370 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

240. 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 to exceed thirty.

241. 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 recognizance to the State, with two sufficient securities, in
the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the payment
of the duties hereinbefore mentioned to the Treasurer of
Maryland, and that he shall in all things well, truly and faith-
fully behave and conform himself according to the true intent
and meaning of this law; and shall also pay to the Treasurer
of Maryland the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, as a
license.

242. Any auctioneer paying the license fee, and executing
the bond prescribed in the preceding section, may make sales
of every description of goods, wares and merchandise of every
kind, and real estate, and may exercise all the rights and privi-
leges of a general auctioneer to the extent and amount of
the sum prescribed in said section; and he shall make, under
oath, quarterly returns to the Comptroller of the City of Balti-
more, showing the full amount of his sales of every kind, dis-
tinguishing his sales of goods, wares and merchandise, and
personal effects of every kind, from his sales of real estate and
houses; but any auctioneer taking out a special license, as pro-
vided in section 233, in regard to auctions in Baltimore City, to
sell at public auction, stocks of any banks or other incorpor-
ated institutions, or State or City loans, shall not be required to
make any returns of sales of such securities; and if any auc-
tioneer under said license shall sell any amount exceeding
the sum named in the last preceding section, he shall be sub-
ject to all the penalties hereinafter imposed upon auctioneers
who shall sell without license.

243. Each auctioneer so appointed whose sales of goods,
wares and merchandise, and personal effects of every kind,