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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0882 ORDINANCE No 882. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR TH~ LICENSING AI~D REGULATION OP PERSONS,i~XRMS AND CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN TEE PA%;NBROKER BUSINI~SS IN TEE CI~ 0I~ BRF~ER~ON AND PROVIDING I'ENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOP ,AND REPEA_r_~ING ORDINANCE No 26, O~ TEE 0ITX OF BREMERTON. Be it ordained the City Commission of the City of Bremerton,Wash. Section 1.That every person.firm or corporation engaged.in whole or in para.in ~he business of loaning mone~ on ~he security of pledges.deposi~ or ,cnditional sales of personal property.shall be deemed ~o be~a Pawnbroker within the meaning of' this Ordinance. Section 2. No person.firm or corporation shall enter into or carry on the business of ~awnbroker in the City of Bremerton without having secured a license ~s hereinafter provided. Section ~. Applications for a license to carry on the business of Pawnbroker within ~he Ci~y of Bremer~on shall be made in writing, filed with the City Clerk of the Gity of Bremertq~. The City Commissioners is hereby given the power to direc~ the City Olerk to issue a license,in its descretion,or may.in its descre~ion, refuse to grant any or all applications that may be submitted to i~. Section 4, The license fee for carrying on the business of Pawnbroker in the Oity of Bremerton shall be I~ive Dollars ($~.00) monthly,payable in advance, ~iXty Dollars ($~0.00) annually, payable in advance; and every applica~ion for a license shall be accompanied with not less than one years license fee in advance; and before any license shall be ~ssued, ~he applican~ shall file wi~h the ~ity ~lerk of the 0ity of Bremer~on~a'~.~boiid in ~he sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.'O0),conditioned that the said Pawnbroker will hold harmless from loss all persons with whom he may transact business as such Pawnbroker and providing that any person who shall be damaged in his property, due ~he negligence or any fra~ld~le~t act on ~he part of said Pawnbroker,may sue upon said bond for the recovery of damages for the amount of such loss. Section ~, Every Pawnbroker shall maintain in hia place of business a book or other permanen~ record ~in which shall be legibly written in ~he English language,at the time of such loan,purchace or sale,a record thereof, containing (1} The date of the transaction; ~} ~he name of the person or employee conducting the same; (a} The name,age,and definite address, amd a general description of the ~[~esa~compl~cticn,color of haig,and appearance of the person with whom ~he ~ransaotion is had; (~} The name of the street and house number of ~he owner of the ~he prpperty bought or received in pledge; (§) The s~reet and house number of the place from which Ihs prop- ~rty bought or receivei in pledge was las~ 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 f both the works and case,and in the case of Jewelry shall eontalH a description o~ all letters and marks inscribed thereon: Provided,,~hat when the article bought or eceived its furniture, or the contentsof any house or roominspected on the premises, a g~aeral reco~d of the transaction shall be sufficient: ~?) The price paid or the amount loaned, and [8~ The number of any Pawn~ket issued therefor, Section 6. Such record and all goods received shall a~ all times during ordinary hours of business, be open to inspection of any Police Officer or the O~ty Attorney of the City of Bremerton. Section ?, No property bought or received in pledge by any Pawnb~mk~r'~.sh~ be removed from his place of business,except when redeemed by the owner thereof, within four days after receipt thereof. Section 8. Every Pawnbroker and every clerk,agent or employee of such P~iwnbroker ~ho shall [1~ ~aX1 to make entery of any materlal matter in his book or record kept as provided for in Section § of this Ordinance; or, [2~ make any false entry therein, ~r, [3~ ~als~ly, Obliterate,Destroy or remove from his place of businels such record, or, ~4~ RefUse to allow any Police Officer or the City Attorney of the City of Bremerton to inspect the same or any goods in his possession,~uring the ordinary hours of business,or, [~ Report any material matter falsely to the Cheif of Police; or ~6~ ~ail to report forthwith to the Chief of Police the possessi0: of any property which he may have good cause to believe stolan,together with the ha: of the owner,if known,and the date when,and the name of the person from whom the same was received by him; or. ~?~ Remove or allow to be removed from his place of business,except upon redemption of the owner thereof,any property received,within four days afte~ the receipt thereof; or, ~8~ Receive any property fro~any person under A~e age of twenty-one years,any common drunkard, any habitual user of narcotic drugs,any person in an ntoxicated- condition,any known thief or receiver of stolen property,or~ ax~ known associate any such thief or receiver of stolen property; Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 9, Any and all unredeemed pledges must be held for a period o~ not ~less than four months after the expiration of the time stated on the pawn ticket therefor,before such article can be sold. ~ 'all .... Section 10, Any perzon violating this Ordinance or any part thereof s be guilty of a misdemeanor,and upon conviction,shall be punished by a fine in th~ ~sum of not more than One Hundred Dollars(!$Z00.001and imprisonment in the City J~tl for not more than thirty &aye.or by both such fine and imprisonment. ~ec~lon ~, uralnanee ~o~, os :ne ol:y o~ ~remer~on and all o:~er Ordinances 'in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 12, This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its ~assage, approval and publication,as provided by law. Passed by the City Commissioners of the Gity of Bremer~on and a~proved by me this 5th day of September 1928. A~test ~ ~irst reading at a regular meeting of the City Commission · ednesday August Egth,19£8 and placed on file in ~he office '~ · of the City Clerk for public inspection. Second reading and passed by the City Commission in regular session September 5th 19£8, Clerk.