372 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Common Pleas, and duplicates shall be made of the record of
every such recognizance by said clerk, one whereof shall be
delivered, or be caused to be delivered by such auctioneer to
the State Treasurer, within ten days after the date of such
record, and the other shall be retained by said clerk, who shall
be entitled to demand for the same from the auctioneer the
sum of one dollar.

249. The State Treasurer, on his being satisfied that the
recognizance herein required has been entered into by any of
the persons appointed auctioneers by the Governor, and upon
his receiving the license fee required from such person, shall
issue a general or special license to such person as the person
may be entitled to, for the term of one year from the date of
such license.

250. If any person not appointed and authorized in the
manner herein directed, nor by nor under some official author-
ity under the laws of the United States, shall sell or attempt to
sell any goods, wares, merchandise or effects of any kind, real
estate or vessels, in the City of Baltimore, by public auction, he
shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sub-
ject to presentment and indictment in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, and shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars,
or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, or
both, at the discretion of the court.

251. If any auctioneer shall sell any goods, wares, mer-
chandise or effects or vessels, by way of public auction, without
having entered into the recognizance and paid the license fee
hereinbefore required, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be subject to presentment and indictment in
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars nor
less than fifty dollars for each and every article so exposed for
sale.

252. If any auctioneer shall sell any goods or property
other than such as he is authorized to sell by the terms of his