person having a lien thereon may file his petition in the said case and be made defendant therein, and make his claim in the same manner as though he had been plaintiff in the case, according to the practice in courts of Chancery.

12. In case of death of any of the parties, whether before or after suit, the personal representative of such deceased party shall be made the plaintiff or defendant, as the case may require.

13. All persons furnishing materials or doing work provided for by this act shall be considered sub-coniractors, except such as ▲ave contracted therefor singly with the owner, proprietor, his agent or trustee.

14. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to give a sub-contractor or laborer a lien for any amount greater than that originally contracted for between the employer and contractor.

15. No person who shall take collateral security for the payment of the money for any structure shall be entitled to the lien provided in this act; but the taking the note or bill of exchange of the party liable shall not be construed such security.

PEDLERS' LICENSE

TO SELL GOODS IN THE VARIOUS

STATES8

LICENSES are good in most of the States for one year; though in many of them licenses can be taken out for six and even for three months, at the same pro-rata cost as if taken for a whole year. In California, however, a license is good only for one month.

Licences are not required to peddle farm or plantation produce, nor in most States, for books, charts, or stationary; nor yet for peddling any productions manufactured in the State; but for all the productions of other States cr countries, a license must invariably be had.

NEW-YORK.-No person shall be authorized to travel from place to place, for the purpose of selling any wares, goods, or merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of a foreign country, unless he shall have obtained a license as a hawker and pedler. This license may be obtained of the Secretary of State, on a statement in writing of the manner in which the applicant designs to travel: if on foot, the sum of twenty dollars for one year's license; if to carry his goods with a single horse or other beast, thirty dollars; if with any vehicle drawn by more than one horse, fifty dollars; which several sums shall be reduced propor tionably, any shorter term not less than six months.

Any public officer or citizen may demand of any hawker or pedler to produce his license; and if the hawker or pedler refuse, such officer or citizen may arrest him without any further warrant, and convey him before a magistrate who may fine him in the sum of ten dollars for such refusal, which sum shall be paid over to th overseers of the poor of the town. In case he have no license, he may be fined twenty-five dollars. If such fine be not paid, the magistrate may issue a warrant to any constable to seize his wares and sell them at public vendue, to satisfy the same.

NEW-JERSEY.-Any person not a resident of the State, who shall be found vending goods from place to place without a license, shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each offenceone half to go to the prosecutor, the other to the St te. The license may be obtained by the Governor, upon a recommendation for that purpose by the Inferior Court of Common Pleas; if for a vehicle to be drawn by one or more horses or other beasts, the sum of fifteen dollars; if on foot, eight dollars.

Any person lending his license to another shall lose the same, and every license so loaned shall become void.

Any citizen may demand to see any hawker's license, and if the same be not produced, he may, without further warrant, convey the hawker before a justice of the peace, who shall fine him in the sum of fifty dollars for each offence.

PENNSYLVANIA. Any citizen may peddle his own goods. But no person shall be licensed as a hawker or pedler unless he shall have resided at least one year in the county in which such application is made, and shall produce satisfactory evidence on oath from at least two respectable practising physicians of such county that such applicant is, in point of fact, by reason of bodily disabil ity, the nature and character of which must be stated, unable to procure a livelihood at his trade, if he have any, or by bodily abor. None but citizens of the United States shall obtain licenses o hawk or peddle, and such licenses shall only extend to the County in which they may be granted. But wholesale pedlers may, by virtue of their licenses, vend goods throughout the State. The applicant must give bonds in the sum of $300 for his good behavior during the term of his license and must also satisfy the officers granting the license, of his honesty and good moral character A license to travel on foot, $8; with a vehicle with one horse $16; with a vehicle and two horses, $25. Licenses may be obtained of the clerks of the courts of quarter sessions of any county, and also at the Mayor's office in the city of Philadelphia. Penalty for selling without a license, $50; for refusing to show his license to any citizen who may demand to see the same, $20.

OHIO.-The Clerk of the Court of Commen Pleas of any county in this State may grant a license. For a license to travel on fo

throughout the State, $12; on horseback, or in a one-horse wagon, $20; in a two-horse wagon, $28; in a boat or other water craft, $60. A pedler refusing to show a license to any citizen who may demand to see it, shall be supposed to be without one, and may be proceeded against on such ground, and fined $50, ten per cent of which shall go to the informer.

NORTH CAROLINA.-Any person hawking or peddling goods (books and prints excepted) not manufactured in the States, without a license, or who shall refuse when called upon by any jus tice of the peace, or sheriff, or sheriff's deputy, to show the same shall be subject to indictment, and on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.

OREGON. No person shall vend goods in any county in Oregon without a license from the commissioners of said county, who may assess him not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars per year, or at the same rate for any shorter period. Any person vending without such license shall be fined not less than $50, nor more than $200 for each offence.

RHODE ISLAND.--Any person peddling goods without a license shall forfeit the sum of $50 for each offence-one-half to go to the prosecutor (any citizen), and one-half to the State. Any pedler refusing to show his license within ten minutes from when called upon by any citizen to show the same, shall lose the cost of prosecution, even though it shall appear on trial that he had a license, duly issued, at the time of the offence. But any citizen may peddle goods manufactured in the State. Licenses may be obtained of the general treasurer: for selling goods of foreign manufa‹ ture, $100; for selling goods manufactured in the United States, $75.

