Municipal authorities may license pawnbrokers, define their powers and privileges by ordinance, impose taxes upon them, revoke their licenses, and exercise such general supervision as will ensure fair dealing between the pawnbroker and his customers.
(Ga. L. 1868, p. 136, § 1; Code 1873, § 2137; Code 1882, § 2137; Civil Code 1895, §§ 755, 2955; Civil Code 1910, §§ 904, 3527; Code 1933, § 12-611.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 54 Am. Jur. 2d, Moneylenders and Pawnbrokers, § 5 et seq.
C.J.S.- 70 C.J.S., Pawnbrokers, §§ 2-4.
ALR.
- Necessity of dealer's license to authorize sale of articles taken as security for or to satisfy a debt, 36 A.L.R. 685.
Constitutionality of statutes regulating business of making small loans, 125 A.L.R. 743; 149 A.L.R. 1424.