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BALTIMORE CITY.

to designate

designate the place or places for the sale of horses and car-

place for
sale of

riages, as to him shall seem proper and expedient, and that

horses and

he shall also have authority, and he is hereby authorized io

carriages.

make such regulations in respect to the time and manner of

selling horses and carriages at auction, and to direct the man-

And regu-

ner of riding and driving such horses and carriages, as he shall

late such
sales.

deem best calculated to promote the public convenience, and

protect the persons of individuals from danger.

Register of

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That every auctioneer appointed

horses sold.

and licensed under this act, for the sale of horses at auction,

shall keep a registry of all horses that shall or may be sold

by him as such auctioneer! specifying the description of every

horse so sold, the sum of money for which he shall have

been sold, and also the name and residence of the seller and

purchaser, which registry shall at the end of each and every

year, be by him deposited for safe keeping with the clerk of

Baltimore city court, with the oath or affirmation thereto

annexed of such auctioneer or auctioneers of the truth thereof.

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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That no auctioneer specially

per cent
commission

licensed for selling books, maps or prints, under this act, shall

for selling

be entitled to demand or receive, without a previous agree-

books, &c

ment to the contrary, from any person directly or indirectly,

for his services, a commission not exceeding seven dollars

and fifty cents for every one hundred dollars of the purchase

money arising from such sales, exclusive of all duties; and that

no auctioneer specially licensed as aforesaid, for selling furni-

ture and wearing apparel, lands, lots of ground and tenements,

servants and slaves, carriages and horses, books, stationery,

maps and prints, shall be entitled to demand or receive, unless

there shall be a previous agreement to the contrary, from

any person directly or indirectly, for his services, a commis-

sion exceeding four dollars, clear of all duties, for every hun-

dred dollars of the purchase money arising from such sale,

and that no auctioneer licensed generally for the selling of

any goods, wares and merchandise, shall be entitled to de-

mand or receive, unless there be a previous agreement to the

contrary, from any person or persons, directly or indirectly, a

8 per cent.

commission exceeding two dollars, clear of all duties, for

for general
articles.

every hundred dollars arising from sales made by him, except

Except.

upon sales of furniture and wearing apparel, upon which they

shall be entitled to receive four dollars, clear of all duties, for

every hundred dollars arising from such sales ; and except also

upon sales of books, stationery, maps and prints, upon which

they shall be entitled to receive seven dollars and fifty cents,

clear of duties, for every hundred dollars arising from such

sales; and every auctioneer who shall receive or accept any

greater or higher reward for his services than is authorized