The purchaser at any auction sale of any personal property shall have the right to return it to the auctioneer at any time within five days after the date of the sale if the personal property be not of the quality represented to him or her, and the auctioneer shall return to the purchaser the price of the article; and the bondsmen of the auctioneer shall be liable for the return to the purchaser of the purchase price; and it is hereby provided that if it shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of the City Council, that the place of sale, or the place of business, of any auctioneer shall have been closed at any time during the five days, for the purpose of avoiding any offer to return any article so sold, the City Council shall revoke the license of the auctioneer.
(Ord. 90, passed 3-25-1930) Penalty, see § 117.999