Whoever shall engage in the business of selling goods, wares, or merchandise of any description other than articles grown, produced, or manufactured by the seller himself or herself or by those in his or her employ, and sold by going from house to house or place to place, either by land or water, to sell […]
It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court to issue blank licenses for the privileges and purposes mentioned in this act and deliver them to the county collector and charge him or her with the amount thereof, specifying in each case the number and amount of each kind of license.
The licenses provided for in this act shall be a personal privilege, enjoyable only by the person to whom it is issued, and shall not be transferable.