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- 2 - bound, and of a size not less than 6" in length and breadth. In addition to said book every person so licensed shall at the time of such purchase fill out on a blank to be furnished by the Police De- partment of the City of Lakewood such information as may be called for by said blank form, and on the back of said blank form shall be written by the seller in his own handwriting, his name, age and address. No entry in said book or on such card shall be erased, obliterated, altered or defaced. Section 6. Every such licenssd dealer shall in every weekday before the hour of 12:00 o'clock noon make out a report on a blank to be furnished by the Police Department for that purpose, a legible and correct copy of the record required to be kept containing all the~particulars of all purchases of such articles ~ade on the pre- ceding business day; and shall deliver said report to the Chief of Police or his authorized representative together with said blanks furnished by the Police Department properly filled and signed by the seller, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section of this ordinance; or said report and filled blank shall if the Chief of Police so elects, be mailed to such address as the Chief of Police may in writing designate. Section 7. Every such licensed dealer at the time of making any purchase as aforesaid shall attach a tag with a designating number thereon, legibly written in the English language, to each article purchased; and shall make an entry of such number in the book above provided for in this ordinance. Section 8. No person licensed under the provisions of this ordi- nance shall sell or remove from his place of business any such second- hand goods, articles or things sold to him as aforesaid, until the same shall have been in his possession at least thirty days. Section 9. No person licensed under the provisions of this ordi~ nance shall purchase any second-hand goods, articles or things from any person who is at the time intoxicated or from a habitual drunkard or any person known by him to be a thief or an associate of thieves or any receiver of stolen property, or from any person he has a reason to suspect to be such. Section 10. No person shall receive by sale, barter, exchange or otherwise an article mentioned in this ordinance, of a minor, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, or from any person between the hours of nine o'clock P. M. and seven o'clock A. M. Section ll. This ordinance shall not apply to persons who deal exclusively in furniture, nor to persons who deal exclusively in second-hand automobiles. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed to apply to pianos, books, magazines~ rugs, tapestries, burlaps, paintings, drawings, etchings and engravings. Section 12. Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or associa- tion convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordi- nance shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00 and may be imprisoned in the workhouse for not more than 30 days, or both.