§ 6.100.070. Bottle dealers—Register—Inspection—Purchases.

A.

All secondhand bottle dealers in the urban services district, by which is meant all persons who shall, as a part of their business or occupation, buy, sell or trade in empty bottles which have theretofore been used, shall keep a book in which they shall promptly enter the names of all persons from whom they buy or get any such empty bottles, followed by the date of purchase, the amount paid therefor, the number of such bottles and, if the same bear in the glass the name of the original user, such name shall be indicated in a description of the bottles purchased, the entries to be made in chronological order from day to day as the business is transacted.

B.

Such book shall at all times be open to inspection of the police or other officer or any person who may desire to see the same, and shall be in good faith kept and preserved by such dealers for the convenient inspection aforesaid.

C.

No such buyer or dealer in secondhand bottles shall purchase or receive in any way any such bottles from any minor under sixteen years of age, whether the same is obtained directly from such minor or through or by the aid of such minor, the purpose of this section being to make it unlawful for anyone to deal with such minor in such article or business, or to allow any such minor to be connected with the same.

D.

The dealers or buyers aforesaid shall only purchase such bottles from persons who are personally known to them, or of whose identification they are certain, and shall promptly give to any officer or other person making inquiries such information as will enable the seller to be identified.

(Prior code § 31-2-1)