Ordinance 647 - Door to Door Solicitation ProhibitedM
I, H. J. Hunt, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do hereby
certify that on the 8th day of November, 1955, 1 posted a copy of the foregoing
ordinance in any office and the same remained posted for a period of five days
and the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the ordinance as passed by the
City Council.
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ORDINANCE NO. 647
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, HAWKERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS OR
TRANSIENT VENDORS OF MERCHANDISE IN THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA: DECLARING
IT TO BE A NUISANCE FOR THOSE ENGAGING IN SUCH PURSUITS TO GO IN OR UPON PRIVATE
RESIDENCES WITHOUT HAVING BEEN REQUESTED OR INVITED TO DO S03 PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL:
Section 1. That the practice of going in and upon private residences in the
City of Kalispell, Montana, by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant mer-
chants, or transient vendors of merchandise, not having been requested or invited
so to do by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of said private residences,
for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise
or for the purpose of disposing of or peddling or hawking the same is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and punishable as such nuisance as a misdemeanor.
Section 2. That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall upon
conviction thereof, be fined not more than ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) or
imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days or both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the Court.
Section 3. That the privisions of this ordinance shall not apply to persons
employed by or representing business firms or corporations located and regularly
doing business in the City of Kalispell, or to farmers selling any food items
raised or produced by themselves.
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. That if any section, clause, phrase or other part of this ordinance
is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not effect
the validity of the remaining parts hereof.
Section 6. That it being deemed by the City Council of the City of Kalispell.
Montana, that an emergency exists, this ordinance shall be in full force and in
effect from and after its passage and approval.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana,
this 5th day of December, 1955.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Kalispell, Montana,
this 5th day of December, 1955.
' Claude Walter
Mayor
ATTEST H. J. Hunt
City Clerk
I, H. J. Hunt, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do hereby certify
that on the 6th day of December, 1955, I posted a copy of the foregoing ordinance
in my office and the same remained posted for a period of five days and the fore-
going is a true and correct copy of the ordinance as passed by the City Council.
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