§ 6.100.080. Jewelry—Register, daily reports—Inspection.

A.

It shall be the duty of all persons dealing in the purchase, sale or exchange of secondhand jewelry, watches, clocks, diamonds, cutlery, wearing apparel, old gold, silver, platinum or any other secondhand manufactured articles, composed wholly or in part of gold, silver or platinum, to keep a book in which every article received by them in the course of their business shall be registered, and in which shall be given as minute a description of every article as it is possible, and the maker's name and number of all watches so received by them, and the name, age, sex, color, residence and general description of each and every individual selling or exchanging such articles, shall be taken and entered in the register.

B.

The register shall at all times be kept at the place of business of every person engaging in the business aforesaid. Every member of the police department shall be allowed free access to the register and the person shall give to such officers all information in his power concerning such articles and all persons selling or exchanging the same.

C.

All persons, engaging in business, as described in the preceding paragraph, shall furnish to the chief of police daily reports at his office, showing fully the name, age, sex, color, residence and general description of each person who shall have sold or exchanged any secondhand article during the preceding day, together with a full description of the articles sold or exchanged by such person, including the number of each article bearing a number, and in the case of watches, both the number in the case and the number of the works, and the day and hour of the transaction.

D.

Every person engaging in such business shall keep duplicates of such reports, in a well-bound book or register, which book or register shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any member of the police department.

(Prior code § 31-2-5)