3091-83
ORDINANCE NO. 3091-83
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
SUPPLEMENTING TITLE VIII, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CLEARWATER, TO ENACT
A NEW CHAPTER 100, SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION BY
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SOLICITING FUNDS; TO PROVIDE
TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS SOLICITING FUNDS; TO CREATE REMEDIES
FOR CONDUCT PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION INVOLVING
FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF FUNDS AND INVASIONS OF
PRIVACY; TO ENSURE PROPER PROCEDURES AND JUDICIAL
REVIEW SO THAT CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS ARE
PROTECTED AND ENHANCED; TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE
FAIR SOLICITATION PRACTICES; PROVIDING FOR THE
SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida held a
series of legislative hearings on May 5 - 10, 1982 and on May 20, 1982 and May 20,
1983; and
WHEREAS, during the course of such hearings the City Commission heard
sworn testimony, received an extensive series of exhibits and received documentary
evidence from the public, the learned professions, and constitutional low scholars;
WHEREAS, testimony was presented relating to the commission and to the
prevention of fraudulent activities by charitable organizations and to the improper
diversion of funds by such organizations; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has a compelling and substantial need to
protect the residents of Clearwater, Florida from illegal or unreasonable invasions of
privacy by charitable organizations soliciting funds at private residences; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has a compelling and substantial need to
protect and enhance the reputation of the City of Clearwater, Florida, which could be
damaged and Impaired by illegal and fraudulent solicitation of contributions within its
corporate boundaries and by the fraudulent diversion of funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has a compelling and substantial interest
in encouraging charitable, benevolent, and religious organizations to supplement the
City of Clearwater's provision of social and other services; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has a compelling and substantial need to
protect charitable organizations desiring to solicit funds in the exercise of
constitutional freedoms; and
WHEREAS, the hearings previously referred to and the evidence submitted
to the City Commission have established the existence of fraudulent solicitations by
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statements or representations, the false concealment of identities of organizations on
whose behalf solicitations for monies were made, the false representations to the Y
residents of Clearwater that contributions made by them would entitle them to a n?
federal or state income tax deduction
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. practices, all to the detriment of the citizens of the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the hearings have established the necessity for maintaining
proper books and records of charitable organizations soliciting funds from the citizens
of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best Interests of the City of Clearwater to prevent
such fraudulent, unreasonable or improper acts by such organizations and to faster and
encourage fair solicitation practices.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CL.EARWATER, FLORIDA;
Section 1. That Title VIII, Public Health and Safety, of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Clearwater, be and the same is hereby supplemented by the
enactment of new Chapter 100, Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes, to read
as follows:
CHAPTER 100. Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes
Section 100.01. Definitions.
As used in this chapter,
(1) The term "charitable organization" shall mean an organization or
person which is or holds itself out to be a benevolent, educational,
voluntary health, philanthropic, humane, religious or eleemosynary
organization that solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public
for charitable purposes. A branch, area, chapter, office or similar affiliate
or any person soliciting contributions within the City of Clearwater for a
charitable organization that has its principal place of business outside the
City shall be a charitable organization for the purposes of this chapter.
(2) The term "solicit funds" or "solicitation of funds" shall mean any
request, within the City of Clearwater, for the donation of money,
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property, or anything of value; or the selling or offering for sale of any
property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, whether of value or not.
Expressly excluded from the meaning of "solicit funds" or "solicitation of
funds" Is any offer of membership In any charitable organization. A . ;`
zolicitotion of funds is complete when the solicitation Is communicated to
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handicapped persons; the benefit of any church or religious society
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the benefit of any educational institution. The term "charitable purpose"
shall not be construed to include the direct benefit of the individual making ?
the solicitation. The term "charitable purpose" shall not be construed to
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include the benefit of any political group or political organization that is .
subject to financial disclosure under state or federal law,
(4) The term " individual" shall mean only a natural person.
(5) The term "member" shall mean any person regularly attending or t
participating in a charitable organization.
(6) The term "national organization" means that part of a charitable r•
organization that coordinates, supervises, or exercises control over policy,
fund raising, or expenditures, or assists or advises one or more chapters,
branches, areas, offices, or affiliates in the City.
