[HISTORY: Adopted and amended as indicated in text.]
[1961 Code, sec. 279; 1936, Sp. Sess., ch. 112, sec. 304A]
No huckster, hawker or peddler shall sell or offer for sale any vegetables,
eggs, poultry, meats or other farm produce or products in Dorchester County
until he shall have first taken out a license for that purpose as hereinafter
provided; provided, however, that this Article shall not apply to farmers
or growers residing in Maryland selling their own vegetables or other perishable
farm produce or products. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of said county to issue huckster licenses to such persons as may apply
for and be entitled to same according to the provisions of this Article, and
the amount so received from said licenses shall be paid to the County Commissioners
of Dorchester County and be credited to the general funds of the county.
[1961 Code, sec. 280; 1936 Sp. Sess., ch. 112, sec. 304B]
Each applicant for such license shall pay annually the sum of fifteen
dollars ($15.) if he is a resident of Dorchester County, the sum of twenty-five
dollars ($25.) if he is a resident of the state outside of said county and
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.) if he is not a resident of the state,
and no license shall be issued by said Clerk to any such person until the
aforesaid license fee has been paid and until such person has made an oath
as to his place of residence.
[1961 Code, sec. 281; 1936 Sp. Sess., ch. 112, sec. 304C]
Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.) for each
such violation.
[1963, ch. 678]
A.
License required; exceptions; issuance. No person shall
sell or solicit orders for sale of any merchandise of any description, including
books or periodicals, from door to door of private residences without a license
in his possession at all times during such solicitations, which said license
shall be produced and subject to the inspection of any person so requesting;
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to farmers or growers
selling their own vegetables or other perishable farm produce or products
or to any person regularly attending school who is under the age of eighteen
(18) years or to vendors of milk or cream, bread, meat, fuels or petroleum
products, patent drugs, household furnishings, cosmetics, fish or other seafood
or newspapers. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said
county to issue huckster licenses to such persons as may apply for and be
entitled to same according to the provisions of this section, and the amount
so received shall be paid to the County Commissioners of Dorchester County
and be credited to the general funds of the county.
B.
Application and fees. Each applicant for such license
shall pay annually a licensing fee of one hundred dollars ($100.) or twenty-five
dollars ($25.) for a one-day license for the day designated. Such license,
upon issuance, shall not be transferable. The application for such license
shall contain the following information concerning the applicant: name, address,
name and address of employer if not self-employed, age, color of skin, color
of eyes, color of hair, height, weight and a general description of the type
of merchandise to be sold. The license shall have attached thereto, as a part
of said license, a recently taken photograph of the licensee. The alteration
or removal of any part of said license shall be considered a violation of
this section.
C.
Violations and penalties. Any violation of this section
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, such violator shall be
subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.) or to imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not in excess of thirty (30) days, or to both fine
and imprisonment, any other provision of this Article to the contrary notwithstanding.
