(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or dispose of, offer for sale at public auction or cause to permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale at public auction any goods, merchandise, or other wares without a license issued by the Clerk-Treasurer
(B) The provisions of this division (A) above shall not apply to local charitable or civic organizations, nor shall it apply to the sale of any property under legal process or under the terms of a mortgage by the mortgagee or his assigns, nor to sales by executors, administrators, guardians, trustees or receivers acting under a court order, or to sales by or on behalf of pawnbrokers of unredeemed pledges; or to warehousemen or garage keepers to enforce their liens for labor and materials on chattels so exposed for sale; or to any other lien to goods sold as provided by law to enforce any lien, or to sales made by public officers in the line of duty, or to sales of household goods for the actual owner therein, or to sales of real estate.
('79 Code, § 7-28) Penalty, see § 10.99