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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 325 08/01/1950 . .. ._~ __.,".._"" _h.___". FMO~l-AGH ".&5c 7/28/50 AN ORDINP~CE PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF SOLICITORS /Vo.}2.5' .:} -:~ .:~ ~~.. .:~ ..:~ \~mEREAS, it is deemed advisable and to the best inter- ests and welfare of the citizens of the village of Mount Prospect that all persons who solicit from door to door within the Village of Mount Prospect be registered with the Department of Police; and WHEREAS, such registration will permit an accurate re- cord to be kept of all persons desiring to solicit or canvass within the Village of Mount Prospect and serve as a protection against undesirables or persons with criminal records soliciting or canvassing within the Village. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect, Cook County, Illinois: SECTION 1. Solicitor defined. Solicitor or Soli- citors are hereby defined as transient merchants or transient vendors; or any person soliciting orders for.. the sale of any articles or things in the Village of mount Prospect to be delivered in the future; or advertising for or soliciting orders, donations, gifts or customers for any association, organization, firm, establishment, person, corporation or business. SECTION 2. Application for Registration to Solicit. All applic~ts for registration to solicit within the Village of Mount Prospect shall execute an application blank at the office of the Police Department of the Village of Mount Prospect, which ap~lication blank shall give the applicant's name, address, place of birth, age, BB.ight, weight, color of hair and eyes, place and state of nativity and telephone number; the name of the firm, company, organization or associa- tion which he or she represents; the make of automobile and license number of the automobile, if any, to be used while making such solicitations; the article or articles to be solicited; or purpose for which solici- tation is to be made. SECTION 3. No registration card shall be granted until said application is signed and receives the writ- ten approval of the Chief of Police or other Officer of -2- the Police Department. whose duty it is to examine such applicants and the applicant is fingerprinted and a permit fee of One Dollar ($1,00) is paid to the Treasurer of the Village of ~ount Prospect. SECTION~. Duration of Registration. Registration to solicit within the Village of mount Prospect shall give the applicant the right and privilege of solicit- ing within the Village of Mount ~rospect for the pur- poses named in such application for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of said registration. SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to call at any residence within the Village of Mount Prospect with the intent or purpose of soliciting as provided in this ordinance, without having in his or her possession a registration card authorizing such solicitation. SECTION 6. No registration card shall be in the possession of any person other than the one to whom said registration card is issued. SECTION 7. Any person violating any of the provi- sions of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and every day'that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and pub- lication, according to law. PASSED: this I sr day of August, A.D. 1950. APPROVED: this day of August, A.D. 1950. VOTE: AYES: -riu.rtiiefl a L j , ('7QyYl~ r-l':'Y"rw~ "QI-n.S' Mo tr QI14 W<.1' / ~'f yo NAYS: ^' ,vont::::. ATTEST: ABSENT: -';:"f~: lJydq/ Jee ,kJter ~~ J?/7/SOJ Presideff ? I<f'/~ q #1t;f ~ I'n ",te.f' (D/,l l!O /.J /.50/ ~,~ tiNt. ND, }}2. , Village PUBLISHED in the .OUNT PROSPECT HERALD the - day of August, A.D. 1950. 2460 PHONES: 2461 I. ."'""" ,,.;!f"'~" "c.,,"" INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS ~~ - OYrj. 325 MAURICE B. PENDLETON PRESIDENT . TRUSTEES ROBERT C. BAYNE CLARENCE B. BYDAL RUSSELL HARTWIG THEODORE LAMS WILLIAM T. MOTT DREW WALKER . VILLAGE CLERK ROBERT F. MILLIGAN TREASURER-COLLECTOR D. L. GILBERT POLICE MAGISTRATE RALPH E. GOULD CHIEF OF POLICE GEORGE E. WHITTENBERG BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM G. MULSO . C.OMMITTEE CHAIRMEN WILLIAM T. MOTT FINANCE. PUBLIC BUILD. INGS 8< PARKS ROBERT C. BAYNE JUDICIARY THEODORE LAMS POLICE 8< LIGHT CLARENCE B. BYDAL FIRE 8< WATER RUSSELL HARTWIG STREET 8< SIDEWALK DREW WALKER BUILDING THEODORE LAMS HEALTH 8< DRAINAGE . Aug. 7, 1950 Honorable Members Board of Trustees Village of Mt. Prospeot Gentlemen: With referenoe to the ordinanoe providing for the registration of solioitors whiohwas presented to and passed by the Board at the last previous meeting, I find that after most serious oonsideration that I oannot in good consoienoe attach my signature to the ordin- anoe for the reasons enumerated below. While I am in full accord with the desirability of an ordinanoe which will give us ample control of solicitors, I feel that the one in question is much more severe and restrictive than is required for our purposes at this time. For instanoe, in Section 1 which defines a solicitor, you will see that it is so worded the. t if Mr. Bayne were to call at the home of Mr. Lams for a donation for the ch~ch, or Red Cross that he would be l~ble to a fine of up to $200.00 if he had not p~eviously been finger printed and otherwise registered and paid his dollar to the Polioe Department. It must be realized that an ordinance applies to all oitizens and if not enforoed on an equable basis, suoh lack of enforcement would subjeot us to ori ticism and weaken our position in possible litigation. The finger printing requirement as set up in Section 2 is severe and would not bring about the desired end. People with a polioe reoord would not allow themselves to be finger printed for obvious reasons, and any honest man with a shred of self respect would not demean himself even in private before a police officer by submitting to such a prooedure. The end result would be that our police would be oocupied with taking and oataloging the data on our school children and neighbors who are called upon frequently to solioit, or sell for some partioular need or worthy cause. Artiole three gives too much power to the police department which Page 2 could conceivably be abused. Granting of such power, in my view, is dangerous and not in the American tradition, all too frequently lost sight of in these times, of encouraging free business enter- prise. The entire ordinance is based an the erroneous major premise that all solicitors are, or are suspect of being potentially dangerous influences an the community. The absurdity of this premise will, I am confident, be apparent to you on further and more careful study of the Ordinance. The argument advanced in support of the ordinance that other villages have similar laws is without weiGht in my opinion. As the chief law enforcement official of the Village, I should find the bill in ques- tion most distasteful, as well as difficult to enforce. ~ fhe above and other good reasons I, therefore, return the Ordinance to you un- signed for your further consideration and disposition. Re spectfullYMurs, )77 I) Y6;-1-U1td~ M. B. Pendleton, Pres. VILLAGE OF MT. PROOPECT MBP CB Enc.