Section 1

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter any county treasurer of the respective counties of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized to issue a license to any person or persons to hawk, peddle or sell, within the county where such license is granted, clothing, dry goods, notions, crockery and tinware, other than their own manufacturing or product; and each person so applying for and taking out a license, shall pay to such county treasurer, yearly, as follows, to-wit: The sum of ten dollars for each person hawking, peddling or selling, where the same is done on foot or by traveling without any conveyance, for the sale of such goods, and the sum of forty dollars for the hawking, peddling and selling of such goods, wares or merchandise, where a horse and carriage, or any vehicle, is used in carrying on the business of hawking, peddling or selling goods, wares and merchandise, aforesaid: Provided, however, That this act shall not apply to any person or persons, nor alter existing laws, in the hawking, peddling or selling goods, wares and merchandise, where the manufacturer or producer hawks, peddles or sells his own manufactured goods or products: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall apply to an act, entitled "An act to permit disabled soldiers to peddle by procuring a license therefor, without charge," approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred sixty-seven, extending such privilege to all soldiers, sailors and marines who are unable to procure a livelihood by manual labor, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- one: Provided also, That this act shall not apply to any boroughs, townships or counties of this State where, under existing laws, hawking and peddling is entirely prohibited by law.