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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 upon these articles the auctioneer mentioned in
the preceding section may charge a similar amount.

116. Any auctioneer who shall receive or accept any greater
or higher reward for his services than is- authorized by this
article, shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars for every
offence, to be recovered in the name of the State by suit, or by
indictment in the Criminal Court, one-half to the use of the
State and the other half to the use of the party prosecuting for
the same.

117. No auctioneer shall authorize or permit any person what-
ever to sell any property of any description, under and by virtue
of his license, except the person so authorized or permitted is
actually and bona fide in the employment' of such auctioneer,
and the commissions on such sales are actually and bona fide for
the benefit of such auctioneer; and no license shall be construed
to authorize the holder to sell at more than one regular establish-
ment, but an auctioneer may sell public stocks, houses, lots and
furniture, or ships or vessels, on the premises where the same
may be, or at the Exchange, or goods in the original form and
packages as imported, and bulky articles, such as have been
usually sold in warehouses or in the public streets or on the
wharves, at such other places within the city as shall be desired
by the owner or importer.

118. If any auctioneer shall violate any of the provisions of
the last preceding section, he shall forfeit and pay for every
offence twenty dollars, to be recovered for the use of the party
prosecuting the same before any justice of the peace for the city
of Baltimore, in like manner as small debts are recovered.

119. Every auctioneer shall, within twenty days after the first
days of January, April, July and October of the year for which
he shall have been appointed, render to the judge of the Court
of Common Pleas a true and particular account in writing of the
money or sums for which any goods, wares or merchandise or
other property of every kind shall have been sold at every sale
since 'entering upon the duties of his office, or since the last
account was rendered; of the amount of each day's sales, and
the days when sold, distinguishing the sales made by him person-
ally or in his presence, and those made by his partner or part-