[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Hamburg 3-7-1977
as Sec. 4-3 of the 1976 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall sell at public auction or public venue any goods, wares,
merchandise or personal property of any kind or description, nor shall act
as auctioneer at any public sale of goods, wares, merchandise or personal
property of any kind or description, without having first obtained a license
from the Borough Clerk so to do.
The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized to issue any such license upon
the payment of the applicant of the proper fee therefor as hereinafter provided,
together with the sum of $0.50 for the cost and expense of issuing such license.
Every such license shall remain in force and be valid only for the time
therein expressed, and shall apply only to the person to whom granted and
shall not be transferable.
Any person to whom such license is granted as herein provided is hereby
required to exhibit such license whenever called upon so to do.
The licenses and the fees therefor provided by this chapter are as follows:
annual license, which shall expire one year from its date of issue, the fee
for which shall be $75; one-day license, which shall be valid only upon the
date therein designated, the fee for which shall be $2.
No person shall be eligible to apply for and receive more than six one-day
licenses during any one year. Such year shall be computed from the date of
issue of the first of such one-day licenses to such person.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public sale or
public venue conducted by or at the direction of any judicial officer or any
court by virtue of any writ, order, process, execution or other legal proceeding.
