1 dents for SECTION 22. Whoever, being an innholder, tavern keeper, re- Credit to stu2 tailer, confectioner or keeper of a shop or house for the sale of bidden. 3 drink or food, or a livery stable keeper for horse or carriage hire, R. S. 23, §§ 69, 4 gives credit to a student, who is a minor, in an incorporated 1855, 163, §§ 1, 2. 5 academy or other educational institution in this commonwealth shall G. S. 88, §§ 18, 6 not be approved or licensed for either of said employments. 1819, 37, §§ 1, 2. 70. 19. P. S. 102, §§ 21, 22. furnished to 1837, 242, § 5. 1 SECTION 23. The secretary of the commonwealth shall cause a Laws to be 2 condensed summary of all laws relative to innholders and common licensees. 3 victuallers to be printed, and shall supply copies thereof to licensing G. S., 22. 4 boards, who shall at the time of granting each license provide the P. S. 102, § 25. 5 licensee with a copy of such summary. INTELLIGENCE OFFICES. keeping unli gence office. 1848, § 1872, 237. 1 SECTION 24. Whoever, without a license therefor, establishes or Penalty for 2 keeps an intelligence office for the purpose of obtaining or giving censed intelli3 information concerning places of employment for domestics, ser- fis, 270, $1. 4 vants or other laborers, except seamen, or for procuring or giving GS. $23. 5 information concerning such persons for or to employers, or for P. S. 102, § 26. 6 procuring or giving information concerning employment in busi7 ness, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for each day such 8 office is so kept. 1 offices. intelligence 1848, 270, § 2. 20 SECTION 25. The mayor and aldermen of any city except Bos- Licenses for 2 ton, and in Boston, the board of police, and the selectmen of any 3 town, may, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, 4 grant licenses to suitable persons, subject to the provisions of sec5 tions one hundred and eighty-two to one hundred and eighty-five, 6 inclusive, and may revoke them at pleasure. 1876, 147, §§ 1, 2 P. S. 102, § 27. 1880, 84, § 1. 1885, 323, § 2. receive money, 1 SECTION 26. The keeper of an intelligence office shall not receive Keeper not to 2 or accept any money from a person seeking employment through the when. 3 agency of such office, unless employment of the kind demanded is 1894, 180, § 1. 4 furnished. 1 SECTION 27. If a person who receives employment through the 2 agency of an intelligence office is discharged by his employer within 3 ten days after the time of entering upon such employment, and such 4 discharge is not caused by his inability, incompetence, refusal to 5 perform the work required or other fault, the keeper of such intel6 ligence office shall on demand refund to him five-sixths of the amount 7 paid to such keeper by the employer on account of such employ8 ment. Money to be re1894, 180, § 2. funded, when. printed on 1 SECTION 28. City and town officers who are charged with the statutes to be 2 duty of granting licenses to keepers of intelligence offices shall cause licenses. 3 sections twenty-six to twenty-nine, inclusive, to be printed on 1894, 180, § 3. 4 every such license. They shall also cause to be prepared and shall 5 furnish to each keeper of a licensed intelligence office copies of said 6 sections, printed upon cardboard in type of a size not smaller than 7 pica, and each licensee shall conspicuously post three of said printed 8 copies in each room occupied by him for the purpose of such intel9 ligence office. Penalty. 1894, 180, § 4. SECTION 29. If a keeper of an intelligence office violates the 1 provisions of the three preceding sections, his license shall be re- 2 voked and he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty- 3 five nor more than fifty dollars for each offence. 4 Penalty. 1839, 53, § 3. G. S. 88, § 27. 1862, 205, § 3. JUNK, OLD METALS AND SECOND HAND ARTICLES. SECTION 30. The mayor and aldermen of any city except Boston, 1 and in Boston, the board of police, and the selectmen of any town, 2 if ordinances or by laws therefor have been adopted in such city or 3 town, may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of 4 shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second- 5 hand articles, in such city or town, subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-two to one hundred and eighty-five, 7 inclusive, and may revoke such licenses at pleasure. 8 SECTION 31. A city or town may provide by ordinance or by-law 1 that every keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, 2 old metals or second hand articles, within its limits, shall keep a 3 book, in which shall be written, at the time of every purchase of any 4 such article, a description thereof, the name, age and residence of 5 the person from whom, and the day and hour when, such purchase 6 was made; that such book shall at all times be open to the inspec- 7 tion of the mayor and aldermen or selectmen, or in Boston, of the 8 board of police, and of any person by them respectively authorized 9 to make such inspection; that every keeper of such shop shall put 10 in a suitable and conspicuous place on his shop a sign having his 11 name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters; that 12 such shop, and all articles of merchandise therein, may be at all 13 times examined by the mayor and aldermen or selectmen, or in Bos- 14 ton, the board of police, or by any person by them respectively 15 authorized to make such examination; and that no keeper of such 16 shop shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way 17 of barter or exchange any of the articles aforesaid of a minor or 18 apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such; 19 and that no article purchased or received shall be sold until at least 20 one week from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed. A 21 city or town may also prescribe in like manner the hours in which 22 such shops shall be closed, and that no keeper thereof shall purchase 23 any of the articles aforesaid during such hours. 