All pawnbrokers doing business in the town shall furnish, when required, to the desk sergeant or officer on duty at police headquarters a full, detailed and complete list of every article taken in pawn by them or bought by them during the preceding twenty-four (24) hours, or since the last inclusive list furnished as herein required, giving a full description of the same, including the material, maker, marks, number, brand, monogram and letters of every kind on such articles so pawned or bought.
(Code 1977, § 21-4)