ORDINANCE NO. 512

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF TRANSIENT MERCHANTS

AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

 SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business in the City of Grand Junction as a transient merchant without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk of said City.

 SECTION 2. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the term or words, "Transient Merchant," shall mean and include any person, firm or corporation, either principal or agent, who brings goods, wares or merchandise into said City and sells or offers to sell any such goods, wares or merchandise from any temporary location in any store-room, stall, tent, building, structure, or stand, who shall not have engaged such location for the purpose of establishing a permanent business thereat; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to apply to commercial travelers or agents selling to merchants in the usual course of business, or to the sale of goods, wares or merchandise in original packages from other states, as permitted by law, or to the sale of books, papers, school supplies, or garden, truck or farm products.

 SECTION 3. The license fee for the license required by this Ordinance shall be the sum of $10.00 for each day such store or place is kept open, not exceeding 10 days, and the sum of $5.00 for each day such store or place is to be kept open after 10 days.

 SECTION 4. Any and all licenses issued in compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance shall be issued in the manner and form, and subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed by Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of Ordinance No. 238, as amended by Ordinance No. 397, and any subsequent amendment thereof:

 SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine in the sum of not less than $100.00, and costs, for each offense; and each day that any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed a separate violation.

 SECTION 6. The City Council is of the opinion and finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety, and that a special emergency exists therefor; and this Ordinance shall therefore be effective and in force from and after its adoption and passage.

 Passed and adopted this 20th day of December, A. D. 1933.

/s/ Allen C. Holcombe

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing emergency ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF TRANSIENT MERCHANTS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF," was introduced, read, passed, numbered 512, and ordered published by the unanimous vote of the members of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, at a regular meeting of said Council held on December 20th, 1933.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 20th day of December, A. D. 1933.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Published December 22, 1933.