A.
Applicability of this article. The provisions of this
article shall not apply to any corporation organized under the Religious
Corporations Law, nor to solicitations at the regular exercises or
services of any lodge, benevolent order or fraternity or any branch
thereof, whenever such solicitation is made at the regularly appointed
meetings and regular places of worship or exercises of such lodge,
order or fraternity.
B.
License, identification card required. It shall be
unlawful for any person, organization, society, association or corporation
or their agents or representatives to solicit money, donations of
money or property, or financial assistance of any kind upon the streets,
in office or business buildings, by house-to-house canvass or in public
places in the city, except upon a license and an identification card
issued by the City Clerk.
C.
Application for license; contents. An application
to solicit funds for any cause whatever as provided for in this section
shall be addressed to the City Clerk at least two weeks in advance
of the first day of solicitation and such application shall contain
the following information:
(1)
The name and purpose of the cause for which permission
is sought.
(2)
The names and addresses of the officers and directors
of the organization.
(3)
The time for which permission is sought and localities
and places of solicitation.
(4)
Whether or not any commissions, fees, wages or emoluments
are to be expended in connection with such solicitation.
(5)
Such other information as the City Clerk shall require.
D.
Statement of finances. It shall be the duty of the
City Clerk, before granting permission to solicit funds or donations
as provided for in this section, to compel the applicant to file with
him a signed statement of all moneys collected in the calendar year
or the fiscal year of such organization, society, association or corporation
previous to the application, the expenditures connected therewith,
together with the names and addresses of all persons receiving wages,
commissions or emoluments and the amounts so expended.
A violation of any provision of any part of
this Part 1 is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment of not more than six
months or both.
