Every person dealing in secondhand goods, wares, merchandise or articles of any description, other than furniture and household goods, either as pawnbroker, junk dealer or otherwise, shall keep a record of all such articles sold or purchased, which articles and record shall at all times during business hours be opened to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any other police officer in the city. Such record shall show the hour of the day when each article was received on deposit, pledged or purchased, and the true name and address, as nearly as the same is known to or can be ascertained by such person, of the person by whom such article was left on deposit, pledged or sold, together with a description of such person, which description shall show the style of dress, height, age, sex, complexion, color of mustache or beard, or both, where the same are worn, and if neither is worn, such fact shall be noted. Such report shall also show the number of the pawn ticket, amount loaned, amount purchased and a complete description of each article left on deposit, pledged or purchased. If any article so left on deposit, pledged or purchased has engraved thereon any number, word, initial or contains any settings of any kind, the description of such article in such report shall refer to the same. Blanks for such reports shall be obtained from the Chief of Police and shall be so printed and subdivided as to contain spaces with proper captions for the furnishing of the information required in this section.
(Ord. 284, passed 6-13-1985)