§ 5-15-5 - Local licenses – Recording and endorsement of state license.
SECTION 5-15-5
§ 5-15-5 Local licenses – Recordingand endorsement of state license. – (a) At least fourteen (14) days prior to selling under a state license, everyitinerant vendor shall exhibit the state license to the clerk of each town orcity where the itinerant vendor proposes to make sales, and upon: (1) paymentto the clerk of each town or city having a population of less than fifteenthousand (15,000), of a further local license fee of one hundred dollars ($100)and to the clerk of any city or town having more than fifteen thousand (15,000)inhabitants, a further license fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350); (2)the proof of payment of all other license fees, if any, that are legallychargeable upon local sale; and (3) making an application, in writing, andunder oath showing all the facts as to the sale which the itinerant vendorproposes to conduct and the place and manner of conducting the sale includingan inventory of the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold at the saletogether with the established retail price of the goods, wares, andmerchandise, and a statement, as far as possible, of the names of the personsfrom whom the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold were obtained, the dateof the delivery of the goods, wares, and merchandise to the person applying forthe license and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise werelast taken and all details to fully identify the goods, wares, and merchandiseso to be sold, the clerk shall record the state license in full, endorse uponits words "Local License, Fees Paid", and affix his or her official signature,together with the date of the endorsement. The clerk shall then issue a locallicense authorizing sales within the limits of the town or city; provided, thatno local license shall issue without proof that the itinerant vendor has beenissued a permit to make sales at retail by the division of taxation. Anyfailure to obtain a local license and have proper endorsements made on thestate license is subject to the same penalty as though no state license hadbeen issued.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of thissection, this chapter does not apply to those individuals involved in retailselling or the retail sale of farm produce; provided, that the Town of Bristolhas the power to license and regulate itinerant vendors selling cut flowers,potted plants and nursery stock including Christmas trees in the Town ofBristol.