No pawnbroker shall transact or engage in business within the city unless or until he shall have obtained an annual license therefor, such license may be procured by complying with the provisions in this division.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c))
An applicant for a license shall make request therefor in writing addressed to the city secretary which application shall contain the name, residence and street number and such other reasonable information as will identify such applicant, together with the classification of such applicant, in case of a firm or corporation, the application shall show the individual members of the partnership and officers of the corporation.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c)(1))
The license hereby applied for under this division shall be subject to all the provisions and regulations of this Code and other ordinances of the city related to pawnbrokers and V.T.C.A., Finance Code § 371.001 et seq.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c)(2))
The annual license fee for licenses under this division shall be as established in Appendix A and paid in advance.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c)(3))
The application for a license under this division shall be signed and sworn to by the person applying therefor before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c)(4))
Each application for a license under this division shall be presented to the city secretary, who shall issue a license to the applicant upon compliance of the applicant with the terms of this article.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(c)(5))
Every pawnbroker while engaged in the operation of his business, shall have posted and available for inspection at all times his license to engage in such business.
(Code 1975, § 5½-8(d))