HomeMy WebLinkAbout0810 AN ORDINANCE providing for the licensing of persons engaged in the b~iness of
selling and soliciting for the sale of certai~'~ articles and things,within the City
of Bre~nerton, for the purpose of regulation and revenue az~d providing penalties
for the violation ~hereof and repealing Ordinances ~585 and 80~ of the City of
Bremer~on and o~her o~dinances in conflict herev~ith.
BE IT ORDAIIrED BY Ti~ CITY COi£~IISSIOi~S OP T~ Ct'~~ OF
Section 1, No person or persons, firm or corporation shall c~rry v.~ith them an5
offer for sale by. going from house to house, or from business house to business
house, or place to place in the City of Bremerton any teas, coffees, woolen or cott¢
piece goods, stockings, furs, wearing appa. rel, extracts, groceries, meats, fish,
confectioneries, b~kery goods, bread, stationery, aluminum wear, brushes, washing
machines,'vacuum cleaners, carpe.t sweepers, notions, novelties, books, periodicals,
Jewelry, spectacles, eye gl,,sses, ry goods so~ps paten~ medicines, toilet
prepa, rations, linoleum,, carpe~s, niture . draperies or household article
within the corporate limits of the rton, without first having obtained
a license so to do as hereinafter orovided, however, that it sh~.ll not
· be m~lawful for any person with ,,ch license to sell in the m~nner above spec-
ified milk or papers or agricultur~ I or farm products raised or produced by such
person or persons, and pro that it sha]!l not be unlawful for any
~ealer or manufacturer or authorized agent to sell any of the articles
above enumerated without h first obtained said license, if said a. rticles are
kept or maunfactured by sai~ ~aler or m~.nufacturer for sale in his pla, ce of
business in said city.
Section 2. No perst engage in the occu'~.tion of canvasser or solicitor
by traveling from house ~o house within the corporate limits of the City of
Bremerton and s ,the residents of said city at ~heir private residences
~o pur~ /or agree to buy or Purchase or subscribe for to be deli-
vered futu~ o~f the articles en~nerated in Sec. I hereof without first
havi~ o~ta ned ~ so to do ~.s herein provided.
~on desiring a license to engage in any of the occupations
d 2 of this ordina, nce shall apply for the same to the City
~rk of ~Bremerton '~.nd shall cay ~herefor the su~n o£ $5 for each
he ;h licaz ~e or if he shall apply for said license for the period of
e sum of ~35 for said period. Whereupon the City Cler]~ shall,
good reason to believe such applicant to be dishonest or inm~oral,
or t sires such license to en{~ble him to practice some dishones~ or
immoral issue to applicant said license, specifying the purpose for which
~he sa~ne is meed and the duration ~f the same.
Section 4. Any person violating this ordinance or any part thereof sha-ll be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in a sum of no~ more than .i~lO0 or
imprisoned in the city jail for a period of not more than thirty days, or by both
such fine and imprisomuent.
$~ction 5. Ordinances No. 385 and 809 and all subsequent amendments thereto
and any and all other ordinances of the City of Bremerton in conflict herewitb~ be
~nd the same are hereby repealed.
Section ~. This ordina.nce sha. ll be in full force and effec~ thirty days
after i~s passage,-approval and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Con~:~ission of the City of Bremcrton at regular meeting this
25th d~,y of Pebruary, 1925, and signed by ~le, the ma.yor, in attestation oI' its
passage and enactment.
A~ tes~: I'~{ayor.