The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-31

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or suffered to be used at or near
any place of sale or at or near any
auction room or near any auction
whatsoever.
Section is. Every person licensed
under the terms and provisions Of
this ordinance as an auctioneer
shall, whenever any personal prop
erty is put In his hands for sale,
give to the owner or the person
turning said property over to him
for sale, a receipt containing an
itemized list Of all such property;
and whenever said auctioneer shall
have sold such property. or any OF
the same, he shall, upon demand,
strictly account to the person turn
Ing said property over to him, nrst
deducting from the amount re-
oeived from the sale of said prop
erty his commission, which shall
have been agreed upon between
said auctioneer and the owner of
said property; and IL no commission
shall have been agreed upon be-
tween said auctioneer and said
owner, said auctioneer shall not
charge a commission to exceed ten
per cent of the cash sales made by
him.
Section 16. In case of the death
of any auctioneer before the ex-
piration of his license, his personal
representative may continue to act
under the license for the unexpired
time. and such representative shall
notify the License Inspector in writ
ing of such fact.
Section II. No auctioneer shall
sell or offer for sale any article Of
gold, silver. or plated ware,
watches, jewelry or precious stones.
without at the time of Offering
leach article, stating in a loud and
distinct voice that the article is
sold without any warrant or rep
lresentation as to quality whatever,
or that said article is expressly
warranted to be as the auctoneer
represents it; nor shall he accept
false bids from any person in the
employ of himself or others.
The auctioneer so selling and Of
fering for sale any article of gold,
silver or plated ware, Jewelry,
watches or precious stones, shall
retain in his possession the money
or other valuable thing or things
received for the article or things
sold for at least forty-eight hours
from the time such sale was made.
If the purchaser of any such ar
ticle or thing sold shall, within
forty-eight hours, make claim
against said auctioneer upon the
ground that the article or thing
sold to him at auction was not as
represented by the auctioneer, and
shall demand of the auctioneer the
return of the money or other con-
sideration, and shall offer to return
the article or thing purchased, then
and in such case the auctioneer
shall either return to the purchaser
the purchase price, or deposit with
the Chief of Police, taking his re-
ceipt therefor, said purchase price
as a fund to answer and pay any
judgment that may be recovered
against said auctioneer by the pur-
chaser; provided, that ii no action
be commenced against said auc-
tioneer within fifteen days from the
date OF such sale the Chief of Po-
lice shall not be required longer to
hold such money deposited with
him and upon presentation of the
receipt may return said money to
the auctiOneer.
BILLIARD ROOMS AND BOWLING
/ ALLEYS.
Section IS. The license fee or tax
for conducting any place where Pill
lizard tables, pool tables, bowling
alleys, or automatic base bal
games are maintained for public
use for hire, shall be as follows:
1. For each of the tables above
mentioned, $12 per year, payable
quarterly.
2. For each bed of a bowling al
ley or automatic baseball game,
$40 per year, payable quarterly,
Section 10. Any person, firm or
corporation desiring to open, main
tain, carry on or conduct any such
table or bowling alley mentioned In
Section IS hereof, shall make APP
.. plication in writing to the Commits
sioner of Public Safety for license
> so to do; such application shall
, state the place where such table
,, or tables or bowling alley Us to be
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and address of the applicant, and
, IL a person or firm, ths residence
! and Elainass Of such psiSoa or the
! members of such firm for a period
of six months prior to such appli-
cation.
Section 20. The Commissioners OF
: Public Safety may investigate as
, | to the character and fitness of the
) applicant to carry on such business
+ and may, for any unfitness of the
, applicant, or from public policy
/ refuse to grant the license.
: Section II. Whenever any. applt-
3 cation for a license as provided in
Section 10 shall be made, depistt
shall be made with the City Clerk
r covering the license fee required
r and IL such license be recommend
: ed by the Comm issioner of Public
n Safety the City Clerk shall issue a
( license to the applicant therefor;
+ and in case such license Is not
: granted, then the money so de-
+ plicant.
VI Section 22. The Council shall
have the right at any time to re-
woke any license mentioned IN Sec
, ton IS hereof, and all such licenses
i shall be granted upon the express
condition that the Council may re-
woke them at pleasure.
, Section "a Whenever the holder
| of any such license heretofore
: granted, or granted under the pro-
! isions Of this ordinance, shall have
been convicted of the violation OF
any law of the State of Washing
( ton or any ordinance of the City OF
Tacoma regulating places where
such licenses are required, or where
such business is carried on; such
, license may be revoked and the I'M
earned portion thereof shall be for
: felted to the City of Tacoma.
Section "a. No person. firm OF
, corporation owning, operating oil
2 having charge of the management
of any pool or billiard hall in the
, City of Tacoma shall keep the same
open for business or permit any
! person or persons to play pool
: in between the hours Of 1880 and
DANCE HALLS.
, Section rs. The license fee or tax
for public dance halls shall be as
follows:
II the floor space to be actually
used for dancing does not exceed
$500 square feet, SIS per year. pay
able quarterly.
II the floor space to be so used
is more than $500 square feet and
less than 5000 square feet, $25 per