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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 658, WHICH <br />IS AN ORDINANCE I~EGULATING 'lIME LICENSE FEES <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA. <br /> <br />THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0F SANTA ANA D0 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 658 entitled "An Ordinance Provid- <br />ing for the Licensing of Business, Shows, EXhibitions, and Games Conduct- <br />ed or Carried On in the City of Santa Ana, Fixing the Rate of License <br />Therefor, and Providing for the Collection Thereof", be, and the same is <br />hereby amended by amending Section 17A thereof, which said Section 17A <br />was last amended by 0rdinance No. 1155, so that said Section 17A will <br />read as follows: <br /> <br /> "SECTION 17A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corpora- <br />tion or association to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale at public <br />auction in the City of Santa Ana, California, any platinum, gold, silver <br />or plated ware, precious stones or semiprecious stones, watches or other <br />jewelry, or furniture, rugs or other house furnishings, whether the same <br />shall be their own property or whether they shall sell the same as agents <br />or employees of others, except judicial sales or those made by executors <br />or administrators of the estates of decedents, and excepting also sale <br />made at public auction of the stock on hand of any person or persons or <br />corporation that shall for the period of one year next preceding such <br />sale have been continuously in business in the City of Santa Aha, Califor- <br />nia, as a retail or wholesale merchant; provided that in the latter case, <br />before such merchant may hold an auction, he must obtain a permit therefor, <br />which shall be applied for and issued in the following manner: Said mer- <br />chant shall, not less than fifteen (15), nor more than thirty (30) days <br />previous to conducting such sale, make a written application therefor <br />under oath to the City council specifying the name and address of the ap- <br />plicant, the location and purpose of the sale and its expected duration <br />and itemizing in detail the quantity, quality, kind or grade of each item <br />of goods, wares and other articles to be sold, the wholesale market value <br />thereof, and the name of the auctioneer who shall conduct the sale. The <br />application shall then be investigated by the Chief of Police and a re- <br /> <br /> <br />