Chap. 173.—An ACT to prohibit the sale or receipt of second hand heating or
plumbing fixtures or supplies, electrical fixtures or wiring, gas fixtures or
appliances, water faucets, pipes, locks, bath tubs, or other second hand fix-
tures of whatever kind or ‘description pertaining to a building without a permit ;
_to require persons engaged in the buying and selling of such articles to keep
permanent records of such transactions and the names and descriptions of the
persons participating in the same; to require junk dealers and dealers in such
second hand personal property to make reports of such transactions; to ex-
empt certain persons from the provisions of this act; to require the books and
premises of all persons affected by this act to be open to police inspection;
and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to
define dealers within the meaning of this act. [S B 291]

Approved March 24, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That no per-
son, firm or corporation shall offer for sale or sell any second hand heat-
ing or plumbing fixtures or supplies, electric fixtures or wiring, or gas
fixtures or appliances, water faucets, pipes, locks, bath tubs, or other
second-hand fixtures of whatever kind or description pertaining to a
building, without first obtaining a permit for the sale of the same from
the chief of police of the city or town or the sheriff of the county in
which such property is offered for sale.

2. The provisions of this act shall be construed so as to permit the
chief of police of a city or town or the sheriff of a county to issue to
persons who are regularly engaged in the business or occupancy of col-
lecting second-hand materials for resale to junk dealers a semi-annual
or annual permit covering all sales made by such persons, provided,
however, that the said chief of police or sheriff may refuse to issue a

permit and may revoke any permit issued to any person who has
previously been convicted of stealing or receiving stolen goods.

3. ‘Every junk dealer and every dealer in second-hand persona:
property and all persons who are regularly engaged in the business of!
collecting such second-hand materials for resale to junk dealers shall
keep at his place of business a permanently bound book or books in
which shall be legibly written with ink in English at the time of each
transaction in the course of his business an accurate account of each
purchase and/or sale of every article mentioned in section one of this
act sold or purchased by him. Such account shall set forth an accurate
description of the goods, articles or things purchased or sold and the
name, residence and description of the person selling, delivering or
purchasing the same, the license number of the automobile or vehicle
in which the goods, article or things were delivered or received and the
permit number, if the goods offered can only be sold under a permit
issued by the chief of police of the city or town or the sheriff of the
county in which such goods were sold. The description of the person
required by this section shall consist of the color, sex, approximate
height, and age, any distinguishing feature of such person, and the
thumb prints of both hands of such person on the same page on which
the entry is made.

Every junk dealer and dealers in a second-hand personal property,
including persons regularly engaged in the business of collecting second-
hand materials for resale to junk dealers, shall every day except Sunday
before the hour of noon deliver to the chief of police of the city or town
on blank forms to be prescribed and furnished by the chief of police
of such city or town a legible and accurate description of every article
or thing of the kind mentioned in section one of this act received by
him during the business day next preceding, the permit number under
which the goods were received by said dealer, the license number of
any automobile or vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered,
together with a description of the person selling or delivering the same,
including the color, sex, approximate height and age and any distinguish-
ing features of such person, together with a reference to the volume
and number of the page where the original entry required by section
three of this act is made. Where goods of the kind mentioned in section
one of this act are purchased or received in a county, the same informa-
tion required by this section shall be furnished to the sheriff of the
county in which such goods were bought or received not later than
midday of the Saturday following the purchase or receipt of such goods,
put the sheriff shall not be required to prepare or furnish blank forms
tor such reports for use in the county, and the dealer may submit any
report which fairly conforms to the requirements of this section.

4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the sale of second
1and materials mentioned in section one of this act taken from premises
sccupied by the owner, when sold by such owner on the premises; nor
shall the provisions of this act apply to the sale of such articles when
ourchased from a public utilities corporation at its place of business or
1 governmental agency.

5. The books required by this act to be kept and the places of
usiness of all persons engaged in the sale, receiving or purchasing of
he articles mentioned in section one of this act shall at all reasonable
imes be open to the inspection of any police officer, sheriff or deputy
yf the county, city or town in which such place of business is located.

6. Every person who purchases second-hand property of the kind
nentioned in section one of this act for the purpose of resale or in-
tallation on the property of another shall be deemed a dealer within the
neaning of the provisions of this act.

7. No charge shall be made for the issuance of any permit required
oy this act.

8. Any violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor and for the
frst offense the penalty shall be a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, and for any second or subsequent
offense, a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars and by confinement in jail for a period not exceeding
twelve months.