JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 709

having first paid to the Treasurer of the State of
Maryland, the sum of fifty dollars as a license fee,	License fee.
the receipt of the said Treasurer for the said amount,
to be a sufficient license for the auctioneer making
such payment, to carry on the business of auction-
eering in said county, for the period of one year from
the date of such receipt, and no longer; the person
acting as auctioneer in said county being hereby re-
quired to pay the annual sum of fifty dollars to the
Treasurer of the State of Maryland.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person violating
the provisions of section one of this act, or selling or	Violating
attempting to sell, as an auctioneer in Baltimore
county, either on commission, for a per diem or gra-
tuitously, any real estate or personal property of
any kind whatsoever, without having first paid the
licence fee, provided for in the preceding section, he
shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be subject to presentment and indictment, and
shall on conviction be fined in a sum not less than
fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for	Penalty
the first offence, and upon indictment and conviction
for a second offence, shall be fined in a sum not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred
dollars in the discretion of the court, the one-half
of all fines imposed by this act to go to the informer
in the case, and the other half to be paid to the school
board of the county.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That whenever any per-
son shall have paid to the Treasurer of the Slate, the	In case of
license fee provided for in the first section of this	death.
act, and shall die before the expiration of the year
for which he has obtained a license to act as auction-
eer, such deceased persons partner (if he has any) may
proceed to carry on the business of auctioneering
under such license for the unexpired portion of the
year covered by it ; and if he die without having any
such partner, then the personal representative of such
deceased person may act as auctioneer for the unex-
pired portion of the year covered by such license, or
may, with the assent of the Treasurer of the State
endorsed thereon in writing, transfer such license to
any person desiring the same ; provided, such per-	Proviso.
son pay to such personal representative not less than
eight dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents per