Pennsylvania Act 1931-174 — SALE OF GOODS, REGULATED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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SALE OF GOODS, REGULATED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
                 Act of Jun. 12, 1931, P.L. 535, No. 174              Cl. 53
                                  AN ACT

     Empowering cities, towns, and townships of the first class to
        regulate and license, by ordinance, any transient retail
        business for the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, and
        to prohibit the doing of business without a license.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That every city, town, and
     township of the first class shall have power, by ordinance, to
     regulate and license each and every transient retail business
     within such city, town, or township for the sale of goods,
     wares, and/or merchandise, and to prohibit the commencement or
     doing of any such business until or unless the license required
     by such ordinance has been procured from the proper authorities
     by the person, firm, or corporation desiring to commence such
     transient retail business, and to enforce such ordinances by
     penalties not exceeding three hundred dollars and/or by other
     appropriate means. The amount of such license shall not exceed
     two hundred dollars for each month, or fractional part thereof,
     during which any such sale is continued.
        Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to apply to
     farmers selling their own produce, or to the sale of goods,
     wares, and merchandise, donated by the owners thereof, the
     proceeds whereof are to be applied to any charitable or
     philanthropic purpose.