Upon the filing of the application, the City Clerk shall investigate
or cause to be investigated the facts and statements contained in
the application and determine the value of the stock-in-trade described
therein. Such investigation shall include the power to demand of the
applicant all invoices and contracts for the sale of the stock-in-trade
described in the application.
The applicant shall file an instrument in writing nominating
and appointing the City Clerk his true and lawful agent with full
power and authority to acknowledge service of notice or process for
and on behalf of said applicant in respect to any matters connected
with or arising out of said license and the bond given as aforesaid.
The fee for such license shall be as provided for in Chapter
191, Fee Schedule, which shall be payable to the City Clerk before the license is issued.
Upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth above, the City
Clerk shall issue a license to said applicant to engage in and conduct
such merchandising business at the location specified in the application,
upon full payment of the requisite license fee. The license shall
issue for a period of 180 days commencing from the date of issuance
and shall not be assignable or transferable.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the provisions of Chapter
334, Article
I, regulating distress sales.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.