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Regarding Commercial Agents, Selling Agents, Solicitors and Canvassers Who Do Business Door-to-Door in Concord
VOTED: that the Town, acting under the provisions of Article II of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, commonly called the Home Rule Amendment, and under the police powers granted to it by the General Laws of the Commonwealth, adopt the following bylaw regarding commercial agents, selling agents, solicitors and canvassers who do business door-to-door in the Town.
Section 1.
The practice of going in and upon private residences of the Town by commercial agents, selling agents, solicitors and canvassers, transient vendors and itinerant merchants for the purpose of soliciting orders for services or for sale of goods, wares and merchandise by means of samples, lists, catalogues or otherwise, without having been requested or invited to do so by the owners or occupants of said private residences, is prohibited and hereby declared a nuisance.
Section 2.
The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply to officers or employees of the town, county, state or federal governments; hawkers and peddlers registered by the state and the Town under appropriate laws and regulations; candidates for public office or political parties recognized by the Commonwealth; religious organizations for the purpose of spreading the teachings of their religious beliefs, but not for the purpose of selling or soliciting; and non-profit, charitable organizations upon registration by the President or Treasurer with the Chief of Police. Such registrations must be renewed yearly.
Section 3.
Violations of this bylaw shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offense.
Article 40, Town Meeting, May 1977
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