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Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances ch. 32, art. I
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Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 32-1 Hotels, lodginghouses, etc., required to maintain register; penalty.

Sec. 32-1. - Hotels, lodginghouses, etc., required to maintain register; penalty. (a) Every proprietor or keeper of a hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse or boardinghouse, shall at all times keep a well-bound register on which he/she shall enter or cause to be entered, the name, address and date of acceptance of each guest or patron. Such entry on the register shall be made at the time the person desiring accommodation at such hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse or boardinghouse is accepted as a guest and accommodation furnished him. When each register is filled, it shall not be destroyed or thrown away but shall be preserved in some safe place for future reference. (b) Such register shall at all reasonable hours be subject to inspection by any public official of the city. (c) A failure to keep said register as herein required, or to preserve the same, or permit the inspection thereof by any public official of the city or any duly authorized representative of any public official of the city shall be unlawful. (Code 1989, § 18-13; Ord. No. 664, §§ 1—3, 8-25-1921; Ord. No. 1506, § 1, 5-13-1964)

Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 32-2 Junk dealers.

Sec. 32-2. - Junk dealers. (a) Every junk dealer in the city is hereby required to keep in a permanently bound book in which shall be legibly written in ink, at the time of the purchase or taking of any goods, articles or thing, an accurate account and description, in the English language, of the goods, articles, or other things purchased or pledged the amount of money paid therefor, the time of purchasing, or taking of the same, the name and residence of the person selling or pledging such goods, articles or things, and a description of the person from whom the same were purchased or taken. The book shall also show the right thumb print of the person selling or pawning any such article. (b) The book provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall at all times be open to the inspection of the chief of police or any member of the police force. (c) It shall be the duty of every junk dealer in the city upon receiving information or learning that any goods, articles, or things left with him/her have been lost or stolen to notify in writing the chief of police of the facts, giving the name of the person from whom the same was received and any other facts in connection therewith that may tend to the discovery or conviction of the thief or thieves. (d) Any person found guilty of the violation of this section, or any part thereof, shall be punished in accordance with section 1-10. (Code 1989, § 18-14; Ord. No. 1010, § 14, 7-12-1945)

Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 32-3 Circuses and animal shows required to obtain approval before showing exhibits.

Sec. 32-3. - Circuses and animal shows required to obtain approval before showing exhibits. All circuses and animal shows desiring to show or exhibit in limits of the city shall first obtain the approval of the land development code administrator of the location where the show or exhibition is to be held. (Code 1989, § 19-1; Ord. No. 823, § 1, 12-6-1928)
Source: City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/hattiesburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH32LIPEMIBURE_ARTIINGEFetched: 11/1/2026

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