VIRGINIA. The clerk of any county court is authorized to grant licenses, on satisfactory proof that the applicant is honest and of a good moral character, and on the payment by the latter of $20. Any pedler vending goods without a license shall forfeit $50one moiety to go to the informer, the remainder to the State.

VERMONT.-Licenses for peddling in this State are as follows: For travelling on foot, $15; if in a vehicle with one horse or more, $30; and if he carry and offer for sale any plated or gilded ware, jewelry, watches, or any patent medicines, or any compound medicine, the composition of which is kept secret from the public, $60. Any county clerk will furn.sh a license. Any pedler vending goods without a license shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $300, nor less than $50. Any person refusing to show his license to any citizen when called upon so to do, shall forfeit the sum of $20.

WISCONSIN.-The Secretary of State has authority to grant licenses as follows: for peddling on foot, $10; with a vehicle and a single horse, $20; with a vehicle drawn by two horses, $40; a vehicle with more than two horses, $60. Any person peddling without a license shall forfeit $25 for each offence. If the money

be not paid, the justice may issue an attachment against the wares of the delinquent, and sell the same at vendue to satisfy the fine

and costs.

CONNECTICUT. Any person peddling in this State without a license, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred nor less than fifty dollars-one half to him who shall prosecute, the other to the State. Every pedler before offering goods for sale in any town, shall obtain from the selectmen of such town, or a majority of them, a license to do the same, for which he shall pay the sum of ten dollars. Any pedler refusing to exhibit his license to any grand juror, justice of the peace, or constable, who may demand to see the same, shall forfeit the sum of fifteen dollars for each offence. A Pedler by the law of this State is any person not a citizen of the United States going from house to house, on foot or otherwise, in any town where he does not reside, with foreign grown or produced goods, or goods grown, manufactured or produced in any other State, except sewing silk, cotton and linen thread and yarn, being of United States' growth, manufacture or product.

GEORGIA.-Books, maps, and charts, and all articles manufac tured in the State, may be peddled without a license. For vending all other goods from place to place, a license must be obtained of the Comptroller General, the total cost of which is $57. Persons selling from place to place without a license, must, on complaint, give security in the sum of $500, for his appearance at the next Superior Court, when, if convicted, he shall be fined not less than $200, nor more than $300, for each offence. addition each county town has the privilege of exacting from every pedler the sum of fifteen dollars for every day he or she may be found therein offering goods not manufactured in the State.

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DELAWARE.-Pedlers shall procure license, and give bonds in the sum of $500, for their good behavior during the term of such license. Licenses may be obtained of any Judge of the State, and also of any justice of the peace. Grain, provisions, produce, fruit, books, and all goods manufactured in the State, may be peddled without a license. The charge for licenses is as follows: for & foot pedler, who is a non-resident of the State, $50; to the same if a bona fide citizen, $8; for a vehicle with one horse, $16, two horses, $30; for each additional horse, $10. For a license to sell clocks, $50; to sell tin and japanned wares, without a cart but with one or more horses, $10: with a vehicle and one or more horses, $20. No license can be had for peddling drugs or medi. cines Any person peddling without a license, or in goods not authorized by his license, or who shall borrow a license for the

purpose of peddling, shall forfeit five hundred dollars-one half for the use of any one who shall sue for the same, and one half to the State. Any pedler refusing or neglecting to show his license, when called upon by any citizen to do so, shall forfeit and pay ter dollars to such citizen, who is authorized to sue for the saine Any person peddling tin or japanned ware without a license, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to any one who may sue for the same, the sum of thirty dollars, one half to the use or the

tate.

INDIANA. Pedlers are required to take out a license in every county in which they shall vend, and pay in proportion, as regards amount and length of time, as resident merchants, who are taxed five dollars on every thousand dollars' worth of merchan dise. There is no fixed license fee; the County Board of such county regulating the fee of each applicant according to his own judgment. Any person transacting business in this State without a license therefor, is liable to a fine of $500.

ILLINOIS.-Every hawker or pedler shall have the privilege of peddling goods throughout the State, on paying the sum of fifty dollars to the Secretary of State, when he shall receive a license therefor. For the privilege of peddling in any one county, the County Commissioners of such county will grant him a license for ten dollars. For peddling in any county without a license, he may be sued by any citizen, and recovered against in the sum of one hundred dollars-one half to the complainant, the other to the State.

NEW-HAMPSHIRE.-Any person peddling goods from place to place without a license, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. License may be obtained of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the applicant may reside. The license fee, to a citizen of the State is $10; to a non-resident of the State, $20.. Any pedler lend ing his license to another, or refusing to show the same to any citizen who may demand te see it, shall be punished in the same manner as for selling without license.

MASSACHUSETTS.-Any person may go from place to place selling fruis and provisions, live animals, brooms, agricultural implements, fuel, newspapers, books, pamphlets, agricultural products of the United States, and the products of his own labor or the labor of his family, provided that none of those artirles shall be of the growth or production of foreign countries. The sale of jewelry, wines, spirituous liquors, playing cards, indigo and feathers, in the manner above specified is prohibited. The Secretary of the Commonwealth may grant a license to go