85 of 1918 - Prevention and detection of thefts of automobiles, etc. I
ROLL CALL
VOTING I AYE NAY
Salt Lake City,Utah, September 1..9+-- 191 B
Crabbe
I move that the ordinance be passed.
Green
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Mr. Chairman
Result I ) AN ORDINA CE
An ordinance for the prevention and detection of thefts
of automobiles, motor vehicles and motor cycles, and their
equipment and accessories.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. It shall,be unlawful for any person to buy,
sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or have in his possession
any motor vehicle tire or casing from which identification marks
have been obliterated or removed, defaced or changed, covered
or destroyed, whether in whole or in part.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to buy,
sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or have in his possession
any motor vehicle from whidh the manufacturer's serial number
or other identifioationmark has been removed, defaced, covered,
altered or destroyed. ;
SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in
the business of wrecking, buying, selling, exohanging or dealing
in used or second-hand motor vehicles, tires, radiators, magnetos,
speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of such vehicles
or accessories of all kinds and desoription, to fail to keep a
record of the purchase, sale, wrecking, exchange or storage of
such articles, which shall at all times be open to the inspection
of the Chief of Police or any officer detailed by him, or to fail
within twenty-four hours after the purchase, sale, exchange or
acceptance for storage or wrecking of such articles, to make out
and deliver to the Chief of Police a full and complete record of
the purchase, sale, exchange or acceptance for storage or wrecking
of such used or second-hand motor vehicles, equipment or aocessories.
The said report shall contain the name and address of the person
from whom purchased or taken in exchange, or for storage, or to
whom sold, the make, state license number, motor number, body
number, generator number, carburetor number, magneto number,
storage battery number, transmission number, radiator number and
speedometer number, or any other mark of identification, make,
size and serial number of each tire, including extra tires, style
and seating capacity of all second hand motor vehicles purchased,
sold, exohanged or placed in storage; make, size and number of
second-hand motor vehicle tires; make and number of seoond-hand
radiators, magnetos and speedometers, equipment, storage batteries,
parts of vehicles, and all other accessories having a serial
number, and such other information concerning said articles as
may be necessary to prove ownership and identity of said used or
second-hand motor vehicles, equipment or accessories. Said report
shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible
manner, on blanks furnished by the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police shall immediately upon the passage of
this ordinance, cause such a number of blanks to be printed as
may be necessary for that purpose.
other than a dealer
SECTIOP 4. It shall be unlawful for any person,,to sell any
motor vehicle or accessories to any person not a 3#1 dealer
in suoh articles, without *eking report of such sale to the Chief
of Police within six hours of such sale, toe ether with complete
information in regard to the kind, make, and number of such
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vehicle or accessories, in the same manner and with the same
detail as required of dealers.
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase
or receive any motor vehicle or motor vehicle accessories, from
a minor.
SECTION 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a
fine in any sum not exceeding 4299.00, or by imprisonment in the
City Jail for a period not longer than_six months, or by oth '2(
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such fine and imprisonment. le
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Passed by the Board of Commi
�B 1,I,ioners of Salt Lake City,
October 3rd,
Utah, September , 1918.
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