§ 7-1-2. Sales of jewelry, watches, etc.—Restricted.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, dispose of or offer for sale in the city at public auction or to cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale in the city at public auction any gold, silver, plated ware, precious stones, watches, clocks or jewelry, whether the same shall be their own property or whether the same shall be their own property or whether they sell the same as agents or employees of others; provided, that this section shall not apply to judicial sales to executors or administrators or to sales by or on behalf of licensed pawnbrokers of unredeemed pledges in the manner provided by law, nor to the sale at public auction of the stock on hand of any person who shall, for the period of one year last preceding such sale, have been continuously in business in the city as a retail or wholesale merchant of gold, silver, plated ware, precious stones, watches, clocks or jewelry; provided, further, that such sale at public auction of the stock on hand of such merchant or merchants shall be held on successive days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, and shall not continue for more than thirty (30) days in all within the period of one year.

(b)

Each separate sale at public auction of any article of gold, silver, plated ware, precious stones, watches, clocks or jewelry in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1964, § 8-1-7)