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ORDINANCE NO. 811 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANq'A ANA, CALIFOr~{IA, A~ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 658, AS A~,iENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 710 and TV1, SECTION 17 THEREOF, BY ADDING SECTION 17a, and REPEALING SECTION 17, AND AFFIRRiING ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 658, AS The Board as follows: SECTION 1. of Trustees of the City of ~anta Ana do ordain That Section 17 of Ordinance No. ~58, as amendedby or~ nance No. SECTION Il. ~hat said ordinance No. ~58, as shall read as follows: VIO and 7Vl are hereby repealed. there shsl], be added a new section to smended, to be known as Section lVa and "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell, dispose o~ or offer for sale in the City of Santa Ana, at p~lic auction, or to cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered fo~ sale in the City of Santa Aha, Callforni~ at public auction, any platinum, gold, silver or plated ware, precious stones or semi-precious stones, watches or other jewelry, whether the same shall be their own property or whether they shall sell the same aa agents or employees of others, except Judicial sales or those made by executors or administrators of the estates o9 decedents; and excepting also sales made at public auction of th~ stock on hand of any person or persons or corporation that shall for the ~rlod of one year next preceding such sale have been con- tinuously in business in the City of Ssnta Ana, California, as a retail or wholesale merchant of jewelry; provided, that in the latter case, before such merchant may hold an, auction he must obtain a permSt therefor which shall be applied for and issued in the following manner: Said merchant shall not less than fift~en (lB), nor more than thirty (SO) days previous to conducting such sale make a written application therefor under oath to the Board of Trustees, specifying the name and address of the applicant, the location and D~rpose of the sale and its expected duration and itemizing in detail the quantity, $~allty, kind or grade of each item of goods, wares and other articles to be sold, the wholesale market value thereof and the name of the auctioneer who shall conduct the sale". The applica~ on shall then be investigated by the Chief of Police and a report made thereon by him to the Board of Trustees as to the character of the applicant and his auctioneer the "Bona fids nature of the purpose of the sale and whether the place where it is proposed to carry on said sale is a proper place" The Board of Trustees must be furnished also with satisfactory evidence that the jewelry propped to be sold is a bona fide part of the merchant's stock in trade and not secured, purchased or brought into said place of business for, or in anticipation of said sale. ~llaa Board of Trustees in considering the application and