The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

Engineer, one quarter.
The committee reported in favor of
granting the petition for street light at
corner of Chicago and Middle streets.
Report accepted and adopted.
The judiciary committee reported in
favor of the passage of an ordinance reg
ulating auctions and auctioneers. On
motion of AID Reed the report was ac-
copied and the ordinance passed unani-
mously 1t follows:
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AUCTIONS AND
AUCTIoNEERS
Be ii ordained By the Common Council Of tile City
of ReN0Sha:
SEC. 1. No person shall, within the limits of the
City of Kenosha, exercise the business of auc-
toneer by selling any goods, wares and merchan-
disc at any sale at which the highest bidder is
deemed the purchaser, except in cases where no
duty is payable therefor under the provisions of
this ordinance, unless such person shall have Ii
cense then in force authorizing the same from the
City Clerk of the City of Kenosha; and for every
violation hereof the person offending shall forfeit
one hundred dollars and pay to the city all the du-
SEC. 2. Sales at auction or to the hig hest bidder
within the meaning of this ordinance shall include
all sales by auction whether put up to the highest
bidder in fact or whether made by what is usually
called Clutch" auction, by bidding down of the
seller of such goods or by adding to the quantity
of goods first offered fixed price, in any other
manner when made to evade the provisions of this
ordinance.
SEC g. The City Clerk of the City of Kenosha
may grant under his hand license to exercise the
business of auctioncer within the City of Kenosha
for any term not exceeding one year from the date
thereof to any inhabitant of the State who shall APP
ply for the same provided that the applicant shall
first file with such Clerk a bond to the city of Ke-
nosha in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars,
with surety to be approved by the County Judge of
Kenosha county, conditioned that such applicant,
being licensed, shall duly pay to the City
Treasurer all the duties imposed by this ordinance,
and render to the City Clerk account in writing,
reqeired by this ordinance, and shall render
daily reports to the City Clerk of all sales made
duly verified by afidavits, and such applicant shall
dollars for such license. The City Clerk shall be
entitled to receive from such applicant one dollar
as fees for every such license
SEC. 4. There shall be paid by the auctoneer to
the City Treasurer, for the of the city, upon all
sales by auction made in the city of goods, wares
and merchandise, except household furniture which
has been used as SUCH twenty per, centum of the
when sale is made by virtue of a chatte mortgage,
of rule, order judgment of court, of
some law of the State or the United States respect
ing the collection of some tax or duty or in conse-
quenCe of general assignment of property or eff
fects for the benefit of creditors or when made of
property belonging to the State the United States
or when made by or on behalf of any executor or
administrator; when made for the purpose of
closing up his business by behalf of any mer-
chant who shall reside and trade in the city of Ke
nosha, and who shall have paid the taxes lawfully
levied on his stock in trade; when made of his
farm property by on behalf of a resident farmer
who has paid the lawfully levied on his prop
erty provided, that in the last two such sale
shall be made in the town, city or village in which
such taxes were paid Whenever the auctioneer or
the owner of the property sold, or any person en-
poyed by them either of them, shall buy any,
thing at any such sale, the same duty shall be paid
as fany other person were purchaser thereof,
and sales credit shall be liable to duty as if
made for cash.
SEC. s. Every auctioneer shall daily render to
the City Clerk particular account in writing,
flied by his affidavit, of the gross amounts for
which any goods, wares merchandise liable to
such duty paid to the City Treasurer
SEC. 6. The City Clerk who shall receive any
reports sales at auction agreeably to the provis
ions of this ordinance shall, once in each quarter,
render an account thereof in writing to the City
Council containing the number of licences by him
granted, the amount of duties reported by him to
have been paid to the City Treasurer, from whom
paid, with the total amount of sales made by auc-
ton in said city.
SEC. 7. All sales at auction within the CITY of
Kenosha by any person without license is hereby
prohibited. Any person who shall violate any Of
the provisions of this ordinance shall. upon con
victon thereof, be fined, and shall forfeit and pay
penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars for every such violation
together with the costs of prosecution and in de-
fault of payment thereof shall be imprisoned in the
county Jail not less than three months nor more
than six months.