Regulating the Solicitation of Funds Residents of the City of South Bend and Providing Penalties Where such Solicitation Fraudulently Conducted of Respented

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FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE ORDINANCE N0. 4927 -67 APR 2 51967 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF KATHRYN L. BLOUGH SOUTH BEND AND PROVIDING PENALTIES WHERE CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND. SUCH SOLICITATION HAS BEEN FRAUDULENTLY CONDUCTED OR REPRESENTED, AS AMENDED WHEREAS, it is hereby found and determined by the Common Council of the Municipal City of South Bend: 1. That numerous persons and organizations have been and are soliciting funds in the Municipal City of South Bend on the representation that such funds are to be used for charitable purposes, when in truth and in fact such funds are being used in large part for the private profit of unscrupulous individuals promoting such solicitation; 2, That a variety of frauds and misleading devices are employed in such solicitations; 3. That persons engaged in the business of promoting solicita- tions fail to properly account for funds solicited; 4. That telephone solicitations by professional solicitors and professional promoters are a cause of annoyance to the in- dividuals solicited and, in many cases, tactics used by such solicitors are coercive, abusive or misleading; 5, That as a result of such pernicious activities honest, deserv- ing and needed charities suffer; 6. That residents of the city have been and are in constant peril of being defrauded and imposed upon due to a lack of adequate regulation of charitable solicitations, and WHEREAS, the Common Council believes that if the public were given full information concerning the solicitations, it could protect itself against victimization by disreputable fund raisers, and WHEREAS, it is necessary in the interest of the public welfare of the Municipal City of South Bend for the Common Council to regulate solicitations for charitable purposes, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPAL CITY OF SOUTH BEND THAT: