Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-04-12
ORDINANCE No. 2I7
An Ordinance to Regulate,
License, and Tax
Junk Dealers.
Be IL Ordained by the City Council or
the City OF DEBORAH, Iowas

Section /. That no person shall engage in or
carry on In the City of DEBORAH. Iowa, the bust
ness of junk dealer. without fret paying the tax
and procuring me license provided or IN sns
business in any manner contrary to the pro-
| visions OF this ordinance. Every person who
conducts Or carries ESQ.,; on Junk shop or who buys
brass, old lead, or any old metal. scrap metal,
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 articles. or any article or tn ne us
ually 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
chinery rags. paper stock and the like, shall be
deemed q 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 Auril 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 Ii
censed, the business to be transacted, and the
fplace where it is 10 be carried on, the date when
issued and the time when it will expire. All
licenses shall be nu bered In t. order in which
| they are issued. and the Mayor shall keep "a
stub or duplicate thereof.
Section !. Every junk dealer shall keep a
book. In which he shall accurately and intelli-
| gibly enter. in the English language, at the
! time of purchasing or receiving any article:
| FIRST. The name of the person from whom
the art lcle is purchased or received, and his
place of residence
| SECOND. A particular. detailed and accur-
| ate description 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
action.
whom the article was sold, disposed of, or
| traded
His license and said book shall at all times be
Sheriff. MARSHAL. police ofticer ' or Constable
Any person who shall fail to keep said record
or fail to make the required entries therein, OF
| shall Intentionally or knowingly make any false
or unintelligible entry, or any entry he has
reason to believe Is untrue, or who shall fail to
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-
quested by an officer having authority to eX
anime 1t, or who shall Intentionally destroy, OF
negligently permit such proof to be destroyed
or lost, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than 500 90. besides costs.
Section s. ANY person conducting several
or separate places of business shall pay the II
cense fee, or tax, and procure license for each
place. The proprietor's license shall be sufh
cient for all clerks, agents or employees engaged
or employed at the place named In the license
Every clerk. agent or emplOye, 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 g. Any person who shall do business
as a junk dealer as defined in this ordinance
without first paying for and obtaining license
shall be guilty OF misdemeanor. and upon con
yiction shall be fined not less than $1,000 mol
more than 500 90. besides costs.
Section7. All ordinances and parts of ordi
nances In conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Section s. This ordinance shall be in force
and take effect upon its passage and publica
ton as by law provided.
| IATTESTl +. W. DAUBNEY,
| f. NJ HUGHES, MAYOR.
CITY CLERK.