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PEDDLING ORDINANCE
An ordinance regulating the sale of bankrupt, fire, or water
damaged stocks of merchandise or goods, wares, merchandise or any
other commodity by itinerant merchants; regulating the soliciting,
selling or taking orders for goods, wares, merchandise, sub-
scriptions to magazines or newspapers, exposing photographic
plates or films to make negatives, or make pictures or photo-
graphs for future delivery or any other article for future delivery
by any person who goes from house to house or from place to place
in the City of Georgetown, Texas; requiring such person to apply
for and obtain a permit or license therefore; requiring a surety
or other bond where applicant for permit or license will re-
ceive, demand, and/or accept payments and/or deposit money in
advance of delivery of articles sold; fixing fees to be charged
for various classes of licenses or permits; providing a penalty
for the violation of this ordinance in any amount not exceeding
$100, and declaring an emergency.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas:
Section I. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any
itinerant merchant who may remove from place to place and sell
or offer for sale any bankrupt, fire or water damaged stock of
merchandise, or goods, wares, or any other commodity or for any
person to go from house to house or from place to place in the
City of Georgetown, Texas, soliciting, selling, or taking orders
for goods, wares, merchandise, subscriptions to magazines or news-
papers, to expose plates or films to make negatives, to make
pictures or photographs for future delivery, or any article for
future delivery without first applying for and obtaining a per-
mit or license to do so from the City Manager of the City of
Georgetown, Texas.
Section II. That any person desiring to engage in the
business of itinerant merchant or that of peddling within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas, shall make written
application for a permit or license to do so to the City Manager
of the City of Georgetown, which application shall show the name