NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 789

SENATE BILL 325

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160-200 SO AS TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE ITINERANT MERCHANTS, PEDDLERS, HAWKERS AND SOLICITORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160-200 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection to be designated as subsection 42 and to read as follows:

"42.      To prohibit or to regulate itinerant merchants, peddlers, hawkers and solicitors. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, requirements that an application be submitted, that a permit be issued, that an investigation be made, that such activities be reasonably limited as to time and area, that proper credentials and proof of financial stability be submitted, and that an adequate bond be posted to protect the public from fraud."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1963.