24 SECTION 32. Every such rule, regulation and restriction shall be 1 expressed in every such license. 1862, 205, § 2. P. S. 102, § 30. 2 SECTION 33. Whoever, not being so licensed, keeps such shop or 1 is such dealer in such city or town, or, being licensed, keeps such 2 P. S. 102, § 31. shop or is such dealer in any other place or manner than that 3 designated in his license or after notice to him that his license has 4 been revoked, shall forfeit twenty dollars for each offence; and who- 5 ever violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his 6 license shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars for each offence. 7 1 PAWNBROKERS. pawnbrokers. G. S. 88, §§ 28, 1876, 147, §§ 1, 2. SECTION 34. The mayor and aldermen of any city except Bos- Licenses to 2 ton, and in Boston, the board of police, and the selectmen of any 1955, 121, 1. 3 town, if ordinances or by-laws therefor have been adopted in such 25. 4 city or town, may license suitable persons to carry on the business 1880, 34, 1. 5 of pawnbrokers in such city or town, subject to the provisions of R$22 6 sections one hundred and eighty-two to one hundred and eighty7 five, inclusive, and may revoke such licenses at pleasure. 1885, 323, § 2. to retain arti. 1879, 102, § 1. 1884, 324. 1 SECTION 35. Articles deposited in pawn with a licensed pawn- Pawnbrokers 2 broker shall, unless redeemed, be retained by him on the premises cles four 3 occupied by him for his business for at least four months after the months, etc. 4 date of deposit, if not of a perishable nature; and, if perishable, P. 102, § 33. 5 for at least one month after said date. After such date, he may 6 sell the same by public auction, apply the proceeds thereof in satis7 faction of the debt or demand and the expense of the notice and 8 sale, and pay any surplus to the person entitled thereto on demand. 9 No article taken in pawn by such pawnbroker, exceeding twenty10 five dollars in value, shall be disposed of otherwise than as above 11 provided, any agreement or contract between the parties thereto 12 to the contrary notwithstanding. Articles of personal apparel 13 shall not be deemed to be of a perishable nature within the meaning 14 of this section. may be limited. 1 SECTION 36. The licensing board may fix the rate of interest Rate of interest 2 which such pawnbrokers may receive on loans, and may fix differ- 179, 102, § 2. 3 ent rates which may be received for different amounts of money P. S. 102, § 34. 4 lent; and no licensed pawnbroker shall charge or receive a greater 5 rate of interest than that so fixed. Any such pawnbroker who vio 6 lates any provision of this or the preceding section shall be pun 7 ished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offence. 1 SECTION 37. The provisions of sections forty-eight to sixty- Operation of 2 eight, inclusive, shall not apply to licensed pawnbrokers. 1892, 428, § 6. 1898, 577, § 11. a 1 SECTION 38. The chief of police of a city, the selectmen of 1 preceding section defined. 1890, 416, §§ 1, 6. Pawnbroker's entered and examined, etc. shop may be 1877, 185, § 1. P. S. 102, § 35. 1888, 243. fusing to admit P. S. 102, § 36. SECTION 39. A licensed pawnbroker, clerk, agent or other per- Penalty for re2 son in charge of such premises who refuses to admit thereto an onicer. 3 officer authorized to enter the same, or who fails to exhibit to him 12% 4 on demand all such articles, books and inventories, and any person 5 who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents such officer from enter6 ing the premises or from making the examination authorized in the 7 preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, 8 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 9 SECTION 40. Whoever, not being licensed, carries on such busi- 1 ness or is concerned therein within such city or town, or, being 2 licensed, carries on such business or is concerned therein in any 3 other place or manner than that designated in his license or after 4 notice to him that his license has been revoked, shall be punished 5 by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offence. 6 SECTION 41. No person, corporation or partnership shall, in 1 any city or in any town of ten thousand or more inhabitants, engage 2 in or carry on the business of loaning money upon mortgages, de- 3 posits or pledges of wearing apparel, jewelry, ornaments, household 4 goods or other personal property, or of purchasing such property on 5 condition of selling it back again at a stipulated price, unless such 6 person, corporation or partnership is licensed as a pawnbroker; 7 but the provisions of this and the six following sections shall apply 8 only if such property is deposited with the lender, and shall not 9 apply to loans made upon stock, bonds, notes or other written or 10 printed evidences of ownership of property or of indebtedness to 11 the holder or owner of any such securities. 