It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to sell, dispose of or offer for sale in the City of Flint at public auction, or to cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale in the City at public auction any gold, silver, plated ware, precious stones, semiprecious or synthetic stones, watches, clocks or jewelry, whether the same shall be their own property or whether they sell the same as agents or employees of others; provided, that this shall not apply to judicial sales or sales by executors, or administrators or to sales by or on behalf of licensed pawnbrokers of unredeemed pledges in the manner provided by law, nor to the sale at public auction of the stock of any person or persons, firm or corporation that shall, for the period of one year last preceding such sale, have been continuously in business in the City of Flint as a retail or wholesale merchant of gold, silver, plated ware, precious stones, watches, clocks or jewelry; provided further, that such sale at public auction of the stock of such merchant or merchants shall be held on successive days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, and shall not continue for more than fourteen days and no more than two such sales shall be held within the period of any calendar year.
(Ord. 389, passed 6-15-1931)