[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy 5-17-1993 as Ch. 5.32 of the 1993 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
License
required. No person shall carry on the business of a pawnbroker unless
he is duly licensed therefor by the Board of Licensing Commissioners.
B.
Premises
designated. All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter
shall designate the place where the person licensed may carry on his
business, and he shall not engage in or carry on his business in any
place other than the one so designated.
C.
Fee. The
fee for a pawnbroker's license shall be $100.
[Amended by Order No. 95-084]
D.
Bond. The
licensee shall, at the time of receiving such license, file with the
Board of Licensing Commissioners a bond to such City, in the sum of
$300, with two sureties approved by such Board, and conditioned for
the faithful performance of the duties and obligations pertaining
to the business so licensed.
[Added 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
E.
Revocation.
Any license granted under this chapter may be revoked at any time
by the Board of Licensing Commissioners.
F.
Expiration.
Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, licenses shall expire on
December 31.
Every pawnbroker shall keep a book in which shall be written,
at the time of receiving any article as a pawn or pledge or purchasing
any article, a description of the same and the name, age and residence
of the person from whom, and the day and hour when, he received or
purchased it. Such book shall at all times be open for the inspection
of the Mayor, the City Council or any person authorized by them to
make such inspection and members of the Police Department.
No person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall,
directly or indirectly, receive any article in pawn or purchase any
article of any minor, knowing or having cause to believe him to be
such.
All articles received in pawn or purchased may be examined by
the Mayor or Chief of Police or any person authorized by them to make
such examination at all times.
Every licensed pawnbroker shall make out and deliver to the
Chief of Police every day, Sundays and holidays excepted, before 10:00
a.m., a legible and correct list containing an accurate description
of all articles taken during the preceding 24 hours, the amount loaned
thereon and the time such articles were pawned.
