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HAWKERS. Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise for sale. To prevent impositions they are generally required to take out licenses, under regulations established by the local laws of the states.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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The traders said Murang'a town, which should be the face of the county, has been reduced to a hawking paradise, urging the county administration to formulate polices to regulate and control the hawkers in major towns.ACT QUICKLYThey said if the county government does not act quickly, their businesses will collapse.
Rein in hawkers, Murang'a traders tell Governor Wa Iria
Traders in Eastleigh have threatened to close businesses and stop paying levies to City Hall until hawkers trading outside their premises are removed.
Eastleigh traders to stop paying levies until hawkers are moved
Hawkers have commended the Mmathethe Sports Festival(MSF) giving them an opportunity to sell food at the three-day long event.
Hawkers commend sports festival for the opportunity
'As hawker culture in Penang is more unique than the hawker culture in Singapore, as we still have hawkers by the roadside and in food courts, we have sent an official letter to the National Heritage Department and the deputy tourism minister to propose a joint nomination with Singapore under the title Hawker Culture in Singapore and Malaysia,' he said.
Don't let Singapore monopolise recognition of 'hawker culture', says Penang lawmaker
The Central Business District of the Takoradi Metropolis has been turned into a stage where traders, hawkers, truck pushers and City Guards play games of hide and seek.
Hawkers adopt hide and seek approach to outsmart City Guards
These hawkers have established their small businesses at footpaths.
Police taking bribe
Summary: Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] November 1 (ANI): Amid the hawkers rally in Mumbai, the Congress and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members clashed with each other forcing the police to resort to lathi-charge.
Congress, MNS workers clash over hawkers issue
(1) The article illustrates the proprietary sense that the state wished to exert over everyday food that is the cultural production of petty hawkers.
The Cheapskate highbrow and the dilemma of sustaining Penang Hawker Food
Addressing the oath taking ceremony of All Paksitan Newspapers Hawkers Federation here the minister said the present government has diagnosed the problems of the country and now the country was put on track towards recovery and things were improving.
Govt making all-out efforts for prosperous Pakistan: Tariq Fazal
Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital is filled with street hawkers. The hawkers take advantage of the city's congested roads to sell a wide range of household items to motorists stuck in the traffick jam.
Lagos' war on street trading threatens livelihoods of its inhabitants
Kolkata: A group of hawkers lynched a constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), following a pitched battle inside the Malda Town station in West Bengal.
Hawkers lynch Rail constable in West Bengal

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