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<br />ORDINANCE NO. ) F"o t%
<br />AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A_dD TO REGULATE TEE SALE
<br />BY AUCTION OF ANY GOLD, SIL'Jr`Ti OR PLATED 1 ^TARE, PRECIOUS and
<br />SERI- PRECIOUS STONES, ANNONOW, WATCHES,- OR
<br />JEWELRY IN THE CIT`T OF SOUTH BEAD, INDIAKA: TO PROVIDE FOR
<br />A LICENSE FEE A';TD TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR :TTE VIOLATIONS OF
<br />ANY OF TICS PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CGEMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH 3EI6D, INDIANA, AS
<br />FOLLOWS:
<br />SECTION 1:- It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor-
<br />ation to sell or dispose of, or offer for sale, in the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, at public auction, or to cause or eermit.to be sold, disposed of
<br />or offered for sale in the City of Sout?i Bend, Indiana, at public auction,
<br />any gold, silver or plated ware, precious and semi - precious stones, 19W-
<br />n@IMW, fir, watches, aNvlft -or jevelry, whether the sa,ie be its or their
<br />own _property, or whether in doing so the; act as the agents or employees of
<br />others, unless sac2 person, firm or corporation desiring to hold such a pub-
<br />lic auction shall file with t:e Controller of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
<br />a sworn application stating; the name of the owner of the stock, the location
<br />by street and street number of such stock and the location where such auction
<br />is to be held; said sworn application shall also specify that the ;erson,
<br />firm or corporation on whose behalf the application is made, si.all not have
<br />held or conducted an auction sale of similar merchandise within one year of
<br />the date of said application; said sworn application to hold such auction
<br />shall also state that the person, firm or co"rpo-ration on whose behalf such
<br />application is nn,ade shall have been in the jewelry business at the stated
<br />street and. street number, in the City of South Bend, Indiana, for at least
<br />one year prior to the date of said application.
<br />SECTION 2:- After such application shall have been on file with
<br />tine City Controller for five days, suoh City Controller shall issue a
<br />license for t. ^e holding of such public auction, provided that such City
<br />Controller has verified the statements contained in tine application and
<br />there shall be paid to the City Controller the sac: of One Hundred (`�100.00)
<br />Dollars as a license fee, when said license is issued, and acll such license
<br />fees so collected shall be covered into tie Treasury of the City.
<br />SECTION 3:- It shall be unlawful to hold any such public auction
<br />on Sundays and le_,al holidays.
<br />SECTION 4:- Y -then a license to hold such auction shall have been
<br />issued, said auction by a-ctho"rity of such license shall continue for not more
<br />than tea successive days, exclading Sundays ;end holidays,__
<br />SECTIOS 5:- It shall be unlawful to hold any such �,_clic a'..ction
<br />during that period of G� :;e year b tween. i'o7eCfber 15th and December 31st, aa1''
<br />no license shall be issued by the City Controller for the holding of^c��'_
<br />auction during, said period.
<br />SECTION It shall 'Is unla•: ful for anti )erson, firm or corpora-
<br />tion to vlhom such license has been _&shed to use fraud, deceit or misrepre-
<br />sentation in the sale of, or offering for sale of any goods, wares and : :er -
<br />char_dise.
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