The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
Cooperative Public Sales in Hartford
County.

The following are the rules and regulations
adopted by the Deer Greek Farmers Club
for the semiannual cooperative sales ofstock,
&c, to be held under the direction and man
agement of the club
WHEREAS, We are convinced that cooperative
public sales held at stated periods at some central
and accessible point In the county, where persons
having superiuous articles which they wish to
sell, and those Wishing to purchase mag be
brought together, thus securing an attractive dis
play and extensive advertisement at q small cost
10 each individual, would be highly advantageous
TO the members Of this club as well as to our
brother farmers throughout the county, there
fore:
ReSoic6d, That for the benefit of its own mem
bers and of such other persons throughout the
county as may wish to participate with them the
Deer Creek Farmers Club will hold cooperative
public sale on the last Wednesday of next March,
Grounds, near Bel Air and which shall be called
1.-THE First Semi-Annual Auction Sale of Live
Stock, Farming Implements and Produce hold
under the Direction and Management of The deer
Creek Farmers Club" And also a second sale
under similar title and of the same character
At the same place, in October, on the Saturday OF
the week during which the annual agricultural
exhibition of the county Is held.
Rtso!ted, Inasmuch as this club has no peeuni-
airy interest In said sales, and cannot possibly in
tend or expect to realize any profit therefrom, 1t
does not propose n any sense to guarantee either
does propose as an independent third party to
stand between the buyer and the seller and SO
sb tS bo sdes nd @ IRE and good
and endeayor to impose the following rules:
LIST; The owner of any article shall have the
1t is knocked down; but beyond this privilege he
shall have no control whatever over the article
after 1t comes under the auctioneer's hammer
He shall not make any other bid, either directly
OF indirectly, and such bid shall be publicly an
nounced by the auctioneer as the owners bid.
shall disclose any defects known to him. ut the
time OF sale. Every representation which the
owner may make, or authorize the auctloneer to
make for him. must be strictly and literally true
I'd. IL any one shall knowingly violate either of
these rules or any other rule which may be adopt
cd relating to the conducting of said sales he shall
ever thereafter be excluded from participatinR in
the future sales to be held under the management
Of this club unless the Judgment excluding him
shall be rescinded by two-thirds vote of the club
4th. The expenses of each sale shall be ascer-
tanned as near as may be, before the day of sale
amount sufficient to cover such EXPENSES shall he
secured by assessing each article sold or offered
for sale, pro rata; provided, however, that such
assessment shall not exceed two and one-half per
cent. III any article shall be withdrawn upon the
owners bid It shall be assessed for expenses upon
than the owners bid.
9Th. Unless the owner shall direct differently.
and II shall be so announced by the owner or auc-
value of less than twenty dollars shall be sold for
cash upon articles Of the value of twenty dollars
ornpwards, OF where more than one article be-
chaser and the aggregate is twenty dollars or
more, credit of six months will be given; the
purchaser TO give note, with interest and with
security, to be approved by the owner of tho arti-
Gle or articles bought. And a discount of three
per cent. shall be allowed for cash whenever the
purchaser Is entitled to credit
Hefotted, AT the meeting of this club in the
months of January and July the President shall
appoint a committee of three members 10 take
charge Of and conduct the sale then next succeed
ing, and whose duty 1t shall be to advertise such
sale in such manner as they shall deem most adj Vi
sabie to employ an auctioneer and clerks, to give
notice of the time and manner in which articles
intended for sale shall be entered and of the time
when said articles shall be delivered at the place
of sale and to adopt such additional rules and
regulations as they may find necessary in pursu-
ance of the object and purpose of these resolu-
tions. And 1t shall BIO the duty of the said com
mittee to report to this club at the regular meet
ing next succeeding said sale.
ReS0tCed, That no articles shall be offered for
sale Mt any of said cooperative public sales ex-
cept such as shall be accepted by the committee in
charge OF the sale, and entered according to the
rules by the said committee prescribed And the
said committees are especially enjoined to eyer-
else prudent discretion in accepting or rejecting
the articles offered so as to make the said sales
desirable for those having useful and valuable
articles for sale, and to exclude therefrom all such
articles as may be calculated TO dctract from its
character and usefulness.