[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Marblehead 8-23-1917.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall carry on the business of dealer in, or keeper of, a
shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk and old metals in the Town of
Marblehead, unless he is duly licensed therefor by the Board of Selectmen.
No person shall engage in the buying or collecting of junk or old metals
from place to place within the Town, unless he is licensed by the Board of
Selectmen.
Every keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk and
old metals within the limits of the Town shall keep a book in which shall
be written, at the time of every purchase of any such article, a description
thereof, the name and age and residence of the person from whom, and the day
when, such purchase was made, and such book shall at all times be open to
the inspection of the Board of Selectmen, or to any person by them authorized
to make such inspection.
Every keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk and
old metals within the limits of the Town shall put in a suitable and conspicuous
place in his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed
in letters of at least 1 1/2 inches in size, and such shop and all articles
of merchandise therein may be at all times examined by the Board of Selectmen,
or by any person by them authorized to make such examination.
Any vehicle, receptacle or place used for the transportation, collection
or keeping of junk or old metals by any junk collector may at all times be
examined by the Board of Selectmen or by any person by them authorized to
make such inspection. The Selectmen may provide that such collectors shall
display badges upon their persons, or upon their vehicles, or upon both, when
engaged in the collecting, transporting or dealing in junk or old metals.
Every such shop, as described in the preceding sections, shall be closed
between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and no keeper thereof, and no
junk collector, shall purchase any of the articles aforesaid during such hours.
[Amended 3-14-1972 ATM by Art.
30]
Whoever violates any of the provisions of the above sections shall forfeit
not more than $50 for each offense.