(7) The term "professional solicitor" means any person who, for a
financial or other consideration, solicits contributions for, or on behalf of,
a charitable organization whether such solicitation is performed personally
or through agents, servants, or employees specifically employed by or for a
charitable organization, who are engaged In the solicitation of
contributions under the direction of such person; however, no agent,
servant, or employee of a professional solicitor shall be deemed to be a
professional solicitor. A bona fide salaried officer or employee of a
charitable organization maintaining a permanent establishment within the
state shall not be deemed to be a professional solicitor. No attorney,
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registered Investment counselor, CPA or accountant, or banker who advises
any person to make a contribution to a charitable organization shall be
deemed, as a result of such advice, to be a professional solicitor.
Section 100.02. Exemptions,
(1) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a charitable organization shall be
exempt from the provisions of this chapter if It does not receive
contributions from more than 20 persons; or ail of Its functions, including
fund raising activities, are carried on by persons who are unpaid for their
services; or If no part of the organization's assets or income Inures to the
benefit of or Is paid to any officer or member; or if the solicitation is in
the form of a donation or collection that occurred within the membership
of the charitable organization; or if the charitable organization does not
raise or receive contributions from the public in excess of $10,000 during
its annual reporting period. Nevertheless, if the contributions raised from
the public are in excess of $10,000 for said annual reporting period, the
charitable organization shall, within 30 days after the date it shall have
received total contributions in excess of $10,000, register subject to the
provision of this chapter. Any such exempt charitable organization shall
lose such exemption when it employs a professional solicitor.
Nevertheless, such organization shall maintain such records as necessary to
prove that the organization qualifies for such exemption.
(2) Every scholarship fund that solicits and raises funds solely for the
purpose of providing scholarships shall be exempt from the registration
provisions provided for in this chapter if all of the fund's functions,
including fund raising activities, are carried on by persons who are unpaid
for their services and if no part of the organization's assets or income
inures to the benefit of, or Is paid to, any officer or member.
(3) The issuance of any announcement or advertisement that such
solicitation as described in subsection (2) above will occur or which
announces or advertises an event at which unannounced solicitation as
described In subsection (2) above occurs shall be exempt from the
registration provisions of this chapter.
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Section 100.03. RegistraVen with City Clerk °+-
I. All charitable organizations soliciting funds or desiring to solicit
funds for a charitable purpose in the City of Clearwater shall maintain 3 1.';9 , r•:'• ;
records, documents and information and shall file a registration statement
on forms provided by the City Clerk on or before January 31st of each
year. At the time of filing such registration statement, the charitable
organization shall pay a registration fee of $10.00. The forms shall contain
the following information:
(a) The name of the person registering and desiring to
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(b) Whether the person registering is a natural person,
partnership, corporation, or association and,
(I) if a natural person, the business or
residence address and telephone number must be given. , , `•
(Ii) if a partnership, the names of ail partners
and the principal business address and telephone number of each
partner must be given.
(iii) if a corporation, the person registering
must state whether it is organized under the laws of Florida or is a
foreign corporation, and must show the mailing address, business .°
location, telephone number, name of individual in charge of soliciting '
funds in Clearwater of such corporation, and the names of all officers F y
and directors or trustees of said corporation, and, if a foreign x
corporation, the place of incorporation and registration date and
certificate to operate in Florida as a foreign corporation.
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telephone number, If any, and shall show names and principal business
or residence addresses and telephone numbers of the officers and
directors or trustees of the association. If the association is part of a kt
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business location of its central office shall be given, in addition to
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all individuals who will be in direct charge or control of the solicitation of
funds.
(g) The time period within which the solicitation of funds
is to be made, giving the date of the beginning of solicitation and its
projected conclusion.
(h) A brief description of the methods and means by
which the solicitation of funds is to be accomplished.
(i) An estimated schedule of salaries, wages, fees,
commissions, expenses and costs to be expended and paid in connection
with the solicitation of funds and in connection with their disbursement.
(j) The names of any other cities in Florida in which the
person registering has solicited funds for charitable purposes within the
past five (5) years, but in no event that the person registering has solicited
funds for charitable purposes in more than five (5) other cities in Florida,
the person registering may list the five (5) cities in Florida in which the
most recent solicitations occurred.
