Pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, junk dealers and every person
engaged in the business of receiving goods upon pledge or under chattel
mortgages shall pay an annual license fee of $10 per annum, said license
to be issued by the City Clerk.
Every person hereafter applying for a license to engage in or
carry on the business of pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, junk dealer
and every person engaged in the business of receiving goods upon pledge
or under chattel mortgages, shall, before such license is issued to
him, enter into a bond with the City of Weatherford with sureties
approved by the City Clerk, in the penal sum of $1,000, conditioned
that said applicant will strictly and faithfully observe all ordinances,
regulations and requirements of the City in relation to pawnbrokers,
secondhand dealers and persons engaged in the business of receiving
goods upon pledge or under chattel mortgages, or their business, and
will pay all costs, fines and penalties incurred on account of his
failure or neglect and will pay all damages resulting to any person
by reason of his wrongfully taking, purchasing, or receiving from
a minor. The bond shall be filed with the City Clerk and may be sued
upon by any person damaged, as aforesaid, but in no event shall the
City be liable for the cost of such suit.
1.
Every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, junk dealer and every person
engaged in the business of receiving goods upon pledge or under chattel
mortgages shall keep at his place of business a register in when he
shall enter in writing a minute description of all property taken,
purchased or received by him, including any number that may be in
or upon any article, together with the time and the name and place
of residence (giving street and number, if within the City) of the
person leaving said property, also the amount paid for or loaned upon
each article so taken, the interest charged, and the time when the
loan falls due; which register shall be kept clean and legible. He
shall make such entry within one hour after the receipt or purchase
of such property.
2.
Every entry shall be made in ink and shall not in any manner by obliterated
or erased.
3.
To the person negotiating or leaving such property, he shall give
a plainly written or printed ticket, having upon it a full and perfect
copy of all the entries required by ordinance to be kept in such register,
for which copy no change shall be made.
4.
It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, junk
dealer, or person engaged in the business of receiving goods upon
pledge or under chattel mortgages to make out and deliver to the Chief
of Police every day, before the hour of 12:00 noon, a legible and
correct copy from said register of all personal property or other
valuable things received or deposited or purchased by him during the
preceding 24 hours, and a description of the person or person by whom
left in pledge or from whom the same was purchased.
5.
No person shall be required to furnish such description of any property
purchased from manufactures or wholesale dealers having an established
place of business. But such goods must be accompanied by a bill of
sale or other written evidence of open and legitimate purchase, and
must be shown to any officer when demanded.
Said register, so kept by said person, shall at all times be kept open to the inspection of the Chief of Police of the City and Sheriff of Custer County, or the deputy of either, any officer of the Police Department of the City, the City Attorney, the County Attorney and any one authorized in writing for that purpose, by the Chief or Captain of the Police Department, which authority shall be exhibited to the pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, junk dealer, or person engaged in the business of receiving such property, as aforesaid. Every dealer covered by §§ 5-55 to 5-63 of this chapter shall upon request, show and exhibit to such person or officer for inspection, any article or articles purchased, taken or received by him unless the time of the pledge has expired and the goods sold and delivered to the purchaser.
It shall be unlawful and an offense in the City for any junk
dealer, foundry, repair shop, pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or for
any person whosoever, to purchase, take or receive in pledge, by gift
or on deposit, or to accept possession of any article of property,
of or from, any common drunkard, from any person under the influence
of intoxicating liquors or drugs, from any person who is a habitual
user of drugs of any kind, from any person who is commonly known to
be a "police court character," or from any person who has previously
been convicted of petty larceny.
It shall be unlawful and an offense in the City for any person
in charge of any junk shop, secondhand store, pawn shop, or otherwise
to purchase from or advance money to any minor upon anything or articles
of value, or have any dealings respecting the title of property in
the possession of a minor without the written consent of the parents
or guardian of such minor, which shall be kept on file and subject
to police inspection.
Any person who shall attempt to conceal any stray or lost goods,
found or taken up by him or shall efface any marks or brands thereon,
or carry the same beyond the limits of the City, or knowingly permit
the same to be done, or shall willfully fail to cause the same to
be advertised, sold or otherwise dealt with as provided by the ordinances
of the City, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
Any suspicious circumstance, or circumstances, sufficient to
put any ordinary prudent person upon his guard, shall be sufficient
notice to any person to whom property shall be offered for gift, sale,
mortgage or pledge, to prohibit them from accepting same; and any
knowledge, notice, or information, as to the improper character of
the person offering same must prevent such sale, gift, mortgage or
pledge from being made until an investigation shall reveal that the
same may be lawfully made; and the failure to exercise the precautions
herein prescribed, and the accepting of a gift, sale, mortgage or
pledge of property prohibited herein, which shall be stolen or shall
be in the possession of one not entitled thereto, which shall be disposed
of by one not entitled or competent to sell, pledge, mortgage or give
away the same, shall be and constitute an offense and be unlawful.
1.
Any pawnbroker, junk dealer, secondhand dealer, or any other person who may be engaged in any calling or occupation which shall, under present or future ordinances of the City, require a license or permit, who shall be guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of §§ 5-77 through 5-86 of this chapter, or who shall permit an employee or agent, in the course of such employment or agency, to be guilty of the violation of any provision hereof, shall in addition to the fine or imprisonment otherwise provided as a penalty therefore, be, upon conviction, deprived of such license or permit; and upon conviction, the City Clerk shall immediately revoke such license or permit.
2.
Any person who shall operate or engage in any business without first
procuring a license and filing a bond as herein, provided, shall be
guilty of an offense; and each day's operation shall constitute a
separate offense.
