ART. 4.] AUCTIONS. 319

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 89.

78. No duties shall be chargeable upon any goods, wares, mer-
chandise or other property sold by any auctioneer at private sale
on the days of his public auction, or unless the same be part of
what was offered for sale at said public auction, or was advertised
to be sold thereat.

Ibid. sec. 90.

79. The duty imposed on all sales of lands, tenements and
hereditaments, or of any interest therein, at public auction in the
city of Baltimore, shall be a lien on the said property when sold
as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 91.

80. Every purchaser of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or
of any interest therein, purchased at public auction in the city of
Baltimore, shall be bound to pay the auction duty on such sale
and be entitled to claim the said payment as a credit on his pur-
chase as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 93...

81. All goods and property, of what kind soever, shall in all
cases be struck off to the highest bidder; and where the auc-
tioneer or owner, or any person employed by them or either of
them, shall be such bidder, the goods or property shall be subject
to the same duties as if struck off to any other person; but this
section shall not be construed to render valid any sale that would
otherwise be deemed fraudulent and void.

Ibid. sec. 93.

82. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, shall biennially appoint as many auctioneers in the city of
Baltimore as he may think proper, not exceeding twenty.

Ibid, sec 94.

83. Each person so appointed, the amount of whose sales of
goods, wares, merchandise and personal property of every kind,
exclusive of his real estate sales and sales of houses, shall not
exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, shall,
before entering upon the duties of his office, enter into a recog-
nizance to the State, with two sufficient securities, in the sum of