CHAPTER 290

An Act to amend and reenact § 54-882 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to records of purchase made by junk dealers and to provide a penalty
for failure to keep the required records. CH 517]

Approved March 9, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 54-832 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 54-882. Every junk dealer and every merchant and foundryman
who deals in junk, old metals and similar articles shall keep at his place
of business, and every canvasser shall carry and keep with him a book
in which shall be fairly written in English, at the time of each transaction
in the course of his business, an accurate account of such transaction
except as to the purchase of rags, bones, old iron, and paper, setting forth
a description of the goods, articles, or anything purchased, the time of
receiving the same, the name and residence of the person selling or deliv-
ering the same, the terms and conditions of purchase or receipt thereof,
and all other facts and circumstances respecting such purchase or receipt;
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which book or books shall, at all times, be subject to the inspection of the
judges of the criminal courts, the chief of police, the captains and ser-
geants of the police of the city, town or county wherein such business 1s
being conducted, or any or either of them, sergeant and sheriff of such
city, town or county, or other officer with police jurisdiction. ;

Any junk dealer, merchant, foundryman or canvasser who fails or
refuses to keep the records of his purchases as herein provided shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly.