Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-11-26
ORDINANCE NO. $50.

ers and secondhand dealers in the
City of Ashland and providing "a
penalty for violations thereof, and
repeating all ordinances In conflict
Herewith.
The People of the City of Ashland |
do ordain as follows:
Section /. For the purposes of
this ordinance a pawnbroker is de-
fined to be person, firm or corpora
tion engaged in conducting, manag-
ing or carrying on the business of
loaning money for himself or for any
other person, firm or corporation,
upon personal property, personal Sc
curity, pawns or pledges, or the busi-
ness of purchasing articles of per-
sonal property and reselling or
agreeing to resell such articles to the
vendors, or their assigns, at prices
agreed upon at or before the time of
such purchase. A pawnshop is de-
fined to be any room, store or place
in which any such business is en-
gagged in, carried on or conducted.
For the purposes of this ordinance,
a secondhand dealer is defined to be
person, firm or corporation en-
carrying on the business of buying,
selling or otherwise dealing in sec
ond-hand goods, wares or merchan-
disc.
Section 2. Every person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business
of pawnbroker or dealer in second
hand goods shall keep record of all
articles purchased or received, which
record shall at all times during bust
ness hours be open to the inspection
of the Chief of Police or any police
officer. Every pawnbroker shall on
each day before the hour of IL
o'clock, noon, make out and deliver
to the Chief of Police, on a blank
form to be furnished by the Chief
of Police for that purpose,
full, true and complete report
of all goods, wares, merchandise or
things received on deposit, pledged
or purchased during the day preced-
ing the filing of such report. Such
report shall show the hour of the
day when such article was received
on deposit, pledged or purchased,
and the number of the pawn ticket,
amount loaned, amount purchased,
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article left on deposit, pledged or
purchased, and each pawn ticket is
sued shall be numbered consecutive
| ly, and if stubs are used in connec-
tion with such pawn tickets, each
stub shall be numbered consecutively
to conform to the ticket. If any arti-
Gle so left on deposit, pledged or
purchased has engraved thereon any
number, word or initial, or contains
any settings of any kind, the descrip-
tion of such article in such report
shall contain such number, word or
/ initial, and shall show the kind OF
settings and the number of each
kind Blanks to be obtained from
the office of the Chief of Police, as
herein provided, shall bear caption
. providing blank spaces in which shall
be written or printed the date o.
~ such report, the name and place o.
business of the person, firm or cor
poration making the same, and th'
hour of the day when the same II
received at the office of the Chief o
, Police. Such blanks shall be 81
printed and subdivided as to contain
9 spaces with proper captions for tn
furnishing of the information re
: quired by this ordinance. Said re
r port shall be made in the Englisl
+ language, in ink, in a clear, legibl
: manner. Provided however, that n
secondhand dealer shall be require
to furnish such description of an
e lproperty purchased from manufactul
!, ers or wholesale dealers having a
: established place of business, or {
,. any purchase or purchases in tn
Il open market or secured from an
e person doing business and having a
IL established place of business in tn
n City of Ashland, but such goods sha
be accompanied by bill of sale {
other evidence of legitimate pu
chase, and must be shown to tf
Chief of Police or any member OF tn
Police Department upon written o
der of the Chief of Police. The Chi
" of Police shall, Immediately upon II
, adoption and publication of this ord
nance, cause such number of blanl
m to be printed as may be necessary II
r- that purpose, and shall thereafte
IN from time to time, cause such add
lr tional blanks to be printed as may
ID required.
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I'd shall deliver such blanks to the pc
n sons from whom said reports are T
,o ouired from time to time, free
We charge. and shall upon receipt
IN said reports have the same in son
,g secure place in his office, and {
same shall be open to inspection
IT. the Police Department of said eli
ed or upon order of some court du
is made for that purpose.
VS. Section a. No personal proper
ed purchased by any dealer in secon
.at hand goods at his place OF busine
he shall be sold from such place of bu
Ike ness for the space of seven days aft
Sc such purchase.
al Section 5. The time between
las o'clock, midnight, on Saturday, j
'ge ~ o'clock, midnight, on Sunday sh
not be considered in the enforceme
on of this ordinance, nor shall a
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