Upon the filing of such application and after the applicant has established that he or she has fully complied with all the provisions of this act, the clerk shall issue to the applicant a license authorizing the said applicant to conduct a public auction as proposed in said application; such license shall not be transferable and shall be valid only in the county outside the corporate limits of any city if issued by the county clerk and only in the city if issued by the city clerk. No license shall be good for more than one (1) person, unless such persons shall be copartners or an association nor for more than one (1) place in said county or city.

The clerk shall keep a record of such licenses in a book provided for that purpose, which shall at all times be open to public inspection. No particular form of license shall be required to be issued by said clerk. However, any license issued shall state the name of the person who is licensed, the precise place at which such auction sale is to be held and the number of days and the dates for which the license is issued. Upon the issuance of such license, the clerk shall mail the duplicate copy of the application for the license to the director of revenue, state office building, Topeka, Kansas.