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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 176 ORDINANOE NUMBER Introduced by An ordinance regulating pawn 'brokers, Junk and secend hand dealers in merchandi.~e or ether articles, and providing for penalty for violation thereof . The Board o£ Trustes.~ of the Oity ef Bakersfield ~o ordain as fO Ilows, ~y ~rson o~ pe~s sha~ before e~gaging in the busines~ of a pa~ Broker, ' j~k or' sec~d h~d dealer in merchamdise or other ar~icies procure a per~it. Ato do ee f~ the ~r~ of T~usteez of the EVerY person' or perm,s ~0 shall emg~ge in. the business · of a paw n broker.,: .J.~k or seeend hand dealer in merchandise or other articles shall keep a book in which shall be entered the name a~ ad- dres~ 'of each person selling any ar~ic!ea to said ~-breke~, ~k -o~ second hamd dealer, together with a .description o~ the articles ~d.~he p~iCe paid for the same. .. Section .~ .... A 'Oheeki~ book shall be carri~ by said J~k er see. end ha~ dea2er,, .~r-bro~, .or other persona ~gaged i~' said b~ess, containing name and address of seller,, list of articlem sol~, and pri~ pat~ for s~e,. ~d an outer ~eek contaimi~ s~milar infcr~tion ~d be signed Dy the person selling said articles~ The outew check and stub shall bear the sa~ n~ber, and a tag shall ba placed on each article~ bearing the ~mber on sa~d certificate of ~rchase, and said stub.. The certificate of put,ass so signed by the s~ter, shall be. filed and securely kept for inspection. Section 4-~. Ail articles' bought by any such pawn broker, junk or second hand .dealer in merchandise or other articles, shall be exposed view in 'the S~o~e .or other place kept by the purchaser of any such articles and no articles so bomg~.t 'by the persom~ 'spe¢ifie~ i~ thin ordinance shall be sold .or disposed e~ within .fourteen days after the day .o~ ~chase. ~ec~ion ~ ...... No Person or perso~ emgag~ in the business of pawn b~eker j~k or second hand dealer in merchandise .or' othex' .articles shall ~r- chase any' articles, or go'ods fr~ ant ~rs~ er 'persons le~s than Eighteen' years of ~ection 8 ...... · This. o~dinance shall not apply t~ ~y person Or persons dealing in .or buying ~r selling second hand .househOld f~niture Section 7 ..... Any .persOn or persons violating any Of the provisions of this victio~ thereof be ~nished by a fine n~ exceedi~ $~00,00 'o~ imprfso~ent in the county Jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both .such fine or impriso~ent. Section 8 .... This ord~ce' shall be in full force a~ elf ecS from ~d after its passage ~d due ~blica~iom aa requi=~ by law. Ail other ordinances or '~=ts of o~din~ces in conflic.~ herewith are hereby repealed. Passed ~d adopted by the Board of. Trustees thm~ay' of . AB~N~~-- ~i~y of Bakersfield. the Board of Trustees of ~he O'ity of Bakersfield.