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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1210F/ r do z) 41 �b ORDINANCE NO. 1210 AN ORDINANCE' providing for the licensing and regulating of .37 pawnbrokers; defining offenses, providing penalties, providing for the revocation and suspension of licenses; repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. The City Council of the City of Kenton, Washington, do ordain as follows: .SECTION 1: "Pawnbroker" and "Pawnshop" Defined: The term "Pawnbroker" as used in this ordinance, shall mean and include every person who takes or receives by way of pledge, pawn or exchange, goods, wares or merchandise, or any kind of personal property whatever, for the repayment or security of any money loaned thereon, or to loan money on deposit of personal property. The term "Pawnshop" shall mean and include every place at which the business of pawnbroker is being carried on. SECTION 2: Pawnbroker's license fee: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of pawnbroker, or to conduct a pawnshop, without first having obtained a license so to do, to be known as a "Pawnbroker's License". The license fee for a Pawnbroker's License shall be, and the same is hereby, fixed in the sum of Fori:��;- Lien (*40,00) Dollars per annum. SECTION 3: Every Pawnbroker Must Deep Record,: It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker to maintain at his place of business a book or other permanent record, in which shall be legibly written, in the English language, at the time of such loan, purchase or sale, a record thereof containing: 1. The date of the transaction. 2. The -name of the person or employee conducting the same. 3. The name, age, street and house number, and the general description of the dress, complexion, color of hair and facial appear- ance of the person with whom the transaction is had. -1- 4. The name and street and house number of the owner of the property bought or received in pledge. 5. xhe street and house number of the place from which the property bought or received in pledge was last removed. 6. A description of the property bought or received in pledge, which, in the case of watches, shall contain the name of the maker and the number of both the works and the case, and in case of jewelry shall contain a description of all letters and marks inscribed thereon. 7. The price paid or the amount loaned. 8. The name and street and house numbers of all persons witnessing the transaction. 9. The number of any pawn tickets issued therefor. it shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker and every clerk, agent or employee of such pawnbroker to fail, neglect or refuse to make entry in any material matter in his record, as required by this section, or to make any false entry therein, or to obliterate, destroy or remove from his place of business such record. SECTION 4, Transcript of Pawnbroker's Record to be Furnished to Chief of Police: It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker, before twelve (12) o'clock noon, of every business day, to report to the chief of Police on blank form, to be furnished by the Police Department, a full, true and correct transcript of the record of all transactions had on the preceding day, it shall also be the duty of any pawnbroker having good cause to believe any property in his possession has been previously lost or stolen, to report such fact to the chief of Police, together with the name of the. owner, if known, and the date of and name of the person from whom the same was received by such pawnbroker. Every pawnbroker and every clerk, agent or employed of such pawn- broker who shall fail, neglect or refuse to make such report, or shall report any material matter falsely to the thief of Police, shall be -2- { guilty of the violation of this ordinance. SECTI©N 5: Records of Pawnbroker to be Open for Inspection: All books and other records of any pawnbroker relating to purchase, pledge, exchange, barter or receipt of aay goods, wares, merchandize or other articles of things of value, shall at all times be open for inspection by the Chief of Police, or any police officer detailed for that purpose., and all articles or things received, burchased or left in pledge with said pawnbroker shall at all times be open to a like inspection. SECTION 6: Pawnbroker Must bold Goods, Interest Uharges.: All pawnbrokers are authorized to charge and receive interest at the rate of three per cent. (3%) per month, from any loan on the security of personal property actually received in pledge, and every person who shall ask or receive a higher rate of interest or discount on any such loan, or on any actual or pretended sale or redemption of personal property, or who shall sell any property held for redemption, within ninety (90) days after the period for.redemption shall have expired, shall be domed guilty of violation of this ordinance. 5eC�11ON 7: Goods Not to be Removed from Pawnshop: it shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to remove any goods, articles or thing purchased by him, or left with him, in pledge, from his store or place of business until the expiration of ten (10) days after the same were purchased, received or left in pawn, unless the said goods, articles or -things have within the time specified, been inspected as provided in this ordinance. 3t shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker, his clerk or employee, to receive in pledge, or purchase, any article or thing from any person under twenty-one (21) years of age, or from any person who is at the time intoxicated, or from any habitual drunkar, or from any person addicted to the use of narcotic drugs, or from any person who is known -3- J to be a thief, or a receiver of stolen property, or from any person whom he has reason to suspect or believe to be such. The fact.of loaning money upon or purchasing goods from any of the classes of persons enumerated in this section shall be prima facie evidence of an intent on the part of such pawnbroker, his agent or employee , to violate this ordinance. SECTION 8: Pawnshops to be Closed During Certain Hours: It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to conduct or carry on the business of pawnbroker, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or to open, or keep open, his pawnshop for the transaction of any business whatsoever therein, between the hours of seven (7) o'clock p. m., and seven (7) o'clock a. m., except from Vecember 15th to December 25th of each year, and on Saturdays, when pawnbrokers may remain open until, but not later than ten (10) o'clock p. m. SECTION 9: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding 1300.00, or by imprisonment in the City jail for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and inprisonment, and in addition thereto the license of such person may be revoked. SECTION 10: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days from and after its legal publication. APPROVED this 20th day of February, 1945. Mayor Passed this 20th day of February, 1945. City Clerk Date of Publication, %% W 11945. _A—