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REQUIRING DEALERS IN SECONDRABD ARTICLES
m' ANY DESCRIPT!~B OTHER THIN JtmlfTURE ABD
E:ott8E:S:oLD GOODS. EITHER IS PlWiIBROkER8 OR
C5THERWI~ TO PAY A LICENSE, TO kED I -m:com> OF ALL CB'.ISES All> BEPOR~ THE SAKE TO THE
CHIEP oJ POLICE, DD P.EGULATING sl!D :ID'sINEss.
Th.e Council of the City of Palo Al to
do ordain as follows:
Section l. Every person, .firm or
corporation dealing in secondhand goods, wares,
merchandise or articles of any description
other than furniture and household goods, either
ae pawnbroker or otherwise, shall pay a license
fee of $2.50 per quarter.
Sec. 2. The dealer shall keep a record
of all suoh articles sold or purchased, which
shall at all times during business hours be open
to the inspec;tion of the Chief of Police or of
any police officer. S~ch dealer shall at least
once a day make and deliver to the Chief of Police,
on a form to be furnished by said Chief of Police
for that purpose. a full, true and complete report
of all dealings in secondhand goods, wares,
merchandise or articles of any description, by
·such dealer within the City of Palo Alto, durfng
the twenty-four hours precedi~ said report
(meaning the hour of the day) when purchased or
sold or otherwise dealt in or with, and a descrip
tion of the person or persons from whom ·iXiught or
to whom sold, or with whom dealt; Sa:i d report
shall be written in the English language, in a
clear, legible manner and signed by the person
meking the sale to the dealer.
Sec. 3. The Chief of ?olice shall
i~~ediately, upon the adoption of this ordinance,
cause a n'tllllber of blanks to be made, which said
blanks shall be eo subdivided that they shall
ha~e space for writing in the following manner,
to-wit:
Description of the article purchased,
deecription of the article sold, description of
the article otherwise dealt :w~th, name and residence
of person to whom sold, name and residence of
person with whom otherwiae dealt, showing the
tra.~ name as nearly as known, age, sex, complexion
color of mustache ar beard, or where both are worn,
style of dress, height, also the time when the
articles were pu.rchased, sold or otherwise dealt with.
Said bl&Dks shall also bear a caption
providing blank spaces in which to fill in dates
of said report, the name and place of residence
of the person making the sale, and the hour of the
day when made.
Sec. 4. '.rhe C.b.ief of .eolice shall deliver
said blanbs to the person .fro~ whom said reports ·
ar,e required from time to time,. free Of charge, an4l; Q .
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• shall upon receipt of said report file the
same in some secure place in his office, and
the same shall be open to inspection only to
the Poli.ce Department of said city, or upon the
order of' some court, duly made·for that
purpose.
, Sec. 5. ~ef ore any person shall
engage in the buail'leee of dealing in 8.D1'
second-hand goods, wares, merchandise or
articles of any description, other th(Ul
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furniture and household goods, either ex
clusive~ or in oonjunction wit~ some other
business, he must make application to the
Board of .?ublio Safety for a permit therefor,
which said Bonrd may, by reaolut1oi, gFant
.pennies ion to applicant to receive e. license from
the Tax Collector upon payment of the license •
fee required; provided, however, that said
Board shall have the power to revoke said •
permission upon good cause being s~own.
Sec. 6. Any person buying or receiving
in pledge Ol"' otherwise, &JJY secondhand goods,
wares or merchandise ·Or articles of any
description, other than :furniture and household
goods, et.all:: mo:tc 1ns~l 'J8f'rd18poea j ofctl1.ensaltlei
bu.1;ekeepe i:t ::;oni thespremimas~fa~:.shirty days for
inspection by the Chief of Police, or aey other
poliqe officer except in oases of conditional
transactions when the tru.e owner shall have
redeemed, repurchased, or recovered the article.
• Any person, bU7±ng, receiving in pledge
or otherwise, any secondhand goods, wares or
merchandise, or articles of any description
other than furniture or household goods, shall
affix to said arti.cle a tag, upon which tag shall
be inscribed a nµmber in legible characters,
which number shall correspond to the number in
the book required to be kept as herein provided.
,. Sec. 7. The~term "person" shall include
:ftrm or corporation. The terms "furniture and
household goods" as used in this ordinance shall mean and include beds, bedding, tables, desks,
cha.ire, stoves, floor coverings, crockery,
glassware, kitchen and cooking utensils.
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Sec. 8. Any person violating any
provision of.this ordinance shall be deemed
ga.ilt7 of a misdemeanor, and 'Q.pon conviction
thereof:: shall be punished by a fine of not more
~han $600.00, or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a period of not more than six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The City Clerk is.directed to post
this ord-:lnance on the bulletin board at the
city hall, and the eeme ~hall go into effect
immediatel.y.
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The above and foregoing ordinance
was introduced on the 10th day of November,
1924, and thereafter duly passed•by the Council
of the city of Palo Al to on the 12th dB¥ or·
January, 1926, by the following vote~
AYES:
NOES:
B.ertsche, Blair, Cs.th:Q..art, Cooley. Cottrell, Duveneck~Easterday~•obart,Jordan,Laueten,
Thoits, w1111sms, ning.
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None.
ABSENT: ll&endenhall ."
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Attest: u)~&{ ~~ eputy Clerk
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