§ 81. Peddling and hawking farm produce. The governing board of a
municipal corporation shall not by ordinance or otherwise regulate or
prohibit the pursuit or exercise of hawking and peddling farm produce
except hay and straw within the limits of any such municipal
corporation, if such farm produce is hawked or peddled by the producer
thereof, or his servants or employees; nor shall the governing board of
any such municipal corporation pass an ordinance requiring such producer
of farm produce to secure a license for peddling and hawking such farm
produce within the limits of such municipal corporation. Nothing
contained herein shall affect any pending action or proceeding to
recover penalties imposed for violations of existing ordinances and
regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit wagons
from which farm produce is sold to stand in front of stores or private
residences for a longer time than may be necessary for the sale and
delivery of produce purchased by the occupants of such stores or
residences; nor to permit the congregating of such wagons upon any
street or thoroughfare not set apart by the municipality as a public
market for the sale of farm produce. This section shall not apply to
villages, or to cities of the first class.