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It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale, in the city at public auction, or to cause or permit to be sold, disposed of, or offered for sale in the city at public auction, any platinum, gold, silver or plated ware, precious stones, or semi-precious stones, watches or other jewelry, whether the same shall be their own property or whether they shall sell the same as agents or employees of others, except as provided in § 4-3.06 of this chapter.
('61 Code, § 4-3.05) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
The provisions of § 4-3.05 shall not apply to:
(A) Judicial sales, or sales by executors or administrators;
(B) Sales by, or on behalf of, licensed pawnbrokers of unredeemed pledges in the manner provided by law; or
(C) The sale at public auction of the stock on hand of any person who shall, for the period of one year next preceding such sale, have been continuously in business in the city as a retail or wholesale merchant of platinum, gold, silver or plated ware, precious stones or semi-precious stones, or watches or other jewelry.
('61 Code, § 4-3.06) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
Sale at public auction of the stock on hand of such merchants, as provided in subsection § 4-3.06(C), shall be held on successive days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, and shall not continue for more than 30 days in all from the commencement of the sale, and shall be permitted only where such merchant is disposing of his or her stock for the purpose of retiring from business.
('61 Code, § 4-3.07) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
Not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days previous to conducting any such sale, as provided in § 4-3.07, the merchant must file with the City Clerk a sworn written application to the Council for a permit so to do, specifying under oath the name and address of the applicant, the location and purpose of the sale and its expected duration, and itemizing in detail the quality, quantity, kind, or grade of each item of goods, wares, and other articles to be sold, the wholesale market value thereof, and the name of the auctioneer who shall conduct the sale.
('61 Code, § 4-3.08) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
Immediately upon its filing with the City Clerk the application shall be furnished to the Police Chief who shall investigate and report to the Council at the next succeeding Council meeting his or her findings as to the character of the applicant and his or her auctioneer, the bona fide nature of the proposed sale, and whether the place where it is proposed to carry on the sale is a proper place. The Council must also be furnished satisfactory evidence that the jewelry proposed to be sold is a bona fide part of the merchant's stock in trade, and not secured, purchased, or brought into the place of business for, or in anticipation of, the sale. The Council, in considering the application and the attending facts, shall exercise a reasonable and sound discretion in granting or denying the permit applied for.
('61 Code, § 4-3.09) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
The applicant must furnish and file with the Council, prior, to the granting of any such permit, a bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state, in the principal sum of $1,000, or a bond in cash in the sum of $1,000, for the faithful performance of the provisions of this chapter, which bond shall be payable to the city and which bond shall be approved by the Council and filed in the office of the City Clerk. The bond may be cancelled and terminated within not less than six months from the date of termination of the auction upon proper proof being made to the City Clerk, whose statement of termination and cancellation shall be evidence thereof. If the bond shall be cash, the cash shall be returned to the person furnishing the same within not less than six months from the date of termination of the auction upon the same terms and conditions.
('61 Code, § 4-3.11) (Ord. 138 N.S., passed - - )
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