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over $1,000 and up to and including $5,000, a commission of two per
cent.; over $5,000 and up to and including $10,000, a commission of one
and one-half per cent.; on all over $10,000 a commission of one per cent.;
provided that in no case of a sale of real estate, leasehold and other inter-
ests in real property shall an auctioneer be required to accept a commis-
sion amounting to less than $10. Auctioneers shall also be entitled to
demand and receive a fee of $10 in cases where real estate, leasehold or
other interest in real property is advertised and offered for sale, but no
sale is made; and a like fee of $10 in cases where real estate, leasehold
or other interest in real property is advertised for sale but is withdrawn
before the day of sale.

Auctioneers shall also be entitled, unless a previous agreement to the
contrary is made, to demand and receive on sales of personal property
whether under an order of court or otherwise a commission of 10 per
cent, up to and including $1,000, and 5 per cent, on all sales over $1,000.*

260. Repealed by Act of 1918, Chapter 338.

261. Repealed by Act of 1918, Chapter 338.

262. Repealed by Act of 1918, Chapter 338.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 116. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 105.

263. Any auctioneer who shall receive or accept any greater or higher
reward for his services than is authorized by this subdivision of this Ar-
ticle, shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars for every offense, to be
recovered in the name of the State by suit, or by indictment in the Crim-
inal Court, one-half to the use of the State and the other half to the use
of the party prosecuting for the same.

P. L. L. (1860). Art. 4, sec. 117. 1872, ch. 249. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 106

264. No auctioneer shall authorize or permit any person whatever to
sell any property of any description whatever, under and by virtue of his
license, unless the person so authorized or permitted is actually and bona,
fide in the employment of such auctioneer, and is actually and bona fide
a resident of Baltimore City at the time of such employment, and the
commissions on such sales are actually and bona fide for the benefit of
such auctioneer; and no license shall be construed to authorize the holder
to sell at more than one regular establishment, but an auctioneer may sell
public stocks, houses, lots and furniture, or ships or vessels, on the prem-
ises where the same may be, or at the exchange, or goods in the original
form and packages as imported, and bulky articles, such as have been
usually sold in warehouses or in the public streets or on the wharves, at
such other places within the city as shall be desired by the owner or im-
porter of such bulky articles or imported goods.

* Section 3 of chapter 338 of the Acts of 1918 repeals all laws or parts of laws
and all rules inconsistent with the provisions of said Act.