[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Sterling 4-4-1913, approved 4-29-1913; amended 2-3-1930, approved 3-26-1930; readopted 5-14-2012 ATM by Art. 19, approved
10-11-2012. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Denial of licenses — See Ch. 92.
No person shall be a collector of or a dealer
in junk, old metals or secondhand articles or the keeper of a shop
for the purchase, sale and barter of junk, old metals or secondhand
articles unless licensed therefor by the Select Board subject to the
provisions of General Laws relative thereto. The Select Board shall
charge a fee of at least $10 for each license.
Every such shopkeeper or junk dealer shall keep
a book in which shall be written at the time of every purchase of
any such article a description thereof, name, age and residence of
the person from whom purchased, and the day and hour when such purchase
is made. Such book shall at all times be open to the inspection of
the Select Board.
Every keeper of such shop shall put, in some
suitable and conspicuous place in his shop, a sign having his name
and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters.
Such shop and all articles of merchandise therein
and any place, vehicle or receptacle for the collection or keeping
of the articles aforesaid may be at all times examined by the Select
Board.
No keeper of said shop nor any dealer or junk
collector shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive
by barter or exchange any of the articles of a minor or apprentice,
knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