{k} A statement to the effect that If a Certificate of
Registration is granted, such Certificate will not be used as or represented
to be an endorsement by the City or any of its officers or employees.
(l) The names of any officer, director, trustee, partner,
or any current agent or employee engaging in solicitation of funds who has
been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor Involving moral turpitude
within the past seven (7) years, the nature of the offense, the State In
which the conviction occurred, and the year of such conviction.
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(m) A brief explanation of the reasons, if the person
registering is unable to provide any of the foregoing information, why such
Information Is not available.
(n) The registration statement must be signed by the
applicant, If the person registering is an Individual; if the person
registering is a partnership, by the partner charged with disbursing funds
solicited; if a person registering is a corporation or an association, by its
officer charged with disbursing funds solicited. The individual signing the
registration statement shall sign the statement and swear before an officer
authorized to administer oaths that he or she has carefully read the
registration statement and that all the•information contained therein is
true and correct.
2. After a review of the registration statement to determine Its
compliance with this section, and within ten (10) working days of the
receipt of the registration statement, the City Clerk shall either Issue a
Certificate of Registration, as provided in this section, or notify the person
registering that the registration statement does not comply with the
requirements of this section and specifically point out what information or
explanation has not been furnished that is required before a Certificate of
Registration will be issued.
3. If for any reason the City Clerk refuses to issue a Certificate of
Registration to any charttable organization, the City of Clearwater shall
bear the burden of initiating, within ten working days of the denial, judicial
review proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to review the City
Clerk's administrative decision. In any such proceeding, the charitable
organization shall be considered a party in interest and shall have the
absolute right to receive a set of all review papers, to appear by its own
counsel, and to submit any and all documents and papers in opposition to
the denial of a Certificate of Registration, and shall have the further right
to appeal or to join in any appeal from a final adverse judgment or order.
The City shall bear the burden of demonstrating in the administrative
review that a compelling and substantial governmental interest exists on
the record justifying the denial of the Certificate of Registration in the
specific instance.
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4. In such judicial review proceedings, a charitable organization may
also raise the question to the court that furnishing a specific item or items
of information or explanations under this section constitutes a special or
unique hardship to the organization, and the court shall have jurisdiction in
such review process, upon concluding that disclosure constitutes a unique
or special hardship, to dispense with the furnishing of that information or
explanation, so that a Certificate of Registration can be Issued.
5. The City Clerk shall prescribe the form of the Certificate of
Registration. However, each such Certificate of Registration shall be
printed in black except that the following shall be printed prominently
thereon in red: "The Issuance of this Certificate of Registration Is not an
endorsement by the City of Clearwater or any of its officers or
employees". Nor may the Certificate of Registration be used by any
charitable organization for promotion purposes. Each Certificate of
Registration shall bear a registration number that Is the same as the file
containing the registration statement filed by the registrant.
b. Any charitable organization as defined in Section 100.01(1) that
has filed a registration statement with the State of Florida, Pinellas
County, or any other municipality or county located in Florida during the
preceding twelve (12) months containing substantially the same Information
as requested in this section and has been issued a registration certificate,
may file a copy of such registration statement and registration certificate
with the City Clerk and such charitable organization shall be deemed to
have compiled with the requirements of Section 100.03 relating to the
preparation and filing of a registration statement as long as such prior
filing and registration certificate remains valid.
7. All registration statements filed with the City Clerk, whether or
not a Certificate of Registration has been issued, shall be a public record
and shall be available for inspection by members of the public during
regular business hours and copies may be obtained at the regular cost.
8. Within 60 days from the expiration of the Certificate of
Registration, the charitable organization shall file with the City Clerk on
forms provided by that office a statement regarding all solicitation of
funds for the prior year, which statement shall be sworn by an appropriate
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officer of the charitable organization and which sworn statement shalt
show the following: (a) the full amount of funds and/or other property
received from the public during the previous year; (b) a complete list of
any and all expenses Incurred in procuring the sold funds. The sold list
shall be broken down into salaries, wages, fees, commissions, advertising
and all other expenses and costs paid in connection with solicitations; (c)
the bank, If any, where the proceeds of the sold solicitations were placed;
and (d) actual or proposed utilization in approximate amounts of the said
proceeds.
