§ 9-602. REPORTS TO CHIEF OF POLICE.

(a)

Every pawnbroker and every secondhand dealer shall, on each day, except Sundays and legal holidays, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning, make and deliver to the Chief of Police, in writing, a full, true, and complete report in chronological order, of all dealings in secondhand goods, wares and merchandise, including radios for use in or upon automobiles, by such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer during the twenty-four hours next preceding said report, together with the time of day when purchased or received, a complete description of each article purchased or received, and a description of the person or persons from whom purchased or received, or with whom dealt, and the license number and description of any vehicle which the person or persons from whom purchased or received was or were riding in or upon, or driving, and also the true name of such person or persons as nearly as the same is known to or can be ascertained by the person making such report. If any such article purchased or received shall have engraved thereon any number, word or initial, or shall contain any setting of any kind, the description of such article shall contain such number, word or initial, and shall show the kind of setting or settings and the number of each kind.

(b)

The report required herein shall be made upon a form to be furnished, upon request, free of charge by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall cause blank forms to be printed, which said blank forms shall be so printed and subdivided that they shall have space for writing in the following manner, to-wit: Description of article purchased or received; amount paid for or loaned upon said property; name and residence of person or persons from whom purchased or received, showing the true name as nearly as known; age; sex; complexion; color of hair; style of dress and height of the person or persons from whom purchased or received; time of day goods purchased or received; license number, make, type and color of automobile or other vehicle driven or occupied by such person or persons; date and time of making said report; name and place of business of pawnbroker or secondhand dealer making such report.

(c)

The Chief of Police, upon receipt of said report, shall file the same in his office, and said report shall be open to inspection only to members of the Police Department, or by others upon an order of a Court of competent jurisdiction made for that purpose.

(Orig. Ord. 2600).