Markham : Règlement no 2018-90, art. 2.1(a) — Licensing and Regulation of Stationary Businesses By-law

Every Person licensed or required to be licensed under this Schedule shall:

• post in a conspicuous manner at his auction room, his name and Business address as such Auctioneer and shall in all public advertisements of any nature used by him in the course of his Business include his name and Business address in such advertisements;
• (b) not conduct, or permit to be carried on in his Premises any mock auction, or shall knowingly and willfully make, or permit to be made, any misrepresentation as the quality or value of any goods, wares or merchandise which may be offered for sale by him;
• (c) keep good order in his auction room and offices, and shall keep proper books of account of the Business transacted by him as an Auctioneer, which books shall give the names and addresses of Persons depositing goods, wares or merchandise, with him for sale, the description of the same, the price for which the same may be sold, and the names and addresses of the Persons purchasing such goods, wares or merchandise, or any portion thereof, and shall forthwith, after the sale of same, or any portion thereof, account for the proceeds and pay the same to the Person or Persons entitled to such proceeds, less his proper and legal commissions and charges; and shall in case no sale is made of such goods, on payment of this proper costs and charges, return such goods, to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same on proper demand being made therefore. Provided that nothing contained in the section shall in any way affect or invalidate the claim of any Auctioneer for goods warehoused with him, and on which he shall have made advances;
• (d) keep all books kept by any Auctioneer, pursuant to the foregoing shall be open at all times during Business hours to the Licensing Officer;
• (e) conduct all auctions in an organized and orderly fashion;
• (f) avail himself of' the Services of, or act in concert with, Persons known in the trade as "beaters", "boosters", or "shills" for the purpose of raising or stimulating bids; and
• (g) Sell or put up for sale by auction any goods, wares, merchandise, or effects on a reserve-bid basis without first having announced clearly to those in attendance at the auction the fact of such reserve bid.