(A) The Mayor shall, upon the filing of the license application, appoint an inspector or inspectors, not to exceed three in number, one of whom shall be in the same or kindred line of business as the applicant. The inspector or inspectors shall be residents of the city and may be city officials or employees or otherwise. It shall be the duty of the inspector or inspectors to inspect and investigate the inventory submitted with the application, and the stock of goods or merchandise offered for sale thereunder. The inspectors shall singly or as a body, as directed by the Mayor, attend the auction sales held under any license and shall report to the Mayor the fact of any merchandise being offered for sale which was not included in the inventory. The inspector or inspectors attending any auction sale shall have with them a copy of the inventory as originally furnished with the application, and shall check or compare each article as offered for sale with the inventory.
(B) For the purpose of the inspection, the inspector or inspectors shall have access to the place where the sale is to be held at any time prior to the opening of the sale. The inspector or inspectors shall not receive any compensation for duties performed hereunder prior to the opening of such sale, but shall each be compensated at the rate of $5 per day for attendance at any sale held under any license granted hereunder; provided, that no city employee attending such sale hereunder shall be entitled to or receive any extra compensation above his regular salary or wage.
(‘69 Code, § 15-29)