HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Sydney Junk Dealers Ordinance Pre Amalgamation 1995 ORDINANCE N0, 17
JUNK DEALERS
1. (1) No person shall do business as a dealer in Junk, second hard marine
stores, rags or bones (hereinafter referred to as a Junk Dealer) without
having first taken out a license therefor, which shall be granted by the
Council and signed and issued by the official designated by the Council to
sign and issue the same.
(2) Such official may, without any resolution of the Council, upon the
recommendation of the Chief of Police, that such person is a fit and proper
person to receive the same, issue a renewal of the license to arq person
to whom such a license has been issued by the direction of the Council, but
no renewal shall be so issued to any person who has forfeited his license
or in respect to whom the Council has directed that a renewal shall not be
issued.
License fee,
2. The fee for every such license so issued or renewed shall be Two hundred
Dollars.
Pawn Brokers, 3. No junk dealer shall do business as a pawn broker without having taken
out a special lime therefor,
Place of Business 4. Every junk dealer shall do business at some place within the City, and
Required the place at which he proposes to do business shall be specified. in the
license.
Separate License for
each place of business
5. A separate license shall be required for every place at which any person
proposes to do business as a junk dealer.
Change of place of
business o. No person licensed to do business as a junk dealer shall remove his plae-
of business from the place designated in his license without having first
obtained the permission of the Council, and such change shall be endorsed
upon his license by the clerk.
Name to be painted 7. The name of the licensee shall be painted in legible characters on the
door of every place in which any person does business as a junk dealer, ay
on both sides of every vessel, boat or vehicle used in connection with hi
business, with the words "Ed.censed Junk Dealer" added thereto.
Purchase to be made 8. No junk dealer shall purchase any article in the way of his business
only at place of any place other than the place designated in his license, except in the
business of a sale by public auction or at some place at which the public are inv_tr
by advertisement or otherwise to attend for the purpose of making such
purchase.
Purchase from minors 9. No ,junk dealer shall purchase in the way of his business any article
prohibited whatever from any minor under the age of eighteen.,,,gears, whether such mit.
be the agent of an adult person or not.
Purchase at night, 10. Every shop or place of business occupied by any ,junk dealer shall be
etc, closed at 12 noon on every Saturday and shall be kept closed until 8 a'clor
in the forenoon of the following Monday, and no ,junk dealer shall purchase
in the way of his business any article whatever from any person whomsoever
or sell any article to any person on any day between the hour of 5 o'clock
in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the forenoon of the following day nr._nn
any statutory holiday.
Police may inspect 11. Every Junk dealer shall on demand by the Chief of Police or any police
officer=,exhibit to him any article on his premises.
lombustibles to be 12. All rags, old rope and other combustible or inflammable material shall
tept separate, be kept isolated and apart from other articles, and, every precaution taken
to prevent the risk of fire in the same.
ook to ba kept. 13. Every junk dealer shall keep in each place in which he does business
a book in the form following, that is to say.
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in which shall be fairly written at the time of the purchase of any article
in the way of business an accurate account and description of the article
so purchased, including any distinctive mark thereon, the price paid therefor
and the precise time of making such purchase, and the name, residence and
description of the person from whom such purchase was made, and such book
shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any-
police officer. All entries in such book shall be in the English language.
ntxies to be 14. Immediately after the sale of any article by any dealer he shall make an
ade. entry in the book mentioned in the-next preceeding paragraph opposite to the
entries therein of the purchase of such article, showing the name, residence,
pLnd description of the person to whom the game was sold, and the prive and
date of sale.
opy of 'Look 15. Every junk dealer shall make out and deliver to the Chief of Police ;very
or police. day before the hour of;twelve o'clock noon a legible and correct copy of the
entries in the book hereinbefore mentioned showing the entries therein of
articles and things purchased during the twenty-four hours immediately preced�
ing ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day.. If the,report is made on the day
following a holiday it shall cover the whole period subsequent to ten o'clock
of the forenoon of the day on which the last.report was made.
alse entries. 16. Every person who wilfully makes any false entry in the book so required
to be kept or in any statement so furnished to the Chief of Police shall be
deemed guilty of A violation of this ordinance.
ond. 17. Every person licensed to do business as a junk dealer shall at the time
of receiving his license enter into a bond to the City with two sufficient
sureties in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) conditioned for the faith-
ful observance by the licensee of the provisions of the City Charter in respect
to junk dealers and of this ordinance.
enalty. 18. Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of
this ordinance shall for each such offence be liable to a.�penalty not eat eed-
ing Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and in default of payment to imprisonment for a peri
not exceeding one month, and for a second conviction for any such offence
(not necessarily the same) shall forfeit his license and shall not be granted
a renewal of the same for one year thereafter.
Section 1 repealed and re-enacted.Passed Council July 30th, 1940.
Approved G. I. C. August 10, 1940.
Authority 1940/56/150.
Section 10 repealed and re-enacted. Passed Council July 16th and August 13th,
1953. Approved M. M.A. 'August 24th, 1953.
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