Legal Documents of Maryville

If the applicant is a worthy recipient of charity who cannot properly be taken care of by any public relief or welfare agency, a permit shall be issued to him by the city recorder free of charge.

The permit shall entitle the mendicant to solicit alms in the city for a period of six (6) months and shall expire six (6) months from the date of issuance. Each mendicant shall have his permit in his immediate possession at all times when he is engaged in begging or soliciting alms in the city and shall display same upon demand of any police officer of the city. No permit shall be renewed, but the mendicant shall be allowed, upon the expiration of his permit, to apply for a new permit in the manner prescribed by this chapter. (1999 Code, § 9-503)