It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of auctioneering without a license therefor.
[Amended 3-31-1971]
It shall be unlawful for any premises to be used for the conducting
of an auction without a license being first obtained.
Every person intending to engage in the business of auctioneer
shall apply to the Clerk of the Village for a license therefor upon
a written application containing the following information:
B. Permanent home residence.
C. Name and address of firm or association represented.
E. Place or places of residence of the applicant for the preceding three
years.
F. Length of time for which the license is desired.
G. A description of the wares to be offered for sale and the terms and
conditions of said sale.
H. The time and place where the business of auctioneering is to be carried
out.
I. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted for any crime or infraction
and the details of such conviction.
If the Mayor shall determine that said applicant is not fit
and proper, he shall refuse such license, stating his reasons thereon
in writing, and the applicant who shall have been refused such license
by the Mayor may apply to the Board of Trustees therefor at a meeting
thereof, and the same may be granted or refused by the Board.
The Mayor may suspend any such license until the next meeting
of the Board of Trustees, and thereupon the license may be revoked
or continued by the Board. If the license is revoked, the license
fee shall be returned.
Every person who violates or aids or abets in the violation
of this chapter, as principal or otherwise, shall incur a penalty
for each and every separate offense of a sum not exceeding $100. In
addition to said penalty, a violation thereof shall constitute disorderly
conduct. Any person violating the same shall be a disorderly person
and such violation shall constitute disorderly conduct. The Board
of Trustees may also enforce obedience to this chapter by injunction,
and the invoking of any one remedy shall not bar the obtaining of
other relief or other remedy of law.
This chapter shall not be construed to regulate or prevent a
sale of real or personal property under a court order or without a
court order for the purpose of settling an estate, nor shall it prevent
any person, firm or corporation from offering for sale to the highest
bidder, by auction or otherwise, real or personal property acquired
from time to time in the ordinary course of business or affairs and
not purchased for the purpose of resale at auction.