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443 Special Town Meeting -3- November 15, 1978 "Section 1: Regulation of Temporary or Transient Vendors "Every person who engages in a temporary or a transient business selling foods, wares, periodicals, or merchandise, or who goes door to door for any commercial selling purposes, either as a principal or agent, shall, before commencing business in the Town of Nfashpee, make written application, under oath, for a license to the Chief of Police, stating his or her name and address, the name and address of the owner or parties in whose interest said business is to be conducted, their business address, and a brief description of the busi- ness he wishes to conduct in Mashpee. Said person shall further furnish the names and addresses of all other persons who will participate in the conducting of said business in the Town of Mashpee. He or she shall permit the Police Department to photograph and fingerprint him or her for the purpose of identification. "No later than one week after the filing of such application, the Chief shall issue him or her a license. The license shall be a license in the form of a badge authorizing him or her to do the business described in his or her application subject to the By -Laws of the Town of Mashpee and the Laws of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. The license shall expire on December 31st or on the day of its surrender to the Police Department, or, on the filing of an affidavit of its loss with the Police Department. "Such license shall be affixed in.a prominent place to the outer garment of each licensee whenever he or she shall be ' engaged in such business so that it may be seen by all pro- spective customers. "It shall be unlawful to engage in any of the herein above enumerated businesses except in compliance hereof. "Failure to display the license shall be punishable by revocation thereof. "The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person conducting a "garage sale" nor to any person who goes door to door to sell goods, wares, periodicals, or merchandise on be- half of any group or organization for any of the purposes described in MGL Chapter 180, Section 2. "Whoever violates the rovisions of this Section shall be punished by a fine of 200.00 and each day a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense." ACTION: Moved and seconded to accept Article 3 as prin- ted. A Unanimous Vote. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter III of the By -Laws of the Town by adding thereto the following: "Section 12: Penalties "Whoever violates any of the provisions of Chapter III of the By -Laws, unless otherwise provided for therein, shall be unished by a fine of not less than $20.00, nor more than 50.00. Each day a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense." ACTION: Moved and seconded that Article 4 be amended to read as follows: Chapter III, Article V. "Section 12: Penalties "Whoever violates any of the provisions of Chapter III, of the By -Laws, etc." Passed by a unanimous vote. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Tows will vote to amend the Town of Mashpee By -Laws, Chapter III, Section 3, Article IV, Removal of Soil, Sand and Gravel and Pits by deleting therefrom the second sentence in its entirety and substituting the following: