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     CAP. XI. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A By-law Relating to Auctioneers 
     
    
   
   
    
     BE it enacted by the City Council of the City 
     
     of Charlottetown, as follows : 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. That licenses for selling by auction in the 
     
     city shall be granted by the City Council, and “m“ Fee 
     
     shall be made out and issued by the Mayor. 
     
     upon payment to the City Treasury of a fee of 
     
     Fifty Dollars, to any person applying for the 
     
     same being a resident in said city, and of One 
     
     Hundred Dollars to any person not having been 
     
     at the time of such application a resident in said 
     
     5 city for the space of three months consecutively 
     
     before such application, and every such license 
     
     shall continue in force for one year. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. No person shall act as an auctioneer 
     
     within the city without being thereto licensed as 31mm 
     
     aforesaid; but nothing herein contained shall 
     
     extend to sheriffs or other officers selling under 
     
     process of law, or by the decree or direction of 
     
     any court. 
     
    
   
   
    
     3. Any person or persons guilty of an infrac- Penal Chums 
     
     tion of any of the provisions of this By-law 
     
     shall, upon conviction in the City Police Court 
     
     of the Stipendiary Magistrate, on the oath or 
     
     affirmation of any credible witness, forfeit and 
     
     pay, at the discretion of the said Magistrate a 
     
     penalty not exceeding the sum of Thirty Dollars 
     
     for each offence, exclusive of costs; and in 
     
     default of payment thereof forthwith, it shall 
     
     and may be lawful for the said Magistrate to 
     
     commit the offender or offenders to the Com- 
     
     mon Jail of the city for any period not exceeding 
     
     thirty days, unless the said penalty and costs be 
     
     sooner paid. ‘