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• <br /> IV. MINNESOTA CASES ON PAWNBROKERS <br /> City of Rochester v. Bemel, 181 Minn. 596, 233 N.W. 862 (1930)(city ordinance <br /> regulating pawnbrokers and requiring a license was a valid exercise of police <br /> powers; defendant was properly convicted of operating a business without a <br /> license). <br /> City of St. Paul v. Lytle, 68 Minn. 535, 71 N.W. 703 (1897)(ordinance licensing <br /> pawnbrokers is not an unreasonable regulation of business and hence is within the <br /> power granted to the city under police powers doctrine; defendant was properly <br /> convicted of failing to procure a license prior to operating a pawnshop). <br /> City of Duluth v. Bloom, 55 Minn. 97, 56 N.W. 580 (1893) (Duluth ordinance <br /> construed to apply only to pawnbrokers, secondhand stores, and stores of the class <br /> commonly known as "junk shops"). <br /> • <br /> V. MINNESOTA STATUTES GOVERNING PAWNBROKERS <br /> A. County Regulation. Minnesota Statutes Sections 471.925-471.929. <br /> Grants authority to counties to regulate the activities of pawnbrokers and <br /> secondhand and junk dealers. The statute provides that the governing body <br /> of any municipality may continue to exercise the authority to regulate <br /> pawnbrokers and secondhand or junk dealers as provided by law but may <br /> contract with the county board of commissioners for administration and <br /> enforcement of countywide regulations or ordinance provisions within the <br /> borders of the municipality. <br /> 14 <br />