Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-03

| VEHICLES AND FARMING
MACHINERY, AND DEAL
ING IN OR OTHERWISE
HANDLING USED OR SECOND
HAND FARM IMPLEMENTS,
INCLUDING THE WRECKlNG
OR SEVERING OF SAID PARIS
FROM SAID MOTOR VEHICLES
OR FARMING MACHINERY AND
PROVIDING FOR THE Ii
CENSING OF SUCH BUSINESS.
The City Council of the City
of El Centre do ordain as 1ol-
lows
! SECTION l. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person, firm, co-part-
nership, association or corporation
to engage within the City OF FL
Centre in the business OF wreck
ing or severing the parts OF useo
or second hand motor vehicles or
farming machinery, or purchasing,
selling storing or otherwise deal
ing in or handling such used or
second hand parts. or of purchaS-
ing, selling, storing or otherwise
dealing in used or second hand
farm implements without first hav-
ing obtained a license SO to DO
from the City of Ell Centro as here
in provided.
SECTION II: Any such person,
firm co-partnership, association or
corporation desiring to engage In
the business described in Section
I hereof shall make application for
a license for that purpose from
the Chief of Police of the City OF
Ell Centro and upon the granting
of such license shall pay the fol-
lowing fees in advance; $3.50 per
quarter; provided that where such
business is conducted by going
from place to place for the purpose
of purchasing or selling or solicit
ing sales or purchases of the mer-
chandise herein described, then a
license fee of $4,000 per week shall
be paid each week in advance.
SECTION III: No license herein
provided shall be issued to any
minor person under the age OF
nineteen years, nor within ten days
from and after the application there
for, and such license may be re-
voked by action of the City Coun-
Gil by reason of any violation OF
the general law or of this ordin-
ance, or a failure to comply with
the requirements of this ordinance
on the part of the licensee.
SECTION ": Said licensee shall
be required to keep a register or
other book or record in permanent
form, wherein there shall be shown
all purchases and sales and other
| transactions in connection with
said used or second hand parts,
used or second hand farming i'm
plements, the day and hour of
such transaction and the name,
age and address of the seller or
purchaser, or person involved in
such transaction, and descrip-
ton of the merchandise which
may be the subject of said trans
action sufficiently detailed to iden-
tify such article, and said licensee
shall permit an inspection of said
book or record by the Chief of
Police upon request by the latter,
and shall furnish him with a
true and correct copy of said record
for any period requested by said
Chief of Police; provided that 1t
shall be unlawful for said licensee
to purchase or otherwise obtain
J from any minor under the age
of nineteen years any of such part
or parts, or other articles herein
described without first having OBJ
tanned from the said Chief of
Police a permit in writing so to
do; and provided further that it
shall be unlawful for said licensee
to employ in or about said business
any minor person under the age of
nineteen years, without first hav-
ing obtained permit so to do
from the Chief of Police; provided
further that it shall be unlaw-
full for said licensee after the pur-
chase of any of the articles here
in described to sell the same with
in a period of ten days without
having first obtained a permit for
that purpose from said Chief of
Police.
SECTION V: Every person who
violates any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon the con-
viction thereof shall be punishable
by fine not exceeding 5000 for the
first offense and by fine not
exceeding $500, or by imprisonment
in the City Jail of the City of Ell
Centro, or in the County Jail of
the County of Imperial not ex-
ceeding three 90 months, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment,
for the second offense.
SECTION VI: All ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
SECTION VII: If any provision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance shall, for
any reason be held invalid, the
City Council declare if they had
known of such defect they would,
nevertheless have passed the re-
manning parts of this ordinance and
that it is their intent that the
validity of such remaining parts
shall not be affected by the in
validity of any part or parts there
of.
Approved
JOHN T. RICE
Mayor of the City of Ell Centro
ATTEST:
J. c. NEALE
City Clerk
State of California
County of Imperial
City of Ell Centro )ss.