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I12) "Sale", "sell" and "sold". The transfer of any property or the rendition of any service to any person in exchange for consideration, inclu~ting any purported contribution v~ithout which such property would not have been transferred or such services would not have been rendered. (13) "Solicit" and "Solicitation". The request or appeal, directly or indirectly, for uny contribution on the plea or representation that such contribution will be used for a charitable purpose, i~c!uding with- out limitation, the following methods of requesting such contribution: (a) Any oral or written request; (b) Any announcen~nt to the press, over the radio or television, or by telephone or telegraph concerning un appeal or cempaign to which the public is requested to make a contribution for any charitable purpose connected therewith; (c) The distribution, circulation, posting or publishing of any handbill, written advertisemant or other publication which directly or by implication seeks to obtain public support; (d) The sale of, offer or att~npt to sell any adv=~hise~ent, advertising space, subscription, ticket, or uny service or tangible item in connection with which .uny appea/ is ~ade for any charitable purpose or where the nan~ of any charitable organization is used or referred to in any such appeal as un inducen~nt or reason for making any such sale, or when or %~ere in cormection with any such sale, any statemsnt is made that the whole or uny part of the proceeds frem uny~.such sale will be donated to uny charitable purpose. Solicitation as defined herein, shall be deemed to occur when the request is made, at the place the request ts received, w~ether or not the person making the same actually receives uny contribution. Section 25-32. Registration of charitable organizations. (a) Every charitable organization, except as otherwise provided herein, which intends to solicit contributions within the City of Portsmouth, or have funds solicited on its behalf, shall, prior to uny solicitation, file an irkitial registration state~aent with the Manager upon fozms acceptable to him. Each registration statement shall thereafter be refiled on or before the first day of the fourth calendar month of the next and each following fiscal year in which such charitable orgunization is engaged in solicitation activities within the City of Portsmouth. It shall be the duty of the president, chairman or principal officer of such charitable organization to file the stat~zaents required herein. Such state~nt shall contain the following infozmation: