resi-
dent within the County sell or offer for sale, tea, dry
goods, watches, plated ware, silverware, furniture, carpets
upholstery, millinery or 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 whole-
sale or retail dealer in such goods, wares or merchandise
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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, within 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 ser-
vants or employees, having written authority in that be-
half, and such servant or employee shall produce and ex-
hibit his written authority when required so to do by any
Municipal or Peace Officer
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1. From and after the passing of this By-Law
it shall not be lawful for any hawker, pedlar or petty
chapman and other persons carrying on petty trades, or
who go from place to place or to other men's 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, wares
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
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enacts
The Municipal Council of the County of Elgin
as follows: -
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Passed November 20th 1896.
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AND OTHERS
TO LICENSE
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REGULATE AND GOVERN
By-Law No
COUNTY OF ELGIN
561
HAWKERS
PETTY CHAPMEN
Received and read a first,
passed November 20th 1896.
Certified
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second and third time
W
McKay
County Clerk
and finally
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K. W. McKay
County Clerk
Richard Locker
Warden
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County Council Chamber
St. Thomas
20th November 1896
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6.
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 any pay a fine of not less than ten 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 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 com-
mittal, shall be sooner paid.
That By-Law No
544 be and is
hereby repealed
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4. Every 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
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Each license shall be in force for one
of issue and no longer
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craft
year from the
To sailor travel with any boat
seventy-five dollars
date
vessel or other
To travel with one horse or other animal, thirty
dollars, and for every additional horse or other animal
ten dollars
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To travel on foot,
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the sum of ten dollars
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