New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-17

further In accordance Fith tie law the Mayor is
obliged to endorse every license granted to
tioneer in this city, previous TO which the auctioneer
must have given good and responsible sureties for the
honorable nature Of his business aud for the payment
Of certain percentage TO the city on all goods sold.
Does the city realize this percentage Have these
known mock suctiopeers rendered 10 the Recorder,
their required quarterly statements Of the goods sold
by them during the previous three months. II IL
furthermore required by the statute that every pu bic
auction sale shall be conspcuously advertised IN one
OF more Of the daily papers, specifying the nature OF
the goods 10 be sold with the name Of the auctioneer
selling displayed at the top of such adverisement
Let any person. on far day, walk from the Battery,
I'D Broadway, Nassau and Chatham streets, and
through the Bowery, and see how many auctioneers
be can find selling goods publicly, who never ad'
yertse their ssles. S,Ding at auction without
having previously advertised makes sach sale Illegal,
and am policeman or private citizen ia authorized to
complain of airy person 20 selling, and, on conviction,
the Mayor according to the Law, has no alternative
but TO inhct the penal ,. Such persons have bsen
convicted by the present Mayor, but these auction
establishments still flourish, and fresh victims are
daily added 10 their ists Of ,sndled customers No
difficulty Whatever is encountered by the auc1oneers
10 gettir the Mayors Endorsement TO their licenses,
even when His Honor ia aware Of the exact nature
their transactions. He simply Gays TO them You've
been before me for swindIDg, once or twice; never
mind. I'll give you license; but you must refund
the MONEY when compla Dts are made The auction
eer readily promises well showing that not one IN a
hundred Of bis duped customers will be willing to un-
dsrgo the notOrety which attends complaint tor the
sake of recovering the money paid for bogus watch
Thus the head Of the City &c yernment not only wnks
at but encourages the mock auction business. The
Mayor cannot say that he does not know these auc'
tons to be deliberate swindes and even if he is
ignorant Of their nature, nothing IS required
of him but TO give judgment on conviction,
according to law. He need take no trouble
TO hunt them up; if he will abate these nuisances,
and carry out the law, private citizens and honest po'
cemen will take that the evidence against them
is complete But short time since, msn complained
of one Of these suconeers who had sold him brass
watch for $50. He stepped into the place. saw gen.
une and valuable gold watch in the hands Of the auc-
tiopeer and he was induced to bid Oh it. The hired
"pigeons of the aucton-room entered into the con-
test. and the watch was soou run up TO the above
sum. The gentle man paid for it, and received the
watch neatly done up for him. On arriving at his bo-
tel, he e1 anined his purchase, and found that the
watch given him was rot the one he had bid on, but
worthless imitation. The Police did their duty. The
aucioneer was arrested and, refunding the money
the merciful Mayor discharged him from custody.
The suctioneer returned bis business and no further
notice is taken Of bin. The Police Department is
censred for permitting these persons to continue their
illegal business but what is the Of arrestng them,
when the Mayor refuses to punish Let it be under
stood that justice would be weighed out to these petty
scoupdrels, and the Police will coon exterminate the
entire mock auction business.