Sect.  16.  The  secretary  of  the  commonwealth  may  grant  a  license
to  go  about  exposing  to  sale  and  selling  any  goods,  wares,  or  merchan-
dise, not  prohibited  in  the  preceding  section,  to  any  applicant  Avho  files
in  his  office  a  certificate  signed  by  the  mayor  of  a  city  or  by  a  majority
of  the  selectmen  of  a  toAvn,  stating  that  to  the  best  knowledge  and  be-
lief of  such  mayor  or  selectmen,  the  applicant  therein  named  resides  in
such  city  or  town,  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  of  good  repute
for  morals  and  integrity.  The  mayor  or  selectmen  before  granting  such
certificate  shall  require  the  ai^plicant  to  make  oath  that  he  is  the  person
named  therein,  that  he  is  a  resident  of  such  city  or  town,  and  a  citizen
of  the  United  States ;  Avhich  oath  shall  be  certified  by  a  justice  of  the
peace,  and  accompany  the  certificate.  Every  license  so  granted  shall
bear  date  the  first  day  of  January  of  the  year  in  which  it  is  granted,  and
shall  continue  4n  force  one  year,  and  no  longer.
Sect.  17.  The  secretary  shall  cause  to  be  inserted  in  every  license
the  names  of  such  cities  and  toAvns  as  the  applicant  selects,  with  the
sum  to  be  paid  to  the  respective  treasurers  thereof  annexed,  and  shall
receive  from  the  applicant  one  dollar  for  each  city  or  town  so  inserted.
Every  person  so  licensed  may  sell  as  aforesaid  any  goods,  wares,  and
merchandise,  not  pi'ohibited  in  section  fifteen,  in  any  city  or  town  men-
tioned in  his  license,  upon  first  paying  the  sum  so  required  to  the  treas-
urer of  such  city  or  town,  who  shall  certify  on  the  face  of  the  license  the
sum  so  received.
