the residence, occupation, profession or business of such person, which shall extend more than four feet from the building, and less than seven feet from the pavement, over or into the pavement, shall, on conviction, be fined not more than five dollars or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both.

SECTION 49. Whoever sells at auction upon any of the Selling goods at aucstreets, highways, alleys or sidewalks, within the City of Middletown, any goods, wares, or merchandise, household furniture or other articles or things whatever which has been bought for the purpose of selling again for profit, or interrupts the free and proper use of the sidewalks within the said city, by standing upon or otherwise occupying the same shall, on conviction, be fined not more than twenty dollars or imprisoned not more than twenty days, or both.

Fraudulent report.

SECTION 50. Whoever shall make, or cause to be made, Fraude any false or fraudulent report to the Board of Health of the city, about or concerning any person or citizen, or charging such person being sick or afflicted with smallpox or other contagious disease, to injure or annoy any person or citizen, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon Penalty. conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than ten dollars and costs of prosecution.

SECTION 51. That whoever willfully or purposely in- Disturbing a public terrupts or disturbs any assembly or meeting of persons, or assembly. citizens who have or may be assembled together for a legal and lawful purpose, in any street or highway within the city limits, or who have or may be assembled in any church, hall or other building, shall be deemed guilty of an offense,

* Penalty. and upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of the city, shall be fined not less than five dollars and not more than twenty dollars and costs of prosecution.

SECTION 52. Whoever being in any house, hotel, sa- Disturbing hotels and loon, room or other building, not his own, within the corporate limits of the City of Middletown, and while therein shall cause to be made any tumult therein or create any disorder therein, or use any profane or indecent language therein, or wrangle, quarrel or fight, or attempt to disturb

Penalty.

the peace and quiet of any of the aforesaid places, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof, before the Mayor, shall be fined not less than two dollars and not more than twenty dollars and costs of prosecution.

SECTION 53. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed; and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

(March 24, 1893.)

PAWN BROKERS. To regulate pawn brokers and to fix the amount of license of the same.

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Middletown:

That no person shall carry on or conduct the business or calling of pawn broker, or of loaning money on personal property in the City of Middletown, without having obtained from the Mayor of the city a license so to do .

Must obtain license.

Who is a pawn

broker.

SECTION 2. Whoever loans money on the deposit or pledge of personal property, or who purchases personal property or choses in action, on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price, is hereby defined and declared to be a pawnbroker.

Amount of license.

SECTION 3. The Mayor of the City of Middletown may grant a pawnbroker's license to any person of good moral character, who may apply therefore, when the applicant pays into the treasury of the corporation the sum of twentyfive dollars, and executes a bond, with surety to the satisfaction of the Mayor of the City of Middletown, in the sum of five hundred dollars, that the applicant will conform to the requirements of the law and all ordinances of the corporation, and said license shall be good for one year.

Must keep record.

SECTION 4. The person so licensed shall keep a correct list and description, in a book for that purpose, of every

the article pledged or deposited with him, or upon which ad

vances of money have been made, or which may be purchased by him, which list and description shall be at all times opened to the inspection of the chief or superintendent of police of the corporation, or of a police officer ,deputed by him or by the Mayor, to make such inspection; and he shall, at all times, when required by any police officer or Mayor aforesaid, produce and show any article so listed and described, which may be in his possession; he shall also register in such book the name and place of residence of the depositor, and time when deposit was made; all the entries shall be written in ink in the English language, and no entry shall be erased, obliterated or defaced.

Must report to

SECTION 5. Every person so licensed shall prepare and deliver to the Mayor every day, before the hour of twelve Mayor. o'clock, a legible and correct copy from such registry, of the description of all personal property, bonds, notes or other securities received on deposit or purchases during the preceding day, together with the hour at which article was received, together with the description of the person by whom left in pledge, or from whom the same were purchased.

SECTION 6. No bond, note, security or personal prop- Must keep pledge for I erty of any kind received on deposit, purchased or pledged Em to, by any such pawnbroker, shall be sold or permitted to ir be redeemed or removed from the place of business of such

pawnbroker, for the space of twenty-four hours after the copy and statement provided for in the last section has been delivered.

SECTION 7. No person licensed as aforesaid shall re- Hours for business. ceive on deposit or purchase any personal property, bonds, notes, securities, article, property, or thing as such pawnbroker, before the hour of six o'clock a. m. during the months of Jan., Feb., March, April, Oct., Nov., and Dec. of each year, nor before the hour of five o'clock a. m. nor after the hour of nine o'clock p. m. during the months of May, June, July, Aug., Sept., of each year.

SECTION 8. No person licensed as aforesaid shall take Receiving in pledges

from minors proe or receive in pawn or pledge for money loaned, or shail hibited.

take, receive or purchase, within the line of his business as à pawnbroker, and property, notes, securities, articles or a pawnbroker, any property, notes, securities, articles or which is in, or which is claimed by any minor, or which may be in the possession or under the control of any minor, or a person appearing to be intoxicated, or a person known to be a notorious thief, or a person known to have been convicted of larceny or burglary.

No other business in

same place.

in SECTION 9. No such person shall carry on any other

business or avocation, directly or indirectly, in the same building in which the business of pawnbroking is carried on, nor employ any person under the age of sixteen to take pledges in pawn.

May revoise license.

SECTION 10. The Mayor shall, upon conviction of any such person of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, revoke his license.

Penalty.

SECTION 11. A person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, where no other penalty is provided for, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars.

SECTION 12. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

(April 14, 1893.)

POLICE DEPARTMENT. AN ORDINANCE fixing the number, salaries and bonds of members of the Police Department in the City of Middletown, State of Ohio.

SECTION 1. That the Police Department of the City of enf Police Middletown, State of Ohio, shall be composed of the follow

ing officers and other members, who shall receive the respective salaries hereinafter provided, payable semi-monthly out of the Police Fund of said city, and shall give the re

spective bonds hereinafter required: Salary and bond of First-Repealed by Sections 2 and 3; Ord. Bk. 3, Pages

36-37; March 16, 1914.

Department.

Chief.

Second—One night captain, who shall receive $950.00 vir *** per annum, and shall give bond in the sum of $500.00. e Third—Sixteen patrolmen, who shall each receive nine Patrol or hundred dollars per annum, and shall give bond in the sum f you of five hundred dollars.

SECTION 2. The Police Department, as constituted herein, shall be classified by the Director of Public Safety as required by law.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law, Jan. 1, 1911, but shall not effect the term of office or employment or other members now serving in the Police Department of said city.

(Ord. Bk. 9, Page 234; Oct. 14, 1910.)
(Amend. Ord. Bk. 8, Page 86; Aug. 27, 1912.)
(Amend. Ord. Bk. 3, Page 276; Nov. 13, 1914.)

SEO

Police.

To define the duties and to establish the salary and to fix the bond of the Chief of Police of the City of Middletown, Ohio.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Middletown, State of Ohio:

SECTION 1. That it is hereby declared to be the duty Duties of Chief of of the Chief of Police to direct all members of the Police Department of said city in their acts and to see that they shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all the ordinances of said city, and all criminal laws of the State of Ohio and of the United States of America; to report his actions and the conduct of the Police Department to the City Commission at all times when called upon to do so, and in all things to observe and obey all lawful orders and directions of said City Commission and of its members; it shall be his duty to do all things required of him by Section seven of Article five of the charter of said city, and such other duties with reference to the Municipal Court as may from time to time be required of him by the City Commission.