Sec. 2. That no Person or Persons whatsoever, save and except as set forth in the sixth Section of this ordinance, shall, after the passage of this Act, sell or dispose to Sale, by way of Vendue, or Auction, any property, real or personal, within the City of , except he or they be authorized by the Mayor or City Council, and subject to the same Laws that refer to the City Auctioneer or Acutioneers, and that if any Person or Persons shall be found selling or disposing of any Property, real or personal, within said , by way of Vendue or Auction, otherwise than as in manner herein prescribed; such Person or Persons so offending, and being thereof lawfully Convicted, shall forfeit and pay to the Corporation, a sum not exceeding twenty five Dollars for every lot which he or they shall have so sold, as also the auctioneers fees, and duties, specified in this Act, upon any Sale or Sales which may have been made by such Person or Persons before detection, one half to go to the Corporation, and the other half to the informer.

Sec. 3. That every Auctioneer or Auctioneers who may be appointed for this , shall receive all articles which he or they shall be required to sell at Auction, giving his or their receipt for the same, if required, and within two days after any Sale made, shall deliver a fair account of the same, and pay the Amount thereof to the Person or Persons entitled thereto, deducting therefrom the duties, fees, Commissions and charges hereafter allowed, that is to say, to said Auctioneer or Auctioneers, on the Amount of every Sale of Property of any description, where the Amount of Sales shall not exceed the Sum of fifty Dollars, a Commission, fee, or sum at the rate of ten per Cent, where the Amount of Sales shall exceed [p. 89]