§ 10-126. Definition.  


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  • The word "peddler" as used in this article includes any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, wagon, truck, automotive vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting furniture, house wares, luggage, decorative accessories, clothing, meats, fish, or other goods, wares or merchandise, offering and exposing them for sale; making sales and delivering articles to purchasers; or without traveling from place to place, sells or offers them for sale from a wagon, truck, automotive vehicle, railroad car, or other vehicle or conveyance. One who solicits orders and as a separate transaction makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this article shall be deemed a peddler subject to the provisions of this article. The word "peddler" includes the words "hawker," "huckster" and "transient merchant."

(Code 1976, § 7-3052)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.