ART. 12. ] LICENSES.

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29. Any hawker or peddler who may be found trading, bartering,
or selling, or offering to trade, barter, or sell any goods, wares, or
merchandise, without a license, may be apprehended by any sheriff
or constable, within their respective bailiwicks; and it is hereby
made the duty of said sheriff and constable to apprehend him and
carry him before a justice of the peace of the county.

Art 66, s 23
1856, c 341, s 2
Arrest of
hawker or
peddler trading
without license

30. If it shall appear to said justice that said hawker or peddler
has bought, traded, bartered, or sold, or offered to buy, trade, bar-
ter or sell any goods, wares or merchandise without license, he shall
impose a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than twen-
ty-five dollars, to be recovered as other fines are recoverable, and
to be paid to the clerk of the Circuit Court, or Court of Common
Pleas.

Id. s 24
1856. c 341, s. 2.
Penalty

31. Any hawker or peddler who may be found buying, trading,
bartering, or selling, or offering to buy, trade, barter, or sell any
goods, wares, or merchandise, without having his license with him at
the time, or who shall refuse on the request of any sheriff or con-
stable to show his license, shall be considered as selling without
license.

Id s 25
1856, c 341, s 3
What consid-
ered selling
without license.

32. For every apprehension and conviction of a hawker or ped-
dler, the sheriff, constable, or any other person apprehending, shall
be entitled to receive the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered as part
of the costs.

TELEGRAPH, EXPRESS, OR TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES OR
ASSOCIATIONS.

Id s 26
1856, c 341, s 4.
Costs to party
arresting.

33. It shall not be lawful for any telegraph company, or for any
person, firm, partnership, or corporation to do the business of tele-
graphing for profit or hire in any way within this State, or to re-
ceive compensation therefor, or to open any office for the transac-
tion of such business within this State, without first obtaining a
license therefor as hereinafter provided

1874, c 370
License for tele-
graph com-
panies, etc

34. It shall not be lawful for any express or transportation com-
pany, or for any person, firm, partnership, association, or corpora-
tion to do the business of transporting or forwarding goods or
packages of any sort, or of any article of trade or traffic for profit
or hire within this State, without first obtaining a license therefor
as hereinafter provided

Id s 5
License for
express and
transportation
companies, etc

35. Any telegraph company, person, firm, partnership, associa-
tion, or corporation, proposing to do the business of telegraphing
for profit or hire within this State, and any express or transporta-
tion company, or any person, firm, partnership, association, or cor-
poration, proposing to do the business of transporting or forward-
ing for profit or hire within this State, of goods or packages of any
sort, or of any article of trade or traffic, shall pay to the comptroller
for a license to do such business in this State, for one year, the sum
of three hundred dollars, or a proportional part of said sum for any
fractional part of a year not less than one month; and all licenses

Id s 6
Amount of
same