Providing for the Regulations & Licensing of Transient Merchants

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city without having first obtained a license as hereinafter pro- vided. Such transient merchant desiring to 6Lo business within the corporate limits of the city of South Bend shall file his verified application for license for that purpose with the City Controller of the city of South Bend, Indiana, which application shall state his name, residence, room, building, vehicle, rail - way car, store, shop, vacant lot or parking lot, tent or structure in which he expects to do business and the make and character of the goods, waresand merchandise he intends to sell, the length of time for which he desires to do business and at the same time deposit receipt from the treasurer of the city of South Bend, which receipt shall show that the applicant has paid the said treasurer the sum of twenty -five ($25.00) dollars per day for the first ten (10) days, or any part thereof for which said applicant desires to engage in business as such transient mer- chant, and ten (010.00) dollars per day for each day after said ten days in which said applicant desires to so engage in business. No license shall be good for more than one person, unless such persons be co- partners, nor for more than one place and this ordinance shall apply to persons who go from place to place to sell goods and who engage local merchants to sell such goods on commission. Section 6. Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the sale of goods, wares and merchandise in the city of South Bend, Indiana, in locations and places described in section 2 of this ordinance shall, after the taking effect of this ordinance, be presumed to be a transient merchant and his place of business shall be presumed to be a temporary store or place of business. This presumption however, may be overcome by furnishing proof satis- factory to the controller of the city of South Bend, Indiana that person, firm or corporation is not a transient merchant within the j -2-