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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ,
HAWKERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS OR TRANSIENT VENDORS h;;
_ OE MERCHANDISE IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, it,
ARKANSAS; Di,1.LARING IT TO BE A NUISANCE FOR THOSE o
ENGAGING IN SUCH PURSUITS TO GO IN OR UPON PRIVATE s`
RESIDENCES J BETWEE THE FOURS OF 6:00 P.M. AND
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6:00 A.M. WITHOUT HAVING BEEN REQUESTED OR INVITED ' l'
TO DO SO; PPDVTDING PENALTIES FOR TM VIOLATION
TRER$DF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLIC'P
IIERFWITH DECLARING AN EMERGENCY '1'O EXIST AND FOR f
OTIrER PURPOSES ` "
BE IT ORDAINED IHY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE cram? JAGKSONVTh LM, 1
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The practice of going in and upon private '
residences in the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas between the hours i
of 6:00 p.m. and 6 :00 a.m. by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant
merchants or transient vendors of merchandise not having been requested
or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of
said private residences for the purpose of soliciting orders for the ,h:,
sale of goods, wares and merchandise and/or disposing of and/or .
peddling or hawking the same is declared to be a nuisance and punishable ,,
as such nuisance as a misdemeanor; provided, however, that local civic ?
clubs and charitable organizations shall be exempt from the foregoing e'
upon issuance of a permit from the Mayorts Office.
SECTION 2. Any person convicted of perpetrating a nuisance
as described and prohibited in the First Section of this ordinance, it
shall be fined in a sum of not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars, nor
' more than Twenty -Five ($25.00) Dollars, together with the costs of ;':I
the proceeding. 1
SECTION 3. That the provisions of this ordinance shall. ' '
not apply to the sale, or soliciting of order for the sale of fruits, i+
vegetables or other products of the farm, including meat from domestic
animals or livestock, so far as the sale of the commodities named y .''
herein is now authorized by law. ii
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SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict •
' herewith are herewith and hereby repealed.
SECTION K. Whereas, the ringing of doorbells by solicitors,
peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of
merchandise, have become highly annoying and disturbing to the
occupants of residential property, an emergency is hereby declared
to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of
the public peace, health and safety, the same shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED
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Mayor
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City Clerk
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