Schedule C., part 2, The Auctioneers Ordinance (1895)

6. All applications for licences shall be made in writing to the Accountant General, and every person applying for a licence other than a licence which shall be available only in the Sherbro Judicial District (in which case the sum payable shall be five pounds only) shall at the same time pay to the Accountant General the sum of ten pounds sterling in respect of such licence, which amount, in case such application shall be refused, the Accountant General shall forthwith on demand repay to the person who paid the same without any deduction whatsoever. Form and granting of licences. 7. (1) Every licence shall be in the form set forth in Schedule A to this Ordinance and shall be granted by the Accountant General: Provided that in the case of a licence which shall be available only in the Sherbro Judicial District, there shall be inserted after the words "as an auctioneer" in the said form the words "in the Sherbro Judicial District." Licences may be refused. (2) Before granting any licence the Accountant General shall make such enquiries as he shall consider requisite for ascertaining that the party proposed to be licensed is a fit and proper person to be so licensed, and may refuse any licence without assigning any reason to the applicant: Provided that any person to whom a licence has been refused may represent his case to the Governor, who may direct a licence to be granted to him if satisfied that he is a fit and proper person, or may withhold the licence or direct further examination and enquiry. Security. 8. (1) Before the licence is granted the applicant shall enter into security by bond, himself in the sum of two hundred pounds and two sureties to be approved of by the Accountant General in the sum of one hundred pounds each, jointly and severally, to answer for the faithful discharge of his office. Such bond shall be in the form set forth in Schedule C to this Ordinance: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Accountant General to accept, in lieu of the security aforesaid, security by deposit in the public chest of any sum not more than the sum required to be secured by bond as aforesaid, nor less than half of that sum.