2006 New York Code - Licenses To Veterans Of The Armed Forces Of The United States.

 
    §  32.  Licenses to veterans of the armed forces of the United States.
  1. Every honorably discharged member of the armed forces of  the  United
  States, who is a resident of this state and a veteran of any war, or who
  shall have served in the armed forces of the United States overseas, and
  the  surviving  spouse  of any such veteran, if a resident of the state,
  shall have the right to hawk, peddle, vend  and  sell  goods,  wares  or
  merchandise  or  solicit  trade upon the streets and highways within the
  county of his or her residence, as the case may be, or if such county is
  embraced wholly by a city, within such city, by procuring a license  for
  that  purpose  to be issued as herein provided.  No part of the lands or
  premises under the jurisdiction of the division of the state fair in the
  department of agriculture and markets,  shall  be  deemed  a  street  or
  highway within the meaning of this section.
    2. Any such former member of the armed forces of the United States may
  present  to the clerk of any county in which he has resided for a period
  of at least six months, his original certificate of honorable discharge,
  or a  copy  thereof  duly  certified  by  the  recording  officer  or  a
  certificate  in  lieu  of  lost  discharge issued by a department of the
  armed forces of the United States  which  shall  show  that  the  person
  presenting it is a veteran of any war, or that he has served overseas in
  the  armed  forces  of the United States. He shall also fill out a blank
  which shall when filled out state his name, residence  at  the  time  of
  application, nature of goods to be sold, and if the applicant is working
  on  commission  or  percentage  for any person, firm or corporation, the
  name and business address of such  person,  firm  or  corporation.  This
  statement shall be signed by the applicant in the presence of the county
  clerk,  or  a deputy designated by him, and the name on this application
  and on the original certificate of honorable discharge shall be compared
  by the county clerk to ascertain if the person so applying is  the  same
  person  named  in  the original certificate of honorable discharge. Such
  county clerk when so satisfied shall issue, without cost, to such former
  member of the armed forces of the United States,  a  license  certifying
  him to be entitled to the benefits of this section.
    3.  A  copy of this statement shall be attached to the license granted
  by the county clerk and shall remain attached thereto.  On  presentation
  to  such  clerk  of the affidavit of such surviving spouse and two other
  residents of the county, that  he  or  she  is  such  surviving  spouse,
  accompanied  by  such original certificate of honorable discharge of his
  or her deceased spouse, and the  filing  of  the  statement  hereinabove
  required,  such  county clerk shall issue, without cost to the surviving
  spouse, a license certifying the surviving spouse to be entitled to  the
  benefits of this section.
    4.  The  license  provided for by this section shall be used and valid
  only for use in the county in which it was issued, except that if issued
  in a county embraced wholly by a city, it may be used within such city.
    5.  The  application  for  the  license  herein  provided   shall   be
  accompanied  by  a  photograph of the applicant taken within thirty days
  prior to such application and upon the issuance of such license shall be
  attached thereto.
    6. A license  issued  without  cost,  under  the  provisions  of  this
  section,  shall  be  personal  to  the  licensee  and  any assignment or
  transfer thereof shall be absolutely void. Upon  satisfactory  proof  by
  affidavit  of  the  loss  or destruction of any license issued as herein
  provided, the county clerk shall issue a duplicate license for  the  one
  so  lost  or  destroyed and in which event the word "duplicate" shall be
  legibly written in ink across the face thereof.
    7. A person assigning or transferring,  or  attempting  to  assign  or
  transfer  any  such  license  or using or attempting to use such license
  contrary to the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor.
    8. Any provisions of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, any
  city,  village  or town may, by local law or ordinance, require a person
  holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this  section  by
  the  clerk of the county in which such city, village or town is located,
  to file a further application with such official of the city, village or
  town as is designated in such local law or ordinance, for  the  issuance
  of  a  local  license  and  may prescribe the terms and conditions under
  which such local license may be issued and may  prohibit  the  right  to
  hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade
  upon  the  streets  and  highways  within any such city, village or town
  under the provisions of this section unless such local license has  been
  issued.