ORD CC 09/11/62 - SolicitorsAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION t3-t3 OF THE CODE
OE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE. TEXAS,
TO READ AS YXWNAFTER STIPULATZD. RUNG AN
ORDINANCE DEFINING THE PRACTICE OFF GOING IN AND
UPON PRIVATE RESIDENCES OF HUNTSVILLE BY SOLICI-
TORS, PEDDLERS, HAWKERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS,
ITINERANT PHOTOGRAPHERS. AND TRANSIENT VENDORS
OF MERCHANDISE REGULATING THE PRACTICE THEREOF
AND PROVIDING FOR LICENSORS, RrQi*IIfO A BOND AND
PROVIDING PEh1ALT3i* P# MS WPM TIIAhi TWO HUNDRED
($ZS0, 00) DOLLARS FINE FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS OR-
DINANCE; AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1, The practice of .gotag In and upon private residences in the City
of Huntsville by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, itinerant
photographers, and transient vendors of merchandise for the purposes of soli-
citing, soiling, or taking orders for, offering to sell or take orders for any
goods, wares, =merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers, magasines .
or subscriptions to news papers or magasinee, without first having applied for
and obtained a license so to do snn t1►e CU Secretary of ea
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vat of sucb'applicatloa by the Ctty Con ctl,^ nd wthou(dlsp yang sac
to the house holder white tagged in such soliciting or setting, shall be hereafter
antawfat and punishable as a misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. That any person who is a resident of the City of Huntsville and a
company representative acting as applicant for a license and It part time -
ployees of the licensed company may be licensed under this ordinance under the
conditions and provisions hereinafter provided:
(a) The applicant mast complete the application fsralahed by the
City Rectifier and deliver Ittt tunes to the City S •crstarsp
accompa ! a bold Gt pearl aens of 71ee ludni,
1$geit-.14 at and stud as •ursty•
by a sersilr 'business In Iko State
of Texas, svltte, Texas. which
bond *bait es.rt for the beasft and la+[emaiflag any and all
purcbasors or gusto re for Say and all defects in material or
workmanship that may exist to the artiste sold by the principal
of said bond at the time of delivery, and that may be discovered
by each purchaser or customer within thirty days after delivery,
which bond shad be for the use mad benefit of art plies', firms.
or corporations that nay make any purchase or give any order
to the principal of-said bond, or to anent or .soptoy.* of the
principal.
(b) H the applicant L. a person, fLrss. company, ps rtaersblp, cor-
poration, or aisoctatioa engaging litany activity mentloaod is
Section 1 hereof, through one or more agents or .mptoyees, tech
application must be accompanied by a fee of Sixty Dollars ($60. 00).
If there are additional employees as part time solicitors or sales-
men, such application must be accompanied by Ten Dollars ($t0.00)
for each additional employee. Self - employed persons not connected
with a larger organlaatton, shalt have his application accompanied
by Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) ikon's fee.
(c)
Any such applicant who has been required to make an initial de-
deposit of Sixty Dollars for a license under this ordinapco and
has remained in the employ of a licensed firm or company for
a twelve months period from date of license, and remains a
resident of the City of Huntsville for said twelve moathe perid
and applies for a rsa.wal license, at or prior to the expiration
of the initial license, shall be refunded Thirty Dollars of the
initial llcens.f There shall be no refund from the original
LLcsns, fee of any additional employees or setf- employsd licen-
sees as above referred to.
(4) The applicant, for a license or permit, shall furnish a photograph
of himself to be attack*/ to the %icons• or permit, which license
or psrmlt shall give the name of . the licensee, the name of the com-
pany represented, if any with aster* of merchandise sold, the date
one/kick the license is issued, and such other laformstlon al may
be determla•d by resoletion of the City Council of eke City of.Hunts-
♦ille from tiro* to time.
The pests* shalt also clearly designate whether the licenses 1.
a "fail true" or "part time" employee, or is "self- erapt•yed"
and the date of the ex p aWon of sack permit or aeons,.
SECTION 3. All permits or licenses issued under this ordinance shalt be for
a period of not longer than one year and most be renewed at or before the ex-
piration of any such permit or license by complying with the requirements for
obtaining an original License or permit, if the ttcense =is to continua any activities
mentioned in section 1 hereof.
pircTiO) 4. Any person, ftra, or corporation violating any prorlaloaa of this
•rdtaaace or fantail to observe any provisions hereof shall b. deemed guilty of a
miId.meanor and upon conviction, shall/be fined in any sum net sxce.ding
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Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, and each and every day or a fraction of a day
during which this ordinance, or any part thereof, shalt be violated, shall be
deemed a separate offence and punishable as each,
SECTION S. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are to the extent of such conflict hereby repeated.
SECTION 6. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, dose or phrase
of this ordinance shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such
adjudication shall in no way affect any other section, subsection, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance, but all the rest thereof shall be and remain in fait
force and affect as though the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
that are declared and adjudged invalid or unconstituional was not originally a
part hereof.
ordinance shalt take effect and be in force from and after its
passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed and approved this the day of September, t,62.