[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Marblehead 5-6-1996 by Art. 64. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall act as a collector of, dealer
in or keeper of shop for the purchase, sale or barter of secondhand
articles without first obtaining a license from the Select Board.
The Select Board may make rules and regulations relative to their
business, and may provide for the supervision thereof, and such additional
rules, regulations and restrictions which shall be expressed in all
such licenses. Said licenses may be revoked at pleasure, and shall
be subject to Sections 202 to 205, inclusive,[1] except that societies, associations or corporations organized
solely for religious or charitable purposes and their agents shall
not be required to pay a fee for such licenses.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
Every person acting as a collector of, dealer
in or keeper of shop for the purchase, sale or barter of secondhand
articles shall, at the time of every purchase of any such article,
make a record thereof on a form approved by the Select Board, shall
maintain such records for such period as the Select Board may determine,
and shall make such records available upon request of the Select Board
and any person authorized by such Board.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this By-Law shall be punished by a fine of $100 upon the first conviction
thereof, by a fine of $200 upon the second conviction thereof, and
by a fine of $300 upon the third and subsequent convictions thereof.
Each day that such a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute
a separate offense.
