THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That every auctioneer duly
appointed and authorised by virtue ot the law to which

this a supplement, in and for the city of Baltimore, shall
hereafter, within twenty days after the first days of Jan-
uary, April, July and October, of the year for which he
shall have been appointed, render to one of the judges of
the city court, a true and particular account, in writing, of
the moneys or sums for which any goods, wares, mer-
chandise or other property of what kind soever, shall
have been sold at every sale made under the said origi-
nal law and its supplements, from the time of his enter-
ing into recognisance required by the said act and its sup-
plements, or the time the last account was rendered by
him, in conformity to the said act and its supplements, of
the amount of each days sale, and the days when the
same were respectively sold, distinguishing the sales
made by himself personally, or in his presence, and those
made by his partner or partners, or clerks, in conse-
quence of his absence; setting forth also, the amount of all
goods, wares, merchandise and property as aforesaid,
gent or entrusted to him, his partner or partners for sale,
and by him or them sold at auction, and the days on
which the same were sold, and particularising the
amounts of the several duties chargeable on the said sales
at auction, and shall thereupon take before the said judge
the following oath or affirmation, as the case may re-

CHAP. 288.

Render to the
Judges of city
court within 20
days particu-
lar account.

quire: I do solemnly and sincerely swear or
affirm that the account now exhibited by me, and to
which I have subscribed my name, contains a just and
true account of all the goods, wares, merchandise and
property of every kind, sold or struck off by me at public
sale, or sold at private sale on the days of my public
auctions, or sold or struck off as aforesaid, by my co-
partner or copartners, or by others in my name or under
my direction, or for my benefit, within the time mentioned
in the within account, and of the days upon which the same
were respectively sold, that I have examined the entries
of all the sales mentioned in said account, in the books
kept by me for that purpose, and fully believe this ac-
count to be in all respects correct; and further, that I have,
during; the time therein mentioned, conformed in all things
to the true intent and meaning of the act entitled, an act
to regulate sales by public auction, and as supplements,
according to the best of my knowledge, information and
belief; and all and every the partner and partners of
any such actioneer, shall also make and subscribe on oath,
to be endorsed on the said account, that he or they re-

Oath or affir-
mation.