Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-04-05
ORDINANCE No. 2l7.
An Ordinance to Regulate,
License, and Tax
Junk Dealers.
Be 1t Ordained by the City Council OF
the City OF DEBORAH, Iowas

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Section /. That no person shall engage In or
carry on in the City of DEBORAH. Iowa, the busi-
ness of junk dealer. without first paying the tax
and procuring the license provided tor In this
business in any manner contrary TO the pro-
visions of this ordinance. Every person who
conducts or carries on Junk shop, or who buys,
sells, or deals in junk. old iron, old copper, old
or discarded, or old machinery, old rope or cord
age. rags. paper and paper stock, old bottles,
old cans or tinware, old clothes, old furniture,
carpets and hangings, old or discarded plumb
ing, or electrical material or fixtures, and old or
discarded hardware or glass old, discarded and
second hand artcles.or any article or tn ng us
ualy bought, sold or dealt in, in junk shops,
and including all persons who carry on said
business at shops. yards or stores, and as ped
dlerS, and any person who by advertisement, or
sign, or otherwise, holds himself out as junk
dealer, or dealer In old or discarded metals, ma
chnery. rags paper stock and the like, shall be
deemed a junk dealer within the meaning of
this ordinance. Provided however that this
ordinance does not apply to established hard
ware dealers of DecOran. Iowa.
Section 2. Every junk dealer shall pay to the
Mayor license fee or tax of S35 90 each year.
All licenses granted to junk dealers, shall ex-
pire on the s0th day OF April after they are Is
sued
Section 3. Upon receiving the license fee or
tax. the Mayor shall issue to the person apply
ing therefor. license. which shall state the
name and place of residence of the person IL
censed. the business to be transacted, and the
y
issued, and the time when 1t will expire All
licenses shall be nun bered In II order In which
they are issued. and the Mayor shall keep IA
stub or duplicate thereof
Section .. Every junk dealer shall keep
book, In which he shall accurately and intelli-
gibly enter. in the English language. at the
time of purchasing or receiving any articles:
FIRST. The name of the person from whom
the article is purchased or received. and his
place of residence
SECOND. A particular, detailed and accur-
atl dissertation of each article.
THIRD The weight or quantity Of each
| article.
FOURTH The amount paid for each article
FIFTH The date and hour of the trans
SIXTH. The time, when. and the person to
whom the article was sold, disposed of, or
His license and said book shall at all times be
open to examination by any sheriff, deputy
sheriff, marshal, police officer or constable,
or fall to make the required entries therein. or
shall Intentionally or knowingly make any false
or unintelligible entry, or any entry he has
| make the inquiries necessary to enable him to
make said entries or any of them, or who shall
fail to produce license or said book when re-
anime It. or who shall Intentionally destroy or
negligently permit such proof to be destroyed
| or lost, shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined not less than
| sic 90 nor more than 800 90, besides costs.
| Sections 5. Any person conducting several,
or separate places of business shall pay the IL
cense fee. or tax, and procure license for each
place. The proprietor's license shall be suffi-
Gent for all clerks, agents or employees engaged
| or employed at the place named In the license.
Every clerk, agent or employee, Of any junk
dealer shall be subject to, and bound by all the
provisions of this ordinance, and liable to the
/ same penalties. and 10 the same extent as his
employer or principal for any violation thereof.
Section 8. Any person who shall do business
1 as a Junk dealer as defined In this ordinance,
without first paying for and obtaining license,
shall be guilty OF q mlsdemeanor.. and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor
more than $iOO, 90. besides costs.
Section7. All ordinances and parts of ordi
nances In conflict herewith are hereby repealed
| Section 8. This ordinance shall be In force
and take effect upon Its passage and publca-
| ton rs by law provided.
| TATTEsTl +. W. DAUBNEY,
| +. M. HUGHES, MAYOR.
| CITY CLERK.