12 SECTION 42. The fee for such license or renewal thereof as a 1 pawnbroker shall be fifty dollars. Such license shall expire in one 2 year after the date thereof and may be renewed upon application to 3 the licensing board which granted it. The board which grants such 4 license may revoke it at any time. The licensee shall, at the time 5 of receiving such license, file with the mayor, board of police or 6 licensing board a bond to such city or town, with two sureties, in 7 the penal sum of three hundred dollars, approved by such mayor, 8 board of police or licensing board, and conditioned for the faithful 9 performance of the duties and obligations pertaining to the business 10 so licensed. 11 SECTION 43. The board which grants licenses to pawnbrokers 1 shall from time to time establish regulations relative to the business 2 carried on and the rate of interest to be charged by them; and a 3 pawnbroker shall not charge or receive upon any loan a greater rate 4 of interest than that fixed by the licensing board. 5 SECTION 44. Every such pawnbroker shall keep a book in which, 1 at the time of making such loan, shall be legibly written in the Eng- 2 lish language, an account and description of the goods, articles or 3 things pawned or pledged, the amount of money loaned thereon, the 4 time of pledging them, the rate of interest to be paid on such loan, 5 and the name and residence of the person pawning or pledging such 6 goods, articles or things. 7 SECTION 45. Every such pawnbroker shall, at the time of making 1 such loan, deliver to the person who pawns or pledges any goods, 2 article or thing, a memorandum or note signed by him and contain- 3 ing the substance of the entry required to be made in his book by 4 the provisions of the preceding section. No charge shall be made 5 6 or required by any pawnbroker for such entry, memorandum or 7 note. 1 open to in 515. SECTION 46. Said book shall, at all reasonable times, be open to Books to be 2 the inspection of the mayor, of the members of the board of police, spection. 3 of the superintendent of police and deputy superintendents, of the 18, 4 chief inspector of police, of any member of the district police or of 5 any person authorized by them in writing for that purpose who 6 exhibits such written authority to such pawnbroker. 1 SECTION 47. Whoever violates the provisions of the six preced2 ing sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor 3 more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more 4 than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Penalties. 1895, 497, § 7. 1 LOANS OR PLEDGES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. SECTION 48. Every person who is engaged in the business of 2 making loans on collateral security represented by household goods, 3 wearing apparel, watches, diamonds, jewelry or other articles of 4 personal use or ornament, or on notes secured by pledge or 5 mortgage of any such property, and with whom such property is 6 deposited, or who purchases such property on condition of selling 7 it back again at a stipulated price, or who pays or advances money 8 thereon under such circumstances that it may be inferred from the 9 character of the transaction that such property may afterward be 10 redeemed, shall keep a book in which, for the purpose of identifica11 tion, shall be recorded, at the time of each loan or transaction, a 12 full and accurate description of the goods, articles or things pledged 13 or deposited, with any designating numbers or marks and also the 14 name and residence of the borrower or depositor, and each transac15 tion shall be specifically numbered in said book. He shall also 16 give to each borrower or depositor a receipt, ticket or card, num17 bered to correspond with the number of the transaction on said 18 book, inscribed with the name of the lender, the article pledged, 19 the description of the property as above required, the name of the 20 borrower or depositor, the amount of the loan, the date when made 21 and the date when payable. Loans or pledges on collateral security goods, etc. of household 1890, 416, §§ 1, 2 spection. 1 SECTION 49. Said book shall at all times be open to the inspec- Record book to 2 tion of the board of police, of the superintendent and chief in- be open to in3 spector of police of the city of Boston, of the chief of the district 1890, 416, § 3. 4 police and of the chief of police and selectmen of their respective 5 cities or towns, or of any officer specially authorized by them in 6 writing for that purpose, who exhibits such written authority; and 7 the property described in said book shall, on demand, be exhibited 8 to said officers. 1 refusing in SECTION 50. Every person who is engaged in said business as Penalties for 2 aforesaid, his agent or other person in charge thereof, who fails or spection, etc. 3 refuses to allow the inspection of said book, or who wilfully hinders, 1890, 416, § 4. 4 obstructs or prevents said officers from making said inspection or 5 from examining said property as provided in the preceding section, 6 or wilfully violates any other provisions of sections forty-eight and |