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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the regulations and provi-
sions made in the act of assembly, entitled, *an act for licensing
and regulating ordinary-keepers, passed at March session, seven-
teen hundred and eighty, (except such parts of the said act as
relate to the retailing of liquors by merchants or store-keepers,
or at horse-races,) shall be and remain in full force forever, as
to the granting licenses on the eastern shore, and the money
hereafter collected for ordinary licenses granted on the eastern
shore, and paid to the treasurer of the said shore, shall remain
in his hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors
of Washington college, to be drawn according to the directions
of this act.
* March, 1780, ch. 24.
See preceding note and 1827, ch. 117, and the notes thereon.
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Ordinary
licenses.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That every person carrying goods,
wares or merchandise, for sale, from place to place, shall be
deemed a hawker or pedlar, and, after the first day of April
next, shall, before they trade, barter or sell any goods, wares or
merchandise, on the eastern shore, take out a license from
some county court of the said shore, which shall be renewed
every year; and the said county courts are hereby authorized
and required, on application of any person of reputation, to
grant license to such person to travel and trade, as a hawker or
pedlar, on the eastern shore, for one year from the date of the
said license, which license shall be made out by the clerk of the
court, under his hand and the seal of the county; and for every
license, and the renewal thereof, there shall be paid six pounds
current money to the sheriff of the county, and five shillings to
the clerk of the court for making out or renewing such license ;
and the several clerks are directed, annually, on or before the
first day of October, to return to the treasurer of the eastern
shore, a list of licenses granted to hawkers and pedlars ; and
the several sheriffs shall, annually, on or before the first day of
October, pay all money by them received for the said licenses
to the treasurer of the said shore, and such money shall remain
in his hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors
of Washington college, to be drawn according to the directions
of this act; and if any hawker or pedlar, after the first day of
April next, shall be found travelling with, and exposing or
offering for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise, on the
eastern shore, without a license obtained as aforesaid for that
purpose, such hawker or pedlar shall, for every offence, forfeit
and pay the sum often pounds current money; and it is hereby
declared to be the duty of every sheriff, deputy sheriff and con-
stable, on the eastern shore, to examine and require any person
carrying goods from place to place for sale, to produce a license,
and in case of refusal or neglect, on request, to produce the
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Hawkers,
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