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within three days after such demand 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.

P. L. L. (18(30), Art. 4. sec. 109. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 98.

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.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 110. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 99.

257. Every auctioneer in said city shall designate in writing his part-
ner 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 busi-
ness, 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 dollars; and it shall be the
duty of the court before whom such conviction is had, to transmit forth-
with a particular report thereof to the Governor, who may in his discre-
tion, inhibit, during his pleasure, the person convicted from acting as
auctioneer.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 111. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 100.

258. The Mayor of the city may designate the place or places for the
sale of horses and carriages and make such regulations in respect to the
time and manner of selling horses and carriages at auction, and the riding
and driving of such horses and carriages, as he shall deem best calculated
to promote public convenience and protect the persons of individuals from
danger.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4. sec. 112. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 101.

259. Every auctioneer appointed and licensed for the sale of horses
shall keep a registry of all horses sold by him, specifying a description
of the horse sold, the sum for which he sold, and the name and residence
of the seller and buyer, and shall deposit such registry, with an oath of
the truth thereof, at the end of each year with the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas.

1918, ch. 338.

259 1/2. All auctioneers licensed under the provisions of this sub-title
shall be entitled, unless a previous agreement to the contrary is made, to
demand and receive for their services the following commissions, whether
sales conducted by them are made under orders of court or otherwise:
On all sales of real estate, leasehold and other interests in real property
up to and including $1,000, a commission of two and one-half per cent.;