Every municipality may license, tax, regulate, or prohibit hawkers, peddlers, solicitors, pawnbrokers, ticket scalpers, and employment agencies. However, the provisions of § 9-34-18 and this section do not apply to the peddling or soliciting of telecommunications services subject to the provisions of chapter 49-13 or 49-31.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 30; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 30; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53, subdiv 30; RC 1919, § 6169 (55); SL 1925, ch 245; SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (73); SL 1992, ch 65.