Sec. 2669. The council of the city or village may provide by ordinance for licensing all exhibiters of shows or performances of any kind, not prohibited by law, hawkers, peddlers, auctioneers of horses and other animals on the highways or public grounds of the corporation, venders of gun powder and other explosives, taverns and houses of public entertainment, and hucksters in the public streets or markets, and in granting such license, may extract and receive such sum of money as it may think reasonable; but nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any municipal corporation to require of the owner of any product of his own raising, or the manufacturer of any article manufactured by him, license to vend or sell in any way, by himself or agent, any such article or product; provided, that in cities and villages, the council may confer upon, vest in and delegate to the mayor of such city or village, the authority to grant and issue licenses and revoke the same. Provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the power conferred upon cities and villages in section 1692 of said Revised Statutes.