WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492

CHAPTER 67
HUCKSTERS

67-1. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR HUCKSTERS AND PEDDLERS OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

A. LICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. NO HUCKSTER, HAWKER OR
PEDDLER SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY FRUITS OR
VEGETABLES IN CHARLES COUNTY UNTIL HE SHALL HAVE FIRST TAKEN
OUT A LICENSE FOR THAT PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FARMERS OR GROWERS SELLING
THEIR OWN FRUITS OR VEGETABLES.

B. FEE. FOR EVERY SUCH LICENSE, THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF CHARLES COUNTY SHALL BE PAID ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($100.) PER ANNUM. THE RECEIPTS FROM SAID LICENSES SHALL BE PAID
TO THE COUNTY TREASURER FOR THE USE OF SAID COUNTY.

C. PENALTY PROVISIONS. ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE FINED NOT
LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.), NOR MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.), TO BE RECOVERED AS OTHER FINES ARE
RECOVERED, OR BE IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY (30)
DAYS, OR BOTH.

67-2. LICENSING AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMEN; VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

A. LICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. 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; 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 IN CHARLES COUNTY WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF
EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS AND WHO IS SELLING OR SOLICITING PURSUANT
TO A PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY ANY CHARLES COUNTY SCHOOL OR TO
VENDORS OF MILK OR CREAM, BREAD, MEAT, FUELS OR PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS, FISH OR OTHER SEAFOOD OR NEWSPAPERS. IT SHALL BE
THE DUTY OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHARLES COUNTY
TO ISSUE HUCKSTER LICENSES TO SUCH PERSONS AS MAY APPLY FOR
AND BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION, AND THE AMOUNT SO RECEIVED SHALL BE PAID TO THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CHARLES COUNTY AND BE CREDITED TO
THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE COUNTY.

B. FEES; APPLICATION AND CONTENTS. EACH APPLICANT FOR
SUCH LICENSE SHALL PAY ANNUALLY A LICENSING FEE OF ONE

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