Section 100.04. Maintenance of Records,
1. W charitable organization shall fail to maintain records or
documents that are necessary to file complete and truthful registration
statements under this chapter. Records and documents in this paragraph
refer to the information mandated by Section 100.03 and shall be
maintained by the charitable organization for a period of three (3) years
from registration. A charitable organization, upon the request of the City
Attorney In connection with an investigation into possible violations of this
chapter, may not refuse to produce information required in the registration
statement.
Any charitable organization that is exempt from the provisions of
this chapter pursuant to Section 100.02(1) shall not be required to maintain
any records or other documents relating to such exemption for more than
six (6) months from the date that it solicits or obtains contributions
solicited from the public for charitable purposes.
2. If the City Clerk determines that any organization subject to this
chapter has failed to maintain documents or records containing Information
sufficient for the purposes of filing a registration statement, he or she
shall notify such organization in writing and specify what information it
has failed to maintain. If any such organization fails for thirty (30)
working days after receipt of notice to provide sufficient evidence of the
maintenance of such records and documents without legal excuse, the City
Clerk shall declare a default, and such default shall constitute sufficient
grounds for the City Attorney to seek and obtain judicial enforcement of
this chapter's provisions in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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I. (a) wilful use of any solicited funds or soliciting or retaining
funds to support or execute any conduct that is criminal or illegal under
the laws of the City of Clearwater, Pinellas County, the State of Florida,
or the United States;
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or property by means of any false statement or representation; ,
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whose behalf solicitations are being made; I'll
(e) falsely representing that any contribution, under current
law, would entitle the donor to a Federal or State income tax deduction;
(f) falsely promising any person that a contribution will be
refunded upon request, and thereafter failing within 60 days to make a
refund that has been requested In writing and within a reasonable period of
time;
(g) promising any person that refunds of contributions will be
made upon request without providing such person, at the time such
representation is made, with a written statement of the terms and
conditions upon which refunds are made; provided, however, that any
statement made in good faith at the time is not prohibited by this section.
(h) soliciting at private residences between I l :00 P.M. and
6:00 A.M.;
(1) solicitation by any person on behalf of a charitable
organization which has failed to register under this chapter and is not
exempt under Section 100.02;
(j) wilful failure to file the records with the City Clerk under
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2. In addition to any other remedy provided by low, any person who
wilfully and knowingly commits any of the prohibited acts under this
section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
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consumer protection laws of the City of Clearwater, Pinellas County, the
or the Unled States.
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Section 100.06. Power of the City Ationmy to investigate and
Prosecute Prohibited Acts of Charitable Organizations.
I . The City Attorney may Investigate the solicitation of funds by nR',`? { i
charitable organizations only after ten individuals file separate bona fide
complaints in writing, sworn to or affirmed, with the City Attorney, k•` Y` ?:' :`?
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setting forth facts demonstrating that one or more of the prohibited acts ;•
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set forth In Section 100.05 have been engaged in by the charitable
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organization and that the complaining party has been Injured by such act or
acts.
2. For purposes of investigating complaints under this section, the
City Attorney shall have the power to apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for a subpoena or subpoena duces tecunn to bring before him or
her any person and to require as part of such subpoena the production of
relevant documents and records and to administer oaths and take
depositions of any such person so subpoenaed. The City Attorney shall
have the power to effect service of process of subpoenas, after approval of
such subpoena by a court of competent jurisdiction. The wilful failure of a
person without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum
shall constitute a prohibited act under this chapter. This provision does not
preempt or supersede any other general laws concerning a refusal to obey a
valid subpoena.
3. In investigating citizen complaints about a charitable
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organization's solicitation of funds, the City Attorney shall have access to
the public records filed by the organization with the City Clerk.
4. The City Attorney may commence and maintain In a court of
competent jurisdiction all proper and necessary actions and proceedings to
prosecute any act prohibited by this chapter.
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Section 100.07. Darnanes to Injured Persons.
