For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Dealer in junk and junkshop.
Any person buying, selling, receiving for storage or as a pledge for the payment of money loaned or in any way acquiring or dealing in junk as defined in this section, but shall not include licensed pawnbrokers, the operator of a junk wagon as herein defined nor any person, purchasing junk from a licensed junk dealer exclusively.
Junk.
Scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead, scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys; and bones, rags, cloth, rubber, rope, tinfoil, bottles, old cotton, mechanical garden tools, utensils; dismantled or used plumbing fixtures, appliances or parts, dismantled gas fixtures, fittings, pipes, appliances or parts; dismantled or used water heaters, fixtures, fittings, pipes or parts; used lawn hose or harness; doors, window sash or glass, metals or parts thereof; or any character of unserviceable buildings or building materials, and houses to be wrecked. The term "junk" shall include unserviceable or second-hand automobiles purchased from the general public for the purpose of being dismantled, together with the purchase of unserviceable or used parts and accessories not including tires and tubes.
Junk wagon.
Every wagon operating in the city for the purpose of purchasing, collecting or gathering up or selling junk throughout the city or any portion thereof.
(Ordinance 219, § 1)
Every dealer shall obtain from the assessor and collector of taxes an annual license to pursue his business, and shall pay therefor twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Such license shall be granted for a period of one (1) year and shall be renewed by the dealer at the annual expiration thereof, and in addition thereto the dealer shall pay on each junk wagon operated by such dealer the amount of the license fee hereinafter prescribed for operators of junk wagons.
(Ordinance 219, § 8)
The license issued to a junk dealer in accordance with this article shall be displayed in his place of business where it can be seen by persons dealing with such dealer. The license issued to the operator of a junk wagon shall be displayed on the wagon for which it was issued, so that it can be seen by the person dealing with such junk wagon operator.
(Ordinance 219, § 9)
Every person operating any junk wagon within the city shall obtain from the assessor and collector of taxes an annual license for the privilege of operating such wagon so operated. Such license shall be granted for a period of one (1) year and shall be renewed by such person at the annual expiration thereof.
(Ordinance 219, § 10)
All keepers of junk shops and dealers in junk doing business or offering to do business in the city shall at all times keep on hand books of report blanks to be furnished by the city free of charge upon application to the city secretary in which shall be legibly written in duplicate at the time any junk is purchased by or deposited for any purpose with such dealer an accurate description in the English language of the articles purchased or deposited, the amount of money paid for the same or loaned thereon, the time of purchase or deposit thereof, the name, age, sex, signature, residence, race, nationality and the approximate height and weight of the person selling or depositing such junk, together with the name of the state issuing the license and the number of the license of the automobile in which such junk shall be delivered to the dealer. The report blanks shall be in book form and printed, numbered and executed in duplicate and signed by such dealer and by the party selling or depositing such article. The original of such report shall be retained in the book in numerical order by the dealer, and shall be at all times open to the inspection of the chief of police or any member of the police force of the city.
(Ordinance 219, § 2)
The duplicate of the report required by the preceding section shall be delivered to the chief of police before 10:00 a.m. of the day following the date of such purchase or deposit of any article of junk.
(Ordinance 219, § 3)
Each article of junk purchased by or deposited with a junk dealer shall have written or stamped thereon or attached thereto the serial number of the report made to the chief of police of the purchase or deposit of such article, which number shall at all times be kept plain and legible. Each article of junk purchased by or deposited with such dealer shall be retained by him in its original form, shape and condition for a period of ten (10) days after such purchase or deposit, during which time such article shall not be sold or permitted to be redeemed or removed from the place of business of such dealer; provided, that the chief of police may release the same by written order at any time prior to the expiration of the ten-day period.
(Ordinance 219, § 5)
Any person selling or depositing any amount of junk with a dealer who is not well and personally known to the dealer shall be identified by some reputable citizen known to the dealer, whose signature and address shall be placed on the report required by section 19-5.
(Ordinance 219, § 4)
No junk dealer or operator of a junk wagon shall purchase or receive in pledge or on deposit for any purpose any article from any minor or which may be owned or claimed by or in the possession or control of any minor, unless the parents or guardian of such minor shall state in writing that such transaction took place with the parents' or guardian's full knowledge and consent, which written statement shall be signed by such parents or guardian and have thereon the address and telephone number, if any, of such parents or guardian, and shall be delivered to the chief of police with the report of such purchase or deposit.
(Ordinance 219, § 7)