The provisions of this chapter shall not extend to any officer or person executing any process or order of any court in this state, selling any property or effects directed by law to be sold at public vendue, auction, or outcry; nor shall the prohibition extend to property or effects of any deceased person when sold by order of the executor or administrator of the deceased person; nor to the property and effects of any bankrupt or insolvent debtor when sold by order of any court of competent jurisdiction. This chapter is not to be construed so as to apply to or in any way affect regular merchants of the city in the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise in their stores, by retail, wholesale, or in any other manner, except by auction. This chapter shall not apply to or in any way affect the sale of household furniture and personal effects at the dwelling of the owner, or real estate sold on the premises; nor shall it apply to any sale of used automobiles to licensed automobile dealers.
(‘69 Code, § 15-40)