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license, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 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 sold.

253. If any person commissioned as auctioneer shall neg-
lect to take out a license within twenty days after his commis-
sion shall have been forwarded to him by the Governor, such
commission shall be deemed null and void, and the Governor
shall appoint some other person to supply the vacancy in the
number of auctioneers caused by such neglect.

254. The recognizance herein required shall be annually
renewed.

255. If any surety of any auctioneer shall remove from this
State or become insolvent the State Treasurer shall demand
other surety in his place; and if the auctioneer shall neglect or
refuse to give other security within three days after such de-
mand is made his license shall thenceforth be null and void
to all intents and purposes as if the same had never been
granted, and the State Treasurer shall immediately give public
notice thereof in two or more public newspapers published in
said City.

256. If any auctioneer appointed under this sub-division of
this Article shall accept at any time during the continuance of
his appointment an appointment as auctioneer from any other
State he shall be deemed to have forfeited his appointment
under this sub-division of this Article.

257. Every auctioneer in said City shall designate in writ-
ing his partner or partners, if any are engaged with him in
his said business, and the houses or stores occupied by him
for the transaction of auction business, and shall deposit such
writing with the State Treasurer; and if any auctioneer in
said City shall enter upon the duties of his office before so
doing he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred