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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Superintendent of Labor and Agriculture, out of
the tobacco fund, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, the sum of five thousand dollars, to
carry into effect the provisions of the preceding
Section and for the necessary repairs of tobacco
warehouses Nos. two and three.

Auction room.

The Governor, as soon as the auction room pro-
vided for in the foregoing Section shall be fitted
up and ready for use, shall appoint two persons
who shall act as Auctioneers, one at least of whom
shall be from the tobacco-growing counties of the
State, who shall continue in office until the time
next thereafter fixed for the appointment of all
civil officers of this State, and until their successors
are appointed and qualified, at which time and
every two years thereafter he shall appoint two
Auctioneers, as all other civil officers are appointed,
who shall perform the duties prescribed in the suc-
ceeding Section.

Give bond.

550. The persons appointed as Auctioneers, ac-
cording to the provisions of the preceding Section,
before they enter upon the discharge of their du-
ties, shall give bond to the State in the penalty of
ten thousand dollars each, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of their duties, as prescribed by
this Act, to be approved by the Governor of the
State and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, and that a cer-
tified copy of such bond shall be evidence in any
court of this State.

Duty of

auctioneers.

551. It shall be the duty of said Auctioneers,
or one or both of them, to attend at the auction
room aforesaid on every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, from the hours of ten o'clock, A. M., to
three o'clock, P. M., and offer at public sale any
and all tobacco which the owners thereof or their
agents shall request them to offer, and to sell the
same to the highest bidder, the owner or agent of
such owner being authorized to make one bid for
the same ; and when the highest bidder shall be
other than said owner or his agent it shall be enter-
ed as sold to such bidder, and the sale shall be given
by said Auctioneer making the sale to the owner
or his agent for the same at the rates so returned
by the said Auctioneer ; and it shall be the duty
of said Auctioneers to provide suitable books in