207 - Sale of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his lien.

§  207.  Sale  of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his  lien.  Any  keeper  of   a   hotel,   motel,   apartment   hotel,   inn,  boarding-house,  rooming  house  or  lodging-house,  except an immigrant  lodging-house, who shall have a lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or  board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel property, or, who, for  a  period  of  six  months, shall have in custody any unclaimed trunk, box,  valise, package or parcel, or other chattel property, may, in the manner  provided by this section, sell the same at public auction to the highest  bidder for cash, and out of the proceeds of such sale may,  in  case  of  lien,  retain  the  amount of such lien and the expense of advertisement  and sale, and the expense of storage, advertisement  and  sale  thereof.  Not  less  than  fifteen days prior to the time of the sale, a notice of  the time  and  place  of  holding  the  sale,  and  containing  a  brief  description  of  the  goods,  baggage  and articles to be sold, shall be  published in a newspaper published in the city or  town  in  which  such  hotel,  motel,  apartment  hotel,  inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or  lodging-house is situated; but if there be none, then in such  newspaper  published  nearest  such  city  or town; if the name and address of said  guest, boarder, roomer or owner of such chattel articles  and  property,  appears  upon  the  records  of  such  keeper, such notice shall also be  mailed to said guest,  boarder,  roomer  or  owner,  addressed  to  such  address;  such  notice  shall be mailed in the manner aforesaid at least  fifteen days prior to the time of the sale.