The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-06
RECORDER CAN'T ACT
MAYOR ALONE CAN DEAL WITH
THE PAwNBR
ORDINANCE SAYS
CASES AGAINST MUHLBERG AND
DEUTSCH WILL BE DISMISSED.

when the PawnbrOl<ers Fail TO
Make Proper Reports or DO Any
thing Else Contrary to Ordinance
They Must Answer to the Mayor.
No Provision Made for Their Pun
iShment by Recorder in Police
COurt-OrdfnRnce introduced by
Alderman GarfunkeI Was Plain ON
This Point-Matter Came 10 the At
tention of the Police, But Since
Cases Have Been DOcketed Re
corder MyricI< VIII Have to Rem
der His Decision From the Bench.
Men Who Took in Pawn Articles
offered by the "Din mOnd Queen"
Were Not Called in Court.
Because he is without jurisdiction,
Recorder Myrick will this morning dis
miss the cases against E. MuhlberS
and Arthur Deutsch, the pawnbrokers
who were docketed for failing to prop
erly report articles upon which loans
had been made.
The Recorder is absolutely without
Jurisdiction in such cases, and no evil
dence of any sort will be introduced.
1t is doubtful if the defendants will
even appear in court, although they
will probably be represented by coun-
sci. Because the case has been regu-
larly lodged on the docket it must
be disposed of by Recorder Myrick, al
though the police now understand that
the matter is not one which can be in
r-ac+fUata1 IN Dolira Court
Under the ordinance introduced by
Alderman Garfunkel, and passed by
Council on Feb. 5, last. pawnbrokers
who violate the ordinance may have
their licenses revoked by the Mayor.
The entire matter, however, is left IN
the hands of that official, and neither
fine nor Imprisonment is provided for.
Although this fact was generally I'M
derstood yesterday morning the cases
against the pawnbrokers who were
visited by the Diamond Queen" were
not called and dismissed. When court
convened Recorder Myrick announced
that all cases on the information
docket would go over until this morn
ing This announcement included the
cases against the pawnbrokers. Quite
a number of persons had gathered in
anticipation of the investigation, and
they were disappointed when the cases
were not called. The reports made by
the two pawnbrokers were not even
carried into court.
The ordinance regulating the business
of pawnbroker is particularly inter-
esting at this time, and is given be-
low:
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city OF Savannah,
in Council assembled, that it is hereby
made the duty of all pawnbrokers do
bNNcsf H. ia
to make daily reports to the superin-
tendent of police of the city of Savan-
nah by o'clock each morning of the
reception of any and all pawns de-
posted with them the preceding day,
giving the number of the pawn ticket
and such a description of the personal
property as will make it's identification
easy, and in case the pawn is a watch
or other article having a number, the
description shall state among other
things, such number
Sec. 2. Be it ordained that no pawn
broker doing business in the city of
Savannah shall ship any goods or I'M
redeemed pledges out of the city, or
sell any such goods or unredeemed
pledges at wholesale, without first sub
hitting to the Mayor of the CITY of
savannah list of the articles desired
to be shipped out of the city or sold at
wholesale, and obtaining the Mayors
sanction of the shipping of said ar
ticies out of the city of Savannah, or
the sale of said articles at wholesale.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained that
when 1t is made to appear to the Mayor
of the city of Savannah that anv per-
son doing the business of a pawn
broker in the city of Savannah has VIC
lated any of the provisions of the fore.
going section, or has made false or
incomplete reports Hereunder, his
license as a pawnbroker shall be re-
vokable at the discretion of the Mayor
of the city of Savannah.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that
All ordinances and parts of ordinances
IN conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.