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ORDINANCE REGULATING JUNK SHOPS AND SETTING PENALTIES
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That within the meaning of this ordinance a Junk Shop is any place where old metal, rags, rope, rubber, old paper, glass, cloth, wool, cotton, or any of them, or odds and ends of similar or other material or kind, are bought or are sold, or are stored for purchase for sale. A Junk Dealer or agent of others, purchases, owns, operates or sells junk, or a junk shop, or deals in junk, whether exclusively or in connection with some other business or occupation. Dealing in junk as hereinabove defined, shall constitute the business hereinafter referred to.
The City Council does hereby declare the business of Junk Dealing and of operating a Junk Shop, to be a trade and business of a tendency dangerous to public morals, and to the safety of the city, and calculated to promote dishonesty and crime; and that the same should be regulated by the Council because thereof.
A license fee of Twenty-five Dollars for each period of one year, shall be levied on each Junk Shop, and on each Junk Dealer in the City of Jonesboro, which shall be paid and collected, and licenses issued on such payment in the same manner and with like effect as in the case of Vehicle Tax, Sec. 230.
It shall be the duty of each Junk Dealer in the City of Jonesboro, and each person in charge of a Junk Shop, to keep a written and careful record of articles purchased by them in such business, the name of the person from whom purchased, and such person’s address, the date and amount paid therefor; which record shall be plainly and intelligibly kept, and shall be subject to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any police officer, City Attorney, or Mayor, at any time.
It shall be unlawful for any Junk Dealer, or person owning, managing or operating a Junk Shop, or Junk Business, to purchase any junk of any description from a minor under the age of fourteen years.
A violation of this ordinance in any respect; either by operating as a junk de...
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