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I. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any person aggrieved by
a prohibited act under Section 100.05 performed by a charitable
organization from commencing an appropriate action or proceeding in the
Circuit Court under the laws of the State of Florida to recover
compensatory damages.
Section 100.08. Notice to the Public About the Provisions of this Chapter.
The City Attorney shall be empowered to Inform the public about the
requirements of this chapter as applied to all charitable organizations
soliciting funds in Clearwater, Florida. The City Attorney specifically has
the authority to notify the public that the office is authorized to receive
and investigate complaints relating to the violations of this chapter. The
City Attorney shall give public notice of all convictions of organizations
violating the provisions of this chapter and the basis of these convictions.
Section 2. Should any part or provision of this ordinance be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of
the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has been
properly advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section
166.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 4. This ordinance Is repealed on October 10, 1986, unless the City
Commission sixty (60) days prior to such repeal date passes an ordinance continuing or
modifying the ordinance and the provisions contained herein.
Section 5. The City of Clearwater hereby exempts itself from the provisions
of Pinellas County Ordinance No. 82-38, and such ordinance shall not apply within the
corporate limits of the City of Clearwater, Florida.
Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall take effect Immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED ON FIRST FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL.
READING AND ADOPTED
AS AMENDED
June 16, 1983
October 6, 1983
Attest:
ity Clerk
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Mayor-Commissioner
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Ord. 3091-83
10-6-83
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ORDINANCE NO. 3091-83
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Clearwater Ordinance No. 3091-83 is designed to further substantial and
compelling municipal Interests that have been recognized by state and federal courts
as legitimate exercises of local power, and which are designed to curb abuses disclosed
by legislative hearings and investigations conducted by the City. These interests are:
(1) to prevent,fraud in the solicitation of funds; (2) to protect citizens from undue
annoyance, harassment, and invasions of privacy by charitable organizations soliciting
funds; and (3) to foster and encourage fair solicitation practices. At the some time,
the ordinance, to withstand constitutional scrutiny, is narrowly drawn, places firm
limits upon the discretion of city officials in enforcing the ordinance, and provides
procedural safeguards, in the enforcement of the ordinance. Furthermore, by
requiring public disclosure regarding the funds raised and their disposition, the revised
ordinance makes it possible for each citizen to make an informed judgment about
whether he or she desires to contribute to a specific charitable organization. Because
the provisions of the ordinance are narrowly and precisely drawn with definite and
objective standards, place only incidental burdens on the secular practices of fund
raising and apply to all charitable organizations uniformly, the ordinance should be
able to withstand the strict constitutional scrutiny applied by the courts to all
ordinances dealing with charitable organizations. Even though religious organizations,
as a subclassification of charitable organizations, are subject to the provisions of this
ordinance, the ordinance In no way interferes with religious belief or doctrine or the
free exercise of religion. Moreover, the ordinance furthers important and compelling
secular governmental interests in deterring fraud, harassment, and invasions of
privacy.
The ordinance provides: (1) for the filing of a registration statement with
the City Clerk by charitable organizations seeking to solicit funds in Clearwater,
which will contain basic information about the group; (2) chat a charitable organization
soliciting funds shall maintain the records and documents necessary to complete a
registration statement; (3) that the City Attorney may investigate charitable
organizations soliciting funds upon receiving complaints from ten or more individuals;
(4) that the City Attorney give public notice of the provisions of this ordinance and
violations of the ordinance by charitable organizations (5) that certain fraudulent or
unlawful activity in soliciting funds is prohibited; (6) does not do sway with private
causes of action; (7) for prompt judicial review of all official decisions made pursuant
to the enforcement of this ordinance. In total, the provisions have been drafted in
order to further important and substantial governmental interests while at the some
time protecting First Amendment rights and values.
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Affiant further says the said Clearwater Times is a newspaper
published at St. Petersburg, in Said Pinellas County, Florida, and that the said news-
per has heretofore been continuous Is published in said Pinellas County, Florida,
each day and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in St. Pe-
tersburg, un said Pinellas County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the
first publication of the attached copy of adverttscmenr and affiant further says that
he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm, or corporation any discount, re-
bate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement forpabli-
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