Medias v. City of Indianapolis

The cities and towns act of 1905 authorizes cities to license, tax, regulate, suppress, and prohibit pawnbrokers and makes them subject to police supervision and inspection. Acts of 1905, ch. 129, §§53 and 164, §§48-1407 and 48-6110 Burns’ 1933, §§ 11432 and 11482 Baldwin’s 1934. Acting under this authority the common council of the city of Indianapolis, on January 4, 1926, adopted its ordinance 121, 1925, regulating pawnbrokers, the same being §§ 615 to 625, inclusive, of the Municipal Code of indianapolis, 1925. Section 618 of said ordinance undertook to provide that the place of business…