[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Dudley 12-18-1952 as Art. 7 of the 1952 General
Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be collectors
of, dealers in, or keepers of shops for purchase, sale or barter of
junk, old metals or secondhand articles, and no person shall be a
dealer in or keeper of a shop as aforesaid without a license, and
the Selectmen may revoke such license at their pleasure.
The Selectmen shall require that any place, vehicle or receptacle
used for the collection or keeping of the articles aforesaid may be
examined at all times by the Selectmen or by any person by them authorized
to make such examination.
No person licensed as junk collector shall, directly or indirectly,
either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the
articles aforesaid, except rags or bottles, of a minor or apprentice
knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
[Added 6-22-2020 by Art.
11]
Whoever acts as a collector of, dealer in or keeper of a shop
for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or secondhand
articles without a license, or in any other place or manner than that
designated in his license or after notice to him that his license
has been revoked, or violates any such rule, regulation or restriction,
shall forfeit $20.
