Every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer and junk dealer shall on each Monday and Thursday
before the hour of 10 in the morning, make out and deliver or cause to be delivered
to the chief of police, or his clerk, on a blank form to be obtained by such pawnbroker,
secondhand dealer and junk dealer from the office of the police department for that
purpose, a full, true and complete report of all goods, wares, merchandise or things
received on deposit, pledged or purchased during the period preceding the filing of
the report. The report shall show the hour of the day when each article was received
on deposit, pledged or purchased, and the true name and address, as nearly as the
same is known or can be ascertained by such pawnbroker, secondhand dealer and junk
dealer, of the person or persons by whom such article was left on deposit, pledged
or sold, together with a description of such person or persons. The report shall show
the number of the pawn ticket, amount loaned, amount purchased and a complete description
of each article left on deposit, pledged or purchased. If any article so left on deposit,
pledged or purchased has engraved thereon any number, word or initial, or contains
any settings of any kind, the description of such article in the 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 police department as herein
provided shall bear a caption providing blank spaces in which shall be written or
printed the date of the report, the name and place of business of the person, firm
or corporation making the same, and the hour of the day when the same is received
at the office of the police department. Such blanks shall be so printed and subdivided
as to contain spaces with the proper captions for the furnishing of the information
required by this chapter. A copy of the ordinance codified herein to be furnished
by the city clerk shall be kept conspicuously posted in the place of business of every
such pawnbroker, secondhand dealer and junk dealer.
