No person shall conduct a transient retail business in the village until
a permit therefor shall have been issued by the Mayor of the village and countersigned
by the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
Every person conducting a transient retail business shall file with
the Village Clerk-Treasurer, prior to the commencement of said business, a
verified statement showing in general the kind and amount of goods and merchandise
to be placed on sale and the value thereof and shall also file with the Village
Clerk-Treasurer from time to time a verified statement of each additional
shipment or quantity of goods received to be placed on sale.
Every person conducting a transient retail business within the village
shall file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer a verified statement of each day's
sales not later than 12:00 noon on the following day.
Every person conducting a transient retail business in the village shall
pay to the Village Clerk-Treasurer a tax based upon the gross sales during
the period said business is conducted at a rate the same as the rate at which
taxes were assessed and levied for the year in which the permit to conduct
said business is issued. Said tax shall be payable on Monday of each week
upon the gross sales during the preceding week.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of
a violation punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $250 or
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.