HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 187 12/03/1935
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS
AND CIRCULARS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TROSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COUNTY OF COOK AND STATE OF
ILLINOIS:
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SECTION 1. No person or persons shall distribute, cast~
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throw or place in, upon or along any of the streets or public I
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places of this Village, or on or about any premises within this
Village, any handbills, pamphlets, circulars, books or advertise-
ments for the purpose or with the intent of selling any merchan-
dise or of advertising or making known in a general or promis-
cuous manner any business, occupation, profession, medical
treatment, medicine or anything whatsoever, ~_thout first
obtaining a permit for such distribution, to be issued by the
Village Clerk of said Village} provided, however, that this
ordinance shall not apply to the distribution of newspapers,
magazines, booklets or pamphlets regularly published.
SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation desiring
to distribute such handbills, circulars or other matters herein
prohibited to be distributed without a permit shall make
application to the Village Clerk of said Village for a permit to
make such distribution, and the Clerk shall thereupon issue such
permit. Provided, however, that the granting and issuing of
such permit to any person, firm or corporation, may be refused
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complaint has been filed with said Clerk against any such person'l
firm or corporation charging that such person, firm or corpors- I
tion making application for such permit has distributed, cast,
and withheld from such person, firm or corporation if any
thrown or placed handbills, pamphlets, circulars, books or .
other advertising matter so as to cause any street, public place
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or building, or private property, to become littered therewith and!
unsightly, or has failed to place such matter in any box,
receptacle, or fastener provided for that purpose.
SECTION 3. AnY person or persons violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more
than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication.
PASSED this
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Village Clerk .
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APPROVED this 0 day of DecmDber, A.D.1935.
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