[Amended 11-5-1984; 7-11-2000]
The Municipal Council shall license suitable persons to be pawnbrokers.
Applications for such license shall be filed at the office of the
City Clerk and shall be referred to and reported upon by the Committee
on Police and License. The City Clerk shall issue such licenses authorized
by the Council upon the payment of a fee of $100. Each such license
shall run for a period of one year and shall expire upon May 1 following.
The licensee shall, at the time of receiving such license, file with
the City Clerk a bond in accordance with MGL c. 140, § 77.
Every pawnbroker shall, at the time of making such loans, deliver to the person who pawns any article a memorandum or note signed by the pawnbroker and containing the substance of the entry required by §
329-2. No charge shall be made or required by any pawnbroker for such entry, memorandum or note.
[Added 1-2-1979]
No person who holds a license under the provisions of this chapter, nor any of the employees or agents, shall, directly or indirectly, conduct any transactions with any minor, knowing or having reason to believe the person to be such. It shall be the licensee's responsibility to require satisfactory proof of age. Violations of this section shall be punishable in accordance with §
329-2.