Section
10-1 Limitation on sites of auctions
10-2 Bidding by owners on property being auctioned
10-3 Misleading bidders prohibited; Dutch auctions prohibited
10-4 Acts in connection with conduct of auction prohibited
10-5 Auctioneer’s license required; exception; application; revocation; nontransferable
10-6 Same — fees
10-7 Bond required
10-8 Applicability of State laws as to transient merchants
10-9 Sale of silver, jewelry and the like
10-10 Same — each item constitutes separate offense
10-11 Sale of household furniture, equipment and the like
Statutory reference:
Auctions, see MCLA 446.51 et seq.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or conduct or aid in holding or conducting any auction or auction sale of any article or thing whatsoever, upon any public street, lane, alley or public place in the City of Flint, or in any room, building, lot or place so situated that the conducting of such auction or auction sale will attract or induce any person or persons to stand or be upon any public street, sidewalk or other public place for the purpose of bidding at such auction or auction sale.
(Ord. 138, passed 12-7-1917)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or for any person acting for the owner of any goods or property sold or offered for sale at any auction in the City of Flint, to make more than one bid at such sale on any article or thing and then only when the right to make such bid is reserved and publicly announced at the time of the opening of any such auction.
(Ord. 138, passed 12-7-1917)
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or conduct or to aid in holding or conducting any mock auction or by any fraudulent game, device or practice to misrepresent to or mislead any person bidding at any auction sale within the City of Flint, or to conduct any auction or auction sale after the manner of Dutch auctions by offering any property at a price beyond its value then gradually lowering the price or adding other property thereto until someone accepts it as purchaser.
(Ord. 138, passed 12-7-1917)
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