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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 507.

AN ACT to add additional sections to article eight, of the Code

of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil county," sub-

title "Auctions," to be known as "Sections thirty-seven A,

thirty-seven B and thirty-seven C."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

To add

That the following sections to be known as "Sections thirty-seven

A, thirty-seven B and thirty-seven C," be added to article eight,

of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil

county," sub-title "Auctions."

37 A. It shall be unlawful for any person to pursue or carry

License.

on the business or avocation of au auctioneer or crier of sales

within the limits of Cecil county, without first taking out a

license therefor, as provided in the following section.

37 B. Any person desiring to pursue or carry on said business

or avocation of auctioneer or crier of sales, may obtain a license

so to do upon application to the clerk of the circuit court for

Fee

said county; and said clerk is authorized to issue said license

upon the payment by such person of the sum of fifteen dollars, to

be immediately paid over by said clerk to the treasurer of the

board of county school commissioners for the use of the public

schools of said county, after deducting therefrom the sum of fifty

cents as a fee to be retained by said clerk for issuing said license.

37 C. Any person who shall act, or attempt to act as auctioneer

or crier of sales without first obtaining a license as provided in

the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

and shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dol-

Fine.

lars, to be recovered by indictment in the circuit court for said

county, and such fine shall be paid over to the school board of

said county for the use of the public schools thereof; provided,

that this act shall not be construed to prohibit any citizen of

Cecil county from acting as auctioneer at any sale where the ser-

vices of a licensed auctioneer are not desired, or cannot be readily

obtained, nor shall it apply to any citizen of said county who

may desire to learn the business of auctioneering, for at least two

years from his commencing the same.

Approved April 8, 1890.